Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's nineteenth appearance in the Olympics. With baseball's removal from the Olympic program and the absence of the nation's volleyball team for the first time, the Cuban Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1964. A total of 111 athletes, 66 men and 45 women, competed in 13 sports. There was only a single competitor in archery and table tennis.

Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors	111 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Mijaín López[1] (opening and closing)
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Cuban team featured two defending Olympic champions: sprint hurdler Dayron Robles and Greco-Roman wrestler Mijaín López, who reprised his role as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Only Lopez managed to successfully defend his Olympic title, in the men's super heavyweight division. Robles, on the other hand, missed out on the medal standings after he was disqualified in the finals.^[2] Skeet shooter Guillermo Torres, the oldest athlete of the team at age 53, became the first Cuban athlete to compete in seven Olympic Games since 1980. Other notable Cuban athletes included decathlon bronze medalist Leonel Suárez, swimmer and Pan-American games medalist Hanser García, and four-time Olympic diver José Guerra.

Cuba left London with a total of 14 medals (5 gold, 3 silver, and 6 bronze), its lowest medal tally since the 1976. Four of these medals were awarded to the athletes in boxing, three in judo, and two each in track and field and in wrestling. Among the nation's medalists were heavyweight judoka Idalys Ortiz, who previously won the bronze in Beijing, flyweight boxer Robeisy Ramírez, the youngest athlete of the team at age 18, and pistol shooter Leuris Pupo, who won Cuba's first ever gold medal in his sporting discipline.

In May 2013, Yarelys Barrios was awarded the bronze in the women's discus throw when Russia's Darya Pishchalnikova tested positive for oxandrolone and was thereby stripped of her medal. As a result, Cuba's medal total increased to 15.^[3]

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Leuris Pupo Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 3 August  Gold Idalys Ortiz Judo Women's +78 kg 3 August  Gold Mijaín López Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg 6 August  Gold Roniel Iglesias Boxing Men's light welterweight 11 August  Gold Robeisy Ramírez Boxing Men's flyweight 12 August  Silver Yanet Bermoy Judo Women's 52 kg 29 July  Silver Asley González Judo Men's 90 kg 1 August  Silver Yarisley Silva Athletics Women's pole vault 6 August  Bronze Iván Cambar Weightlifting Men's 77 kg 1 August  Bronze Yarelys Barrios Athletics Women's discus throw 4 August  Bronze Leonel Suárez Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August  Bronze Lázaro Álvarez Boxing Men's bantamweight 10 August  Bronze Yasniel Toledo Boxing Men's lightweight 10 August  Bronze Robelis Despaigne Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 11 August  Bronze Liván López Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 12 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing 2 0 2 4 Judo 1 2 0 3 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 1 0 1 2 Athletics 0 1 2 3 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Total 5 3 7 15

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified one archer.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan Carlos Stevens	Men's individual	663	34	Rai (IND) (31) L 5–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuban athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[4][5]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Omar Cisneros	400 m hurdles	48.63	3 Q	48.23	3	Did not advance
Andy González	800 m	1:46.24	4 q	1:53.46	9	Did not advance
Michael Herrera	200 m	21.05	6	Did not advance
Orlando Ortega	110 m hurdles	13.26	1 Q	13.26	2 Q	13.43	6
Dayron Robles		13.33	1 Q	13.10	1 Q	DSQ
Roberto Skyers	200 m	20.66	4	Did not advance
Amaurys Valle	400 m hurdles	49.19	1 Q	50.48	7	Did not advance
Raidel Acea Omar Cisneros William Collazo Noel Ruíz Orestes Rodríguez Amaurys Valle	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.55	3 Q	—		DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yoandris Betanzos	Triple jump	16.22	23	Did not advance
Lázaro Borges	Pole vault	5.50	=16	Did not advance
Alexis Copello	Triple jump	16.79	11 q	16.92	8
Jorge Fernández	Discus throw	65.34	3 Q	62.02	11
Arnie David Giralt	Triple jump	16.45	16	Did not advance
Roberto Janet	Hammer throw	73.34	19	Did not advance
Yunio Lastre	Discus throw	57.33	40	Did not advance
Guillermo Martínez	Javelin throw	80.06	16	Did not advance
Víctor Moya	High jump	2.21	20	Did not advance
Carlos Véliz	Shot put	18.57	34	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Yordanis García	Result	10.80	6.75	14.48	1.99	48.76	14.24	42.27	4.60	59.85	4:38.57	7956	14
	Points	906	755	758	794	873	944	711	790	736	689
Leonel Suárez	Result	11.27	7.52	14.50	2.11	49.04	14.45	45.75	4.70	76.94	4:30.08	8523
	Points	801	940	759	906	859	917	782	819	996	744

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rose Mary Almanza	800 m	2:01.19	4 q	2:01.70	6	Did not advance
Dailín Belmonte	Marathon	—				2:38:08	70
Nelkys Casabona	200 m	23.82	8	Did not advance
Rose Mary Almanza Daysiurami Bonne Yaimeisi Borlot Sahily Diago Aymée Martínez Diosmely Peña	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.41	6	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dailenys Alcántara	Triple jump	13.97	15	Did not advance
Yarelys Barrios	Discus throw	65.94	1 Q	66.38
Dailis Caballero	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Denia Caballero	Discus throw	58.78	27	Did not advance
Yanet Cruz	Javelin throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Misleydis González	Shot put	17.68	21	Did not advance
Lesyaní Mayor	High jump	1.85	=20	Did not advance
Yipsi Moreno	Hammer throw	73.95	6 Q	74.60	6
Yaime Pérez	Discus throw	57.87	30	Did not advance
Josleidy Ribalta	Triple jump	13.88	19	Did not advance
Yainelis Ribeaux	Javelin throw	56.55	29	Did not advance
Yargelis Savigne	Triple jump	14.28	9 q	14.12	9
Yarisley Silva	Pole vault	4.55	=1 q	4.75
Arasay Thondike	Hammer throw	67.93	23	Did not advance
Mailín Vargas	Shot put	16.76	27	Did not advance
Ariannis Vichy	Hammer throw	67.48	25	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yosvany Veitia	Light flyweight	Ward (AUS) W 26–4	Zou S (CHN) L 11–14	Did not advance
Robeisy Ramírez	Flyweight	Susa (JPN) W 19–7	Butdee (THA) W 22–10	Selby (GBR) W 16-11	Conlan (IRL) W 20–10	Tögstsogt (MGL) W 17–14
Lázaro Álvarez	Bantamweight	Bye	Diaz (USA) W 21–15	Vieira (BRA) W 16–11	Nevin (IRL) L 14–19	Did not advance
Yasniel Toledo	Lightweight	Bye	Liu Q (CHN) W 14-10	Zhailauov (KAZ) W 19–11	Lomachenko (UKR) L 11–14	Did not advance
Roniel Iglesias	Light welterweight	Villaraga (COL) W 20–9	Lopes (BRA) W 18–15	Rahmonov (UZB) W 21–15	Mangiacapre (ITA) W 15–8	Berinchyk (UKR) W 22–15
Julio César la Cruz	Light heavyweight	Bye	Al-Matbouli (JOR) W 25–8	Falcão (BRA) L 15–18	Did not advance
José Larduet	Heavyweight	—	Mazaheri (IRI) W DSQ	Russo (ITA) L 16–17	Did not advance
Erislandy Savón	Super heavyweight	—	Joshua (GBR) L 10–12	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Cuba has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge García	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:30.852	4 Q	3:31.937	5 FB	3:29.938	9
José Carlos Bulnes Serguey Torres	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:44.341	5 Q	3:41.619	3 FA	3:42.357	6
Darisleydis Amador	Women's K-1 200 m	42.761	5 Q	41.949	5 FB	45.099	12
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:56.038	5 Q	1:58.762	7	Did not advance
Dayexi Gandarela Yulitza Meneses	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.587	6 Q	1:51.428	8 FB	1:50.124	14

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arnold Alcolea	Men's road race	5:46:37	67
Yumari González Valdivieso	Women's road race	OTL

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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
Lisandra Guerra	Women's sprint	11.109 64.812	6	Gaviria (COL) W 11.390 63.213	Bye	Lee W S (HKG) W 11.485 62.690	Bye	Guo S (CHN) L	Did not advance	5th place final  Krupeckaitė (LTU)  Shulika (UKR)  Panarina (BLR) L	6

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Lisandra Guerra	Women's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance	13

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Marlies Mejías	Women's omnium	14.554	8	4	12	9	3:41.897	9	14	35.912	5	57	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified in the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jeinkler Aguirre	10 m platform	453.50	10 Q	436.95	18	Did not advance
José Guerra		440.90	17 Q	501.90	9 Q	527.70	5
Jeinkler Aguirre José Guerra	10 m synchronized platform	—				450.90	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Annia Rivera	10 m platform	233.95	25	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Asley González	−90 kg	Campos (ARG) W 1000–0000	Gerasimenko (SRB) W 0011–0002	Anthony (AUS) W 0010–0002	Denisov (RUS) W 1000–0001	Bye	Song D-n (KOR) L 0001–0101
Oreidis Despaigne	−100 kg	Bye	Sayidov (UZB) L 010H–0102	Did not advance
Óscar Brayson	+100 kg	Padar (EST) W 0100–0001	Blas Jr. (GUM) W 0100–0001	Riner (FRA) L 0001–0100	Did not advance	Makarau (BLR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dayaris Mestre	−48 kg	Kondratyeva (RUS) W 0101–0000	Dumitru (ROU) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Yanet Bermoy	−52 kg	Bye	Bundmaa (MGL) W 0020–0000	Müller (LUX) W 0011–0002	Heylen (BEL) W 0011–0002	Bye	An K-a (PRK) L 0000–0001
Yurisleydis Lupetey	−57 kg	Boukouvala (GRE) W 0011–0001	Zabludina (RUS) L 0001–0100	Did not advance
Yaritza Abel	−63 kg	Bye	Émane (FRA) L 0001–0001 YUS	Did not advance
Onix Cortés	−70 kg	Bye	Tachimoto (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Idalys Ortiz	+78 kg	Bye	Moniz (CPV) W 0103–0002	Ivashchenko (RUS) W 0011–0002	Tong W (CHN) W 0010–0001	Bye	Sugimoto (JPN) W 0000–0001

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángel Fournier	Single sculls	6:46.35	2 QF	Bye		6:54.12	2 SA/B	7:30.19	4 FB	7:11.17	7
Yunior Pérez Manuel Suárez	Lightweight double sculls	6:36.31	3 R	6:37.04	1 SA/B	—		6:52.26	6 FB	6:34.96	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yariulvis Cobas	Single sculls	7:48.58	4 QF	Bye		7:56.89	5 SC/D	7:54.22	2 FC	8:14.59	15
Yoslaine Domínguez Yaima Velázquez	Lightweight double sculls	7:12.99	4 R	7:19.33	3 SA/B	—		7:21.86	6 FB	7:23.25	10

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified four quota places in the shooting events;^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leuris Pupo	25 m rapid fire pistol	286	4	34 WR
Guillermo Torres	Skeet	110	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eglis Yaima Cruz	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	16	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	391	44	Did not advance
Dianelys Pérez	50 m rifle 3 positions	579	21	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	393	29	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuban swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[7][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hanser García	50 m freestyle	22.45	23	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.97	15 Q	48.04 NR	3 Q	48.04 =NR	7
Pedro Medel	100 m backstroke	55.40	34	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.05	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andy Pereira	Men's singles	Shing (VAN) W 4–0	Bobocica (ITA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified 1 man and 2 women.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robelis Despaigne	Men's +80 kg	Chukwumerije (NGR) W 1–0	Obame (GAB) L 6–7 SDP	Did not advance	Thomsen-Fuataga (SAM) W 14–2 PTG	Keita (MLI) W WO	Did not advance
Nidia Muñoz	Women's −57 kg	Paoli (LIB) L 2–4	Did not advance
Glenhis Hernández	Women's +67 kg	Dislam (MAR) W 1–0 SDP	Konieva (UKR) W 16–2 PTG	Graffe (FRA) L 4–6	Did not advance	Espinoza (MEX) L 2–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified 4 men.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sergio Álvarez	Men's −56 kg	121	8	150	DNF	121	DNF
Yasmani Romero		112	14	146	10	258	11
Iván Cambar	Men's −77 kg	155	5	194	2	349
Yoelmis Hernández	Men's −85 kg	163	9	205	6	368	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cuba has qualified quota places in the following events

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yowlys Bonne	−60 kg	Bye	Yumoto (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14
Liván López	−66 kg	Taghavi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Yonemitsu (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Garcia (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Hasanov (AZE) W 3–1 PP
Humberto Arencibia	−84 kg	Bye	Herbert (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13
Javier Cortina	−96 kg	Bye	Pliev (CAN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gustavo Balart	−55 kg	Bye	Karakuş (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Choi G-J (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				8
Hanser Meoque	−60 kg	Bye	Jung J-H (KOR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					19
Pedro Mulens	−66 kg	Bye	Kim H-W (KOR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Varderesyan (ARM) W 3–0 PO	Venckaitis (LTU) W 3–1 PP	Guénot (FRA) L 0–3 PO	5
Alexei Bell	−74 kg	Provisor (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						12
Pablo Shorey	−84 kg	Akhlaghi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Betts (USA) W 3–0 PO	Janikowski (POL) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance				7
Yunior Estrada	−96 kg	Bye	Vála (CZE) W 3–1 PP	Ayari (TUN) W 3–0 PO	Rezaei (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–3 PO	5
Mijaín López	−120 kg	Bye	El-Trabely (EGY) W 3–0 PO	Pherselidze (GEO) W 3–0 PO	Kayaalp (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Nabi (EST) W 3–0 PO

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katerina Vidiaux	−63 kg	Yeşilırmak (TUR) W 5–0 VT	Volosova (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					8

See also

• Cuba at the 2011 Pan American Games