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Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.

Cuba at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors70 in 16 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Yaime Pérez
Mijaín López
Flag bearer (closing)Zurian Hechavarria
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics0123
Boxing4015
Canoeing1001
Judo0101
Shooting0101
Taekwondo0011
Wrestling2013
Total73515

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics71320
Boxing707
Canoeing224
Cycling011
Gymnastics011
Judo336
Modern pentathlon112
Rowing011
Shooting325
Swimming112
Table tennis112
Taekwondo101
Volleyball022
Weightlifting134
Wrestling9312
Total363470

Athletics

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]

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
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Roxana GómezWomen's 400 m50.76 =PB2 Q49.71 PB3 qDNF
Rose Mary AlmanzaWomen's 800 m2:00.711 Q1:59.654Did not advance
Zurian HechavarríaWomen's 400 m hurdles54.99 PB6 q55.214Did not advance
Rose Mary Almanza
Sahily Diago
Zurian Hechavarría
Lisneidy Veitía		Women's 4 × 400 m relay3:24.04 SB2 Q—3:26.928
Field events
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Juan Miguel EchevarríaLong jump8.50 SB1 Q8.41[a]
Lester Lescay7.6925Did not advance
Maykel Massó8.077 Q8.21
Andy DíazTriple jumpDNSDid not advance
Cristian Nápoles17.08 SB4 Q16.6310
Luis ZayasHigh jump2.17=26Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Leyanis PérezTriple jumpDNSDid not advance
Liadagmis Povea14.505 Q14.705
Davisleydi Velazco14.1415Did not advance
Yarisley SilvaPole vault4.55=8 Q4.50=8
Denia CaballeroDiscus throw57.9623Did not advance
Yaime Pérez63.187 q65.72
Combined events – Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent100HHJSP200 mLJJT800 mTotalRank
Yorgelis RodríguezResultDNFDNS—————DNF
Points00—————

Boxing

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]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Yosvany VeitíaMen's flyweightBye  Tetteh (GHA)
W 5–0		  Yafai (GBR)
L 1–4		Did not advance
Lázaro ÁlvarezMen's featherweightBye  Shahbakhsh (IRI)
W RSC-I		  Butdee (THA)
0W 3–2		  Batyrgaziev (ROC)
L 2–3		Did not advance
Andy CruzMen's lightweightBye  L McCormack (GBR)
W 5–0		  Oliveira (BRA)
W 4–1		  Garside (AUS)
W 5–0		  Davis (USA)
W 4–1
Roniel IglesiasMen's welterweightBye  Okazawa (JPN)
W 3–2		  Johnson (USA)
W 5–0		  Zamkovoy (ROC)
W 5–0		  P McCormack (GBR)
W 5–0
Arlen LópezMen's light heavyweightBye  Houmri (ALG)
W 5–0		  Romero (MEX)
W 5–0		  Alfonso (AZE)
W 5–0		  Whittaker (GBR)
W 4–1
Julio César La CruzMen's heavyweightBye  Ochola (KEN)
W 5–0		  Reyes (ESP)
W 4–1		  Teixeira (BRA)
W 4–1		  Gadzhimagomedov (ROC)
W 5–0
Dainier PeróMen's super heavyweightBye  Salcedo (COL)
W 5–0		  Torrez (USA)
L 1–4		Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

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]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Fernando JorgeMen's C-1 1000 m4:04.3781 SFBye4:04.7254 FA4:13.9187
José Ramón Pelier4:06.3432 SFBye4:09.6966 FB4:02.9159
Fernando Jorge
Serguey Torres		Men's C-2 1000 m3:39.0282 SFBye3:27.1022 FA3:24.995
Yarisleidis CiriloWomen's C-1 200 m47.2672 SFBye48.3756 FB48.58212
Katherin Nuevo46.5332 SFBye49.2428 FB49.02416
Yarisleidis Cirilo
Katherin Nuevo		Women's C-2 500 m2:03.2293 QF2:03.2821 SF2:03.6552 FA2:01.6236

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

Cycling

Road

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]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Arlenis SierraWomen's road race3:59:4734

Gymnastics

Artistic

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]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Marcia VideauxVault13.499—13.49916Did not advance

Judo

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]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Magdiel EstradaMen's −73 kgBye  Sterpu (MDA)
L 00–10		Did not advance
Iván Felipe SilvaMen's −90 kgBye  Žgank (TUR)
L 00–01		Did not advance
Andy GrandaMen's +100 kg—  Rakhimov (TJK)
L 00–01		Did not advance
Maylín del ToroWomen's –63 kg—  Dahouk (EOR)
W 10–00		  Barrios (VEN)
L 00–10		Did not advance
Kaliema AntomarchiWomen's –78 kg—Bye  Prodan (CRO)
W 01–00		  Malonga (FRA)
L 01–11		Did not advance  Steenhuis (NED)
W 10–00		  Wagner (GER)
L 00–01		5
Idalys OrtizWomen's +78 kg—Bye  Nunes (POR)
W 01–00		  Xu Sy (CHN)
W 10–00		  Dicko (FRA)
W 11–00		Bye  Sone (JPN)
L 00–10

Modern pentathlon

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]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)		Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		Riding
(show jumping)		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)		Total pointsFinal rank
RRBRRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP points
Lester DersMen's10–250341602:01.4515308EL33011:46.4128594106236
Leydi MoyaWomen's15–201261912:17.962927591529113:16.6530504126126

Rowing

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]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Milena VenegaWomen's single sculls8:03.004 R8:17.301 QF8:25.265 SC/D7:41.183 FC7:47.4017

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

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]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jorge ÁlvarezMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol57812—Did not advance
Jorge GrauMen's 10 m air pistol57419Did not advance
Leuris PupoMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol5835 Q29
Eglis Yaima CruzWomen's 10 m air rifle620.537Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions116323Did not advance
Laina PérezWomen's 10 m air pistol56732Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol58214Did not advance
Jorge Grau
Laina Pérez		10 m air pistol team56814Did not advance

Swimming

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]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Luis Vega TorresMen's 200 m butterfly1:59.0031Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley4:27.6529—Did not advance
Elisbet GámezWomen's 200 m freestyle2:00.5623Did not advance

Table tennis

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]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Daniela FonsecaWomen's singles  Lay (AUS)
L 0–4		Did not advance
Jorge Campos
Daniela Fonseca		Mixed doubles—  Franziska /
Solja (GER)
L 0–4		Did not advance

Taekwondo

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]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Rafael AlbaMen's +80 kg  Georgievski (MKD)
L 8–11		Did not advance  Gbané (CIV)
W 8–2		  Sun Hy (CHN)
W 5–4

Volleyball

Beach

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]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lidy Echevarría
Leila Martínez		Women's  Artacho /
Clancy (AUS)
L (15–21, 14–21)		  Kholomina /
Makroguzova (ROC)
L (16–21, 11–21)		  Menegatti /
Orsi Toth (ITA)
W (21–16, 21–16)		3 R  Schoon /
Stam (NED)
W (21–17, 21–17)		  Klineman /
Ross (USA)
L (17–21, 15–21)		Did not advance

Weightlifting

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]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Olfides SáezMen's –96 kg1561120373599
Ludia MonteroWomen's –49 kg8259671786
Marina RodríguezWomen's –64 kg981112362218
Eyurkenia PiletaWomen's +87 kg961012982259

Wrestling

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:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Alejandro ValdésMen's −65 kg  Niyazbekov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance11
Geandry GarzónMen's −74 kg  Kadzimahamedau (BLR)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance  Dake (USA)
L 0–4 ST		Did not advance9
Reineris SalasMen's −97 kg  Hushtyn (BLR)
W 3–1 PP		  Nurov (MKD)
W 3–1 PP		  Sadulaev (ROC)
L 0–3 PO		Bye  Sharifov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP
Yusneylys GuzmánWomen's −50 kg  Sun Yn (CHN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance  Livach (UKR)
L 0–5 VT		Did not advance12
Laura HérinWomen's −53 kg  Pang Qy (CHN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance  Winchester (USA)
L 0–3 PP		Did not advance15
Yudaris SánchezWomen's −68 kg  Zhou F (CHN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance12
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Luis OrtaMen's −60 kg  Hafizov (USA)
W 3–0 PO		  Emelin (ROC)
W 3–1 PP		  Ciobanu (MDA)
W 4–0 ST		Bye  Fumita (JPN)
W 3–1 PP
Ismael BorreroMen's −67 kg  Zoidze (GEO)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance11
Yosvanys PeñaMen's −77 kg  Ali Geraei (IRI)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance10
Daniel GrégorichMen's −87 kg  Abbasov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP		  Metwally (EGY)
L 0–5 VT		Did not advance9
Gabriel RosilloMen's −97 kg  Savolainen (FIN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance13
Mijaín LópezMen's −130 kg  Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU)
W 4–0 ST		  Mirzazadeh (IRI)
W 4–0 ST		  Kayaalp (TUR)
W 3–0 PO		Bye  Kajaia (GEO)
W 3–0 PO

See also

Notes and references

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