1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Cuba)

CUB

3	1	4th

Cuba took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 137 athletes (109 men and 28 women) in 69 competitions in fourteen sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the boxer Teófilo Stevenson .

Participants by sport

basketball

• bronze

• José Miguel Álvarez
• Miguel Calderón
• Rafael Cañizares
• Pedro Chappé
• Juan Domecq
• Ruperto Herrera
• Tomás Herrera
• Conrado Pérez
• Juan Roca
• Franklin Standard
• Alejandro Urgellés
• Oscar Varona

Boxing

• Rafael Carbonell
• Gilberto Carrillo

  Silver light heavyweight

• Emilio Correa Vaillant

  Gold welterweight

• Rolando Garbey
• Orlando Martínez

  Gold bantamweight

• Andrés Molina
• Alejandro Montoya
• Orlando Palacios
• Enrique Regüeiferos
• Douglas Rodríguez

  Bronze flyweight

• Teófilo Stevenson

  Gold heavyweight

fencing

Men Francisco de la Torre Jorge Garbey Jesús Gil Evelio González Hilario Hipolito Eduardo Jhons Manuel Ortíz Guzman Salazar Enrique Salvat Manuel Suarez

Women Irene Forbes María Esther García Marlene Infante Margarita Rodríguez Nereida Rodríguez

Weightlifting

• Fernando Bernal
• Rolando Chang
• Juan Curbelo
• Javier González
• Abel López
• Andrés Martínez

Judo

• Isaac Azcuy
• José Ibañez
• Héctor Rodríguez

canoe

• Rogelio Chirino
• Edicto Gilbert

athletics

Men Alejandro Casañas Alberto Juantorena Milán Matos Pablo Montes Juan Morales Pedro Perez Hermes Ramirez José Triana

Women Asunción Acosta Beatriz Castillo Marcela Chibás Silvia Chivás Bronze 100 m Bronze 4 x 100 m Marlene Elejarde Bronze 4 x 100 m Marcia Garbey Aurelia Pentón Marima Rodríguez Fulgencia Romay Bronze 4 x 100 m Carmen Trustée Carmen Valdés Bronze 4 x 100 m

Cycling

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Heredero
• Roberto Menéndez
• José Prieto
• Pedro Rodríguez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Wrestling

• Miguel Alonso
• Lupe Lara
• Francisco Lebeque
• Bárbaro Morgan
• Eduardo Quintero
• Jorge Ramos
• José Ramos

rowing

• Eralio Cabrera
• Troadio Delgado
• Teófilo López
• Ramón Luperón
• Lázaro Rivero
• Jesús Rosello
• Angel Serra

shoot

• Humberto Cabrera
• Roberto Castrillo
• Arturo Costa
• Raúl Llanos
• Adelso Peña
• Servilio Torres
• Santiago Trompeta
• Miguel Valdes

do gymnastics

• René Badell
• Jorge Cuervo
• Roberto León Richards
• Luis Ramírez
• Jorge Rodríguez
• Emilio Sagre

volleyball

Men 10th place Luis Calderon Pedro Delgado Carlos Dilaut Alfredo Figueredo Enrique Fortes Luis Jiménez Diego Lapera Ernesto Martínez Lorenzo Martínez Jorge Pérez Vento Antonio Rodríguez Orlando Samuels

Women 6th place Nelly Barnet Evelina Borroto Ana Díaz Mavis Guilarte Claritza Herrera Miriam Herrera Margarita Mayeta Mercedes Pérez Mercedes Pomares Mercedes Roca Nurys Sebey Claudina Villaurrutia

Water polo

• 9th place

• Eugenio Almenteros
• Guillermo Cañete
• Orlando Cowley
• Osvaldo García
• Guillermo Martínez Ginoris
• Jesús Pérez
• Oscar Periche
• Jorge Rizo
• David Rodríguez
• Gerardo Rodríguez
• Carlos Sánchez

Web links

• Cuban Olympic team from 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )