Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.

Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 * Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
 * Heat &mdash; 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump
 * Jaime Jefferson
 * Qualification &mdash; 7.65m (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon
 * Eugenio Balanque
 * Final result &mdash; 7873 points (→ 25th place)
 * Raul Duany
 * Final result &mdash; 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw
 * Alexis Elizalde
 * Qualification &mdash; 62.22m
 * Final &mdash; 62.70m (→ 9th place)
 * Roberto Moya
 * Qualification &mdash; 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's hammer throw Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
 * Alberto Sánchez
 * Qualification &mdash; 74.82m (→ did not advance)
 * Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
 * Qualification &mdash; 3:24.23
 * Final &mdash; 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's long jump
 * Regla Cardenas
 * Qualification &mdash; 6.85m (→ did not advance)
 * Lisette Cuza
 * Qualification &mdash; 6.56m (→ did not advance)
 * Niurka Montalvo
 * Qualification &mdash; 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump
 * Ioamnet Quintero
 * Qualification &mdash; 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump
 * Yamile Aldama
 * Qualification &mdash; did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw
 * Isel Lopez
 * Qualification &mdash; 61.40m
 * Final &mdash; 64.68m (→ 4th place)
 * Xiomara Rivero
 * Qualification &mdash; 61.32m
 * Final &mdash; 64.48m (→ 5th place)
 * Odelmys Palma
 * Qualification &mdash; 62.30m
 * Final &mdash; 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's discus throw
 * Maritza Marten
 * Qualification &mdash; 60.08m (→ did not advance)
 * Barbara Hechevarria
 * Qualification &mdash; 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put
 * Belsis Laza
 * Qualification &mdash; 18.61m
 * Final &mdash; 18.40m (→ 10th place)
 * Yumileidis Cumba
 * Qualification &mdash; 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon
 * Regla Cardenas
 * Final result &mdash; 6246 points (→ 12th place)
 * Magalys García
 * Final result &mdash; 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Baseball
Men's tournament:
 * Cuba – [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold medal (9-0)

Women's tournament

 * Team roster
 * Yudith Águila
 * Milayda Enríquez
 * Gertrudis Gómez
 * Cariola Hechavarría
 * Dalia Henry
 * Grisel Herrera
 * Biosotis Lagnó
 * María León
 * Yamilé Martínez
 * Tania Seino
 * Lisdeivis Víctores
 * Olga Vigil
 * Head coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez
 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinals


 * Classification Round 5th−8th place


 * 5th place game

Beach volleyball

 * Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell &mdash; 7th place overall

Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Yosvani Aguilera
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
 * Second round &mdash; Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Maikro Romero → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
 * Final &mdash; Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Arnaldo Mesa → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
 * Final &mdash; Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Lorenzo Aragón
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Julio González Valladares
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
 * Second round &mdash; Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
 * Héctor Vinent → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
 * Final &mdash; Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)
 * Juan Hernández Sierra → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
 * Final &mdash; Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
 * Alfredo Duvergel → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
 * Final &mdash; Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
 * Ariel Hernández → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt), 11-2
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
 * Final &mdash; Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
 * Freddy Rojas
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
 * Second round &mdash; Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)
 * Félix Savón → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold medal
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
 * Semifinals &mdash; Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
 * Final &mdash; Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)
 * Alexis Rubalcaba
 * First round &mdash; Bye
 * Second round &mdash; Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17

Cycling
Women's individual road race
 * Dania Perez
 * Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing
Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.


 * Men's foil
 * Rolando Tucker
 * Elvis Gregory
 * Oscar García


 * Men's team foil
 * Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker


 * Men's épée
 * Iván Trevejo


 * Women's épée
 * Mirayda García
 * Milagros Palma
 * Tamara Esteri


 * Women's team épée
 * Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Judo
Men's extra-lightweight
 * Manolo Poulot

Men's half-lightweight
 * Israel Hernández

Men's middleweight
 * Yosvany Despaigne

Men's half-heavyweight
 * Angel Sánchez

Men's heavyweight Women's extra-lightweight
 * Frank Moreno
 * Amarilis Savón

Women's half-lightweight
 * Legna Verdecia

Women's lightweight
 * Driulys González

Women's half-middleweight
 * Ileana Beltrán

Women's middleweight
 * Odalis Revé

Women's half-heavyweight
 * Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight
 * Estela Rodríguez

Shooting

 * Men

Swimming
Men's 100m backstroke
 * Rodolfo Falcón
 * Heat &mdash; 55.29
 * Final &mdash; 54.98 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver medal)
 * Neisser Bent
 * Heat &mdash; 54.83
 * Final &mdash; 55.02 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze medal)

Men's 200m backstroke
 * Rodolfo Falcón
 * Heat &mdash; 2:01.20
 * Final &mdash; 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)
 * Neisser Bent
 * Heat &mdash; 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke
 * Mario González
 * Heat &mdash; 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke
 * Mario González
 * Heat &mdash; 2:16.15
 * B final &mdash; 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Men's indoor tournament

 * Preliminary round (Group A)
 * Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
 * Defeated Poland (3-0)
 * Defeated United States (3-2)
 * Defeated Argentina (3-0)
 * Lost to Brazil (0-3)
 * Quarterfinals
 * Lost to Russia (0-3)
 * Classification matches
 * 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
 * 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place
 * Team roster
 * Alexis Batle
 * Angel Beltrán
 * Freddy Brooks
 * Joel Despaigne
 * Raúl Diago
 * Jhosvany Hernández
 * Osvaldo Hernández
 * Lazaro Martín
 * Alain Roca
 * Rodolfo Sanchez
 * Ricardo Vantes
 * Nicolas Vives

Women's indoor tournament

 * Team roster
 * Taismary Agüero
 * Regla Bell
 * Magalys Carvajal
 * Marlenys Costa
 * Ana Fernández
 * Mirka Francia
 * Idalmis Gato
 * Lilia Izquierdo
 * Mireya Luis
 * Raisa O'Farril
 * Yumilka Ruíz
 * Regla Torres
 * Head coach: Eugenio Jorge

Weightlifting
Men's bantamweight
 * William Vargas

Men's lightweight
 * Idalberto Aranda

Men's middleweight
 * Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight
 * Carlos Alexis Hernández
 * Enrique Sabari

Wrestling
Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman
 * Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman
 * Lázaro Rivas

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman
 * Luis Sarmiento

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman
 * Juan Luis Marén

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman
 * Liubal Colás

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman
 * Filiberto Azcuy

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman
 * Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman
 * Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle
 * Alexis Vila

Men's flyweight, freestyle
 * Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle
 * Alejandro Puerto

Men's lightweight, freestyle
 * Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle
 * Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle
 * Ariel Ramos

Men's heavyweight, freestyle
 * Wilfredo Morales