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Cuba at the Olympics

 
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Cuba at the Olympic Games
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Flag of Cuba
IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
Olympic history
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

Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 18 of 26 Summer Olympic Games overall. Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

Cuban athletes have won a total of 194 medals at the Summer Olympics. Cuba has won the most medals overall of any country which has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics.

The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Comité Olímpico Cubano, and was created in 1926 and recognized in 1954.

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Medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
11 Gold Osleidys Menendez 2004 Athens Athletics Women's javelin throw
11 Gold Yumileidi Cumba 2004 Athens Athletics Women's shot put
11 Gold Baseball team 2004 Athens Baseball Men's competition
11 Gold Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz 2004 Athens Boxing Men's bantamweight
11 Gold Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano 2004 Athens Boxing Men's flyweight
11 Gold Odlanier Solis Fonte 2004 Athens Boxing Men's heavyweight
11 Gold Yan Bhartelemy Varela 2004 Athens Boxing Men's light flywieght
11 Gold Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa 2004 Athens Boxing Men's lightweight
11 Gold Yandro Miguel Quintana 2004 Athens Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's 55-60kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yipsi Moreno 2004 Athens Athletics Women's hammer throw
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yudel Johnson Cedeno 2004 Athens Boxing Men's 60-64 kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros 2004 Athens Boxing Men's 64-69 kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon
Ibrahim Rojas Blanco
2004 Athens Canoeing Men's C-2 500m
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daima Mayelis Beltran 2004 Athens Judo Women's heavyweight
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz 2004 Athens Taekwondo Women's -49 kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roberto Monzon 2004 Athens Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 55-60kg
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Volleyball team 2004 Athens Volleyball Women's competition
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anier Garcia 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yunaika Crawford 2004 Athens Athletics Women's hammer throw
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michel Lopez Nunez 2004 Athens Boxing Men's super heavyweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yordanis Arencibia 2004 Athens Judo Men's half-lightweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yurisel Laborde 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-heavyweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amarilys Savon 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-lightweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Driulys Gonzalez 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-middleweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yurisleidy Lupetey 2004 Athens Judo Women's lightweight
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Juan Miguel Rodriguez 2004 Athens Shooting Men's skeet (125 targets)
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ivan Fundora 2004 Athens Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's 66-74kg
11 Gold Mijail López 2008 Beijing Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 120 kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yarelys Barrios 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's discus throw
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoanka Gonzalez 2008 Beijing Cycling (Track) Women's points race
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yanet Bermoy 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -48kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anaysi Hernandez 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -70kg
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yalennis Castillo 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -78kg
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ibrahim Camejo 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's long jump
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yordanis Arencibia 2008 Beijing Judo Men's -66 kg
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oscar Brayson 2008 Beijing Judo Men's +100kg
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Idalys Ortiz 2008 Beijing Judo Women's +78 kg
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Eglis Yaima Cruz 2008 Beijing Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 1 0 2
1904 St. Louis 4 2 3 9
1908 London did not participate
1912 Stockholm did not participate
1920 Antwerp did not participate
1924 Paris 0 0 0 0
1928 Amsterdam 0 0 0 0
1932 Los Angeles did not participate
1936 Berlin did not participate
1948 London 0 1 0 1
1952 Helsinki 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 0 1 0 1
1968 Mexico City 0 4 0 4
1972 Munich 3 1 4 8
1976 Montreal 6 4 3 13
1980 Moscow 8 7 5 20
1984 Los Angeles did not participate
1988 Seoul did not participate
1992 Barcelona 14 6 11 31
1996 Atlanta 9 8 8 25
2000 Sydney 11 11 7 29
2004 Athens 9 7 11 27
2008 Beijing 2 11 11 24
Total 67 64 63 194

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Boxing 32 19 12 63
Athletics 10 13 14 37
Wrestling 6 5 6 17
Judo 5 11 16 32
Fencing 5 5 6 16
Baseball 3 2 0 5
Volleyball 3 0 2 5
Weightlifting 2 1 1 4
Taekwondo 1 2 1 4
Canoeing 0 3 0 3
Swimming 0 1 1 2
Cycling 0 1 0 1
Sailing 0 1 0 1
Shooting 0 0 3 3
Basketball 0 0 1 1
Total 67 64 63 194

See also

References


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