Cuba at the 2023 Pan American Games

Cuba at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	263 in 25 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Julio César La Cruz & Idalys Ortiz
Flag bearer (closing)	Jorge Campos & Yunisleidy García
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 30 Silver 22 Bronze 17 Total 69
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Cuba is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Cuba's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Boxer Julio César La Cruz and judoka Idalys Ortiz were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1] Meanwhile, table tennis athlete Jorge Campos and track athlete Yunisleidy García were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Artistic swimming	1	8	9
Badminton	2	2	4
Baseball	24	0	24
Basque pelota	2	4	6
Boxing	7	3	10
Canoeing	7	6	13
Cycling	0	2	2
Fencing	3	1	4
Field hockey	0	16	16
Gymnastics	5	1	6
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	8	8	16
Karate	1	2	3
Modern pentathlon	3	2	5
Racquetball	2	2	4
Roller sports	1	2	3
Rowing	10	4	14
Sailing	1	3	4
Shooting	7	7	14
Softball	0	18	18
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	4	4	8
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	12	12	24
Weightlifting	3	3	6
Wrestling	12	6	18
Total	149	138	287

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

The following Cuban competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Arley Calderón	Weightlifting	Men's –61 kg	October 21
Gold	Leuris Pupo	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	October 22
Gold	Roberto Paz Luis León Henry Heredia Francisco Romero Andrey Barnet Leduar Suárez Carlos Ajete Reidy Cardona Juan González La O	Rowing	Men's eight	October 23
Silver	Arlenis Sierra	Cycling	Women's road time trial	October 22
Silver	Juan Carlos Zaldívar	Weightlifting	Men's –102 kg	October 23
Bronze	Kelvin Calderón	Taekwondo	Men's –80 kg	October 22
Bronze	Olfides Sáez	Weightlifting	Men's –89 kg	October 22

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified six archers (three men and three women) during the 2023 Copa Merengue. ^{[2] [3]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Individual recurve
	Team recurve			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Individual recurve
	Team recurve			—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Team recurve			—

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Dayaris Varona Gabriela Alpajón	Women's duet
Alejandra Molina Andy Ávila Dayaris Varona Gabriela Alpajón Gabriela Batista Kamila Frías Nathaly Ramos Soila Valdés Talia Joa	Women's team

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women). ^{[5] [6]}

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juan Bencomo	Singles	Frank Barrios  (VEN)
Roberto Herrera		Kennie King  (BAR)
Juan Bencomo Roberto Herrera	Men's doubles	Yonatan Linarez  (DOM)   Angel Marinez Ulloa  (DOM)	—

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yeily Ortiz	Singles	Bye	Rachel Chan  (CAN)
Taymara Oropesa		Bye	Valeria Santos  (CHI)
Yeily Ortiz Taymara Oropesa	Women's doubles	Diana Corleto Soto  (GUA)   Nikte Sotomayor  (GUA)	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Roberto Herrera Taymara Oropesa	Mixed doubles	Montoya  (MEX)   Rodríguez  (MEX)
Juan Bencomo Yeily Ortiz		Evans  (JAM)   Wynter  (JAM)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba men	Men's tournament	Colombia	Venezuela	Brazil

Cuba qualified a men's team (of 24 athletes) by finishing second in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. ^[7]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	15	10	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Colombia	3	1	2	16	14	.333	2
3	Cuba	3	1	2	11	13	.333	2	Fifth place game
4	Venezuela	3	1	2	9	14	.333	2	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023 and WBSC Americas

October 20 9:30	Colombia	3–4	Cuba	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

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October 22 15:00	Cuba	5–6	Venezuela	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

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October 24 9:30	Brazil	4–2	Cuba	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

Basque pelota

Main articles: Basque pelota at the 2023 Pan American Games and Basque pelota at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a team of six athletes (two men and four women) through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament. ^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Alejandro González	Fronton
Cristian Abréu	Frontball

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Laura Álvarez	Fronton
Daniela Darriba Wendy Durán	Doubles Frontenis
Yalieska Leoncio	Frontball

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified 10 boxers (seven men and three women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alejandro Claro	–51 kg
Saidel Horta	–57 kg	—	Vega  (MEX) W 5–0	González  (COL)
Lázaro Álvarez	–63.5 kg
Jorge Cuellar	–71 kg
Arlen López	–80 kg
Julio La Cruz	–92 kg	—	Talley  (USA) W 5–0	Salgado  (CHI)
Fernando Arzola	+92 kg	—	Charles  (DMA) W WO	Feujio  (CAN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Legnis Calá	–57 kg
Arianne Imbert	–66 kg	—	Moronta  (DOM) L RSC	Did not advance
Yakelín Estornell	–75 kg	—	Ortiz  (MEX) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Sprint

Cuba qualified a total of 13 sprint athletes (seven men and six women). ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Ramón Pelier	C-1 1000 m
Elvis Rodríguez
José Ramón Pelier Javier Gil	C-2 500 m
Robert Núñez	K-1 1000 m
Robert Núñez Yan López	K-2 500 m
Caleb Fábregat Reyler Porro Robert Núñez Yan López	K-4 500 m	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yarisleides Duboy	C-1 200 m
Yarisleides Duboy Yisnoly Lamadrid	C-2 500 m
Yurieni Herrera	K-1 500 m
Yurieni Herrera Daylen Pérez	K-2 500 m
Camila Aguirre Madelen Domínguez Yurieni Herrera Daylen Pérez	K-4 500 m	—

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a total of 2 cyclists (2 women). ^[10]

Road

Cuba qualified 1 cyclist at the Caribbean Championships. ^[11] Cuba also qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arlenis Sierra	Women's road race
	Women's road time trial
Claudia Baró	Women's road race

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2023 Pan American Games and Diving at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anisley García	10 m Platform	315.45	5 Q
Arlenys García		224.65	15	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a team of 4 fencers (three men and one woman), through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Ascuncion, Paraguay. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Victories	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's épée
	Women's sabre

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals/Consolation	Final / BM / PM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's épée

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba women	Women's tournament	Canada	Mexico	Chile

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Cuba qualified a women's team of 16 athletes by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1	5th–8th classification
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[16]
(H) Hosts

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 17:30 Canada   7–1   Cuba Thompson  3', 23', 60' Walton  9', 39' Rae  30', 46' Report Vera  54' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Ana Vázquez Escalanté (MEX)

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28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 17:30 Mexico   1–1   Cuba Cardiel  34' Report Vera  24' Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Megan Robertson (CAN)

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30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 19:30 Chile   2–0   Cuba Villagrán  9' Rojas  50' Report Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Ana Vázquez Esclanté (MEX)

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Artistic

Cuba qualified a team of five male gymnasts in artistic at the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[17]

Men

Team & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
	Team
Total

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Rhythmic

Cuba qualified one individual gymnast. ^[17]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
		Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Score	Rank
	All-around
	Ball		—
	Clubs	—		—
	Hoop	—			—
	Ribbon	—

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba men	Men's tournament	Uruguay	United States	Argentina
Cuba women	Women's tournament	Uruguay	Paraguay	Brazil

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Cuba qualified a men's team (of 14 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	93	50	+43	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	78	86	−8	4
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	71	95	−24	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	72	83	−11	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

30 October 2023 10:00	Cuba	24–25	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Cordiés 8	(13–13)	Rubbo 9
	1× 2×	Report

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31 October 2023 10:00	United States	30–28	Cuba	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Hoddersen 13	(17–14)	Cordiés 8
	1×	Report	1× 3×

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1 November 2023 12:30	Argentina	28–20	Cuba	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
	F. Pizarro 7	(14–9)	Vázquez 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2× 1×

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Cuba qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	104	35	+69	6	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	68	76	−8	2 [a]
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	62	101	−39	2 [a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	53	75	−22	2 [a]

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
Notes:

1. Paraguay 2 Pts, +4 GD; Cuba 2 Pts, –1 GD; Uruguay 2 Pts, –3 GD

24 October 2023 10:00	Cuba	25–21	Uruguay	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Reyes, Téllez 5	(13–6)	Barreiro 5
	7×	Report	2×

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25 October 2023 12:30	Paraguay	31–26	Cuba	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Fernández, Leiva 6	(17–13)	Amorós 9
	1× 1×	Report	2×

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26 October 2023 12:30	Brazil	49–11	Cuba	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Castro 10	(26–6)	Toledo 3
	4×	Report	3×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Cuba has qualified 16 judokas (eight men and eight women). ^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−60 kg
	−66 kg
	−73 kg
	−81 kg
	−90 kg
	−100 kg
Omar Cruz	+100 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−48 kg
	−52 kg
	−57 kg
	−63 kg
	−70 kg
	−78 kg
Thalia Nariño Castellano	+78 kg

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Team

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified three athletes (one man and two women) in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship and the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[19]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brayan Díaz	Men's −60 kg
Baurelys Torres	Women's −55 kg
Lianerkis Chacón	Women's −61 kg

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified five modern pentathletes (three men and two women). ^{[20] [21]}

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (Show jumping)			Shooting / Running (10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)			Total
		V – D	Rank	MP points	BP	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	MP points	Rank
Juan Pablo Velázquez	Men's individual
Lester Rosário
Marcos Rojas
Lester Rosário Marcos Rojas	Men's relay
Dalia Pérez	Women's individual
Diana Leyva
Dalia Pérez Diana Leyva	Women's relay
Juan Pablo Velázquez Dalia Pérez	Mixed relay

Racquetball

Main articles: Racquetball at the 2019 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a team of four racquetball players (two men and two women). ^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maykel Moyet	Men's singles
Yandy Espinosa
Maykel Moyet Yandy Espinosa	Men's doubles
Maykel Moyet Yandy Espinosa	Men's team	—
Samira Ferrer	Women's singles
Kylie Larduet
Samira Ferrer Kylie Larduet	Women's doubles
Samira Ferrer Kylie Larduet	Women's team	—
Maykel Moyet Samira Ferrer	Mixed doubles

Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Speed

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dayan Millán	1000 m sprint
	10,000 m elimination	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adriana Cantillo	200 m time trial
	500 m
Rocío Proenza	1000 m sprint
	10,000 m elimination	—

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a team of 14 athletes (ten men and four women). ^{[23] [24]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					—
	Quadruple sculls			—
	Pair			—
	Four			—
	Lightweight Double sculls					—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					—
	Quadruple sculls			—

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified 3 boats for a total of 4 sailors. ^[25]

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
	Laser radial											—
	Sunfish											—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
	Snipe											—

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a total of 14 shooters in the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. ^{[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]}

Men

Pistol and rifle

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air pistol
	25 m rapid fire pistol
	10 m air rifle
	50 metre rifle three positions

Men

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
	Skeet

Women

Pistol and rifle

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air pistol
	25 m pistol
	10 m air rifle
	50 metre rifle three positions

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Cuba qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by virtue of its campaign in the 2022 Pan American Championships.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba women	Women's tournament

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Caribbean Championships. ^[33]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andy Pereira	Singles	—
Jorge Campos		—
Andy Pereira Jorge Campos	Doubles	—
Adrián Pérez Andy Pereira Jorge Campos	Team	—				—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Fonseca	Singles	—
Estela Crespo		—
Lizdainet Rodríguez		—
Daniela Fonseca Estela Crespo	Doubles	—
Daniela Fonseca Estela Crespo Lizdainet Rodríguez	Team	—				—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorge Campos Daniela Fonseca	Doubles

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified 8 athletes (four men and four women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^{[34] [35]}

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	–68 kg
	–80 kg
	+80 kg
	–49 kg
	–67 kg
	+67 kg

Poomsae (forms)

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
	Men's individual
	Women's individual
	Mixed pair

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified a triathlon team of four athletes (two men and two women).

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Alejandro Rodríguez	Men's individual
Kevin Milián
Leslie Amat	Women's individual
Niuska Figueredo

Mixed relay

Athlete	Event	Swimming (300 m)	Transition 1	Biking (6.6 km)	Transition2	Running (1.5 km)	Total	Rank
Leslie Amat	Mixed relay							—
Alejandro Rodríguez
Kevin Milián
Niuska Figueredo
Total		—

Volleyball

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Cuba qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by winning the 2022 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. ^[36]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba men	Men's tournament

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cuba men	Men's tournament	Argentina	Canada	Chile
Cuba women	Women's tournament	Mexico	Canada	Argentina

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Cuba qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	71	18	+53	9	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	0	1	43	21	+22	6
3	Cuba	3	1	0	0	2	24	58	−34	3
4	Chile (H)	3	0	0	0	3	16	57	−41	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

30 October 2023 16:30	Report	Argentina	20–4	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
		Corsi 6	Goals	Ponsa 4

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31 October 2023 16:30	Report	Canada	29–7	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 8–3, 8–3, 8-0
		Constantin-Bicari, Côté 6	Goals	Ponsa 4

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1 November 2023 19:30	Report	Cuba	13–9	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 4–1, 4–1
		Ponsa 5	Goals	Cárcamo 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Cuba qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) through the 2022 CCCAN Championships.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	70	19	+51	9	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	3	1	1	0	1	35	37	−2	5
3	Cuba	3	1	0	1	1	34	53	−19	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	24	54	−30	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

30 October 2023 8:00	Report	Mexico	11–14	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 4–4, 1–3

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31 October 2023 8:00	Report	Canada	24–3	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 7–0, 2–0, 9–3
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

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1 November 2023 11:00	Report	Cuba	17–18	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 1–4  PSO: 5–6
		Zunzunegui 4	Goals	A. Bacigalupo 6

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified six weightlifters (three men and three women). ^[37]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Cuba qualified 18 wrestlers (12 men and 6 women) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. ^[38]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Freestyle 57 kg
	Freestyle 65 kg
	Freestyle 74 kg
	Freestyle 86 kg
	Freestyle 97 kg
	Freestyle 125 kg
	Greco-Roman 60 kg
	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	Greco-Roman 77 kg
	Greco-Roman 87 kg
	Greco-Roman 97 kg
	Greco-Roman 130 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	50 kg
	53 kg
	57 kg
	62 kg
	68 kg
	76 kg

See also

• Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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