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Cuba at the Olympics

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Cuba at the
Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
86
Silver
70
Bronze
88
Total
244
Summer appearances

Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 22 out of 29 Summer Olympic Games overall, up to and including the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Among those nations that have never participated at Winter Olympics, Cuba is the most successful Olympic team, in both gold and total medals won.

Cuba ranks second out of all American countries in terms of Summer Olympics gold medals, trailing only the United States, and has won more medals than any other nation in Latin America. Cuba, which never hosted the Olympics, has won the fourth highest total number of medals (after Hungary, Romania, and Poland) among nations that have never hosted the Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Cuban Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Cubano), established in 1926 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.

Medals

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
France 1900 Paris 1 1 1 0 2 12
United States 1904 St. Louis 4 3 0 0 3 4
United Kingdom 1908 London did not participate
Sweden 1912 Stockholm
Belgium 1920 Antwerp
France 1924 Paris 9 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam 1 0 0 0 0
United States 1932 Los Angeles did not participate
Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin
United Kingdom 1948 London 53 0 1 0 1 28
Finland 1952 Helsinki 29 0 0 0 0
Australia 1956 Melbourne 16 0 0 0 0
Italy 1960 Rome 12 0 0 0 0
Japan 1964 Tokyo 27 0 1 0 1 30
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 115 0 4 0 4 31
West Germany 1972 Munich 137 3 1 4 8 14
Canada 1976 Montreal 156 6 4 3 13 8
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 207 8 7 5 20 4
United States 1984 Los Angeles did not participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona 176 14 6 11 31 5
United States 1996 Atlanta 164 9 8 8 25 8
Australia 2000 Sydney 229 11 11 7 29 9
Greece 2004 Athens 151 9 7 11 27 11
China 2008 Beijing 149 3 10 17 30 19
United Kingdom 2012 London 111 5 3 7 15 16
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 124 5 2 4 11 18
Japan 2020 Tokyo 70 7 3 5 15 14
France 2024 Paris 61 2 1 6 9 32
United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 86 70 88 244 18

Medals by sport

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Up to and including the 2024 Summer Olympics.

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Boxing42191980
 Wrestling1271332
 Athletics11142045
 Judo6151637
 Fencing43310
 Baseball3205
 Volleyball3025
 Weightlifting2158
 Canoeing1315
 Taekwondo1247
 Shooting1135
 Swimming0112
 Cycling0101
 Sailing0101
 Basketball0011
Totals (15 entries)867088244

List of medalists since 2000

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Anier García Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
 Gold Iván Pedroso Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's long jump
 Gold Guillermo Rigondeaux Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Gold Félix Savón Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Gold Mario Kindelán Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's lightweight
 Gold Jorge Gutiérrez Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's middleweight
 Gold Legna Verdecia Australia 2000 Sydney Judo Women's 52 kg
 Gold Sibelis Veranes Australia 2000 Sydney Judo Women's 70 kg
 Gold Ángel Matos Australia 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
 Gold Women's volleyball team Australia 2000 Sydney Volleyball Women's team competition
 Gold Filiberto Azcuy Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Greco-Roman
 Silver Javier Sotomayor Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's high jump
 Silver Cuba national baseball team Australia 2000 Sydney Baseball Baseball
 Silver Ledis Balceiro Australia 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's C-1 1000m
 Silver Leobaldo Pereira
Ibrahim Rojas
Australia 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's C-2 1000m
 Silver Driulis González Australia 2000 Sydney Judo Women's 57 kg
 Silver Daima Beltrán Australia 2000 Sydney Judo Women's +78 kg
 Silver Urbia Melendez Australia 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Silver Yoel Romero Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's freestyle 85 kg
 Silver Lázaro Rivas Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg
 Silver Juan Marén Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
 Bronze José Ángel César
Iván García
Freddy Mayola
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m
 Bronze Osleidys Menéndez Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's javelin throw
 Bronze Maikro Romero Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Bronze Diógenes Luña Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Bronze Nelson Loyola
Carlos Pedroso
Iván Trevejo
Australia 2000 Sydney Fencing Men's team épée
 Bronze Manolo Poulot Australia 2000 Sydney Judo Men's 60 kg
 Bronze Alexis Rodríguez Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's freestyle 130 kg
 Gold Osleidys Menéndez Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Women's javelin throw
 Gold Yumileidi Cumbá Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Women's shot put
 Gold Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Gold Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's flyweight
 Gold Odlanier Solís Fonte Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Gold Yan Bartelemí Varela Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Gold Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's lightweight
 Gold Yandro Miguel Quintana Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's 55–60 kg
 Silver Yipsi Moreno Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Women's hammer throw
 Silver Yudel Johnson Cedeno Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Silver Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's welterweight
 Silver Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon
Ibrahim Rojas Blanco
Greece 2004 Athens Canoeing Men's C-2 500m
 Silver Daima Mayelis Beltran Greece 2004 Athens Judo Women's heavyweight
 Silver Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz Greece 2004 Athens Taekwondo Women's -49 kg
 Silver Roberto Monzon Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 55–60 kg
 Bronze Cuba national volleyball team Greece 2004 Athens Volleyball Women's competition
 Bronze Anier García Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
 Bronze Yunaika Crawford Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Women's hammer throw
 Bronze Michel Lopez Nunez Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's super heavyweight
 Bronze Yordanis Arencibia Greece 2004 Athens Judo Men's half-lightweight
 Bronze Yurisel Laborde Greece 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-heavyweight
 Bronze Amarilis Savón Greece 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-lightweight
 Bronze Driulys González Greece 2004 Athens Judo Women's half-middleweight
 Bronze Yurisleidy Lupetey Greece 2004 Athens Judo Women's lightweight
 Bronze Juan Miguel Rodríguez Greece 2004 Athens Shooting Men's skeet (125 targets)
 Bronze Iván Fundora Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling (Freestyle) Men's 66–74 kg
 Gold Dayron Robles China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
 Gold Mijaín López China 2008 Beijing Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 120 kg
 Gold Yipsi Moreno China 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's hammer throw
 Silver Misleydis González China 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's shot put
 Silver Cuba national baseball team China 2008 Beijing Baseball Baseball
 Silver Yankiel León China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's Bantamweight
 Silver Andry Laffita China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's flyweight
 Silver Emilio Correa Bayeaux China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's middleweight
 Silver Carlos Banteux China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's welterweight
 Silver Yoanka González China 2008 Beijing Cycling (Track) Women's points race
 Silver Yanet Bermoy China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -48 kg
 Silver Anaysi Hernández China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -70 kg
 Silver Yalennis Castillo China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -78 kg
 Bronze Ibrahim Camejo China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's long jump
 Bronze Leonel Suárez China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's decathlon
 Bronze Yampier Hernández China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Bronze Yordenis Ugás China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Osmai Acosta Duarte China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Bronze Roniel Iglesias China 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Bronze Yordanis Arencibia China 2008 Beijing Judo Men's -66 kg
 Bronze Óscar Brayson China 2008 Beijing Judo Men's +100 kg
 Bronze Idalys Ortiz China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's +78 kg
 Bronze Eglis Yaima Cruz China 2008 Beijing Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions
 Bronze Daynellis Montejo China 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Michel Batista China 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg
 Bronze Yordanis Borrero China 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
 Bronze Jadier Valladares China 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
 Bronze Yoandry Hernández China 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
 Bronze Disney Rodríguez China 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
 Bronze Yargelis Savigne China 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's triple jump
 Gold Robeisy Ramírez United Kingdom 2012 London Boxing Men's flyweight
 Gold Roniel Iglesias United Kingdom 2012 London Boxing Men's lightweight
 Gold Idalys Ortiz United Kingdom 2012 London Judo Women's +78 kg
 Gold Leuris Pupo United Kingdom 2012 London Shooting Men's 25m rapid fire pistol
 Gold Mijaín López United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 120 kg
 Silver Yarisley Silva United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Women's pole vault
 Silver Asley González United Kingdom 2012 London Judo Men's -90 kg
 Silver Yanet Bermoy United Kingdom 2012 London Judo Women's -52 kg
 Bronze Leonel Suárez United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's decathlon
 Bronze Yarelys Barrios United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Women's discus throw
 Bronze Lázaro Álvarez United Kingdom 2012 London Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Bronze Yasniel Toledo United Kingdom 2012 London Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Robelis Despaigne United Kingdom 2012 London Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
 Bronze Iván Cambar United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Bronze Liván López United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's 66 kg freestyle
 Gold Robeisy Ramírez Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Gold Julio César La Cruz Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's light heavyweight
 Gold Arlen López Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's middleweight
 Gold Ismael Borrero Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 59 kg
 Gold Mijaín López Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 130 kg
 Silver Idalys Ortiz Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Judo Women's +78 kg
 Silver Yasmany Lugo Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's 98 kg
 Bronze Denia Caballero Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's discus throw
 Bronze Joahnys Argilagos Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Bronze Lázaro Álvarez Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Erislandy Savón Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Gold Luis Orta Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
 Gold Mijaín López Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Gold Fernando Jorge
Serguey Torres
Japan 2020 Tokyo Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres
 Gold Roniel Iglesias Japan 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's welterweight
 Gold Arlen López Japan 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's light heavyweight
 Gold Julio César La Cruz Japan 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Gold Andy Cruz Japan 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's lightweight
 Silver Idalys Ortiz Japan 2020 Tokyo Judo Women's +78 kg
 Silver Juan Miguel Echevarría Japan 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's long jump
 Silver Leuris Pupo Japan 2020 Tokyo Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
 Bronze Rafael Alba Japan 2020 Tokyo Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
 Bronze Maykel Massó Japan 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's long jump
 Bronze Yaime Pérez Japan 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's discus throw
 Bronze Lázaro Álvarez Japan 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's featherweight
 Bronze Reineris Salas Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg

Summary by sport

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Fencing

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Cuba's Olympic debut in 1900 featured one fencer, Ramón Fonst, who won the men's amateur épée contest and finished second in the amateurs–masters event (behind a professional). Fonst would repeat as épée champion in 1904. The IOC credits Cuba with the other two medals in the 1904 épée event as well, despite Charles Tatham (silver) and Albertson Van Zo Post (bronze) being from the United States.

Games Fencers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 2/7 1 1 0 2
Total 5 5 6 16

Boxing

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Despite having a population of just over 11 million, Cuba has won the second highest amount of Olympic medals in boxing, with a total of 41 gold medals and 78 medals in total. The country's boxing culture, strong grassroots program, specialized training and support, and investment in sports infrastructure have all contributed to the development of world-class boxers.

See also

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  • "Cuba". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Cuba". Olympedia.com.