- Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Cuba at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cuba – Flag bearersIOC code CUB NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Competitors 229 (147 men and 82 women) in 24 sports Flag bearer Félix Savón Medals
Rank: 9Gold
11Silver
11Bronze
7Total
29Olympic 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 2000 Summer Olympics held in Australia's largest city, Sydney.
Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Anier García — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
- Iván Pedroso — Athletics, men's long jump
- Guillermo Rigondeaux — Boxing, men's bantamweight
- Mario Kindelan — Boxing, men's lightweight
- Jorge Gutierrez — Boxing, men's middleweight
- Félix Savón — Boxing, men's heavyweight
- Legna Verdecia — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)
- Sibelis Veranes — Judo, women's middleweight (70 kg)
- Ángel Matos — Taekwondo, men's 80 kg
- Taimarys Aguero, Zoila Barros, Regla Bell, Marlenis Costa, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Mireya Luis, Yumilka Ruíz, Martha Sánchez and Regla Torres — Volleyball, women's tournament
- Feliberto Ascuy — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight (69 kg)
Silver
- Javier Sotomayor — Athletics, men's high jump
- Yoel García — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Omar Ajete, Yovany Aragon, Miguel Caldés Luis, Danel Castro, José Ariel Contreras, Yobal Duenas, Yasser Gomez, José Ibar, Orestes Kindelán, Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares, Oscar Macias, Juan Manrique, Javier Mendez, Rolando Meriño, Germán Mesa, Antonio Pacheco, Ariel Pestano, Gabriel Pierre, Maels Rodriguez, Antonio Scull, Luis Ulacia, Lazaro Valle and Norge Luis Vera — Baseball, men's tournament
- Ledys Frank Balceiro — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m singles
- Leobaldo Pereira and Ibrahim Rojas — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m pairs
- Driulis González — Judo, women's lightweight (57 kg)
- Daima Beltrán — Judo, women's heavyweight (+78 kg)
- Urbia Melendez — Taekwondo, women's 49 kg
- Lazaro Rivas — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight (54 kg)
- Juan Marén — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (63 kg)
- Yoel Romero — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight (85 kg)
Bronze
- José Ángel César, Iván García, Freddy Mayola and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda — Athletics, men's 4x100 m relay
- Osleidys Menéndez — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's light flyweight
- Diógenes Luña — Boxing, men's light welterweight
- Nelson Loyola, Candido Alberto Maya, Carlos Pedroso and Iván Trevejo — Fencing, men's team épée
- Manolo Poulot — Judo, men's extra lightweight (60 kg)
- Alexis Rodriguez — Wrestling, men's freestyle super heavyweight (130 kg)
Results by event
Archery
Cuba's first appearance in the Olympic archery competition resulted in a surprise pair of victories for Ismely Arias, who placed 14th. Yaremis Perez also won her first match.
Men's individual Arias Ismely Juan Carlos Stevens 1/32 eliminations Defeated Igor Parkhomenko
Ukraine164–160 Lost to Simon Fairweather
Australia170–161 1/16 eliminations Defeated Simon Needham
Great Britain164–164 - - - 1/8 eliminations Lost to Simon Fairweather
Australia167–163 - - - Women's individual Yaremis Perez Ruiz Edisbel Martinez 1/32 eliminations Defeated Hui Yu
China159–155 Lost to Petra Ericsson
Sweden154–146 1/16 eliminations Lost to Karen Scavotto
United States158–155 - - - Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 m
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- Round 1 — 10.33
- Round 2 — 10.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 m hurdles
Men's 110 m hurdles
- Yoel Hernandez
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- Round 1 — 13.53
- Round 2 — 13.40
- Semifinal — 13.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 m relay
Men's shot put
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- Qualifying — 18.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's discus
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- Qualifying — 61.13 (→ did not advance)
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- Qualifying — 60.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's javelin throw
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- Qualifying — 75.17 (→ did not advance)
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- Qualifying — 82.64
- Final — 83.33 (→ 8th place)
Men's long jump
Men's long jump
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- Qualifying — 8.21
- Final — 8.08 (→ 7th place)
Men's triple jump
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- Qualifying — 17.03
- Final — 17.37 (→ 4th place)
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- Qualifying — 16.30 (→ did not advance)
Men's high jump
Men's decathlon
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- 100 m — 11.09
- Long jump — 7.33
- Shot put — 13.34
- High jump — 2.06
- 400 m — 49.73
- 100 m hurdles — 14.44
- Discus throw — 41.17
- Pole vault — 4.60
- Javelin throw — 64.31
- 1,500 m — 04:29.68
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- Points — 8054.00 (→ 15th place)
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- 100 m — 10.87
- Long jump — 6.19
- Shot put — 14.90
- High jump — 1.94
- 400 m — 48.23
- 100 m hurdles — 14.36
- Discus throw — 46.56
- Pole vault — NM
- Javelin throw — DNS
Women's competition
Women's 800 m
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- Round 1 — 02:00.18
- Semifinal — 01:59.30
- Final — 01:58.66 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m hurdles
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- Round 1 — 12.97
- Round 2 — 12.92
- Semifinal — 12.90
- Final — 12.83 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400 m hurdles
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- Round 1 — 55.53
- Semifinal — 54.92
- Final — 53.68 (→ 4th place)
Women's 4x400 m
- Idalmis Bonne, Zulia Calatayud, Julia Duporty and Daimi Pernia
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- Round 1 — 03:25.22
- Final — 03:29.47 (→ 8th place)
Women's shot put
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- Qualifying — 18.42 (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw
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- Qualifying — 60.09
- Final — 63.26 (→ 5th place)
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- Qualifying — 61.89
- Final — 62.92 (→ 6th place)
Women's hammer throw
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- Qualifying — 65.74
- Final — 68.33 (→ 4th place)
Women's long jump
- Lissette Cuza
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- Qualifying — 6.25 (→ did not advance)
Women's triple jump
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- Qualifying — 14.27
- Final — 14.30 (→ 4th place)
Women's high jump
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- Qualifying — 1.92 (→ did not advance)
Women's heptathlon
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- 100 m hurdles — 13.46
- High jump — 1.66
- Shot put — 13.29
- 200 m — 24.58
- Long jump — 5.97
- Javelin throw — 45.43
- 800 m — 02:19.64
- Points — 6054 (→ 11th place)
Baseball
Cuba entered the 2000 baseball competition with an 18–0 record and two gold medals to defend. In the preliminary round, the Cubans extended their winning streak to 21 before being defeated by the Netherlands. Despite the loss, they finished first in the round by winning the final three games. In the semifinals, the Cuban team defeated Japan 3–0 to advance to the gold medal game against the United States. For the first time in Olympic history, Cuba was shut out in a 4–0 loss to receive only the silver medal.
- Preliminary round
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- Defeated South Africa (16-0)
- Defeated Italy (13-5)
- Defeated South Korea (6-5)
- Lost to the Netherlands (2-4)
- Defeated Australia (1-0)
- Defeated the United States (6-1)
- Defeated Japan (6-2)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Japan (3-0)
- Final
Basketball
Women's tournament
- Preliminary round
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- Lost to Russia (62-72)
- Lost to United States (61-90)
- Defeated New Zealand (74-55)
- Lost to Poland (65-72)
- Lost to Korea (56-69)
- Classification match
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- 9th/10th place: defeated Canada (67-58) → 9th place
- Team roster
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- Liset Castillo
- Milayda Enríquez
- Cariola Hechavarría
- Dalia Henry
- Grisel Herrera
- María León
- Yamilé Martínez
- Yaquelín Plutín
- Tania Seino
- Yuliseny Soria
- Taimara Suero
- Lisdeivis Víctores
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Maikro Romero → Bronze medal
- Round 1 — defeated Luis Bustamante of Venezueala
- Round 2 — defeated Velicu Marian of Romania
- Quarterfinal — defeated Valeriy Sydorenko of Ukraine
- Semifinal — lost to Brahim Asloum of France
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Manuel Mantilla
- Round 1 — defeated Tai-Kyu Kim of South Korea
- Round 2 — defeated Bogdan Dobrescu of Romania
- Quarterfinal — lost to Wijan Ponlid of Thailand (did not advance)
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Guillermo Rigondeaux → Gold medal
- Round 1 — defeated Moez Zemzeni of Tunisia
- Round 2 — defeated Kazumasa Tsujimoto of Japan
- Quarterfinal — defeated Agasi Agaguloglu of Turkey
- Semifinal — defeated Clarence Vinson of United States
- Final — defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Yosvani Aguilera
- Round 1 — defeated Hidehiko Tsukamoto of Japan
- Round 2 — defeated Juri Mladenov of Bulgaria
- Quarterfinal — lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (did not advance)
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Mario César Kindelán → Gold medal
- Round 1 — bye
- Round 2 — defeated Phongsit Wiangviset of Thailand
- Quarterfinal — defeated Tigkran Ouzlian of Greece
- Semifinal — defeated Alexandr Maletin of Russia
- Final — defeated Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine
Men's light welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
- Diógenes Luña → Bronze medal
- Round 1 — bye
- Round 2 — defeated Willy Blain of France
- Quarterfinal — defeated Saleh Abdelbary Abdel Maksoud of Egypt
- Semifinal — lost to Ricardo Williams of United States
Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Roberto Guerra Rivera
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- Round 1 — defeated Ellis Chibuye of Zambia
- Round 2 — lost to Dorel Simon of Romania (→ did not advance)
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
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- Round 1 — defeated Stephane Nzue Mba of Gabon
- Round 2 — defeated Mohamed Marmouri of Tunisia
- Quarterfinal — lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Jorge Gutierrez → Gold medal
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- Round 1 — defeated Somchai Cimlum of Thailand
- Round 2 — defeated Antonios Giannoulas of Greece
- Quarterfinal — defeated Adrian Diaconu of Romania
- Semifinal — defeated Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan
- Final — defeated Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia
Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Isael Alvarez
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- Round 1 — defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni of Italy
- Round 2 — lost to Olzhas Orazaliyev of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)
Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Félix Savón → Gold medal
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- Round 1 — bye
- Round 2 — defeated Rasmus Ojemaye of Nigeria
- Quarterfinal — defeated Michael Bennett of United States
- Semifinal — defeated Sebastian Kober of Germany
- Final — defeated Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia
Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)
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- Round 1 — bye
- Round 2 — defeated Cengiz Koç of Germany
- Quarterfinal — lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)
Canoe/kayak
Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's canoe singles 500 m
- Ledys Frank Balceiro
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- Qualifying heat — 01:51.918
- Semifinal — bye
- Final — 02:32.299 (→ 6th place)
Men's canoe singles 1,000 m
- Ledys Frank Balceiro
Men's canoe doubles 500 m
- Leobaldo Pereira and Ibrahin Rojas
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- Qualifying heat — 01:42.180
- Semifinal — bye
- Final — 02:17.126 (9th place)
Men's canoe doubles 1,000 m
- Leobaldo Pereira and Ibrahin Rojas
Cycling
Road cycling
Men's road race
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- Final — 5:52:48 (→ 9nd place)
Women's road race
- Dania Perez
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- Final — 3:28:28 (46th place)
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- Final — DNF
Track cycling
Men's sprint
- Julio César Herrera
- Qualifying — 10.893
- Repechage — 3rd place — heat 2
- First round — lost to Laurent Gané of France
Men's 1 km time trial
- Julio César Herrera
- Final — 01:05.537 (10th place)
Diving
Men's 3 metre springboard
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- Preliminary — 313.86 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 3 metre springboard
- Yoendris Salazar
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- Preliminary — 377.58
- Semifinal — 197.52 — 575.1 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 10 metre platform
- Jesus-Iory Aballi
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- Preliminary — 368.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 10 metre platform
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- Preliminary — 403.14
- Semifinal — 181.65 — 584.79 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 3 metre springboard
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- Preliminary — 239.97 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 10 metre platform
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- Preliminary — 231.63 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Judo
Men's extra-lightweight
Men's half-lightweight
Men's lightweight
Men's half-middleweight
Men's middleweight
Men's half-heavyweight
- Yosvani Kessel
Men's heavyweight
- Angel Sánchez
Women's extra-lightweight- Amarilys Savón
Women's half-lightweight
Women's lightweight
- Driulys González
Women's half-middleweight
- Kenia Rodríguez
Women's middleweight
Women's half-heavyweight
- Diadenys Luña
Women's heavyweight
Rowing
Men's double sculls
- Yoennis Hernández and Yosbel Martínez
Men's quadruple sculls
- Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández and Yosbel Martínez
Men's lightweight double sculls
- Raúl León and Osmani Martín
Women's single sculls
Women's lightweight double sculls
- Marlenis Mesa and Dailin Taset
Sailing
Women's Mistral
- Anayansi Perez
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- Race 1 — 26
- Race 2 — (28)
- Race 3 — 19
- Race 4 — 23
- Race 5 — 27
- Race 6 — 24
- Race 7 — 27
- Race 8 — 27
- Race 9 — (28)
- Race 10 — 27
- Race 11 — 26
- Final — 226 (27th place)
Men's Laser
- Jose Urbay
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- Race 1 — 32
- Race 2 — 14
- Race 3 — (37)
- Race 4 — 27
- Race 5 — 37
- Race 6 — 31
- Race 7 — 35
- Race 8 — 22
- Race 9 — (44) OCS
- Race 10 — 35
- Race 11 — 26
- Final — 259 (35th place)
Softball
Women's tournament
- Preliminary round robin
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- Lost to Japan (1-4)
- Lost to United States (0-3)
- Lost to Italy (0-1)
- Lost to New Zealand (2-6)
- Lost to PR China (0-7)
- Defeated Canada (2-1)
- Lost to Australia (1-8) → Seventh place
- Team roster
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- Diamela Puente
- Estela Milañes
- Haydee Hernández
- Laritza Espinosa
- Luisa Medina
- Maria Arceo
- Maria Santana
- Maria Zamora
- Niolis Ramos
- Olga Ruyol
- Vilma Alvarez
- Yamila Degrase
- Yamila Flor
- Yarisleidis Peña
- Yuneisy Castillo
Swimming
Men's 50 m freestyle
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- Preliminary heat — 23.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m freestyle
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- Preliminary heat — 50.95 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m butterfly
- Yohan Garcia
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- Preliminary heat — 55.74 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m butterfly
- Gunter Rodriguez
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- Preliminary heat — 02:01.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m backstroke
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- Preliminary heat — 55.61
- Semi-final — 55.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m backstroke
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- Preliminary heat — 02:02.05 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 m medley
- Rodolfo Falcón, Gunter Rodriguez, Yohan Garcia and Marcos Hernández
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- Preliminary heat — 03:46.88 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m breaststroke
- Imaday Nunez
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- Preliminary heat — 01:13.91 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
- Imaday Nunez
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- Preliminary heat — 02:41.97 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m backstroke
- Ana Maria Gonzalez
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- Preliminary heat — 01:04.95 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m backstroke
- Ana Maria Gonzalez
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- Preliminary heat — 02:19.35 (→ did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Women's duet
- Kenia Perez and Yamisleidys Romay
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- Technical routine — 29.913 (→ did not compete in free routine)
Volleyball
Men's tournament
- Preliminary round (group A)
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- Lost to the Netherlands (0-3)
- Defeated Spain (3-1)
- Defeated Egypt (3-0)
- Defeated Australia (3-0)
- Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- Quarterfinals
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- Lost to Russia (2-3)
- Classification matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (2-3)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (3-0) → Seventh place
- Team roster
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- Alexei Argilagos
- Angel Denis
- Raúl Diago
- Yosenki García
- Ramon Gato
- Ihosvany Hernández
- Osvaldo Hernández
- Leonel Marshall
- Pavel Pimienta
- Alain Roca
- Iván Ruíz
- Nicolas Vives
- Head Coach: Juan Díaz Marino
Women's tournament
- Preliminary round (Group B)
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- Defeated Germany (3-g)
- Lost to Russia (2-3)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Defeated Italy (3-0)
- Defeated Peru (3-1)
- Quarterfinals
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- Defeated Croatia (3-0)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Brazil (3-2)
- Final
- Team roster
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- Taismary Agüero
- Zoila Barros
- Regla Bell
- Marlenis Costa
- Ana Fernández
- Mirka Francia
- Lilia Izquierdo
- Mireya Luis
- Raisa O'Farril
- Yumilka Ruíz
- Martha Sánchez
- Regla Torres
- Head Coach: Luis Felipe Calderón
Volleyball
Women's beach tournament
For more details on this topic, see Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball.- Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea — 9th place (tied)
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank 1 2 3 1 2 3 Sergio Álvarez – 56 kg 120.0120.0 125.0150.0 155.0 160.0275.0 5 Ernesto Quiroga – 85 kg 157.5 162.5 165.0 202.5 207.5 210.0 375.0 8 Joël MacKenzie – 85 kg 157.5 162.5 165.0 192.5 197.5 200.0 365.0 11 Men's middleweight
- Idalberto Aranda
Men's middle-heavyweight
- Michel Batista
See also
References
- sports-reference
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site
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