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 JumpMaritza Martén — Athletics, Women's Discus ThrowOmar 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 CompetitionRogelio Marcelo — Boxing, Men's Light FlyweightJoel Casamayor — Boxing, Men's BantamweightHéctor Vinent — Boxing, Men's Light WelterweightJuan Carlos Lemus — Boxing, Men's Light MiddleweightAriel Hernández — Boxing, Men's MiddleweightFélix Savón — Boxing, Men's HeavyweightRoberto Balado — Boxing, Men's Super HeavyweightOdalis 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 CompetitionHéctor Milián — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light HeavyweightAlejandro Puerto — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)Roberto Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Lázaro Martínez, and Norberto Téllez — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m RelayRaúl González — Boxing, Men's FlyweightJuan Hernández — Boxing, Men's WelterweightGuillermo Betancourt, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García, Oscar García, and Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil TeamEstela Rodríguez — Judo, Women's HeavyweightPablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)Jorge Aguilera, Joel Isasi, Joel Lamela, and Andrés Simón — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m RelayRoberto Moya — Athletics, Men's Discus ThrowAna Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, Women's 800 metresIoamnet Quintero — Athletics, Women's High JumpElvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil IndividualIsrael 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 FlyweightJuan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman FeatherweightLázaro Reinoso — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Lázaro Martínez, Héctor Herrera, Norberto Téllez, and Roberto HernándezHeat — 2:59.13Final — 2:59.51 (→ Silver Medal)Men's Marathon
Alberto Cuba — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's Long Jump
Iván PedrosoQualification — 8.07 mFinal — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)Jaime JeffersonQualification — 8.09 mFinal — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)Men's Triple Jump
Yoelvis QuesadaQualification — 17.21 mFinal — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)Men's Discus Throw
Roberto MoyaQualification — 62.06 mFinal — 64.12 m (→ Bronze Medal)Juan MartínezQualification — 60.34 mFinal — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)
Women's 800 metres
Ana Fidelia QuirotHeat — 1:59.06Semifinal — 2:00.86Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)Women's Discus Throw
Maritza MartenQualification — 65.02mFinal — 70.06m (→ Gold Medal)Hilda RamosQualification — 62.82mFinal — 63.80m (→ 6th place)Bárbara HechavarríaQualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)Women's High Jump
Ioamnet QuinteroQualification — 1.92 mFinal — 1.97 m (→ Bronze Medal)Silvia CostaQualification — 1.92 mFinal — 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 AjeteRolando ArrojoJosé Raúl DelgadoGiorge DiazJosé Estrada GonzálezOsvaldo FernándezLourdes GourrielAlberto HernándezOrlando HernándezOrestes KindelánOmar LinaresGermán MesaVíctor MesaAntonio PachecoJuan PadillaJuan PérezLuis UlaciaErmidelio UrrutiaJorge ValdésLázaro VargasPreliminary Round (Group A)Defeated Unified Team (91-89)Defeated Brazil (95-88)Defeated Italy (60-53)SemifinalsLost to PR China (70-109)Bronze Medal MatchLost to United States (74-88) → 4th placeTeam RosterAndrea BorrellAna HernándezOlga VigilGrisel HerreraBiosotis LagnóYudith ÁguilaMaría LeónYamilé MartínezDalia HenryLiset CastilloRegla HernándezMilayda EnríquezHead Coach: Manuel PérezMen's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Rogelio Marcelo → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (SWZ), RSC-3Second Round – Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (MGL), 14:2Quarterfinals – Defeated Rafael Lozano (ESP), 11:3Semifinals – Defeated Roel Velasco (PHI), RSCH-1Final – Defeated Daniel Petrov (BUL), 20:10Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Raúl González → Silver MedalFirst Round – Defeated Leszek Olszewski (POL), 15:7Second Round – Defeated Moses Malagu (NGR), RSC-2Quarterfinals – Defeated David Serradas (VEN), 14:7Semifinals – Defeated Timothy Austin (USA) RSC-1Final – Lost to Choi Chol-Su (PRK), 2:12Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Joel Casamayor → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Devarajan Venkatesan (IND), 13:7Second Round – Defeated Riadh Klai (TUN), 16:11Quarterfinals – Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI), KO-1Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Achik (MAR), AB-1Final – Defeated Wayne McCullough (IRL), 16:8Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Eddy SuarezFirst Round – Defeated Lee Chil-Gun (PRK), 20:5Second Round – Defeated Mohamed Soltani (TUN), RSC-2 (02:53)Quarterfinals – Lost to Faustino Reyes (ESP), 7:17Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Julio González ValladaresFirst Round – Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (BUL), 12:14Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Héctor Vinent → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Edwin Cassiani (COL), 27:4Second Round – Defeated Andreas Zülow (GER), 14:2Quarterfinals – Defeated Oleg Nikolaev (URS), 26:3Semifinals – Defeated Jyri Kjall (FIN), 13:3Final – Defeated Mark Leduc (CAN), 11:1Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver MedalFirst Round – Defeated Said Bennajem (FRA), 6:0Second Round – Defeated Jun Jin-Chul (KOR), RSC-2Quarterfinals – Defeated Søren Antman (SWE), RSC-2Semifinals – Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR), 11:2Final – Lost to Michael Carruth (IRL), 10:13Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Juan Carlos Lemus → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (EUN), 11:0Second Round – Defeated Markus Beyer (GER), RSC-1Quarterfinals – Defeated Igors Saplavskis (LAT), 12:2Semifinals – Defeated György Mizsei (HUN), 10:2Final – Defeated Orhan Delibaş (NED), 6:1Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Ariel Hernández → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Joseph Lareya (GHA), 6:0Second Round – Defeated Gilberto Brown (ISV), 13:2Quarterfinals – Defeated Sven Ottke (GER), 14:6Semifinals – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (KOR), 14:1Final – Defeated Chris Byrd (USA), 12:7Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Angel EspinosaFirst Round – Defeated Mehmet Gürgen (TUR), RSC-3Second Round – Defeated Roberto Castelli (ITA), RSC-1Quarterfinals – Lost to Wojciech Bartnik (POL), 3:9Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Félix Savón → Gold MedalFirst Round – Defeated Krysztof Rojek (POL), RSC-2Second Round – Defeated Bert Teuchiert (GER), 11:2Quarterfinals – Defeated Danell Nicholson (USA), 13:11Semifinals – Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), 23:3Final – Defeated David Izonritei (NGR), 14:1Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Roberto Balado → Gold MedalFirst Round – ByeSecond Round – Defeated Tom Glesby (CAN), 16:2Quarterfinals – Defeated Larry Donald (USA), 10:4Semifinals – Defeated Brian Nielsen (DEN), 15:1Final – Defeated Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 13:2Four male cyclists represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's team pursuitConrado CabreraEugenio CastroNoël de la CruzRaúl DomínguezMen's points raceConrado CabreraFive male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's foilElvis GregoryGuillermo BetancourtOscar GarcíaAlain JulianMen's team foilElvis Gregory, Guillermo Betancourt, Oscar García, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo GarcíaMen's Half-Lightweight
Israel HernándezMen's Lightweight
Ignacio SayuMen's Middleweight
Andrés FrancoMen's Half-Heavyweight
Belarmino SalgadoMen's Heavyweight
Frank Moreno
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Amarilys SavónWomen's Half-Lightweight
Legna VerdeciaWomen's Lightweight
Driulys GonzálezWomen's Half-Middleweight
Ileana BeltránWomen's Middleweight
Odalis RevéWomen's Half-Heavyweight
Niurka MorenoWomen's Heavyweight
Estela RodríguezMen's 100m Backstroke
Rodolfo FalcónHeat – 55.99Final – 55.76 (→ 7th place)Men's 200m Backstroke
Rodolfo FalcónHeat – 2:00.52B-Final – 2:00.22 (→ 9th place)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Mario GonzálezHeat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Mario GonzálezHeat – 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)QuarterfinalsDefeated Spain (3-0)SemifinalsLost to Netherlands (0-3)Bronze Medal MatchLost to United States (1-3) → Fourth placeTeam RosterFélix MillánFreddy BrooksIdalberto ValdesIhosvany HernándezJoël DespaigneLazaro BeltranLazaro MarinNicolas VivesOsvaldo HernándezRaúl DiagoRodolfo SánchezAbel SarmientosPreliminary Round (Group B)Defeated PR China (3-1)Defeated Brazil (3-1)Defeated Netherlands (3-0)SemifinalsDefeated United States (3-2)FinalDefeated Unified Team (3-1) → Gold MedalTeam RosterRegla BellMercedes CalderónMagalys CarvajalMarlenys CostaAna Ibis FernandezIdalmis GatoLilia IzquierdoNorka LatambletMireya LuisRaisa O'FarrillTania OrtizRegla TorresHead Coach: Eugenio LafitaPreliminary 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 MatchesLost to Australia (5-7)Lost to Germany (6-10) → 8th placeTeam RosterBárbaro DiazJuan BarrerasNorge BlayPablo CuestaJorge Del ValleMarcelo DerauvilleLazaro FernándezErnesto GarcíaJuan Hernández OliveraJuan Hernández SilveiraGuillermo MartínezIván PérezJosé RamosMen's Middleweight
Pablo LaraRaúl MoraMen's Light-Heavyweight
Lino EliasJosé Ernesto HerediaMen's Middle-Heavyweight
Emilio LaraMen's Heavyweight II
Flavio VillavicencioMaurys CharónMen's Super-Heavyweight
Ernesto Aguero 
