Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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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]
Contents
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold |
Orlando Martinez | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Gold |
Emilio Correa | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
| Gold |
Teófilo Stevenson | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
 Silver |
Gilberto Carrillo | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight |
 Bronze |
Silvia Chivás | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Bronze |
Silvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés | Athletics | Women's 4×100 metre relay |
| Bronze |
José 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 |
| Bronze |
Douglas Rodríguez (boxer) | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
Athletics
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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 4 × 100 m Relay
- José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes
- Heat — 39.65s
- Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)
Basketball
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Boxing
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- 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 22x20px Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
- Quarterfinals — lost to
Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4
- First round — defeated
- 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
- First round — defeated
Canoeing
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Cycling
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Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.
- 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)
Fencing
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15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.
Gymnastics
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Judo
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Men's Lightweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Rowing
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- 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
Shooting
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Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.
Volleyball
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- 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
Water polo
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
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