Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cuba
IOC code: CUB
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	160
Flag Bearer	Ivan Pedroso
Medals	Gold 9	Silver 7	Bronze 11	Total 27
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

[edit] Medals

Cuba finished in 11th position in the final medal rankings, with nine gold medals and 27 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

Yumileidi Cumba — Athletics, Women's Shot Put

Osleidys Menendez — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

Yan Bhartelemy — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

Yuriorkis Gamboa — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

Mario César Kindelán Mesa — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

Odlanier Solis — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

Yandro Quintana — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle (60 kg)

Danny Betancourt, Luis Borroto, Frederich Cepeda, Yorelvis Charles, Michel Enriquez, Norberto Gonzalez, Yulieski Gourriel, Pedro Lazo, Roger Machado, Jonder Martínez, Danny Miranda, Frank Montieth, Vicyohandri Odelín, Adiel Palma López, Eduardo Paret, Ariel Pestano, Alexei Ramirez, Eriel Sanchez, Antonio Scull, Carlos Tabares, Yoandri Urgelles, Osmani Urrutia, Manuel Vega, and Norge Vera — Baseball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Silver

Yipsi Moreno — Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw

Ledys Frank Balceiro and Ibrahim Rojas — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs

Yudel Yhonson — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

Lorenzo Aragon — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Daima Beltran — Judo, Women's Heavyweight (+78 kg)

Yanelis Labrada — Taekwondo, Women's 49 kg

Roberto Monzon — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (60 kg)

[edit] Bronze

Anier Garcia — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

Yunaika Crawford — Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw

Michel Lopez — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight

Yordanis Arencibia — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)

Yurisel Laborde — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (78 kg)

Driulis González — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight (63 kg)

Yurieleidys Lupetey — Judo, Women's Lightweight (57 kg)

Amarilis Savón — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

Juan Miguel Rodriguez — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

Iván Fundora — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle (74 kg)

Zoila Barros, Rosir Calderon, Nancy Carrillo, Ana Fernandez, Maybelis Martinez, Liana Mesa, Aniara Muñoz, Yahima Ortiz, Daymi Ramirez, Yumilka Ruiz, Marta Sanchez, and Dulce Tellez — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Maydenia Sarduy – women's individual, 42nd place

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Anier Garcia – Round 1: 13.24 s, Round 2: 13.28 s, Semifinal: 13.30 s, Final: 13.20 s (bronze medal)
Yoel Hernandez – Round 1: 13.41 s, Round 2: 13.29 s, Semifinal: 13.37 s
Yuniel Hernandez – Round 1: 13.48 s, Round 2: 13.46 s, Semifinal: DNS

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Anay Tejeda – Round 1, 13.24 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metres:

Geyman Lopez – Round 1: 45.44 s, Semifinal: 45.42 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

Yacnier Luis – Round 1: DQ

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

Daimi Pernia – Round 1: 55.91 s

Women's 800 metres:

Zulia Calatayud – Round 1: 2:03.99, Semifinal: 1:59.21, Final: 2:00.95 (8th place)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Miladis Lazo, Ana Lopez, Roxana Diaz, and Virgen Benavides – Round 1: 43.60 s (11th place)

Men's marathon:

Aguelmis Rojas – 2:21:59 (47th place)

Women's marathon:

Mariela Gonzalez – 3:02:20 (59th place)

Men's long jump:

Ivan Pedroso – Final, 8.23 metres (7th place)

Women's Long Jump:

Yudelkis Fernandez – Round 1: 6.36 metres

Men's Triple Jump:

Yoandri Betanzos – Final, 17.47 metres (4th place)
Yoelbi Quesada – Final, 16.96 metres (8th place)
David Giralt – Round 1, 16.70 metres (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump:

Yusmay Bicet – Round 1: 14.53 metres, Final: 14.57 metres (9th place)

Men's High Jump:

Lisvany Perez – Final, 2.25 metres (11th place)

Women's Shot Put:

Yumileidi Cumba – Round 1: 19.10 metres, Final: 19.59 metres (gold medal)
Misleydis Gonzalez – Round 1: 18.33 metres, Final: 18.59 metres (7th place)

Men's discus:

Frank Casanas – Round 1, 60.60 metres (did not advance)
Lois Maikel Martinez – Round 1, 57.18 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

Yania Ferrales – Round 1: 61.54 metres, Final: No mark (12th place)

Men's javelin:

Isbel Luaces – Round 1, 80.07 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

Osleidys Menendez – Round 1: 64.91 metres, Final: 71.53 metres (OR) (gold medal)
Sonia Bisset – Round 1: 61.45 metres, Final: 63.54 metres (5th place)
Noraida Bicet – Round 1: 60.97 metres, Final: 62.51 metres (7th place)

Women's hammer:

Yipsi Moreno – Round 1: 70.56 metres, Final: 73.36 metres (silver medal)
Yunaika Crawford – Round 1: 71.74 metres, Final: 73.16 metres (bronze medal)
Aldenay Vasallo – Round 1: 62.64 metres

[edit] Baseball

The gold medal Cuban Olympic baseball team:

Players: Vladimir Banos, Danny Betancourt, Luis Borroto, Francisley Bueno, Osbek Castillo, Danel Castro, Frederich Cepeda, Loidel Chapelli, Yorelvis Charles, Donal Duartes, Michel Enriquez, Jose Angel García, Valeri García, Norberto Gonzalez, Yulieski Gourriel, Yuslan Herrera, Pedro Lazo, Roger Machado, Jonder Martinez, Alexander Mayeta, Danny Miranda, Juan MiGuel Miranda, Frank Montieth, Alien Mora, Luis Miguel Navas, Vicyohandri Odelín, Onel Olivera, Adiel Palma, Eduardo Paret, Joan Carlos Pedroso, Wilber Perez, Ariel Pestano, Roger Poll, Alexei Ramirez, Rudy Reyes, Alexander Rodríguez, Eriel Sánchez, Antonio Scull, Deinys Suarez, Carlos Tabares, Yoandri Urgelles, Osmani Urrutia, Manuel Vega, Norge Vera
Manager: Higinio Velez
Coaches: Carlos Cepero, Jose Eloseguí, Francisco Escaurrido, Pedro Perez

Results:

August 15	Cuba	4-1	Australia
August 16	Cuba	5-4	Greece
August 17	Cuba	3-6	Japan
August 18	Chinese Taipei	2-10	Cuba
August 20	Cuba	9-2	Netherlands
August 21	Cuba	5-2	Canada
August 22 (semi final)	Italy	0-5	Cuba
August 25 (gold medal game)	Australia	2-6	Cuba

Cuba, by far the most successful country at boxing in the 2004 Olympics, entered a boxer in each of the 11 weight classes in Athens. None of the seven boxers with a round of 32 match lost it. Only one of the boxers fell in the round of 16 (also the only boxer not to win a match), with the other ten advancing to quarterfinals. Two lost there, while the remaining eight ensured medals for themselves by winning their quarterfinal matches. One lost in the semifinal, earning a bronze medal. Of the seven Cuban boxers that advanced to the final bout in their weight classes, five won the match to take gold and two lost to claim silver medals.

The combined record of the 11 Cuban boxers was 37-6. They had two byes.

Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Yan Bhartelemy – gold medal
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Miguel Angel Miranda Guerra of Venezuela, outscored
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Suban Pannon of Thailand, 23-14
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Hong Moo-Won of Korea, 30-11
4. Semifinal – Defeated Shiming Zou of China, 29-17
5. Final – Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 21-16

Flyweight (51 kg)

Yuriorkis Gamboa – gold medal
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Igori Samoilenco of Moldova, 46-33
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand, 26-21
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Georgy Balakshin of Russia, 26-18
4. Semifinal – Defeated Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 20-11
5. Final – Defeated Jerome Thomas of France, 38-23

Bantamweight (54 kg)

Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz – gold medal
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Liu Yuan of China, 21-7
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Mehar Ullah of Pakistan, outscored
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Gennady Kovalev, Russia, 20-5
4. Semifinal – Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov of Uzbekistan, 27-13
5. Final – Defeated Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, 22-13

Featherweight (57 kg)

Luis Franco Vazquez
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Asylbex Talasbaev of Kyrgyzstan, 32-15
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Edvaldo Oliveira of Brazil, 30-15
3. Quarterfinal – Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 34-26

Lightweight (60 kg)

Mario César Kindelán Mesa – gold medal
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Ahmed Sadiq of Nigeria, outscored
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan, 24-9
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan, 23-11
4. Semifinal – Defeated Murat Khrachev of Russia, 20-10
5. Final – Defeated Amir Khan of Great Britain, 30-22

Light Welterweight (64 kg)

Yudel Johnson – silver medal
1. Round of 32 – Bye
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Davis Mwale of Zambia, outscored
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov of Uzbekistan, 32-28
4. Semifinal – Defeated Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria, 13-9
5. Final – Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 17-11

Welterweight (69 kg)

Lorenzo Aragon – silver medal
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Theodoros Kotakos of Greece, outscored
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Vanes Martirosyan of United States, 20-11
3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan, 16-14
4. Semifinal – Defeated Kim Jung Joo of Korea, 38-10
5. Final – Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan, 36-26

Middleweight (75 kg)

Yordani Despaigne Herrera
1. Round of 32 – Defeated Jean Pascal of Canada, 36-24
2. Round of 16 – Defeated Károly Balzsay of Hungary, 38-25
3. Quarterfinal – Lost to Andre Dirrell of United States, 12-11

Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Yoan Pablo Hernandez Suarez
1. Round of 32 – Bye
2. Round of 16 – Lost to Evgeny Makarenko of Russia, 30-18

Heavyweight (91 kg)

Odlanier Solis – gold medal
1. Round of 16 – Defeated Alexander Alekseev, Russia, 24-21
2. Quarterfinal – Defeated Wilmer Jose Vasquez Torres of Venezuela, 24-4
3. Semifinal – Defeated Naser Al Shami of Syria, outscored
4. Final – Defeated Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, 22-13

Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg)

Michel Lopez – bronze medal
1. Round of 16 – Defeated Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan, 18-13
2. Quarterfinal – Defeated Jason Estrada of United States, 21-7
3. Semifinal – Lost to Mohamed Aly of Egypt, 18-16

[edit] Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

Aldo Pruna Diaz – semifinal, 13th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

Karel Aguilar Chacon – final, 8th place

Men's C2 500 metres:

Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon – final, silver medal

Men's C2 1000 metres:

Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon – final, 8th place

[edit] Cycling

Ahmed Lopez Naranjo finished 5th in the men's 1000 meter time trial

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Jorge Betancourt Garcia – Prelim: 382.56 (21st place)
Erick Fornaris Alvarez – Prelim: 380.07 (22nd place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:

Ioanna Cruz Talabera – Prelim: 203.76 (29th place)

Men's 10 metre platform:

Jose Antonio Guerra Oliva – preliminary, 25th place
Erick Fornaris Alvarez – preliminary, 28th place

Women's 10 metre platform:

Yolanda Ortiz Espinoza – preliminary, 26th place
Yaima Rosario Mena Pena – preliminary, 30th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

Jorge Betancourt Garcia and Erick Fornaris Alvarez – 4th place, 338.46 points

[edit] Fencing

Andrés Carillo Ayala was defeated in the épée individual men round of 32
Eimey Gómez Chivas was defeated in the épée individual women round of 32
Ana Faez Miclin was defeated in the sabre individual women round of 16

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

Eric Lopez Rios – advanced in one exercise
- All-around – 20th place
Abel Driggs Santos – did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

Leyanet Gonzalez Calero – advanced in one exercise
- All-around – 22nd place

[edit] Judo

Yordanis Arencibia won a bronze medal in men's judo (66 kg)
Dayma Beltrán won a silver medal in women's judo (78+ kg)
Driulys González won a bronze medal in women's judo (63 kg)
Yurisel Laborde won a bronze medal in women's judo (78 kg)
Yurisleidy Lupetey won a bronze medal in women's judo (57 kg)
Amarilys Savón won a bronze medal in women's judo (52 kg)
Gabriel Israel Arteaga Risquet was defeated in the round of 16 in men's judo (81 kg)
Oreidis Despaigne Terry was defeated in the round of 16 in men's judo (100+ kg)
Yamila Zambrano was defeated in the round of 16 in women's judo (48 kg)
Rubert Martinez Texidor was defeated in the round of 32 in men's judo (73 kg)
Yosvane Despaigne Terry was defeated in the round of 32 in men's judo (90 kg)
Anaisis Hernandez Sarria was defeated in the round of 32 in women's judo (70 kg)

[edit] Rowing

Yuleidys Cascaret Iznaga placed fourth in Semifinal C of single sculls men
Yosbel Martinez Hechevarría and Yoennis Hernández Arruez placed fifth in Heat 1 of double sculls men
Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano placed fifth in Heat 1 of Lightweight Double Sculls men
Dalin Taset Aguilar and Ismaray Marrero Aría placed fifth in Heat 3 of Lightweight Double Sculls women