Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   CUB
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 13
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Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Volleyball 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 2.3.2 Women's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

Cuba finished in eighth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 13 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Jorge Hernández — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Héctor Rodriguez — Judo, Men's Lightweight

[edit] Silver

• Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Ramón Duvalón — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Sixto Soria — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Luis Martínez — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Alfredo Figueredo, Victor García, Diego Lapera, Leonel Marshall, Ernesto Martinez, Lorenzo Martinez, Jorge Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Salas, Victoriano Sarmientos, Jesús Savigne, and Raúl Virches — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Alberto Juantorena

• Heat — 1:47.15
• Semi Final — 1:45.88
• Final — 1:43.50 (→ Gold Medal)

• Leandro Civil

• Heat — 1:45.88
• Semi Final — 1:47.31 (→ did not advance)

• Luis Medína

• Heat — 1:50.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

• Francisco Gomez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramirez, and Silvio Leonard

• Heat — 39.54s
• Semi Final — 39.25s
• Final — 39.01s (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Eddy Gutierrez, Damaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, and Alberto Juantorena

• Heat — 3:03.24
• Final — 3:03.81 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Damaso Alfonso

• Heats — 50.76s
• Semi Final — 49.84s
• Final — 50.19s (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

• Rigoberto Mendoza — 2:22:43 (→ 33rd place)

Men's Long Jump

• Milan Matos

• Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Richard Spencer

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Julian Morrison

• Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Jorge Hernández
  1. First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
  2. Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (PNG), KO-3
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
  5. Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ramón Duvalón
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
  5. Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
  6. Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1)
• Lost to Poland (2-3)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0)
• Defeated Canada (3-0)

• Semi Finals

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Japan (3-0) → Bronze Medal

• Team Roster

• Leonel Marshall
• Victoriano Sarmientos
• Ernesto Martínez
• Victor García
• Carlos Salas
• Raúl Vilches
• Jesús Savigne
• Lorenzo Martínez
• Diego Lapera
• Antonio Rodríguez
• Alfredo Figueredo
• Jorge Pérez

[edit] Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated East Germany (3-1)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
• Lost to South Korea (2-3)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-2)
• 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (3-0) → Fifth place

• Team Roster

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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