1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Cuba)

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Cuba took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 53 male athletes in 31 competitions in twelve sports.

The Cuban athletes won a silver medal, which put Cuba in 28th place in the medal table. Silver, the sailors secured Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell and Carlos de Cárdenas Plá in the Star class .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 13th place

  Casimiro García

  Fabio Ruiz

  Fico López

  Frank Lavernia

  José Llanusa

  Mario Aguero

  Mario Quintero

  Miguel Llaneras

  Ramón Wiltz

  Raúl García

  Alfredo Faget

  Juan García

  Pedro Otero

fencing

• Armando Barrientos

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Lucilo de la Peña

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jorge Agostini

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Roberto Mañalich

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Carlos Lamar

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Juan Antonio Martínez

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Fernando Louro

  Lightweight: 22nd place

• Orlando Garrido

  Middleweight: 7th place

• Alfonso Parera

  Heavyweight: 9th place

athletics

• Rafael Fortun

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Raúl Mazorra

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ángel García

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Reinaldo Paseiro Rodríguez

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 3rd round

  Track 1000 m time trial: 16th place

Wrestling

• Fabio Santamaria

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• José Lopez

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Israel Sánchez

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

• Ramon Cora

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Joaquin Godoy

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Manuel Puig

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Ramon Puig

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Tirso del Junco

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

shoot

• Hernando Hernández

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 19th place

• Rafael Cadalso

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 26th place

• Carlos Rodríguez-Feo

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 43rd place

• Godofredo Basso

  Free pistol 50 m: 47th place

• Enrique Tejeda

  Free pistol 50 m: 49th place

• Orlando Santamaría

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 31st place

• Wilfredo Coto

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 37th place

swim

• Nicasio Silverio

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Raúl García

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Carlos de Cardenas Culmell

  Star: silver

• Carlos de Cardenas Plá

  Star: silver

do gymnastics

• Rafael Lecuona

  Individual all-around: 81st place

  Floor: 93rd place

  Horse jump: 79th place

  Bars: 79th place

  Horizontal bar: 94th place

  Rings: 85th place

  Pommel horse: 53rd place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Fernando Lecuona

  Individual all-around: 97th place

  Floor: 105th place

  Horse jump: 105th place

  Bars: 75th place

  Horizontal bar: 107th place

  Rings: 63rd place

  Pommel horse: 79th place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Angel Aguiar

  Individual all-around: 101st place

  Floor: 86th place

  Horse jump: 103rd place

  Bars: 99th place

  Horizontal bar: 115th place

  Rings: 51st place

  Pommel horse: 103rd place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Raimundo Rey

  Individual all-around: 104th place

  Floor: 83rd place

  Horse jump: 96th place

  Bars: 106th place

  Horizontal bar: 112th place

  Rings: 112th place

  Pommel horse: 77th place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Baldomaro Rubiera

  Individual all-around: 105th place

  Floor: 108th place

  Horse jump: 93rd place

  Bars: 110th place

  Horizontal bar: 106th place

  Rings: 74th place

  Pommel horse: 100th place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Roberto Villacián

  Individual all-around: 109th place

  Floor: 99th place

  Horse jump: 118th place

  Bars: 109th place

  Horizontal bar: 110th place

  Rings: 69th place

  Pommel horse: 93rd place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

• Alejandro Díaz

  Individual all-around: 110th place

  Floor: 94th place

  Horse jump: 114th place

  Bars: 114th place

  Horizontal bar: 110th place

  Rings: 105th place

  Pommel horse: 84th place

  Team all-around competition: 14th place

Diving

• José Castillo

  3 m jumping: 24th place

Web links

• Cuban Olympic Team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )