Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.[2]

Cuba at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors137 (109 men and 28 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Teófilo Stevenson[1]
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Orlando Martinez Boxing Men's bantamweight
  Gold Emilio Correa Boxing Men's welterweight
  Gold Teófilo Stevenson Boxing Men's heavyweight
  Silver Gilberto Carrillo Boxing Men's light-heavyweight
  Bronze Silvia Chivás Athletics Women's 100 metres
  Bronze Silvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay
  Bronze José Alvarez, Miguel Calderón, Rafael Cañizares, Pedro Chappé, Juan Carlos Domecq, Ruperto Herrera, Tomás Herrera, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgellés, and Oscar Varona Basketball Men's team
  Bronze Douglas Rodríguez Boxing Men's flyweight

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

Men's High Jump

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Basketball

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Boxing

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Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Fencing

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15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Men's Lightweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Half-Heavyweight

Rowing

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Men's Coxed Pairs
Men's Coxless Fours

Shooting

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Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Skeet

Volleyball

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Men's Team Competition

Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Cuba". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Cuba at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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