1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Cuba)
CUB
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Cuba took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 115 athletes (101 men and 14 women) in 78 competitions in 13 sports.
The Cuban athletes won four silver medals. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the gymnast Héctor Ramírez .
Participants by sport
basketball
- 11th place
Boxing
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Rafael Carbonell
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Orlando Martínez
- Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Fermin Espinosa
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Francisco Oduardo
- Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Roberto Caminero
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Enrique Regüeiferos
- Light welterweight: silver
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Andrés Molina
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Rolando Garbey
- Light middleweight: silver
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Raúl Marrero
- Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Gregorio Aldama
- Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Nancio Carrillo
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
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Dagoberto Borges
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Jesús Gil
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Orlando Ruiz
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Eduardo Jhons
- Foil team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Gustavo Oliveros
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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José Antonio Díaz
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Manuel González Gutierrez
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Félix Delgado
- Saber: eliminated in the 1st round
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Manuel Ortíz
- Saber: eliminated in the 1st round
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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José Narciso Díaz
- Saber: eliminated in the 1st round
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Joaquin tack catch
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
- Women
-
Milady tack catch
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Margarita Rodríguez
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
Weightlifting
-
René Gomez
- Middleweight: 12th place
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Abel López
- Middleweight: 15th place
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Juan Curbelo
- Light heavyweight: 13th place
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Andrés Martínez
- Middle heavyweight: 16th place
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Juan Benavides
- Middle heavyweight: competition not finished
athletics
- Men
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Pablo Montes
- 100 m: 4th place
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Enrique Figuerola
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Hermes Ramirez
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Rodobaldo Díaz
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Eddy Téllez
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Carlos Martínez
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Juan Morales
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Miguel Olivera
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Juan García
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Hermes Ramirez
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Euclides Calzado
- 20 km walking: 27th place
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Modesto Mederos
- Discus throw: 23rd place
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Aurelio Janet
- Javelin throw: 11th place
- Women
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Miguelina Cobián
- 100 m: 8th place
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Fulgencia Romay
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Violeta Quesada
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Aurelia Pentón
- 400 m: 5th place
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Marlene Elejarde
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Marcia Garbey
- Long jump: 17th place
Cycling
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Sergio Martínez
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: eliminated in the 1st round
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Roberto Menéndez
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: eliminated in the 1st round
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Ulises Váldez
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Rail tandem: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round
- Track 1000 m time trial: 24th place
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: eliminated in the 1st round
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Juan Reyes
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round
- Rail tandem: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Inocente Lizano
- Track single pursuit 4000 m: race not finished
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: eliminated in the 1st round
Wrestling
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José Ramos
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Francisco Lebeque
- Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
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Lupe Lara
- Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
rowing
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Heriberto Martínez
- One: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Eralio Cabrera
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Norge Marrero
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Mario Tabio
- Two with a helmsman: 10th place
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Teófilo López
- Two with a helmsman: 10th place
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Jesús Rosello
- Two with a helmsman: 10th place
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Ramón Luperón
- Four with helmsman: 11th place
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Santiago Cuesta
- Four with helmsman: 11th place
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Jorge López
- Four with helmsman: 11th place
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Lázaro Rivero
- Four with helmsman: 11th place
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Roberto Ojeda
- Four with helmsman: 11th place
shoot
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Nelson Oñate
- Free pistol 50 m: 7th place
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Arturo Costa
- Free pistol 50 m: 46th place
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Raúl Llanos
- Small-bore rifle three-position fight 50 m: 16th place
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Sergio Álvarez Aguilera
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 43rd place
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Silvio Delgado
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 11th place
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Enrique Guedes
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 61st place
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Ignacio Huguet
- Skeet: 29th place
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Dolphin Gomez
- Skeet: 30th place
swim
- Men
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Gregorio Fiallo
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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José Martínez
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Eliseo Vidal
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
do gymnastics
- Men
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Jorge Rodríguez
- Individual all-around: 86th place
- Floor: 28th place
- Horse jump: 63rd place
- Bars: 98th place
- Horizontal bar: 71st place
- Rings: 82nd place
- Pommel horse: 99th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Octavio Suarez
- Individual all-around: 92nd place
- Floor: 91st place
- Horse jump: 96th place
- Bars: 95th place
- Horizontal bar: 104th place
- Rings: 63rd place
- Pommel horse: 58th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Roberto Pumpido
- Individual all-around: 95th place
- Floor: 55th place
- Horse jump: 87th place
- Bars: 83rd place
- Horizontal bar: 92nd place
- Rings: 100th place
- Pommel horse: 105th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Luis Ramírez
- Individual all-around: 100th place
- Floor: 78th place
- Horse jump: 99th place
- Bars: 95th place
- Horizontal bar: 101st place
- Rings: 74th place
- Pommel horse: 107th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Luis Navarrete
- Individual all-around: 108th place
- Floor: 106th place
- Horse jump: 94th place
- Bars: 110th place
- Horizontal bar: 111th place
- Rings: 113th place
- Pommel horse: 98th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Héctor Ramírez
- Individual all-around: 111th place
- Floor: 115th place
- Horse jump: 87th place
- Bars: 107th place
- Horizontal bar: 61st place
- Rings: 97th place
- Pommel horse: 109th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
- Women
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Miriam Villacián
- Individual all-around: 72nd place
- Floor: 87th place
- Horse jump: 83rd place
- Uneven bars: 55th place
- Balance beam: 72nd place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
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Zulema Bregado
- Individual all-around: 73rd place
- Floor: 40th place
- Horse jump: 93rd place
- Uneven bars: 61st place
- Balance beam: 62nd place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
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Nancy Aldama
- Individual all-around: 83rd place
- Floor: 74th place
- Horse jump: 89th place
- Uneven bars: 84th place
- Balance beam: 52nd place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
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Suzette Blanco
- Individual all-around: 91st place
- Floor: 88th place
- Horse jump: 87th place
- Uneven bars: 97th place
- Balance beam: 70th place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
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Nereida Bauta
- Individual all-around: 91st place
- Floor: 74th place
- Horse jump: 87th place
- Uneven bars: 98th place
- Balance beam: 79th place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
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Yolanda Vega
- Individual all-around: 96th place
- Floor: 96th place
- Horse jump: 91st place
- Uneven bars: 93rd place
- Balance beam: 95th place
- Team all-around competition: 13th place
Water polo
- 8th place
Diving
- Men
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Alberto Moreno
- 3 m jumping: 23rd place
- 10 m high diving: 30th place
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José Luis Ponce
- 3 m jumping: 26th place
- 10 m high diving: 29th place
Web links
- Cuban Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )