Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.
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 4 × 100 m Relay
José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes
Heat — 39.65s
Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)
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
Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.
Individual road race
Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — 75th place
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
José Prieto — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Pedro Rodríguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Menéndez
Pedro Rodríguez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Individual pursuit
Roberto Heredero
Team pursuit
Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Heredero
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.
Men's foil
Eduardo Jhons
Jesús Gil
Enrique Salvat
Men's team foil
Evelio González, Eduardo Jhons, Jesús Gil, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey
Men's sabre
Manuel Ortíz
Guzman Salazar
Francisco de la Torre
Men's team sabre
Hilario Hipólito, Guzman Salazar, Francisco de la Torre, Manuel Ortíz, Manuel Suárez
Women's foil
Margarita Rodríguez
Marlene Infante
María Esther García
Women's team foil
Irene Forbes, María Esther García, Marlene Infante, Margarita Rodríguez, Nereida Rodríguez
Men's Lightweight
Héctor Rodríguez
Men's Middleweight
Isaac Azcuy
Men's Half-Heavyweight
José Ibañez
Men's Coxed Pairs
Lazaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello
Heat — 8:17.34
Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's Coxless Fours
Eralio Cabrera, Troadio Delgado, Ramón Luperón, and Angel Serra
Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.
25 m pistol
Arturo Costa
50 m pistol
Santiago Trompeta
300 m rifle, three positions
Miguel Valdes
50 m rifle, three positions
Miguel Valdes
Raúl Llanos
50 m rifle, prone
Humberto Cabrera
Adelso Peña
Skeet
Roberto Castrillo
Servilio Torres
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
Alfredo Figueredo
Antonio Rodríguez
Carlos Dilaut
Diego Lapera
Enrique Fortes
Ernesto Martínez
Jorge Pérez Vento
Lorenzo Martínez
Luis Calderon
Luis Jiménez
Orlando Samuell
Pedro Delgado
