Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors	207 (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)
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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.^[1]

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^{[citation needed]}
  • 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