Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

Gold

  • María Caridad Colón — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
  • Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
  • Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  • Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
  • Armando Martínez — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • José Gómez Mustelier — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Daniel Núñez — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Silver

  • Silvio Leonard — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles
  • Hipólito Ramos — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
  • Adolfo Horta — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Jose Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
  • Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

Bronze

  • Luis Delis — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • José Aguilar — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Ricardo Rojas — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Roberto Castrillo — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
  • Alberto Blanco — Weightlifting, Men's 100 kg

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Silvio Leonard
    • Heat — 10.33
    • Quarterfinals — 10.16
    • Semifinals — 10.40
    • Final — 10.25 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Osvaldo Lara
    • Heat — 10.39
    • Quarterfinals — 10.21
    • Semifinals — 10.34
    • Final — 10.43 (→ 5th place)
  • Tomás González
    • Heat — 10.65
    • Quarterfinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Silvio Leonard
  • Osvaldo Lara
  • Tomás González

Men's 400 metres

  • Alberto Juantorena

Men's Marathon

  • Radamés González
    • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Alejandro Casañas
    • Heat — 13.46
    • Semifinals — 13.44
    • Final — 13.40 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

  • Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González

Men's High Jump

  • Francisco Centelles
    • Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • David Giralt
    • Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Armando Herrera
    • Qualification — 16.49 m
    • Final — 15.90 m (→ 11th place)
  • Alejandro Herrera
    • Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Luis Delís
    • Qualification — 62.20 m
    • Final — 66.32 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • José Santa Cruz
    • Qualification — 60.14 m
    • Final — 61.52 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Armando Orozco
    • Qualification — 72.28 m
    • Final Round — 68.68 m (→ 11th place)


Women's Shot Put

  • María Elena Sarría
    • Final — 19.37 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Carmen Romero
    • Qualification — 58.60 m
    • Final — 60.86 m (→ 10th place)
  • María Cristina Betancourt
    • Qualification — 57.62 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • María Caridad Colón
    • Qualification — 62.42 m
    • Final — 68.40 m (→ Gold Medal)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
    • Defeated Australia (83-76)
    • Defeated Sweden (71-59)
    • Lost to Italy (72-79)
  • Semi Final Round (Group A)
    • Lost to Brazil (93-94)
    • Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112)
    • Lost to Spain (95-96)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) → 6th place
  • Team Roster:
    • Jorge More
    • Ruperto Herrera
    • Alejandro Ortiz
    • Noangel Luaces
    • Generoso Márquez
    • Raúl Duboy
    • Pedro Abreu
    • Miguel Calderón
    • Tomás Herrera
    • Daniel Scott
    • Alejandro Urgelles
    • Félix Morales
Women's Team Competition
  • Team Roster:
    • Andrea Borrell
    • Barbara Becquer
    • Caridad Despaigne
    • Inocenta Corvea
    • María de los Santos
    • María Moret
    • Matilde Charro
    • Nancy Atiez
    • Santa Margarita Skeet
    • Sonia de la Paz
    • Vicenta Salmon
    • Virginia Pérez

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Hipólito Ramos → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
    5. Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Jorge Hernández
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Juan Hernández → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
    5. Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
    6. Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Adolfo Horta → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
    5. Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
    6. Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Ángel Herrera → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
    5. Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round


Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • José Aguilar → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)


Men's Heavyweight ( 81 kg)

  • Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
    2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
    3. Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
    4. Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

Canoeing

Cycling

Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.

Individual road race
  • Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
  • Carlos Cardet
  • Antonio Quintero

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Rolando Ruiz
    • Preliminary Round — 489.24 points (→ did not advance)

Fencing

12 fencers, 8 men and 4 women, represented Cuba in 1980.

Men's foil
  • Heriberto González
  • Efigenio Favier
  • Guillermo Betancourt
Men's team foil
  • Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's épée
  • Efigenio Favier
  • Guillermo Betancourt
  • Heriberto González
Men's team épée
  • Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's sabre
  • José Laverdecia
  • Jesús Ortíz
  • Manuel Ortíz
Men's team sabre
  • Manuel Ortíz, Jesús Ortíz, José Laverdecia, Guzman Salazar
Women's foil
  • Clara Alfonso
  • Marlene Font
  • Margarita Rodríguez
Women's team foil
  • Margarita Rodríguez, Marlene Font, María Esther García, Clara Alfonso

Football

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Defeated Zambia (1-0)
    • Defeated Venezuela (2-1)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (0-8)
  • Quarter Finals
    • Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
  • Team Roster
    • José Reinoso
    • Miguel López
    • Raimundo Frometa
    • Luís Sanchez
    • Luís Dreke
    • Roberto Espinosa
    • Andres Roldan
    • Amado Povea
    • Dagoberto Lara
    • Ramon Núñez
    • Luis Hernández
    • Roberto Pereira
    • Regino Delgado
    • Jorge Masso
    • Fermín Madera
    • Carlos Loredo

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Lost to Denmark (18-30)
    • Lost to Poland (19-34)
    • Lost to East Germany (20-27)
    • Drew with Spain (24-24)
    • Lost to Hungary (22-26)
  • Classification Match
    • 11th/12th place: Defeated Kuwait (32-24) → 11th place
  • Team Roster
    • Pablo Pedroso
    • Roberto Casuso
    • Jesús Agramonte
    • Miguel Izquierdo
    • José Neninger
    • Juan Llanes
    • Juan Querol
    • Juan Prendes
    • Sabino Medina
    • Roberto Zulueta
    • Moisés Casales
    • Ibrain Crombet
    • Lázaro Jiménez
    • Lázaro Pedroso

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round
    • Cuba — Poland 1-7
    • Cuba — Soviet Union 2-11
    • Cuba — Tanzania 4-0
    • Cuba — India 0-13
    • Cuba — Spain 0-11
  • Classification Match
    • 5th-6th place: Cuba — Tanzania 4-1 → 5th place
  • Team Roster:
    • Ángel Mora
    • Severo Frometa
    • Bernabé Izquierdo
    • Edgardo Vázquez
    • Héctor Pedroso
    • Tomás Varela
    • Raúl García
    • Jorge Mico
    • Rodolfo Delgado
    • Lazaro Hernández
    • Juan Blanco
    • Juan Caballero
    • Roberto Ramírez
    • Ángel Fontane
    • Ricardo Campos
    • Juan Ríos

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight

  • José Rodríguez

Men's Half-Lightweight

  • Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Lightweight

  • Ricardo Tuero

Men's Half-Middleweight

  • Juan Ferrer

Men's Middleweight

  • Isaac Azcuy

Men's Half-Heavyweight

  • Rolando José Tornes

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Defeated Italy (3-0)
    • Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
    • Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Classification Matches
    • 5th/8th place: Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
    • 7th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1) → 7th place
  • Team Roster
    • Diego Lapera
    • Víctor García
    • Luis Oviedo
    • Ernesto Martínez
    • Ricardo Leyva
    • Jorge Garbey
    • Raúl Vilches
    • Carlos Salas
    • Antonio Pérez
    • Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr.
    • Carlos Ruiz
    • José David
Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Lost to East Germany (1-3)
    • Defeated Peru (3-0)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Classification Match
    • 5th/6th place: Defeated Peru (3-1) → 5th place
  • Team Roster
    • Mercedes Pérez
    • Imilsis Téllez
    • Ana Díaz
    • Mercedes Pomares
    • Mavis Guilarte
    • Libertad González
    • Erenia Díaz
    • Maura Alfonso
    • Josefina Capote
    • Nelly Barnet
    • Ana María García
    • Lucila Urgelles

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
    • Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
    • Defeated Australia (6-4)
    • Defeated Bulgaria (7-1)
  • Final Round (Group A)
    • Drew with Yugoslavia (7-7)
    • Drew with Netherlands (7-7)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (5-8)
    • Lost to Hungary (5-7)
    • Lost to Spain (7-9) → 5th place
  • Team Roster
    • Oscar Periche
    • Orlando Cowley
    • Bárbaro Díaz
    • Lazaro Costa
    • Pedro Rodríguez
    • Nelson Domínguez
    • Jorge Rizo
    • Arturo Ramos
    • Carlos Benítez
    • Gerardo Rodríguez
    • Oriel Domínguez

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References


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