Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	151 (97 men and 54 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Iván Pedroso
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 9	Silver 7	Bronze 11	Total 27
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Cuba won 27 medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, including 9 gold medals.

Medalists

Gold

• Yumileidi Cumba — Athletics, women's shot put

• Osleidys Menendez — Athletics, women's javelin throw

• Danny Betancourt, Luis Borroto, Frederich Cepeda, Yorelvis Charles, Michel Enriquez, Norberto González, Yulieski Gourriel, Pedro Lazo, Roger Machado, Jonder Martínez, Danny Miranda, Frank Montieth, Vicyohandri Odelín, Adiel Palma López, Eduardo Paret, Ariel Pestano, Alexei Ramirez, Eriel Sánchez, Antonio Scull, Carlos Tabares, Yoandri Urgelles, Osmani Urrutia, Manuel Vega and Norge Vera — Baseball, men's tournament

• Yan Bartelemi — Boxing, men's light flyweight

• Yuriorkis Gamboa — Boxing, men's flyweight

• Guillermo Rigondeaux — Boxing, men's bantamweight

• Mario Kindelán — Boxing, men's lightweight

• Odlanier Solis — Boxing, men's heavyweight

• Yandro Quintana — Wrestling, men's freestyle 60 kg

Silver

• Yipsi Moreno — Athletics, women's hammer throw

• Yudel Johnson Cedeno — Boxing, men's 64 kg

• Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros — Boxing, men's 69 kg

• Ibrahim Rojas Blanco, Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon — Canoeing, men's C2 500 m

• Daima Mayelis Beltran — Judo, women's +78 kg

• Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz — Taekwondo, women's –49 kg

• Roberto Monzon — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Bronze

• Anier Garcia — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles

• Yunaika Crawford — Athletics, women's hammer throw

• Michel Lopez Nunez — Boxing, men's super heavyweight (+91 kg)

• Amarilys Savon — Judo, women's half-lightweight (52 kg)

• Yurisleidy Lupetey — Judo, Women's Lightweight (57 kg)

• Driulys González — Judo, women's half-middleweight (63 kg)

• Yordanis Arencibia — Judo, men's half-lightweight (66 kg)

• Yurisel Laborde — Judo, women's half-heavyweight (78 kg)

• Juan Miguel Rodriguez — Shooting, men's skeet

• Zoila Barros, Rosir Calderón, Nancy Carrillo, Ana Fernández, Maisbelis Martínez, Liana Mesa, Anniara Muñoz, Yaima Ortíz, Daimí Ramírez, Marta Sánchez, María Téllez and Yumilka Ruíz — Volleyball, women's tournament

• Iván Fundora — Wrestling, men's freestyle 74 kg

Results by event

Archery

• Maydenia Sarduy – women's individual, 42nd place

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

• Geyman López

• Round 1 — 45.44
• Semifinal — 45.42 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Aguelmis Rojas

• 2:21:59 (→ 47th place)

Men's 110 m hurdles:

• Anier Garcia

• Round 1 — 13.24
• Round 2 — 13.28
• Semifinal — 13.30
• Final — 13.20 (→ Bronze medal)

• Yoel Hernandez

• Round 1 — 13.41
• Round 2 — 13.29
• Semifinal — 13.37 (→ did not advance)

• Yuniel Hernandez

• Round 1 — 13.48
• Round 2 — 13.46
• Semifinal — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

• Yacnier Luis

• Round 1 — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Iván Pedroso

• Final — 8.23 metres (→ 7th place)

Men's triple jump:

• Yoandri Betanzos

• Final — 17.47 metres (→ 4th place)

• Yoelbi Quesada

• Final — 16.96 metres (→ 8th place)

• Arnie David Giralt

• Round 1 — 16.70 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's high jump

• Lisvany Pérez

• Final, 2.25 metres (→ 11th place)

Men's discus

• Frank Casañas

• Round 1 — 60.60 metres (→ did not advance)

• Lois Maikel Martínez

• Round 1 — 57.18 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's javelin

• Isbel Luaces

• Round 1 — 80.07 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Zulia Calatayud

• Round 1 — 2:03.99
• Semifinal — 1:59.21
• Final — 2:00.95 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m relay

• Miladis Lazo, Ana Lopez, Roxana Díaz and Virgen Benavides

• Round 1 — 43.60 (→ 11th place)

Women's marathon

• Mariela González

• 3:02:20 (→ 59th place)

Women's 100 m hurdles

• Anay Tejeda

• Round 1 — 13.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m hurdles

• Daimí Pernía

• Round 1 — 55.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump

• Yudelkis Fernandez

• Round 1 — 6.36 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Yusmay Bicet

• Round 1 — 14.53 metres
• Final — 14.57 metres (→ 9th place)

Women's discus

• Yania Ferrales

• Round 1 — 61.54 metres
• Final — no mark (→ 12th place)

Women's shot put

• Yumileidi Cumba

• Round 1 — 19.10 metres
• Final — 19.59 metres (→ Gold medal)

• Misleydis Gonzalez

• Round 1 — 18.33 metres
• Final — 18.59 metres (→ 7th place)

Women's javelin

• Osleidys Menendez

• Round 1 — 64.91 metres
• Final — 71.53 metres (OR) (→ Gold medal)

• Sonia Bisset

• Round 1 — 61.45 metres
• Final — 63.54 metres (→ 5th place)

• Noraida Bicet

• Round 1 — 60.97 metres
• Final — 62.51 metres (→ 7th place)

Women's hammer

• Yipsi Moreno

• Round 1 — 70.56 metres
• Final — 73.36 metres (→ Silver medal)

• Yunaika Crawford

• Round 1 — 71.74 metres
• Final — 73.16 metres (→ Bronze medal)

• Aldenay Vasallo

• Round 1 — 62.64 metres (→ did not advance)

Baseball

The gold medal Cuban Olympic baseball team:

• Players: Vladimir Banos, Danny Betancourt, Luis Borroto, Frederich Cepeda, , Yorelvis Charles, Donal Duartes, Michel Enriquez, Valeri García, Norberto González, Yulieski Gourriel, , Pedro Lazo, Roger Machado, Jonder Martinez, , Danny Miranda, Frank Montieth, Luis Miguel Navas, Vicyohandri Odelín, Adiel Palma, Eduardo Paret, Ariel Pestano, Alexei Ramirez, Rudy Reyes, Eriel Sánchez, Antonio Scull, Deinys Suarez, Carlos Tabares, Yoandri Urgelles, Osmani Urrutia, Manuel Vega, Norge Vera
• Manager: Higinio Velez
• Coaches: Carlos Cepero, Jose Eloseguí, Francisco Escaurrido, Pedro Perez

Results:

August 15	Cuba	4-1	Australia
August 16	Cuba	5-4	Greece
August 17	Cuba	3-6	Japan
August 18	Chinese Taipei	2-10	Cuba
August 20	Cuba	9-2	Netherlands
August 21	Cuba	5-2	Canada
August 22 (semifinal)	Italy	0-5	Cuba
August 25 (gold medal game)	Australia	2-6	Cuba

Boxing

Cuba, by far the most successful country at boxing in the 2004 Olympics, entered a boxer in each of the 11 weight classes in Athens. None of the seven boxers with a round of 32 match lost it. Only one of the boxers fell in the round of 16 (also the only boxer not to win a match), with the other ten advancing to quarterfinals. Two lost there, while the remaining eight ensured medals for themselves by winning their quarterfinal matches. One lost in the semifinal, earning a bronze medal. Of the seven Cuban boxers that advanced to the final bout in their weight classes, five won the match to take gold and two lost to claim silver medals.

The combined record of the 11 Cuban boxers was 37-6. They had two byes.

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yan Bhartelemy → Gold medal
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Miguel Ángel Miranda of Venezuela, outscored
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Suban Pannon of Thailand, 23-14
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Hong Moo-Won of Korea, 30-11
  4. Semifinal – defeated Shiming Zou of China, 29-17
  5. Final – defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 21-16

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Yuriorkis Gamboa → Gold medal
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Igor Samoilenco of Moldova, 46-33
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand, 26-21
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Georgy Balakshin of Russia, 26-18
  4. Semifinal – defeated Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 20-11
  5. Final – defeated Jérôme Thomas of France, 38-23

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Guillermo Rigondeaux → Gold medal
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Liu Yuan of China, 21-7
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Mehar Ullah of Pakistan, outscored
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Gennady Kovalev of Russia, 20-5
  4. Semifinal – defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov of Uzbekistan, 27-13
  5. Final – defeated Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, 22-13

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Luis Franco Vazquez
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Asylbek Talasbayev of Kyrgyzstan, 32-15
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Edvaldo Oliveira of Brazil, 30-15
  3. Quarterfinal – lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 34-26

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Mario César Kindelán → Gold medal
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Ahmed Sadiq of Nigeria, outscored
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan, 24-9
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan, 23-11
  4. Semifinal – defeated Murat Khrachev of Russia, 20-10
  5. Final – defeated Amir Khan of Great Britain, 30-22

Men's light welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Yudel Johnson → Silver medal
  1. Round of 32 – bye
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Davis Mwale of Zambia, outscored
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Dilshod Mahmudov of Uzbekistan, 32-28
  4. Semifinal – defeated Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria, 13-9
  5. Final – lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 17-11

Men's welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Lorenzo Aragon → Silver medal
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Theodoros Kotakos of Greece, outscored
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Vanes Martirosyan of United States, 20-11
  3. Quarterfinal – defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan, 16-14
  4. Semifinal – defeated Kim Jung-Joo of Korea, 38-10
  5. Final – lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan, 36-26

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Yordani Despaigne
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Jean Pascal of Canada, 36-24
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Károly Balzsay of Hungary, 38-25
  3. Quarterfinal – lost to Andre Dirrell of United States, 12-11

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Yoan Pablo Hernandez Suarez
  1. Round of 32 – bye
  2. Round of 16 – lost to Evgeny Makarenko of Russia, 30-18

Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Odlanier Solis → Gold medal
  1. Round of 16 – defeated Alexander Alekseev of Russia, 24-21
  2. Quarterfinal – defeated Wilmer José Vasquez of Venezuela, 24-4
  3. Semifinal – defeated Naser Al Shami of Syria, outscored
  4. Final – defeated Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, 22-13

Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Michel López Núñez → Bronze medal
  1. Round of 16 – defeated Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan, 18-13
  2. Quarterfinal – defeated Jason Estrada of United States, 21-7
  3. Semifinal – lost to Mohamed Aly of Egypt, 18-16

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Aldo Pruna Diaz – semifinal, 13th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Karel Aguilar Chacon – final, 8th place

Men's C2 500 metres:

• Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon – final → Silver medal

Men's C2 1000 metres:

• Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon – final, 8th place

Cycling

Men's 1,000 metres time trial

• Ahmed López

Men's team sprint

• Reinier Cartaya
• Julio César Herrera
• Ahmed López

Women's points race

• Yoanka González

Diving

Men's 3m springboard:

• Jorge Betancourt

• Preliminary round — 382.56 points (→ 21st place)

• Erick Fornaris

• Preliminary round — 380.07 points (→ 22nd place)

Men's 10m platform:

• José Guerra

• Preliminary round — (→ 25th place)

• Erick Fornaris

• Preliminary round — (→ 28th place)

Men's 3m springboard synchronized:

• Jorge Betancourt and Erick Fornaris

• Final — 338.46 points (→ 4th place)

Women's 3m springboard:

• Iohana Cruz

• Preliminary round — 203.76 points (→ 29th place)

Women's 10m platform:

• Yolanda Ortiz

• Preliminary round — (→ 26th place)

• Yaima Mena

• Preliminary round — (→ 30th place)

Fencing

• Andrés Carillo Ayala was defeated in the épée individual men round of 32
• Eimey Gómez Chivas was defeated in the épée individual women round of 32
• Ana Faez Miclin was defeated in the sabre individual women round of 16

Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

• Eric Lopez Rios – advanced in one exercise

• All-around – 20th place

• Abel Driggs Santos – did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

• Leyanet Gonzalez Calero – advanced in one exercise

• All-around – 22nd place

Judo

• Yordanis Arencibia won a bronze medal in men's 66 kg
• Dayma Beltrán won a silver medal in women's 78+ kg
• Driulys González won a bronze medal in women's 63 kg
• Yurisel Laborde won a bronze medal in women's 78 kg
• Yurisleidy Lupetey won a bronze medal in women's 57 kg
• Amarilys Savón won a bronze medal in women's 52 kg
• Gabriel Arteaga was defeated in the round of 16 in men's 81 kg
• Oreidis Despaigne was defeated in the round of 16 in men's 100+ kg
• Yamila Zambrano was defeated in the round of 16 in women's 48 kg
• Rubert Martínez was defeated in the round of 32 in men's 73 kg
• Yosvany Despaigne was defeated in the round of 32 in men's 90 kg
• Anaisis Hernandez was defeated in the round of 32 in women's 70 kg

Rowing

Men's single sculls

• Yuleidys Cascaret

Men's double sculls

• Yosbel Martínez and Yoennis Hernández

Men's lightweight double sculls

• Armando Arrechavaleta and Yosvel Iglesias

Women's lightweight double sculls

• Dailin Taset and Ismaray Marrero

Shooting

• Juan Miguel Rodríguez won a bronze medal in men's skeet

Taekwondo

• Yanelis Labrada won a silver medal in the women's under 49 kg event

Volleyball

Men's beach tournament

• Francisco Alvarez and Juan Rossell

• Prelims: 1-2
• Round of 16: did not qualify

Women's beach tournament

• Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea

• Prelims: 2-1
• Round of 16: lost 2-0 to Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, Canada

Women's indoor tournament

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Lost to Germany 2-3 (25-20 26-24 22-25 15-25 15-17)
• Defeated Russia 3-2 (26-24 19-25 25-27 25-19 15-13)
• Defeated China 3-2 (25-19 22-25 15-25 25-21 15-13)
• Defeated Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-23 25-17 25-23)
• Lost to United States 0-3 (22-25 12-25 19-25)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Italy 3-2 (25-23 14-25 22-25 25-14 15-12)

• Semifinals

• Lost to China 2-3 (22-25 20-25 25-17 25-23 10-15)

• Bronze medal game

• Defeated Brazil 3-1 (25-22 25-22 14-25 25-17)

• Team roster

• Yumilka Ruíz
• Nancy Carrillo
• Maisbelis Martínez
• Daimí Ramírez
• Yaima Ortíz
• Liana Mesa
• Ana Fernández
• Rosir Calderón
• Anniara Muñoz
• María Téllez
• Marta Sánchez
• Zoila Barros

• Head Coach

• Luis Felipe Calderón

Weightlifting

Men's middle-heavyweight

• Yoandry Hernández

Men's heavyweight

• Michel Batista

Officials

• President: Jos
• Secretary General: Ciro Perez Herba

See also

• Cuba at the 2003 Pan American Games

References

• sports-reference