Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cuba at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cuba – Flag bearers
IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors (as of 6 Oct 2011) 52 in 7 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
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Cuba is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

Contents

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuban athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[1][2]

Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A Standard
  • Men's triple jump
  • Women's triple jump
Qualified two athletes at the A Standard
  • Men's discus throw
  • Men's decathlon
  • Women's shot put
  • Women's discus throw
  • Women's hammer throw
Qualified one athlete at the A Standard
  • Men's 200 m
  • Men's 400 m
  • Men's 800 m
  • Men's 110 m hurdles
  • Men's 400 m hurdles
  • Men's pole vault
  • Men's shot put
  • Men's javelin throw
  • Women's 200 m
  • Women's 800 m
  • Women's pole vault
  • Women's javelin throw
Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B Standard
  • Men's high jump
  • Men's long jump
  • Men's hammer throw
  • Women's 100 m
  • Women's 400 m
  • Women's marathon
  • Women's heptathlon
  • Women's 20 km race walk

Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has so far qualified boxers for the following events

  • Men's Light flyweight (49kg) – Yosvany Veitia
  • Men's Flyweight (52kg) – Robeisy Ramírez
  • Men's Bantamweight (56kg) – Lázaro Álvarez
  • Men's Lightweight (60kg) – Yasniel Toledo
  • Men's Light heavyweight (81kg) – Julio César la Cruz
  • Men's Heavyweight (91kg) – José Larduet
  • Men's Super heavyweight (+91kg) – Erislandy Savón

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Sprint

Cuba has qualified boats for the following events

  • Men's K1 1000m
  • Men's C2 1000m
  • Women's K1 200m
  • Women's K2 500m

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

  • Men's Road Race - 1 quota place

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has so far qualified boats for the following events

  • Men's Single Sculls

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified four quota places in the shooting events;[3]

  • Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol – 1 quota place
  • Men's skeet – 1 quota place
  • Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions – 1 quota place
  • Women's 10 m air rifle – 1 quota place

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuban swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[4][5]

Two (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time
  • None
One swimmer has achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time
  • None
One (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Selection Time
  • Men's 50m freestyle
  • Men's 100m freestyle
  • Men's 200m backstroke
  • Men's 100m butterfly

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified 1 man and 2 women.

  • Men's +80kg
  • Women's -57kg
  • Women's +67kg

Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified 4 men.

  • Men's events - 4 quota places

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has so far qualified quota places in the following events

  • Men's Freestyle −66kg
  • Men's Greco-Roman −66kg
  • Men's Greco-Roman −120kg

References

  1. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
  2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS, IAAF, http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf, retrieved 4 June 2011 
  3. ^ "Quota places by NATION and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
  5. ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming, FINA, http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/sw_qual.pdf, retrieved 8 June 2011 


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