- Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Cuba at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Cuba – Flag bearersIOC code CUB NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Competitors 115 (101 men and 14 women) in 13 sports Flag bearer Héctor Ramírez Medals
Rank: 31Gold
0Silver
4Bronze
0Total
4Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.[1]
Contents
Medalists
Silver- Enrique Regüeiferos — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Enrique Figuerola, Pablo Montes, Juan Morales, and Hermes Ramirez — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metre relay
- Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Violetta Quesada, and Fulgencia Romay — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metre relay
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsBasketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer OlympicsBoxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsCycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsDiving
Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Cuba in 1968.
- Men's foil
- Dagoberto Borges
- Jesús Gil
- Orlando Ruíz
- Men's team foil
- Eduardo Jhons, Orlando Ruíz, Jesús Gil, Dagoberto Borges
- Men's épée
- Gustavo Oliveros
- José Antonio Díaz
- Manuel González
- Men's team épée
- Orlando Ruíz, Gustavo Oliveros, Manuel González, José Antonio Díaz
- Men's sabre
- Félix Delgado
- Manuel Ortíz
- José Narciso Díaz
- Men's team sabre
- Manuel Ortíz, José Narciso Díaz, Joaquin Tack-Fang, Félix Delgado
- Women's foil
Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsShooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer OlympicsWater polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Soviet Union (4:11)
- Defeated Brazil (9:2)
- Tied with United States (6:6)
- Defeated West Germany (7:6)
- Defeated Spain (4:3)
- Lost to Hungary (1:7)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (2:8)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Netherlands (5:8) → 8th place
- Team Roster
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- Guillermo Canete
- Guillermo Martínez
- Ibrahim Rodríguez
- Jesús Pérez
- Miguel García
- Oscar Periche
- Osvaldo García
- Roberto Rodríguez
- Rolando Valdes
- Ruben Junco
- Waldimiro Arcos
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsReferences
- ^ "Cuba at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1968/. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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