Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.[1]

Cuba at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors207 (175 men and 32 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Teófilo Stevenson
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

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
Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

Men's 400 metres

Men's Marathon

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

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

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Javelin Throw

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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)


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)


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
Main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.

Individual road race

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Springboard

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

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football
Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra-Lightweight

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Half-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Half-Heavyweight

  • Rolando José Tornes

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Cuba at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
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