Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CUB |
NOC | Cuban Olympic Committee |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 70 in 16 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Yaime Pérez Mijaín López |
Flag bearer (closing) | Zurian Hechavarria |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Cuba competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The Cuban delegation was their smallest (and first with fewer than 100 athletes) since 1964, which coincidentally was also in Tokyo. It was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics. Cuba improved on its 2016 result, by winning 7 gold and 15 total medals after 5 and 11 in Rio.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 7 | 13 | 20 |
Boxing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Canoeing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Judo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Volleyball | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Wrestling | 9 | 3 | 12 |
Total | 36 | 34 | 70 |
Cuban athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | 50.76 =PB | 2 Q | 49.71 PB | 3 q | DNF | |
Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 2:00.71 | 1 Q | 1:59.65 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Zurian Hechavarría | Women's 400 m hurdles | 54.99 PB | 6 q | 55.21 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Rose Mary Almanza Sahily Diago Zurian Hechavarría Lisneidy Veitía | Women's 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.04 SB | 2 Q | — | 3:26.92 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Juan Miguel Echevarría | Long jump | 8.50 SB | 1 Q | 8.41 [lower-alpha 1] | ![]() |
Lester Lescay | 7.69 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
Maykel Massó | 8.07 | 7 Q | 8.21 | ![]() | |
Andy Díaz | Triple jump | DNS | Did not advance | ||
Cristian Nápoles | 17.08 SB | 4 Q | 16.63 | 10 | |
Luis Zayas | High jump | 2.17 | =26 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Leyanis Pérez | Triple jump | DNS | Did not advance | ||
Liadagmis Povea | 14.50 | 5 Q | 14.70 | 5 | |
Davisleydi Velazco | 14.14 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
Yarisley Silva | Pole vault | 4.55 | =8 Q | 4.50 | =8 |
Denia Caballero | Discus throw | 57.96 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Yaime Pérez | 63.18 | 7 q | 65.72 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Total | Rank |
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Yorgelis Rodríguez | Result | DNF | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
Points | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cuba entered seven male boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, all of them, led by Rio 2016 gold medalists Arlen López (men's light heavyweight) and Julio César La Cruz (men's heavyweight), finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places on the Cuban squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yosvany Veitía | Men's flyweight | Bye | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||
Lázaro Álvarez | Men's featherweight | Bye | ![]() WRSC-I | ![]() W 3-2 | ![]() L 2–3 | Did not advance | ![]() |
Andy Cruz | Men's lightweight | Bye | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() |
Roniel Iglesias | Men's welterweight | Bye | ![]() W 3–2 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() |
Arlen López | Men's light heavyweight | Bye | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() |
Julio César La Cruz | Men's heavyweight | Bye | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() |
Dainier Peró | Men's super heavyweight | Bye | ![]() W 5–0 | ![]() L 1–4 | Did not advance |
Cuban canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. [5] With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Cuba accepted the invitation from the International Canoe Federation to send a canoeist in the men's C-1 1000 m to the Games. [6]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Fernando Jorge | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:04.378 | 1 SF | Bye | 4:04.725 | 4 FA | 4:13.918 | 7 | |
José Ramón Pelier | 4:06.343 | 2 SF | Bye | 4:09.696 | 6 FB | 4:02.915 | 9 | ||
Fernando Jorge Serguey Torres | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:39.028 | 2 SF | Bye | 3:27.102 | 2 FA | 3:24.995 | ![]() | |
Yarisleidis Cirilo | Women's C-1 200 m | 47.267 | 2 SF | Bye | 48.375 | 6 FB | 48.582 | 12 | |
Katherin Nuevo | 46.533 | 2 SF | Bye | 49.242 | 8 FB | 49.024 | 16 | ||
Yarisleidis Cirilo Katherin Nuevo | Women's C-2 500 m | 2:03.229 | 3 QF | 2:03.282 | 1 SF | 2:03.655 | 2 FA | 2:01.623 | 6 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cuba entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by virtue of her top 22 national finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [7]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Arlenis Sierra | Women's road race | 3:59:47 | 34 |
Cuba entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Marcia Videaux finished among the top twenty eligible for qualification in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book her spot on the Cuban roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [8] [9]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Marcia Videaux | Vault | 13.499 | — | 13.499 | 16 | Did not advance |
Cuba qualified six judoka (three per gender) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Five of them, with three-time medalist Idalys Ortiz (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) leading the squad at her fourth straight Olympics, were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Magdiel Estrada accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [10] [11]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Magdiel Estrada | Men's −73 kg | Bye | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
Iván Felipe Silva | Men's −90 kg | Bye | ![]() L 00–01 | Did not advance | |||||
Andy Granda | Men's +100 kg | — | ![]() L 00–01 | Did not advance | |||||
Maylín del Toro | Women's –63 kg | — | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||
Kaliema Antomarchi | Women's –78 kg | — | Bye | ![]() W 01–00 | ![]() L 01–11 | Did not advance | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() L 00–01 | 5 |
Idalys Ortiz | Women's +78 kg | — | Bye | ![]() W 01–00 | ![]() W 10–00 | ![]() W 11–00 | Bye | ![]() L 00–10 | ![]() |
Cuban athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Lester Ders and Rio 2016 Olympian Leydi Moya secured a selection each in the men's and women's event respectively by virtue of their top-five finish at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. [12]
Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
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RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | ||||
Lester Ders | Men's | 10–25 | 0 | 34 | 160 | 2:01.45 | 15 | 308 | EL | 33 | 0 | 11:46.41 | 28 | 594 | 1062 | 36 |
Leydi Moya | Women's | 15–20 | 1 | 26 | 191 | 2:17.96 | 29 | 275 | 9 | 15 | 291 | 13:16.65 | 30 | 504 | 1261 | 26 |
Cuba qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fourth in the A-final and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [13]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Milena Venega | Women's single sculls | 8:03.00 | 4 R | 8:17.30 | 1 QF | 8:25.26 | 5 SC/D | 7:41.18 | 3 FC | 7:47.40 | 17 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Cuban shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [14]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jorge Álvarez | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 578 | 12 | — | Did not advance | ||
Jorge Grau | Men's 10 m air pistol | 574 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
Leuris Pupo | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 583 | 5 Q | 29 | ![]() | ||
Eglis Yaima Cruz | Women's 10 m air rifle | 620.5 | 37 | Did not advance | |||
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1163 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
Laina Pérez | Women's 10 m air pistol | 567 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
Women's 25 m pistol | 582 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||
Jorge Grau Laina Pérez | 10 m air pistol team | 568 | 14 | Did not advance |
Cuba received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [15]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Luis Vega Torres | Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:59.00 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:27.65 | 29 | — | Did not advance | |||
Elisbet Gámez | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:00.56 | 23 | Did not advance |
Cuba entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Daniela Fonseca scored a second-stage final triumph to notch the last ticket available in the women's singles and then teamed up with her partner and Rio 2016 Olympian Jorge Campos to seal an outright victory and a mixed doubles berth at the 2021 Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina. [16] [17]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Daniela Fonseca | Women's singles | ![]() L 0–4 | Did not advance | |||||||
Jorge Campos Daniela Fonseca | Mixed doubles | — | ![]() Solja (GER) L 0–4 | Did not advance |
Cuba entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian and double world champion Rafael Alba secured a spot in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica. [18]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Rafael Alba | Men's +80 kg | ![]() L 8–11 | Did not advance | ![]() W 8-2 | ![]() W 5-4 | ![]() |
Cuba women's beach volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final in Colima, Mexico. [19]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Lidy Echevarría Leila Martínez | Women's | ![]() Clancy (AUS) L (15–21, 14–21) | ![]() Makroguzova (ROC) L (16–21, 11–21) | ![]() Orsi Toth (ITA) W (21–16, 21–16) | 3 R | ![]() Stam (NED) W (21–17, 21–17) | ![]() Ross (USA) L (17–21, 15–21) | Did not advance |
Cuba entered four weightlifters (one man and three women) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Marina Rodríguez finished seventh of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 64 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with rookies Olfides Sáez (men's 96 kg), Ludia Montero (women's 49 kg), and Eyurkenia Pileta (women's +87 kg) topping the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from the Americas in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings. [20]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Olfides Sáez | Men's –96 kg | 156 | 11 | 203 | 7 | 359 | 9 |
Ludia Montero | Women's –49 kg | 82 | 5 | 96 | 7 | 178 | 6 |
Marina Rodríguez | Women's –64 kg | 98 | 11 | 123 | 6 | 221 | 8 |
Eyurkenia Pileta | Women's +87 kg | 96 | 10 | 129 | 8 | 225 | 9 |
Cuba qualified twelve wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman (67 and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while ten more licenses were awarded to Cuban wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada. [21] [22]
Key:
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Alejandro Valdés | Men's −65 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Geandry Garzón | Men's −74 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | ![]() L 0–4 ST | Did not advance | 9 | |
Reineris Salas | Men's −97 kg | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() L 0–3 PO | Bye | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() |
Yusneylys Guzmán | Women's −50 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | ![]() L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | 12 | |
Laura Hérin | Women's −53 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | ![]() L 0–3 PP | Did not advance | 15 | |
Yudaris Sánchez | Women's −68 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Luis Orta | Men's −60 kg | ![]() W 3–0 PO | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() W 4–0 ST | Bye | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() |
Ismael Borrero | Men's −67 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Yosvanys Peña | Men's −77 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 10 | |||
Daniel Grégorich | Men's −87 kg | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | 9 | ||
Gabriel Rosillo | Men's −97 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 13 | |||
Mijaín López | Men's −130 kg | ![]() W 4–0 ST | ![]() W 4–0 ST | ![]() W 3–0 PO | Bye | ![]() W 3–0 PO | ![]() |
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Poland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1924, Polish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.
Turkey competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott.
Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908.
Uzbekistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Lithuania competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and tenth overall in Summer Olympic history.
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Bulgaria competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1924, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of Bulgaria's actions in World War II and the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.
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