Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   CUB
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 3	Silver 1	Bronze 4	Total 8
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents 1 Medals 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Rowing 2.4 Volleyball 2.4.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Martinez, OrlandoOrlando Martinez	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
1 Gold	Correa, EmilioEmilio Correa	Boxing	Men's welterweight
1 Gold	Stevenson, TeófiloTeófilo Stevenson	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Carrillo, GilbertoGilberto Carrillo	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
3 Bronze	Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
3 Bronze	Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
3 Bronze	Alvarez, JoséJosé Alvarez, Miguel Calderón, Rafael Cañizares, Pedro Chappé, Juan Carlos Domecq, Ruperto Herrera, Tomás Herrera, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgellés, and Oscar Varona	Basketball	Men's team
3 Bronze	Rodriguez, DouglasDouglas Rodriguez	Boxing	Men's flyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Hermes Ramírez

• First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

• Pablo Montes

• First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Irolan Hechavarria

• Qualification Round — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes

• Heat — 39.65s
• Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Emilio Correa → Gold Medal

• First round — Bye
• Second round — defeated  Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0
• Third round — defeated  Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2
• Quarterfinals — defeated  Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2
• Semifinals — defeated  Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
• Final — defeated  János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Rolando Garbey

• First round — defeated  Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
• Second round — defeated  Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
• Third round — defeated  Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
• Quarterfinals — lost to  Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal

• First round — defeated  Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
• Quarterfinals — defeated  Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
• Semifinals — defeated  Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
• Final — defeated  Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over

[edit] Rowing

Men's coxed pairs

• Lazaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello

• Heat — 8:17.34
• Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to East Germany (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Defeated West Germany (3-2)
• Lost to Romania (0-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-2)

• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → Tenth place

• Team Roster

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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