Cuba competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1984 Games and the 1988 Games. 176 competitors, 126 men and 50 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.
Javier Sotomayor — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Maritza Martén — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Omar Ajete, Rolando Arrojo, José Raúl Delgado, Giorge Diaz, José Estrada González, Osvaldo Fernández, Lourdes Gourriel, Alberto Hernández, Orlando Hernández, Orestes Kindelán, Omar Linares, Germán Mesa, Víctor Mesa, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Padilla, Juan Pérez, Luis Ulacia, Ermidelio Urrutia, Jorge Valdés, and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, Men's Team Competition
Rogelio Marcelo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Joel Casamayor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Héctor Vinent — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Juan Carlos Lemus — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Ariel Hernández — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Félix Savón — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Roberto Balado — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
Odalis Revé — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)
Regla Bell, Mercedes Calderón, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Norka Latamblet, Mireya Luis, Tania Ortiz, and Regla Torres — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
Héctor Milián — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Alejandro Puerto — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)
Roberto Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Lázaro Martínez, and Norberto Téllez — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Raúl González — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Guillermo Betancourt, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García, Oscar García, and Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Estela Rodríguez — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
Jorge Aguilera, Joel Isasi, Joel Lamela, and Andrés Simón — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Roberto Moya — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Ana Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Ioamnet Quintero — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Israel Hernández — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
Amarilis Savón — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Driulis González — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)
Wilber Sánchez — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
Juan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Lázaro Reinoso — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Lázaro Martínez, Héctor Herrera, Norberto Téllez, and Roberto Hernández
Heat — 2:59.13
Final — 2:59.51 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Marathon
Alberto Cuba — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
Iván Pedroso
Qualification — 8.07 m
Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)
Jaime Jefferson
Qualification — 8.09 m
Final — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Yoelvis Quesada
Qualification — 17.21 m
Final — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Roberto Moya
Qualification — 62.06 m
Final — 64.12 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Juan Martínez
Qualification — 60.34 m
Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)
Women's 800 metres
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Heat — 1:59.06
Semifinal — 2:00.86
Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw
Maritza Marten
Qualification — 65.02m
Final — 70.06m (→ Gold Medal)
Hilda Ramos
Qualification — 62.82m
Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place)
Bárbara Hechavarría
Qualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Ioamnet Quintero
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.97 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Silvia Costa
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)
The first Olympic baseball tournament resulted in sevens wins and no losses in the preliminary round for Cuba. A comfortable 6-1 victory over the United States and a dominant 11-1 win against Chinese Taipei earned Cuba the first Olympic gold medal for the sport.
Men's Team Competition:
Cuba - Gold Medal (9-0)
Team Roster
Omar Ajete
Rolando Arrojo
José Raúl Delgado
Giorge Diaz
José Estrada González
Osvaldo Fernández
Lourdes Gourriel
Alberto Hernández
Orlando Hernández
Orestes Kindelán
Omar Linares
Germán Mesa
Víctor Mesa
Antonio Pacheco
Juan Padilla
Juan Pérez
Luis Ulacia
Ermidelio Urrutia
Jorge Valdés
Lázaro Vargas
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Unified Team (91-89)
Defeated Brazil (95-88)
Defeated Italy (60-53)
Semifinals
Lost to PR China (70-109)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to United States (74-88) → 4th place
Team Roster
Andrea Borrell
Ana Hernández
Olga Vigil
Grisel Herrera
Biosotis Lagnó
Yudith Águila
María León
Yamilé Martínez
Dalia Henry
Liset Castillo
Regla Hernández
Milayda Enríquez
Head Coach: Manuel Pérez
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Rogelio Marcelo → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (SWZ), RSC-3
Second Round – Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (MGL), 14:2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Rafael Lozano (ESP), 11:3
Semifinals – Defeated Roel Velasco (PHI), RSCH-1
Final – Defeated Daniel Petrov (BUL), 20:10
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Raúl González → Silver Medal
First Round – Defeated Leszek Olszewski (POL), 15:7
Second Round – Defeated Moses Malagu (NGR), RSC-2
Quarterfinals – Defeated David Serradas (VEN), 14:7
Semifinals – Defeated Timothy Austin (USA) RSC-1
Final – Lost to Choi Chol-Su (PRK), 2:12
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Joel Casamayor → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Devarajan Venkatesan (IND), 13:7
Second Round – Defeated Riadh Klai (TUN), 16:11
Quarterfinals – Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI), KO-1
Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Achik (MAR), AB-1
Final – Defeated Wayne McCullough (IRL), 16:8
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Eddy Suarez
First Round – Defeated Lee Chil-Gun (PRK), 20:5
Second Round – Defeated Mohamed Soltani (TUN), RSC-2 (02:53)
Quarterfinals – Lost to Faustino Reyes (ESP), 7:17
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Julio González Valladares
First Round – Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (BUL), 12:14
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Héctor Vinent → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Edwin Cassiani (COL), 27:4
Second Round – Defeated Andreas Zülow (GER), 14:2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Oleg Nikolaev (URS), 26:3
Semifinals – Defeated Jyri Kjall (FIN), 13:3
Final – Defeated Mark Leduc (CAN), 11:1
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver Medal
First Round – Defeated Said Bennajem (FRA), 6:0
Second Round – Defeated Jun Jin-Chul (KOR), RSC-2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Søren Antman (SWE), RSC-2
Semifinals – Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR), 11:2
Final – Lost to Michael Carruth (IRL), 10:13
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Juan Carlos Lemus → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (EUN), 11:0
Second Round – Defeated Markus Beyer (GER), RSC-1
Quarterfinals – Defeated Igors Saplavskis (LAT), 12:2
Semifinals – Defeated György Mizsei (HUN), 10:2
Final – Defeated Orhan Delibaş (NED), 6:1
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Ariel Hernández → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Joseph Lareya (GHA), 6:0
Second Round – Defeated Gilberto Brown (ISV), 13:2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Sven Ottke (GER), 14:6
Semifinals – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (KOR), 14:1
Final – Defeated Chris Byrd (USA), 12:7
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Angel Espinosa
First Round – Defeated Mehmet Gürgen (TUR), RSC-3
Second Round – Defeated Roberto Castelli (ITA), RSC-1
Quarterfinals – Lost to Wojciech Bartnik (POL), 3:9
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Félix Savón → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Krysztof Rojek (POL), RSC-2
Second Round – Defeated Bert Teuchiert (GER), 11:2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Danell Nicholson (USA), 13:11
Semifinals – Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), 23:3
Final – Defeated David Izonritei (NGR), 14:1
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Roberto Balado → Gold Medal
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Defeated Tom Glesby (CAN), 16:2
Quarterfinals – Defeated Larry Donald (USA), 10:4
Semifinals – Defeated Brian Nielsen (DEN), 15:1
Final – Defeated Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 13:2
Four male cyclists represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's team pursuit
Conrado Cabrera
Eugenio Castro
Noël de la Cruz
Raúl Domínguez
Men's points race
Conrado Cabrera
Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's foil
Elvis Gregory
Guillermo Betancourt
Oscar García
Alain Julian
Men's team foil
Elvis Gregory, Guillermo Betancourt, Oscar García, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García
Men's Half-Lightweight
Israel Hernández
Men's Lightweight
Ignacio Sayu
Men's Middleweight
Andrés Franco
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Belarmino Salgado
Men's Heavyweight
Frank Moreno
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Amarilys 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
Niurka Moreno
Women's Heavyweight
Estela Rodríguez
Men's 100m Backstroke
Rodolfo Falcón
Heat – 55.99
Final – 55.76 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Rodolfo Falcón
Heat – 2:00.52
B-Final – 2:00.22 (→ 9th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Mario González
Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Mario González
Heat – 2:16.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
Defeated Algeria (3-0)
Defeated Unified Team (3-1)
Lost to Brazil (1-3)
Defeated South Korea (3-0)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Spain (3-0)
Semifinals
Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to United States (1-3) → Fourth place
Team Roster
Félix Millán
Freddy Brooks
Idalberto Valdes
Ihosvany Hernández
Joël Despaigne
Lazaro Beltran
Lazaro Marin
Nicolas Vives
Osvaldo Hernández
Raúl Diago
Rodolfo Sánchez
Abel Sarmientos
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated PR China (3-1)
Defeated Brazil (3-1)
Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
Semifinals
Defeated United States (3-2)
Final
Defeated Unified Team (3-1) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Regla Bell
Mercedes Calderón
Magalys Carvajal
Marlenys Costa
Ana Ibis Fernandez
Idalmis Gato
Lilia Izquierdo
Norka Latamblet
Mireya Luis
Raisa O'Farrill
Tania Ortiz
Regla Torres
Head Coach: Eugenio Lafita
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Greece (10-9)
Lost to Hungary (11-12)
Lost to Italy (8-11)
Lost to the Netherlands (9-11)
Lost to Spain (10-12)
Classification Matches
Lost to Australia (5-7)
Lost to Germany (6-10) → 8th place
Team Roster
Bárbaro Diaz
Juan Barreras
Norge Blay
Pablo Cuesta
Jorge Del Valle
Marcelo Derauville
Lazaro Fernández
Ernesto García
Juan Hernández Olivera
Juan Hernández Silveira
Guillermo Martínez
Iván Pérez
José Ramos
Men's Middleweight
Pablo Lara
Raúl Mora
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Lino Elias
José Ernesto Heredia
Men's Middle-Heavyweight
Emilio Lara
Men's Heavyweight II
Flavio Villavicencio
Maurys Charón
Men's Super-Heavyweight
Ernesto Aguero
