Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cuba.svg
IOC code CUB
NOC Cuban 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)

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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Orlando Martinez Boxing Men's bantamweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Emilio Correa Boxing Men's welterweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Teófilo Stevenson Boxing Men's heavyweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gilberto Carrillo Boxing Men's light-heavyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Silvia Chivás Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Silvia Chivás , Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay
Bronze medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Bronze Douglas Rodríguez Boxing Men's flyweight

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's High Jump

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Basketball

Boxing

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Fencing

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

Judo

Men's Lightweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Half-Heavyweight

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs
Men's Coxless Fours

Shooting

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

Men's Team Competition

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  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.