1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Cuba)

CUB

6th	4th	3

Cuba took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 156 athletes (132 men and 24 women) in 76 competitions in 14 sports.

The Cuban athletes won six gold, four silver and three bronze medals, placing Cuba in eighth place in the medal table. Olympic champions were the athlete Alberto Juantorena over 400 and 800 meters, the judoka Héctor Rodríguez in the lightweight and the boxers Jorge Hernández in the light flyweight, Ángel Herrera in the featherweight and Teófilo Stevenson in the heavyweight.

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 7th place

  Alejandro Ortíz

  Alejandro Urgellés

  Angel Padrón

  Daniel Scott

  Juan Domecq

  Juan Roca

  Oscar Varona

  Pedro Chappé

  Rafael Cañizares

  Ruperto Herrera

  Tomás Herrera

  Felix Morales

Boxing

• Jorge Hernández

  Light flyweight: gold

• Ramón Duvalón

  Flyweight: silver

• Ángel Herrera

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Orlando Martínez

  Featherweight: gold

• Reinaldo Valiente

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Andrés Aldama

  Light welterweight: silver

• Emilio Correa Vaillant

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Rolando Garbey

  Light middleweight: bronze

• Luis Felipe Martínez

  Middleweight: bronze

• Sixto Soria

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• Teófilo Stevenson

  Heavyweight: gold

fencing

Men

• Enrique Salvat

  Foil: 17th place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Jorge Garbey

  Foil: 22nd place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Eduardo Jhons

  Foil: 34th place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Pedro Hernández

  Foil team: 9th place

• Francisco de la Torre

  Saber: 7th place

  Saber team: 5th place

• Manuel Ortíz

  Saber: 9th place

  Saber team: 5th place

• Guzman Salazar

  Saber: 25th place

  Saber team: 5th place

• Ramón Hernández

  Saber team: 5th place

• Lazaro Mora

  Saber team: 5th place

Women

• Margarita Rodríguez

  Foil: 30th place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Milady tack catch

  Foil: 39th place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Nancy Uranga Romagosa

  Foil: 47th place

  Foil team: 9th place

• Marlene Font

  Foil team: 9th place

Soccer

• eliminated in the group stage

  Andrés Roldán

  Antonio Garcés

  Francisco Fariñas

  Jorge Massó

  José Luis Elejalde

  José Francisco Reinoso

  Julio Cepero

  Luis Hernández Heres

  Luis Holmanza

  Miguel Rivero

  Regino Delgado

  René Bonora

  Roberto Pereira

Weightlifting

• Francisco Casamayor

  Flyweight: 5th place

• Daniel Nuñez

  Flyweight: 8th place

• Carlos Lastre

  Bantamweight: 7th place

• Pedro Fuentes

  Featherweight: 7th place

• Tony Urrutia

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Daniel Zayas

  Middleweight: 8th place

• Alberto Blanco

  Middle heavyweight: 6th place

• Javier González Ramos

  Heavyweight: 6th place

• Gerardo Fernández

  Super heavyweight: 6th place

Judo

• Héctor Rodríguez

  Lightweight: gold

• José Ibañez

  Heavyweight: 18th place

  Open class: 11th place

athletics

Men

• Silvio Leonard

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Francisco Gomez

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Hermes Ramirez

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Alberto Juantorena

  400 m: gold

  800 m: gold

  4 x 400 meter relay: 7th place

• Eddy Gutiérrez

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 7th place

• Carlos Noroña

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leandro Civil

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Luis Medina

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rigoberto Mendoza

  Marathon: 33rd place

• Alejandro Casañas

  110 m hurdles: silver

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Dámaso Alfonso

  400 m hurdles: 7th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: 7th place

• Carlos Álvarez

  4 x 400 meter relay: 7th place

• Richard Spencer

  High jump: 29th place

• Roberto Moré

  Pole vault: without a valid attempt in the final

• Milán Matos

  Long jump: 18th place

• Pedro Perez

  Triple jump: 4th place

• Armando Herrera

  Triple jump: 19th place

• Julián Morrinson

  Discus throw: 16th place

Women

• Silvia Chivás

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Carmen Valdés

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Isabel Taylor

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Fulgencia Romay

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Ana Alexander

  Long jump: 13th place

• María Elena Sarría

  Shot put: 11th place

• Maria Cristina Betancourt

  Discus throw: 7th place

• Carmen Romero

  Discus throw: 9th place

Cycling

• Carlos Cardet

  Road race: 14th place

  Team time trial: 14th place

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 14th place

• Roberto Menéndez

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Jorge Pérez

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Jorge Gomez

  Team time trial: 14th place

• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

  Team time trial: 14th place

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: 17th place

Wrestling

• Sirvano Valdes

  Paper weight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Erasmo Estrada

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Idalberto Barban

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Miguel Alonso

  Paper weight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Eloy Abreu

  Flyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Jorge Ramos

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• José Ramos

  Lightweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Bárbaro Morgan

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Lázaro Morales

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Francisco Rodríguez

  Double foursome: 10th place

• César Herrera

  Double foursome: 10th place

• Ramón Luperón

  Double foursome: 10th place

• Nelson Simon

  Double foursome: 10th place

• Cirilo Suarez

  Double foursome: 10th place

• Israel Gorguet

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Francisco Mora

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Hermenegildo Palacio

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Angel Ramirez

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Luis Alonso

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Humberto Dorrego

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Alcides Risco

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Porfirio Reynoso

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

• Jesús Rosello

  Eighth with helmsman: 10th place

shoot

• Miguel Valdes

  Small bore rifle three-position fight 50 m: 23rd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 12th place

• José González Montero

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 51st place

• Roberto Castrillo

  Skeet: 30th place

• Ruben Vega

  Skeet: 35th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Nelson Fernández

  Individual all-around: 76th place

  Floor: 61st place

  Horse jump: 40th place

  Bars: 79th place

  Horizontal bar: 86th place

  Rings: 85th place

  Pommel horse: 52nd place

• Roberto Richards

  Individual all-around: 88th place

  Floor: 44th place

  Horse jump: 62nd place

  Bars: 38th place

  Horizontal bar: 89th place

  Rings: 59th place

  Pommel horse: 19th place

volleyball

Men

• bronze

  Leonel Marshall Sr.

  Victoriano Sarmientos

  Ernesto Martínez

  Víctor García

  Carlos Salas

  Raúl Vilches

  Jesús Savigne

  Lorenzo Martínez

  Diego Lapera

  Antonio Rodríguez

  Alfredo Figueredo

  Jorge Pérez Vento

Women

• 5th place

  Ana Díaz

  Ana María García

  Evelina Borroto

  Claudina Villaurrutia

  Imilsis Téllez

  Lucila Urgelles

  Melania Tartabull

  Mercedes Pérez

  Mercedes Pomares

  Mercedes Roca

  Miriam Herrera

  Nelly Barnet

Water polo

• 7th place

  Oscar Periche

  Osvaldo García

  Ramon Peña

  Lazaro Costa

  David Rodríguez

  Nelson Domínguez

  Jorge Rizo

  Eugenio Almenteros

  Jesús Pérez

  Gerardo Rodríguez

  Oriel Domínguez

Web links

• Cuban Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )