Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the Olympic Games
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	137 (109 men and 28 women) in 14 sports
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 3	Silver 1	Bronze 4	Total 8
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Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Martinez, OrlandoOrlando Martinez	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
1 Gold	Correa, EmilioEmilio Correa	Boxing	Men's welterweight
1 Gold	Stevenson, TeófiloTeófilo Stevenson	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Carrillo, GilbertoGilberto Carrillo	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
3 Bronze	Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
3 Bronze	Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
3 Bronze	Alvarez, JoséJosé Alvarez, Miguel Calderón, Rafael Cañizares, Pedro Chappé, Juan Carlos Domecq, Ruperto Herrera, Tomás Herrera, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgellés, and Oscar Varona	Basketball	Men's team
3 Bronze	Rodríguez (boxer), DouglasDouglas Rodríguez (boxer)	Boxing	Men's flyweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Hermes Ramírez

• First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

• Pablo Montes

• First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Irolan Hechavarria

• Qualification Round — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes

• Heat — 39.65s
• Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Emilio Correa → Gold Medal

• First round — Bye
• Second round — defeated  Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0
• Third round — defeated  Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2
• Quarterfinals — defeated  Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2
• Semifinals — defeated  Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
• Final — defeated  János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Rolando Garbey

• First round — defeated  Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
• Second round — defeated  Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
• Third round — defeated  Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
• Quarterfinals — lost to  Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal

• First round — defeated  Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
• Quarterfinals — defeated  Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
• Semifinals — defeated  Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
• Final — defeated  Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — 75th place
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Prieto — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Pedro Rodríguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Menéndez
• Pedro Rodríguez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Men's Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres)

• Roberto Heredero

Men's Team Pursuit (4,000 metres)

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Heredero
• Roberto Menéndez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.

Men's foil

• Eduardo Jhons
• Jesús Gil
• Enrique Salvat

Men's team foil

• Evelio González, Eduardo Jhons, Jesús Gil, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey

Men's sabre

• Manuel Ortíz
• Guzman Salazar
• Francisco de la Torre

Men's team sabre

• Hilario Hipólito, Guzman Salazar, Francisco de la Torre, Manuel Ortíz, Manuel Suárez

Women's foil

• Margarita Rodríguez
• Marlene Infante
• María Esther García

Women's team foil

• Irene Forbes, María Esther García, Marlene Infante, Margarita Rodríguez, Nereida Rodríguez

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight

• Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Middleweight

• Isaac Azcuy

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• José Ibañez

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Lazaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello

• Heat — 8:17.34
• Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Coxless Fours

• Eralio Cabrera, Troadio Delgado, Ramón Luperón, and Angel Serra

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to East Germany (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Defeated West Germany (3-2)
• Lost to Romania (0-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-2)

• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → Tenth place

• Team Roster

• Alfredo Figueredo
• Antonio Rodríguez
• Carlos Dilaut
• Diego Lapera
• Enrique Fortes
• Ernesto Martínez
• Jorge Pérez Vento
• Lorenzo Martínez
• Luis Calderon
• Luis Jiménez
• Orlando Samuell
• Pedro Delgado

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Cuba at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1972/. Retrieved 2011-02-11. 

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database