Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.
María Caridad Colón — Athletics, Women’s Javelin Throw
Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men’s Bantamweight
Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men’s Lightweight
Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men’s Welterweight
Armando Martínez — Boxing, Men’s Light Middleweight
José Gómez — Boxing, Men’s Middleweight
Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men’s Heavyweight
Daniel Núñez — Weightlifting, Men’s Bantamweight
Silvio Leonard — Athletics, Men’s 100 metres
Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
Hipólito Ramos — Boxing, Men’s Light Flyweight
Adolfo Horta — Boxing, Men’s Featherweight
Jose Rodríguez — Judo, Men’s Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men’s Half Middleweight (78 kg)
Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men’s Middleweight (86 kg)
Luis Delis — Athletics, Men’s Discus Throw
José Aguilar — Boxing, Men’s Light Welterweight
Ricardo Rojas — Boxing, Men’s Light Heavyweight
Roberto Castrillo — Shooting, Men’s Skeet Shooting
Alberto Blanco — Weightlifting, Men’s 100 kg
Men's 100 metres
Silvio Leonard
Heat — 10.33
Quarterfinals — 10.16
Semifinals — 10.40
Final — 10.25 (→ Silver Medal)
Osvaldo Lara
Heat — 10.39
Quarterfinals — 10.21
Semifinals — 10.34
Final — 10.43 (→ 5th place)
Tomás González
Heat — 10.65
Quarterfinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Silvio Leonard
Osvaldo Lara
Tomás González
Men's 400 metres
Alberto Juantorena
Men's Marathon
Radamés González
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
Alejandro Casañas
Heat — 13.46
Semifinals — 13.44
Final — 13.40 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4×100 metres Relay
Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González
Men's High Jump
Francisco Centelles
Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
David Girat
Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Armando Herrera
Qualification — 16.49 m
Final — 15.90 m (→ 11th place)
Alejandro Herrera
Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Discus Throw
Luis Delís
Qualification — 62.20 m
Final — 66.32 m (→ Bronze Medal)
José Santa Cruz
Qualification — 60.14 m
Final — 61.52 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Armando Orozco
Qualification — 72.28 m
Final Round — 68.68 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put
María Elena Sarría
Final — 19.37 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Carmen Romero
Qualification — 58.60 m
Final — 60.86 m (→ 10th place)
María Cristina Betancourt
Qualification — 57.62 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
María Caridad Colón
Qualification — 62.42 m
Final — 68.40 m (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Defeated Australia (83-76)
Defeated Sweden (71-59)
Lost to Italy (72-79)
Semi Final Round (Group A)
Lost to Brazil (93-94)
Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112)
Lost to Spain (95-96)
Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) → 6th place
Team Roster:
Jorge More
Ruperto Herrera
Alejandro Ortiz
Noangel Luaces
Generoso Márquez
Raúl Duboy
Pedro Abreu
Miguel Calderón
Tomás Herrera
Daniel Scott
Alejandro Urgelles
Félix Morales
Women's Team Competition
Team Roster:
Andrea Borrell
Barbara Becquer
Caridad Despaigne
Inocenta Corvea
María de los Santos
María Moret
Matilde Charro
Nancy Atiez
Santa Margarita Skeet
Sonia de la Paz
Vicenta Salmon
Virginia Pérez
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Hipólito Ramos → Silver Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0)
- Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
- Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Jorge Hernández
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
Juan Hernández → Gold Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
- Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
- Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Adolfo Horta → Silver Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
- Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
- Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
- Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Ángel Herrera → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
- Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
- Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
- Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
José Aguilar → Bronze Medal
- First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
- Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
- Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
- Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.
Individual road race
Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Carlos Cardet
Antonio Quintero
Men's Springboard
Rolando Ruiz
Preliminary Round — 489.24 points (→ did not advance)
12 fencers, 8 men and 4 women, represented Cuba in 1980.
Men's foil
Heriberto González
Efigenio Favier
Guillermo Betancourt
Men's team foil
Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's épée
Efigenio Favier
Guillermo Betancourt
Heriberto González
Men's team épée
Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's sabre
José Laverdecia
Jesús Ortíz
Manuel Ortíz
Men's team sabre
Manuel Ortíz, Jesús Ortíz, José Laverdecia, Guzman Salazar
Women's foil
Clara Alfonso
Marlene Font
Margarita Rodríguez
Women's team foil
Margarita Rodríguez, Marlene Font, María Esther García, Clara Alfonso
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Zambia (1-0)
Defeated Venezuela (2-1)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-8)
Quarter Finals
Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
Team Roster
José Reinoso
Miguel López
Raimundo Frometa
Luís Sanchez
Luís Dreke
Roberto Espinosa
Andres Roldan
Amado Povea
Dagoberto Lara
Ramon Núñez
Luis Hernández
Roberto Pereira
Regino Delgado
Jorge Masso
Fermín Madera
Carlos Loredo
Handball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Denmark (18-30)
Lost to Poland (19-34)
Lost to East Germany (20-27)
Drew with Spain (24-24)
Lost to Hungary (22-26)
Classification Match
11th/12th place: Defeated Kuwait (32-24) → 11th place
Team Roster
Pablo Pedroso
Roberto Casuso
Jesús Agramonte
Miguel Izquierdo
José Neninger
Juan Llanes
Juan Querol
Juan Prendes
Sabino Medina
Roberto Zulueta
Moisés Casales
Ibrain Crombet
Lázaro Jiménez
Lázaro Pedroso
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round
Cuba — Poland 1-7
Cuba — Soviet Union 2-11
Cuba — Tanzania 4-0
Cuba — India 0-13
Cuba — Spain 0-11
Classification Match
5th-6th place: Cuba — Tanzania 4-1 → 5th place
Team Roster:
Ángel Mora
Severo Frometa
Bernabé Izquierdo
Edgardo Vázquez
Héctor Pedroso
Tomás Varela
Raúl García
Jorge Mico
Rodolfo Delgado
Lazaro Hernández
Juan Blanco
Juan Caballero
Roberto Ramírez
Ángel Fontane
Ricardo Campos
Juan Ríos
Men's Extra-Lightweight
José Rodríguez
Men's Half-Lightweight
Héctor Rodríguez
Men's Lightweight
Ricardo Tuero
Men's Half-Middleweight
Juan Ferrer
Men's Middleweight
Isaac Azcuy
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Rolando José Tornes
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Italy (3-0)
Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
7th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1) → 7th place
Team Roster
Diego Lapera
Víctor García
Luis Oviedo
Ernesto Martínez
Ricardo Leyva
Jorge Garbey
Raúl Vilches
Carlos Salas
Antonio Pérez
Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr.
Carlos Ruiz
José David
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to East Germany (1-3)
Defeated Peru (3-0)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Classification Match
5th/6th place: Defeated Peru (3-1) → 5th place
Team Roster
Mercedes Pérez
Imilsis Téllez
Ana Díaz
Mercedes Pomares
Mavis Guilarte
Libertad González
Erenia Díaz
Maura Alfonso
Josefina Capote
Nelly Barnet
Ana María García
Lucila Urgelles
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
Defeated Australia (6-4)
Defeated Bulgaria (7-1)
Final Round (Group A)
Drew with Yugoslavia (7-7)
Drew with Netherlands (7-7)
Lost to Soviet Union (5-8)
Lost to Hungary (5-7)
Lost to Spain (7-9) → 5th place
Team Roster
Oscar Periche
Orlando Cowley
Bárbaro Díaz
Lazaro Costa
Pedro Rodríguez
Nelson Domínguez
Jorge Rizo
Arturo Ramos
Carlos Benítez
Gerardo Rodríguez
Oriel Domínguez
