Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gold

Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight (51 kg)

Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)

Ariel Hernández — Boxing, men's middleweight (75 kg)

Félix Savón — Boxing, men's heavyweight (91 kg)

Omar Ajete, José Ariel Contreras, Miguel Caldes, José Estrada González, Jorge Fumero, Alberto Hernández, Rey Isaac, Orestes Kindelán, Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares, Omar Luis, Juan Manrique, Eliecer Montes, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Padilla, Eduardo Paret, Ormari Romero, Antonio Scull, Luis Ulacia and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, men's tournament

Driulis González — Judo, women's lightweight (56 kg)

Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (76 kg)

Feliberto Ascuy — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight (74 kg)

Taismari Aguero, Regla Bell, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Mireya Luis, Raiza O'Farrill, Yumilka Ruíz and Regla Torres — Volleyball, women's tournament

Silver

Ana Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, women's 800 metres

Arnaldo Mesa — Boxing, Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

Juan Hernández Sierra — Boxing, men's welterweight (67 kg)

Alfredo Duvergel — Boxing, men's light middleweight (71 kg)

Iván Trevejo — Fencing, men's épée individual

Estela Rodríguez — Judo, women's heavyweight

Rodolfo Falcón — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke

Juan Marén — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (62 kg)

Bronze

Yoelbi Quesada — Athletics, Men's triple jump

Oscar García, Elvis Gregory and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, men's foil team competition

Israel Hernández — Judo, men's half lightweight (65 kg)

Amarilis Savón — Judo, women's extra lightweight (48 kg)

Legna Verdecia — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)

Diadenis Luna — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg)

Neisser Bent — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke

Alexis Vila — Wrestling, men's freestyle paperweight (48 kg)

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández

Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

Jaime Jefferson

Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon

Eugenio Balanque

Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)

Raul Duany

Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw

Alexis Elizalde

Qualification — 62.22m

Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)

Roberto Moya

Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's hammer throw

Alberto Sánchez

Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres relay

Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot

Qualification — 3:24.23

Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's long jump

Regla Cardenas

Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)

Lisette Cuza

Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)

Niurka Montalvo

Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

Ioamnet Quintero

Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump

Yamile Aldama

Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

Isel Lopez

Qualification — 61.40m

Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)

Xiomara Rivero

Qualification — 61.32m

Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)

Odelmys Palma

Qualification — 62.30m

Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's discus throw

Maritza Marten

Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)

Barbara Hechevarria

Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

Belsis Laza

Qualification — 18.61m

Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)

Yumileidis Cumba

Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

Regla Cardenas

Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)

Magalys García

Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Baseball

Defending gold medallist and undefeated team Cuba made its second appearance in the 1996 Olympic baseball tournament. Once again, the Cubans went undefeated, beating all seven of the other teams in the preliminary round. A semifinal victory over Nicaragua and a final win against Japan won Cuba its second gold medal in baseball and improved its Olympic win-loss record to 18-0.

Men's tournament:

Cuba - Gold medal (9-0)

Women's tournament

Preliminary round (Group B)

Lost to United States (84-101)

Defeated South Korea (70-55)

Lost to Australia (63-75)

Lost to Ukraine (75-87)

Defeated Zaire (73-59)

Quarterfinals

Lost to Brazil (69-101)

Classification matches

5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (78-70)

5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (74-91) → 6th place

Team roster

Yudith Águila

Milayda Enríquez

Gertrudis Gómez

Cariola Hechavarría

Dalia Henry

Grisel Herrera

Biosotis Lagnó

María León

Yamilé Martínez

Tania Seino

Lisdeivis Víctores

Olga Vigil

Head Coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez

Beach volleyball

Francisco Alvarez and Juan Rossell — 7th place overall

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Yosvani Aguilera

1. First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
2. Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Maikro Romero → Gold medal

1. First round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
2. Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
4. Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
5. Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Arnaldo Mesa → Silver medal

1. First round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
2. Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
4. Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
5. Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

Lorenzo Aragón

1. First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
2. Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

Julio González Valladares

1. First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
2. Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Héctor Vinent → Gold medal

1. First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
2. Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
4. Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
5. Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)

Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal

1. First round — Defeated Jazcef Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
2. Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
4. Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
5. Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal

1. First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
2. Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
4. Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
5. Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

Ariel Hernández → Gold medal

1. First round — Defeated Salim Kbary (Egypt), 11-2
2. Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
4. Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
5. Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Freddy Rojas

1. First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
2. Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

Félix Savón → Gold medal

1. First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
2. Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
4. Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
5. Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Alexis Rubalcaba

1. First round — Bye
2. Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17

Cycling

Women's individual road race

Dania Perez

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.

Men's foil

Rolando Tucker

Elvis Gregory

Oscar García

Men's team foil

Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker

Men's épée

Iván Trevejo

Women's épée

Mirayda García

Milagros Palma

Tamara Esteri

Women's team épée

Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Judo

Men's extra-lightweight

Manolo Poulot

Men's half-lightweight

Israel Hernández

Men's middleweight

Yosvany Despaigne

Men's half-heavyweight

Angel Sánchez

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

Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

Estela Rodríguez

Swimming

Men's 100m backstroke

Rodolfo Falcón

1. Heat — 55.29
2. Final — 54.98 (→ Silver medal)

Neisser Bent

1. Heat — 54.83
2. Final — 55.02 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 200m backstroke

Rodolfo Falcón

1. Heat — 2:01.20
2. Final — 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)

Neisser Bent

1. Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

Mario González

1. Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

Mario González

1. Heat — 2:16.15
2. B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Men's indoor tournament

Preliminary round (Group A)

Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)

Defeated Poland (3-0)

Defeated United States (3-2)

Defeated Argentina (3-0)

Lost to Brazil (0-3)

Quarterfinals

Lost to Russia (0-3)

Classification matches

5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)

5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place

Team roster

Alexis Batle

Angel Beltrán

Freddy Brooks

Joel Despaigne

Raúl Diago

Jhosvany Hernández

Osvaldo Hernández

Lazaro Martín

Alain Roca

Rodolfo Sanchez

Ricardo Vantes

Nicolas Vives

Women's indoor tournament

Team roster

Taismary Agüero

Regla Bell

Magalys Carvajal

Marlenys Costa

Ana Fernández

Mirka Francia

Idalmis Gato

Lilia Izquierdo

Mireya Luis

Raisa O'Farril

Yumilka Ruíz

Regla Torres

Head Coach: Eugenio Jorge

Weightlifting

Men's bantamweight

William Vargas

Men's lightweight

Idalberto Aranda

Men's middleweight

Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight

Carlos Alexis Hernández

Enrique Sabari

Wrestling

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

Lázaro Rivas

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

Luis Sarmiento

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

Juan Luis Marén

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman

Liubal Colás

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman

Filiberto Azcuy

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

Alexis Vila

Men's flyweight, freestyle

Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

Alejandro Puerto

Men's lightweight, freestyle

Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle

Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

Ariel Ramos

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

Wilfredo Morales