Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

Gold

MarÃÂa Caridad ColÃÂ³n Ã¢ÂÂ Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Juan HernÃÂ¡ndez Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
ÃÂngel Herrera Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Lightweight
AndrÃÂ©s Aldama Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Armando MartÃÂnez Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
JosÃÂ© GÃÂ³mez Mustelier Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Middleweight
TeÃÂ³filo Stevenson Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Daniel NÃÂºÃÂ±ez Ã¢ÂÂ Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Silver

Silvio Leonard Ã¢ÂÂ Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Alejandro CasaÃÂ±as Ã¢ÂÂ Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles
HipÃÂ³lito Ramos Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Adolfo Horta Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Jose RodrÃÂguez Ã¢ÂÂ Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Juan Ferrer Ã¢ÂÂ Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
Isaac Azcuy Ã¢ÂÂ Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

Bronze

Luis Delis Ã¢ÂÂ Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
JosÃÂ© Aguilar Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Ricardo Rojas Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Roberto Castrillo Ã¢ÂÂ Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
Alberto Blanco Ã¢ÂÂ Weightlifting, Men's 100 kg

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Silvio Leonard
Heat — 10.33
Quarterfinals — 10.16
Semifinals — 10.40
Final — 10.25 (Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal)
Osvaldo Lara
Heat — 10.39
Quarterfinals — 10.21
Semifinals — 10.34
Final — 10.43 (Ã¢ÂÂ 5th place)
TomÃÂ¡s GonzÃÂ¡lez
Heat — 10.65
Quarterfinals — 10.44 (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Alberto Juantorena

Men's Marathon

RadamÃÂ©s GonzÃÂ¡lez
Final — did not finish (Ã¢ÂÂ no ranking)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Alejandro CasaÃÂ±as
Heat — 13.46
Semifinals — 13.44
Final — 13.40 (Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal)

Men's 4ÃÂ100 metres Relay

Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro CasaÃÂ±as, Silvio Leonard, and TomÃÂ¡s GonzÃÂ¡lez

Men's High Jump

Francisco Centelles
Qualification — 2.10 m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

David Giralt
Qualification — 7.57 m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Armando Herrera
Qualification — 16.49 m
Final — 15.90 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 11th place)
Alejandro Herrera
Qualification — no mark (Ã¢ÂÂ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

Luis DelÃÂs
Qualification — 62.20 m
Final — 66.32 m (Ã¢ÂÂ Bronze Medal)
JosÃÂ© Santa Cruz
Qualification — 60.14 m
Final — 61.52 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Armando Orozco
Qualification — 72.28 m
Final Round — 68.68 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

MarÃÂa Elena SarrÃÂa
Final — 19.37 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 9th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Carmen Romero
Qualification — 58.60 m
Final — 60.86 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 10th place)
MarÃÂa Cristina Betancourt
Qualification — 57.62 m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

MarÃÂa Caridad ColÃÂ³n
Qualification — 62.42 m
Final — 68.40 m (Ã¢ÂÂ Gold Medal)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)
Defeated Australia (83-76)
Defeated Sweden (71-59)
Lost to Italy (72-79)
Semi Final Round (Group A)
Lost to Brazil (93-94)
Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112)
Lost to Spain (95-96)
Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) Ã¢ÂÂ 6th place
Team Roster:
Jorge More
Ruperto Herrera
Alejandro Ortiz
Noangel Luaces
Generoso MÃÂ¡rquez
RaÃÂºl Duboy
Pedro Abreu
Miguel CalderÃÂ³n
TomÃÂ¡s Herrera
Daniel Scott
Alejandro Urgelles
FÃÂ©lix Morales

Women's Team Competition

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

HipÃÂ³lito Ramos Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated GyÃÂ¶rgy GedÃÂ³ (Hungary) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
# Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Jorge HernÃÂ¡ndez
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Juan HernÃÂ¡ndez Ã¢ÂÂ Gold Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated SÃÂ¡ndor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
# Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
# Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Bernardo PiÃÂ±ango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Adolfo Horta Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
# Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
# Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

ÃÂngel Herrera Ã¢ÂÂ Gold Medal
# First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
# Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

JosÃÂ© Aguilar Ã¢ÂÂ Bronze Medal
# First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
# Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
# Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

TeÃÂ³filo Stevenson Ã¢ÂÂ Gold Medal
# First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
# Semi Finals — Defeated IstvÃÂ¡n LÃÂ©vai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)