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Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
CUB

0
  
4

Flag bearer
  
Héctor Ramírez

Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Cuban Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
115 (101 men and 14 women) in 13 sports

MedalsRanked 31st
  
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Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Enrique Regüeiferos — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Enrique Figuerola, Pablo Montes, Juan Morales, and Hermes Ramirez — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metre relay
  • Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Violetta Quesada, and Fulgencia Romay — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metre relay

    • Cycling

    Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1968.

    Individual road race
  • Sergio Martínez
  • Roberto Menéndez
  • Ulises Váldez
  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
    • Sprint
  • Juan Reyes
  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
    • 1000m time trial
  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
    • Tandem
  • Juan Reyes
  • Ulises Váldez
    • Individual pursuit
  • Inocente Lizano
    • Team pursuit
  • Sergio Martínez
  • Roberto Menéndez
  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
  • Inocente Lizano

    • Fencing

    13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Cuba in 1968.

    Men's foil
  • Dagoberto Borges
  • Jesús Gil
  • Orlando Ruíz
    • Men's team foil
  • Eduardo Jhons, Orlando Ruíz, Jesús Gil, Dagoberto Borges
    • Men's épée
  • Gustavo Oliveros
  • José Antonio Díaz
  • Manuel González
    • Men's team épée
  • Orlando Ruíz, Gustavo Oliveros, Manuel González, José Antonio Díaz
    • Men's sabre
  • Félix Delgado
  • Manuel Ortíz
  • José Narciso Díaz
    • Men's team sabre
  • Manuel Ortíz, José Narciso Díaz, Joaquin Tack-Fang, Félix Delgado
    • Women's foil
  • Milady Tack-Fang
  • Margarita Rodríguez

    • Shooting

    Eight shooters, all men, represented Cuba in 1968.

    50 m pistol
  • Nelson Oñate
  • Arturo Costa
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Raúl Llanos
  • Sergio Álvarez
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Silvio Delgado
  • Enrique Guedes
    • Skeet
  • Ignacio Huguet
  • Delfin Gómez

    • Water polo

    Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4:11)
  • Defeated Brazil (9:2)
  • Tied with United States (6:6)
  • Defeated West Germany (7:6)
  • Defeated Spain (4:3)
  • Lost to Hungary (1:7)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (2:8)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Netherlands (5:8) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Guillermo Canete
  • Guillermo Martínez
  • Ibrahim Rodríguez
  • Jesús Pérez
  • Miguel García
  • Oscar Periche
  • Osvaldo García
  • Roberto Rodríguez
  • Rolando Valdes
  • Ruben Junco
  • Waldimiro Arcos

    • References

    Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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