Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Cuba at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Sydney, Australia; 15 September – 1 October
Competitors	229 (147 men and 82 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Félix Savón
Medals ; Ranked 9th	Gold11Silver11Bronze7Total29
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Last updated August 12, 2024

Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Australia's largest city, Sydney. 229 competitors, 147 men and 82 women, took part in 135 events in 24 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anier García	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	25 September
Gold	Iván Pedroso	Athletics	Men's long jump	25 September
Gold	Guillermo Rigondeaux	Boxing	Bantamweight	30 September
Gold	Mario Kindelán	Boxing	Lightweight	30 September
Gold	Jorge Gutiérrez	Boxing	Middleweight	30 September
Gold	Félix Savón	Boxing	Heavyweight	30 September
Gold	Legna Verdecia	Judo	Women's 52 kg	17 September
Gold	Sibelis Veranes	Judo	Women's 70 kg	18 September
Gold	Ángel Matos	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	29 September
Gold	Cuba women's national volleyball team Taismary Agüero Zoila Barros Regla Bell Marlenis Costa Ana Fernández Mirka Francia Idalmis Gato Lilia Izquierdo Mireya Luis Yumilka Ruíz Marta Sánchez Regla Torres	Volleyball	Women's indoor competition	30 September
Gold	Filiberto Azcuy	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg	27 September
Silver	Yoel García	Athletics	Men's triple jump	25 September
Silver	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	Men's high jump	24 September
Silver	Cuba national baseball team Omar Ajete Yovany Aragón Miguel Caldés Luis Danel Castro José Contreras Yobal Dueñas Yasser Gómez José Ibar Orestes Kindelán Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Oscar Macías Juan Manrique Javier Méndez Rolando Meriño Germán Mesa Antonio Pacheco Massó Ariel Pestano Gabriel Pierre Maels Rodríguez Antonio Scull Luis Ulacia Lázaro Valle Norge Luis Vera	Baseball (Men-only event)		27 September
Silver	Ledis Balceiro	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m	30 September
Silver	Leobaldo Pereira , Ibrahim Rojas	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m	30 September
Silver	Driulis González	Judo	Women's 57 kg	18 September
Silver	Daima Beltrán	Judo	Women's +78 kg	22 September
Silver	Urbia Meléndez	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	27 September
Silver	Yoel Romero	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 85 kg	1 October
Silver	Lázaro Rivas	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg	26 September
Silver	Juan Marén	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg	26 September
Bronze	José Ángel César , Iván García, Freddy Mayola, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	30 September
Bronze	Osleidys Menéndez	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	30 September
Bronze	Maikro Romero	Boxing	Light Flyweight	30 September
Bronze	Diógenes Luña	Boxing	Light Welterweight	1 October
Bronze	Nelson Loyola , Carlos Pedroso, Iván Trevejo	Fencing	Men's team épée	18 September
Bronze	Manolo Poulot	Judo	Men's 60 kg	16 September
Bronze	Alexis Rodríguez	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg	30 September

Archery

Cuba's first appearance in the Olympic archery competition resulted in a surprise pair of victories.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ismely Arias	Men's individual	616	41	Parkhomenko (UKR) W 160-164	Needham (GBR) W 165-164	Fairweather (AUS) L 163-167	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Stevens	Men's individual	595	57	Fairweather (AUS) L 161-170	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edisbel Martinez	Women's individual	611	56	Ericsson (SWE) L 146-154	Did not advance
Yaremis Pérez	Women's individual	612	54	Yu H (CHN) W 159-155	Scavotto (USA) L 155-158	Did not advance

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Freddy Mayola	100m	10.33	3 Q	10.35	6	Did not advance
Anier García	110m hurdles	13.60	1 Q	13.53	1 Q	13.16	1 Q	13.00 NR
Yoel Hernandez	110m hurdles	13.53	2 Q	13.40	4 Q	13.41	5	Did not advance
José Ángel César Iván García Freddy Mayola Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda	4 × 100 m relay	38.74	1 Q	—		38.16	1 Q	38.04 SB

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivan Pedroso	Long jump	8.32	1 Q	8.55
Luis Meliz	Long jump	8.21	2 Q	8.08	7
Michael Calvo	Triple jump	16.30	27	Did not advance
Yoel Garcia		17.08	5 Q	17.47
Yoelbi Quesada		17.03	7 Q	17.37	4
Javier Sotomayor	High jump	2.27	7 Q	2.32
Frank Casañas	Discus throw	60.84	24	Did not advance
Alexis Elizalde	Discus throw	61.13	20	Did not advance
Emeterio Gonzalez	Javelin throw	82.64	10 q	83.33	8
Isbel Luaces	Javelin throw	75.17	28	Did not advance
Alexis Paumier	Shot put	18.31	18	Did not advance

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zulia Calatayud	800m	2:00.18	3 q	—		1:59.30	3 Q	1:58.66	6
Aliuska López	100m hurdles	12.97	3 Q	12.92	3 Q	12.90	4 Q	12.83	5
Daimí Pernía	400m hurdles	55.53	1 Q	—		54.92	2 Q	53.68 SB	4
Idalmis Bonne Zulia Calatayud Julia Duporty Daimí Pernía	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.22	2 Q	—				3:29.47	8

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lissette Cuza	Long jump	6.25	26	Did not advance
Yamile Aldama	Triple jump	14.27	7 Q	14.30	4
Ioamnet Quintero	High jump	1.92	14	Did not advance
Yipsi Moreno	Hammer throw	65.74	4 Q	68.33	4
Sonia Bisset	Javelin throw	60.09	11 q	63.26	5
Osleidys Menéndez		67.34	1 Q	66.18
Xiomara Rivero		61.89	5 Q	62.92	6
Yumileidi Cumbá	Shot put	18.42	8 Q	18.70	6

Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Eugenio Balanque	Result	10.87	6.19	14.90	1.94	48.23	14.36	46.56	NM	Did not advance
Eugenio Balanque	Points	890	628	784	749	898	929	799	0	Did not advance
Raul Duany	Result	11.09	7.33	13.34	2.06	48.73	14.44	41.17	4.60	64.31	4:29.68	8054	15
Raul Duany	Points	841	893	688	859	827	918	688	790	803	747	8054	15

Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Magalys Garcia	Result	13.46	1.66	13.29	24.58	5.92	50.31	828	6054	11
Magalys Garcia	Points	1056	806	747	926	825	866	828	6054	11

Baseball

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cuba men's	Men's tournament	South Africa (RSA) W 16–0	Italy (ITA) W 13–5	South Korea (KOR) W 6–5	Netherlands (NED) L 2–4	Australia (AUS) W 1–0	United States (USA) W 6–1	Japan (JPN) W 6–2	1 Q	Japan (JPN) W 3–0	United States (USA) L 0–4

Basketball

Women's tournament

Team roster

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cuba women's	Women's tournament	Russia (RUS) L 62–72	United States (USA) L 90–61	New Zealand (NZL) W 74–55	Poland (POL) L 72–65	South Korea (KOR) L 69–56	5	—		9/10th classification Canada (CAN) W 67–58	9

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	First round	Second round	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dalixia Fernández Tamara Larrea	Women's	Pires – Samuel (BRA) L 4-15	Tian – Zhang J (CHN) W 15-12	L Yanchulova – P Yanchulova (BUL) W 15-3	Davis – Johnson Jordan (USA) L 9-15	Did not advance			=9

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maikro Romero	Light flyweight	Varela (VEN) W 15-11	Velicu (ROM) RSC	Sidorenko (UKR) W 12-5	Asloum (FRA) L 12-13	Did not advance
Manuel Mantilla	Flyweight	Kim T-g (KOR) W 20-8	Dobrescu (ROM) RSC	Ponlid (THA) L 8-19	Did not advance
Guillermo Rigondeaux	Bantamweight	Zemzeni (TUN) WKO	Tsujimoto (JPN) RSC	Agaguloglu (TUR) W 14-5	Vinson (USA) W 18-6	Malakhbekov (RUS) W 18-12
Yosvani Aguilera	Featherweight	Tsukamoto (JPN) RSC	Mladenov (BUL) W 15-8	Djamaloudinov (RUS) L 12-17	Did not advance
Mario Kindelán	Lightweight	Bye	Wiangwiset (THA) W 14-8	Ouzlian (GRE) RSC	Maletin (RUS) W 27-15	Kotelnyk (UKR) W 14-4
Diógenes Luña	Light welterweight	Bye	Blain (FRA) W 25-14	Khoulef (EGY) RSC	Williams (USA) L 41-42	Did not advance
Roberto Guerra	Welterweight	Chibuye (ZAM) W 18-4	Simion (ROM) L 7-11	Did not advance
Juan Hernandez Sierra	Light middleweight	Nzue Mba (GAB) RSC	Marmouri (TUN) RSC	Ibraimov (KAZ) L 9-16	Did not advance
Jorge Gutierrez	Middleweight	Cimlum (THA) W 20-11	Giannoulas (GRE) W 20-7	Diaconu (ROM) W KO	Alakparov (AZE) 19-9	Gaydarbekov (RUS) W 17-15
Isael Alvarez	Light heavyweight	Fragomeni (ITA) RSC	Orazaliyev (KAZ) RSC	Did not advance
Félix Savón	Heavyweight	—	Ojemaye (NGR) RSC	Bennett (USA) RSC	Kober (GER) W 14-8	Ibragimov (RUS) W 21-13
Alexis Rubalcaba	Super heavyweight	—	Koç (GER) W KO	Dildabekov (KAZ) L 12-25	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men's

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ledis Frank Balceiro	Men's C-1 500m	1:51.918	3 Q	Bye		2:32.229	6
Ledis Frank Balceiro	Men's C-1 1000m	3:55.120	1 Q	Bye		3:56.071
Leobaldo Pereira Ibrahin Rojas	Men's C-2 500m	1:42.180	2 Q	Bye		2:17.126	9
Leobaldo Pereira Ibrahin Rojas	Men's C-2 1000m	3:38.978	3 Q	Bye		3:38.753

Cycling

Road cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Pedro Pablo Pérez	Men's road race	5:52:48	92
Dania Pérez	Women's road race	3:28:28	46
Yoanka González	Women's road race	DNF

Track cycling

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Julio César Herrera	Men's sprint	10.893s 66.097 km/h	17 Q	Gane (FRA) L	MacLean (GBR) Ota (JPN) 3	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julio César Herrera	Men's track time trial	1:05.537	10

Diving

Men's

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Erick Fornaris	Men's 3m springboard	313.86	37	Did not advance
Yoendris Salazar	Men's 3m springboard	377.58	18 Q	197.52	17	575.10	18	Did not advance
José Guerra	Men's 10m platform	403.14	13 Q	181.65	13	584.79	14	Did not advance
Jesus Iory	Men's 10m platform	368.34	22	Did not advance

Women's

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Iohana Cruz	Women's 3m springboard	239.97	24	Did not advance
Yolanda Ortiz	Women's 10m platform	231.63	31	Did not advance

Fencing

Eleven fencers, seven men and four women, represented Cuba in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nelson Loyola	Men's épée	Horbachuk (UKR) L 14-15	Did not advance
Carlos Pedroso		Adams (AUS) L 13-15	Did not advance
Ivan Trevejo		Bye	Poddubny (KGZ) W 15-10	Rota (ITA) W 15-12	Kolobkov (RUS) L 14-15	Did not advance
Oscar García	Men's foil	Bye	Mocek (POL) L 9-15	Did not advance
Elvis Gregory		Bye	Muhsen Ali (KUW) W 15-5	Shevchenko (RUS) 'L 14-15	Did not advance
Rolando Tucker		Bye	Wendt (AUT) W 15-5	Ferrari (FRA) L 13-15	Did not advance
Cándido Maya	Men's sabre	Lupeică (ROU) L 10-15	Did not advance
Nelson Loyola Carlos Pedroso Ivan Trevejo	Men's team épée	—			Germany (GER) W 45-44	France (FRA) L 36-45	South Korea (KOR) 'W 45-31
Elvis Gregory Oscar García Rolando Tucker	Men's team foil	—			France (FRA) L 43-45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tamara Esteri	Women's épée	Bye	Ortiz (CUB) L 7-15	Did not advance
Mirayda García		Bye	Hablützel-Bürki (SUI) L 14-15	Did not advance
Zuleydis Ortiz		Bye	Esteri (CUB) W 15-7	Romagnoli (SUI) W 15-11	Hablützel-Bürki (SUI) L 14-15	Did not advance
Migsey Dussu	Women's foil	Vasylieva (UKR) W 15-6	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) L 6-15	Did not advance
Tamara Esteri Mirayda García Zuleydis Ortiz	Women's team épée	—			Switzerland (SUI) L 38-45	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Men's artistic

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Lazaro Lamelas	Individual	9.137	9.437	9.387	9.312	8.887	9.562	55.722	35 Q	8.775	9.262	9.437	9.262	9.275	9.575	55.586	30
Erick López	Individual	8.975	9.500	9.637	9.537	9.062	9.412	56.123	28 Q	8.662	9.600	9.675	9.687	9.612	9.575	56.811	17

Handball

Men's tournament

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cuba men's	Men's tournament	Germany (GER) L 20–30	Russia (RUS) L 26–21	Egypt (EGY) L 26–29	FR Yugoslavia (YUG) L 26–33	South Korea (KOR) L 28–35	6	—		11/12th classification Australia (AUS) W 26–24	11

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manolo Poulot	60kg	Stanev (RUS) W 1001–0000	Smagulov (KGZ) W 1000–0010	Kurdgelashvili (MDA) W 1000–0000	Nomura (JPN) L 0002–0010	Bye			Donbay (KAZ) W 0210–0000
Yordanis Arencibia	66kg	Vazagashvili (GEO) L 0001-1000	Did not advance
Hector Lombard	73kg	Awad (EGY) W 1010-0000	Bilodid (UKR) L 0020-1010	Did not advance
Gabriel Arteaga	81kg	Krawczyk (POL) W 1000-0000	Aragão (BRA) W 0010-0000	Bouras (FRA) L 0001-1001	—	Arens (NED) L 0000-0001	Did not advance
Yosvany Despaigne	90kg	Huizinga (NED) L 0100-1011	—			Olson (USA) L 0000-1001	Did not advance
Yosvani Kessel	100kg	Inoue (JPN) L 0000-1000	—			Gowing (NZL) W 1000-0001	Ze'evi (ISR) L 0010-0120	Did not advance
Angel Sanchez	+100kg	Boonzaayer (USA) W 1000-0000	Qerewaqa (FIJ) W 1000-0000	Ruslyakov (UKR) W 0010-0001	Shionhara (JPN) L 0001-0010	—	Sharapov (BLR) L 0100-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amarilis Savón	48kg	—	Moise (ROM) W	Bruletova (RUS) L	—		Dunn (GBR) W	Simons (BEL) L	Did not advance
Legna Verdecia	52kg	—	Leon (ESP) W	Mariani (ARG) W	Kye (PRK) W	—			Narazaki (JPN) W
Driulis Gonzalez	57kg	—	Harel (FRA) W	Lomba (BEL) W	Shen J (CHN) W	—			Fernández (ESP) L
Kenia Rodriguez	63kg	Yusuf (NGR) W	Roberts (GBR) L	Did not advance
Sibelis Veranes	70kg	—	Wansart (GER) W	Bacher (USA) W	Cho M-S (KOR) W	—			Howey (GBR) W
Diadenis Luna	78kg	Ribble (CAN) W	Tong (USA) W	Richter (ROM) W	Lebrun (FRA) L	—			Pierantozzi (ITA) L	5
Daima Beltran	+78kg	Kim S-Y (KOR) W	Curren (AUS) W	Oliver (BEL) W	Yamashita (JPN) W	—			Yuan H (CHN) L

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez	Men's double sculls	6:40.27	4 R	6:35.76	3 SA/B	6:40.71	6 FB	6:40.71	12
Raúl León Osmani Martin	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:42.24	3 R	6:44.08	3	Withdrew
Eusebio Acea Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez Leonides Samé	Men's quadruple sculls	6:00.67	4 R	6:04.45	1 Q	6:01.39	6 FB	6:00.63	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mayra Gonzalez	Women's single sculls	7:48.28	3 R	7:46.25	1 SA/B	7:38.97	4 FB	7:32.29	7
Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:38.26	6 R	7:29.10	4 FC	—		7:19.63	15

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Anayansi Perez	Women's Mistral	26	(28)	19	23	27	24	27	27	(28)	27	26	282	27
Jose Urbay	Laser	32	14	37	27	37	31	35	22	(44)	35	26	259	35

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Norbelis Bárzaga	10 m air pistol	566	33	Did not advance
Norbelis Bárzaga	50 m pistol	547	30	Did not advance
Leuris Pupo	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	9	Did not advance
Juan Miguel Rodríguez	Skeet	116	39	Did not advance
Guillermo Torres	Skeet	115	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Eunice Caballero	50 m rifle three positions	567	30	Did not advance
Eunice Caballero	10 m air rifle	388	36	Did not advance
Margarita Tarradell	25 m pistol	575	20	Did not advance
Margarita Tarradell	10 m air pistol	381	11	Did not advance

Softball

Women's tournament

Team roster

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cuba women's	Women's tournament	Japan (JPN) L 1–4	United States (USA) L 0–3	Italy (ITA) L 0–1	New Zealand (NZL) L 6–2	China (CHN) L 0–7	Canada (CAN) W 2–1	Australia (AUS) L 1-8	7	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcos Hernández	50m freestyle	23.20	33	Did not advance
Marcos Hernández	100m freestyle	50.96	30	Did not advance
Rodolfo Falcon	100m backstroke	55.61	11 Q	55.59	6	Did not advance
Neisser Bent	200m backstroke	2:02.05	24	Did not advance
Yohan Garcia	100m butterfly	55.74	43	Did not advance
Gunter Rodriguez	200m butterfly	2:01.06	27	Did not advance
Rodolfo Falcon Yohan Garcia Marcos Hernández Gunter Rodriguez	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:46.88	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Maria González	100m backstroke	1:04.95	30	Did not advance
Ana Maria González	200m backstroke	2:19.35	26	Did not advance
Imaday Núñez	100m breaststroke	1:13.91	31	Did not advance
Imaday Núñez	200m breaststroke	2:41.97	34	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Kenia Perez Yamisleidys Romay	Duet	29.913	18	55.596	85.509	18	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francisco Arado	Men's singles	Iseki (JPN) L 0–3	Cheng (USA) L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Renier Sosa	Men's singles	Huang (CAN) L 0-3	Toriola (NGR) L 1-3	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ángel Matos	Men's 80kg	Soto (CHI) W 9-2	Estrada (MEX) W 2-0	Livaja (SWE) W 4-0	Bye		Ebnoutalib (GER) W 3-1
Nelson Saenz	Men's +80kg	Bye	Gentil (FRA) L KO	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Urbia Melendez	Women's 49kg	Pérez (MEX) W 4-1	Thamae (LES) W 3-0	Güvenc (TUR) W 3-1	Bye		Burns (AUS) L 2-4
Sonallis Mayan	Women's +67kg	Ruiz (ESP) L 0-3	Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's roster

Women's roster

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cuba men's	Men's tournament	Netherlands (NED) L 0–3	Spain (ESP) W 3–1	Egypt (EGY) W 3–0	Australia (AUS) W 3–0	Brazil (BRA) L 0–3	3 Q	Russia (RUS) L 2–3	5/8th semifinals Brazil (BRA) L 2–3	7th classification match Australia (AUS) W 3–0	7
Cuba women's	Women's tournament	Germany (GER) W 3–0	Russia (RUS) L 2–3	South Korea (KOR) W 3–0	Italy (ITA) W 3–0	Peru (PER) W 3–1	2 Q	Croatia (CRO) W 3–0	Brazil (BRA) W 3–2	Russia (RUS) W 3–2

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Sergio Álvarez	– 56 kg	~~120.0~~	120.0	~~125.0~~	150.0	155.0	~~160.0~~	275.0	5
Idalberto Aranda	–77kg	145.0	150.0	~~155.0~~	~~200.0~~	200.0	~~208.0~~	350.0	9
Ernesto Quiroga	– 85 kg	157.5	162.5	165.0	202.5	207.5	210.0	375.0	8
Joel Mackenzie	– 85 kg	157.5	162.5	165.0	192.5	197.5	200.0	365.0	11
Michel Batista	–94kg	170.0	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~205.0~~	205.0	210.0	385.0	9

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wilfredo García	-54kg	Donbaev (KGZ) W 4–1	Kantoyeu (BLR) L 7–1	—	3	Did not advance
Carlos Ortiz	-63kg	Tushishvili (GEO) W 6–1	Miyata (JPN) W 4–1	—	1 Q	Barzakov (BUL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Yosvany Sánchez	-69kg	Kasabov (BUL) W 4–0	Dąbrowski (POL) W 7–0	—	1 Q	Igali (CAN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Yosmany Romero	-76kg	Leipold (GER) L 1–4	Gadžihanov (MKD) L 0–3	Kertanti (SVK) W 3–2	3	Did not advance
Yoel Romero	-85kg	Samušonoks (LAT) W 3–0	Abdou (CAN) W 8–0	Kurugliyev (KAZ) W 4–0	1 Q	Bye	Khadem (IRI) W 3–0	Saitiev (RUS) L 1–7
Wilfredo Morales	-97kg	Magomedov (AZE) L 0–3	Bayramukov (KAZ) W 2–0	—	3	Did not advance
Alexis Rodríguez	-130kg	Kochev (BUL) W 2–0	Sumiyaabazar (MGL) W 1–1	—	1 Q	Medvedev (BLR) W 4–0	Taymazov (UZB) TO	Jadidi (IRI) W 1–0

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lázaro Rivas	-54kg	Yıldız (TUR) W 10–0	Eyvazov (AZE) W 6–1	Pellew (NZL) W 15–0	1 Q	Bye	Kalashnykov (UKR) W 11–0	Sim (KOR) L 0–8
Juan Marén	-63kg	Singh (IND) W 8–0	Manukyan (KAZ) W 5–3	Djakrir (ALG) W 4–1	1 Q	Bye	Motzer (SUI) W 3–0	V Samurgashev (RUS) L 0–3
Filiberto Azcuy	-69kg	Memet (ROU) W 4–3	Abdo (AUS) W 10–0	—	1 Q	Son (KOR) W 9–2	Nikitin (EST) W 6–0	Nagata (JPN) W 11–0
Luis Enrique Méndez	-85kg	Clark (USA) W 5–0	Abdelfatah (EGY) W 4–3	—	1 Q	Yerlikaya (TUR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Reynaldo Peña	-97kg	Matviyenko (KAZ) W 1–0	R Samurgashev (ARM) L 0–1	—	3	Did not advance
Héctor Milián	-130kg	Zhao H (CHN) W 1–0	Hallik (EST) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Debelka (BLR) L 0–1	Did not advance

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics

IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Sydney, Australia 15 September – 1 October
Competitors	229 (147 men and 82 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Félix Savón
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze 7 Total 29
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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