Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the
2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code

CUB

NOC

Cuban Olympic Committee

in Beijing

Competitors

149^[1] in 16 sports

Flag bearer

Mijaín López (opening)
Leonel Suárez (closing)

Medals
Ranked 28th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	10	12	24

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Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports.^[2] The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.^[3]

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold

Lopez, MijainMijaín López

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

Gold

Robles, DayronDayron Robles

Athletics

Men's 110 m hurdles

Silver

González, YoankaYoanka González

Cycling

Women's points race

Silver

Bermoy, YanetYanet Bermoy

Judo

Women's 48 kg

Silver

Hernandez, AnaysiAnaysi Hernández

Judo

Women's 70 kg

Silver

Castillo, YalennisYalennis Castillo

Judo

Women's 78 kg

Silver

Moreno, YipsiYipsi Moreno

Athletics

Women's hammer throw

Silver

Cuba national baseball team

Baseball

Men's tournament

Silver

Correa, EmilioEmilio Correa

Boxing

Middleweight

Silver

Banteaux, CarlosCarlos Banteaux

Boxing

Welterweight

Silver

Laffita, AndryAndry Laffita

Boxing

Flyweight

Silver

León, YankielYankiel León

Boxing

Bantamweight

Bronze

Arencibia, YordanisYordanis Arencibia

Judo

Men's 66 kg

Bronze

Cruz, Eglis YaimaEglis Yaima Cruz

Shooting

Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions

Bronze

Brayson, ÓscarÓscar Brayson

Judo

Men's +100 kg

Bronze

Ortiz, IdalysIdalys Ortiz

Judo

Women's +78 kg

Bronze

Camejo, IbrahimIbrahim Camejo

Athletics

Men's long jump

Bronze

Montejo, DaynellisDaynellis Montejo

Taekwondo

Women's 49 kg

Bronze

Hernandez, YampierYampier Hernández

Boxing

Light flyweight

Bronze

Ugás, YordenisYordenis Ugás

Boxing

Lightweight

Bronze

Iglesias, RonielRoniel Iglesias

Boxing

Light welterweight

Bronze

Acosta Duarte, OsmaiOsmai Acosta Duarte

Boxing

Heavyweight

Bronze

Suárez, LeonelLeonel Suárez

Athletics

Men's decathlon

Bronze

Batista, MichelMichel Batista

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 96 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Juan Carlos Stevens earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Pan American championship.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan Carlos Stevens	Men's individual	659	28	Hartley (RSA) (37) W 107 (19)–107 (17)	Bodnar (ROU) (60) W 108–101	Wills (GBR) (21) W 108–104	Park K-M (KOR) (4) L 108 (17)–108 (19)	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba sent 40 representatives in athletics.^[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		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
William Collazo	400 m	45.37	3 Q	N/A		45.06	6	Did not advance
Andy González	800 m	1:46.59	4	N/A		Did not advance
Yeimer López	800 m	1:45.66	1 Q	N/A		1:46.40	2 Q	1:45.88	6
Dayron Robles	110 m hurdles	13.39	1 Q	13.19	1 Q	13.12	1 Q	12.93	01 !
Henry Vizcaíno	100 m	10.28	4 q	10.33	5	Did not advance
Omar Cisneros William Collazo Yunior Díaz Yunier Perez	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.24	7	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lázaro Borges	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Anier Boué	Javelin throw	71.85	28	Did not advance
Ibrahim Camejo	Long jump	8.23	2 Q	8.20	03 !
Alexis Copello	Triple jump	17.09	13	Did not advance
Jorge Fernández	Discus throw	59.60	27	Did not advance
Héctor Dairo Fuentes	Triple jump	17.14	10 q	16.28	12
Arnie David Giralt	Triple jump	17.30	4 Q	17.52	4
Wilfredo Martínez	Long jump	8.07	6 q	8.19	5
Alexis Paumier	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance
Reinaldo Proenza		19.20	31	Did not advance
Carlos Véliz		19.58	24	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	10.64	7.07	15.82	1.96	49.66	13.90	36.73	4.70	65.60	5:00.49	7992	14
Yordanis García	Points	942	830	840	767	830	987	598	819	822	557	7992	14
Leonel Suárez	Result	10.90	7.33	14.49	2.05	47.91	14.15	44.45	4.70	73.98	4:29.17	8527 NR	03 !
Leonel Suárez	Points	883	893	758	850	913	955	756	819	950	750	8527 NR	03 !

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yenima Arencibia	100 m hurdles	13.43	6	N/A		Did not advance
Virgen Benavides	100 m	11.45	3 Q	11.40	5	Did not advance
Zulia Calatayud	800 m	2:00.34	1 Q	N/A		1.58.78	4	Did not advance
Roxana Díaz	200 m	23.09	3 Q	22.98	4 q	23.12	8	Did not advance
Indira Terrero	400 m	51.56	4 q	N/A		51.80	6	Did not advance
Anay Tejeda	100 m hurdles	12.84	2 Q	N/A		DNF		Did not advance
Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Roxana Díaz Indira Terrero	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.46	2 Q	N/A				3:23.31 NR	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yarelys Barrios	Discus throw	62.23	4	63.64	DSQ^[6]
Yunaika Crawford	Hammer throw	66.16	31	Did not advance
Yanet Cruz	Javelin throw	58.06	19	Did not advance
Yumileidi Cumbá	Shot put	17.60	20	Did not advance
Yania Ferrales	Discus throw	59.87	15	Did not advance
Mabel Gay	Triple jump	14.09	15	Did not advance
Misleydis González	Shot put	18.91	7 Q	19.50	4
Yarianna Martínez	Triple jump	13.96	21	Did not advance
Osleidys Menéndez	Javelin throw	60.51	11 q	63.35	6
Yipsi Moreno	Hammer throw	73.92	1 Q	75.20	02 !
Yargelis Savigne	Long jump	6.49	17	Did not advance
Yargelis Savigne	Triple jump	14.99	1 Q	15.05	5
Yarisley Silva	Pole vault	4.15	=27	Did not advance
Arasay Thondike	Hammer throw	68.74	15	Did not advance
Mailín Vargas	Shot put	18.47	14 Q	18.28	10

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Gretchen Quintana	Result	13.77	1.68	13.10	24.34	6.02	38.14	2:20.31	5830	25*
Gretchen Quintana	Points	1011	830	734	948	856	632	819	5830	25*

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Quintana moved up a position.

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event. The Cuba national baseball team has historically been very successful at the Olympics, winning the gold medal in three of the four tournaments held so far and taking the silver in 2000.

Athlete(s)	Position
Ariel Pestano Yoandry Urgellés Alfredo Despaigne Luis Rodríguez Alexei Bell Yadier Pedroso Jonder Martínez Adiel Palma Luis Miguel Navas Giorvis Duvergel Alexander Mayeta Eriel Sánchez Rolando Meriño Héctor Olivera Michel Enríquez Yulieski Gourriel Vicyohandri Odelín Pedro Luis Lazo Eduardo Paret Norberto González Norge Luis Vera Frederich Cepeda Elier Sánchez Miguel La Hera	Catcher Outfield - - Outfield Pitcher Pitcher Pitcher Infield Outfield Infield - Catcher Infield Infield Infield Pitcher Pitcher Infield Pitcher Pitcher Outfield - -

^[8]

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The light heavyweight class was the only one in which Cuba did not qualify a boxer. Nine of the ten Cuban qualifiers did so at the first American qualifying tournament.^[9]^[10] For the first time since the 1988 Olympic Games, Cuba did not win a gold medal.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yampier Hernández	Light flyweight	Dostiev (TJK) W 12–1	Chygayev (UKR) W 21–3	Carvalho (BRA) W 21–6	Serdamba (MGL) L 8–8⁺	Did not advance	03 !
Andry Laffita	Flyweight	Bye	Yafai (GBR) W 9–3	Arroyo (PUR) W 11–2	Balakshin (RUS) W 9–8	Jongjohor (THA) L 2–8	02 !
Yankiel León	Bantamweight	Bye	Abutalipov (KAZ) W 10–3	Petchkoom (THA) W 10–2	Julie (MRI) W 7–5	Badar-Uugan (MGL) L 5–16	02 !
Idel Torriente	Featherweight	Dzanie (GHA) W 11–2	Enkhzorig (MGL) W 10–9	Imranov (AZE) L 14–16	Did not advance
Yordenis Ugás	Lightweight	Kramou (ALG) W 21–3	Valentino (ITA) W 10–2	Popescu (ROU) W 11–7	Sow (FRA) L 8-15	Did not advance	03 !
Roniel Iglesias	Light welterweight	Smaila (CMR) W 15–1	Moussaid (MAR) W 15–4	Kovalev (RUS) W 5–2	Boonjumnong (THA) L 5–10	Did not advance	03 !
Carlos Banteaux	Welterweight	Bye	Saunders (GBR) W 13–6	Abdin (EGY) W 10–2	Hanati (CHN) W 17–4	Sarsekbayev (KAZ) L 9–18	02 !
Emilio Correa	Middleweight	Fletcher (AUS) W 17–4	Derevyanchenko (UKR) W 18–4	Rasulov (UZB) W 9–7	Kumar (IND) W 8–5	DeGale (GBR) L 14-16	02 !
Osmay Acosta	Heavyweight	N/A	Durodola (NGR) W 11–0	Pavlidis (GRE) W 7–4	Chakhkiev (RUS) L 5–10	Did not advance	03 !
Robert Alfonso	Super heavyweight	N/A	Glazkov (UKR) L 3–5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Three Cuban canoers and one kayaker have qualified for the Olympic Games.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge García	Men's K-1 500 m	1:42:80	7 QS	1:49:08	8	Did not advance
Jorge García	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:38:86	7 QS	3:41:22	5	Did not advance
Aldo Pruna	Men's C-1 500 m	1:51.11	5 QS	1:53.81	5	Did not advance
Aldo Pruna	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:02.35	3 QS	4:01.75	3 Q	3:59.09	8
Karel Aguilar Serguey Torres	Men's C-2 500 m	1:44.15	7 QS	1:43:64	5	Did not advance
Karel Aguilar Serguey Torres	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:41.17	2 QF	Bye		3:48:88	8

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yumari González Valdivieso	Women's road race	3:51.39	60

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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)	Rank
Lisandra Guerra	Women's sprint	11.462 62.816	9	Kanis (NED) L REL	Tyslinskaya (BLR) Tsukuda (JPN) L	Did not advance		9th place final Grankovskaya (RUS) Hijgenaar (NED) Tsukuda (JPN) L	10

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Yoanka González	Women's points race	18	0	02 !

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Betancourt	3 m springboard	428.25	19	Did not advance
Jorge Luis Pupo	3 m springboard	388.70	27	Did not advance
Jeinkler Aguirre	10 m platform	423.75	16 Q	414.20	15	Did not advance
José Guerra	10 m platform	443.20	11 Q	438.80	11 Q	507.15	5
Erick Fornaris José Guerra	10 m synchronized platform	N/A				409.38	7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Misleydis Compañy	Individual foil	Halls (AUS) W 15–13	Trillini (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Mailyn González	Individual sabre	Toure (SEN) W 15–7	Jacobson (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yosmani Piker	−60 kg	Bye	Davtyan (ARM) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Yordanis Arencibia	−66 kg	Bye	González (AND) W 1010–0000	El Hady (EGY) W 0001–0000	Takata (USA) W 0010–0000	Uchishiba (JPN) L 0001–0020	Bye			Gadanov (RUS) W 0010–0001	03 !
Ronald Girones	−73 kg	N/A	Toma (MDA) L 0001-0010	Did not advance
Oscar Cardenas	−81 kg	Bye	Rodriguez (FRA) W 0110–0001	Neto (POR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Asley González	−90 kg	N/A	Dafreville (FRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Meloni (ITA) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Oreidis Despaigne	−100 kg	N/A	Celotti (AUS) W 0010–0000	Jang S-H (KOR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Óscar Brayson	+100 kg	Bye	Hachache (LIB) W 1011–0000	Zegarra (PER) W 1000–0000	Schlitter (BRA) W 1000–0000	Tangriev (UZB) L 0011–1010	Bye			Roudaki (IRI) W 0200–0000	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yanet Bermoy	−48 kg	Miranda (ECU) W 1010–0000	Bogdanova (RUS) W 0010–0001	Baschin (GER) W 0001–0000	Pak O-S (PRK) W 1021–0000	Bye			Dumitru (ROU) L 0000–1100	02 !
Yagnelis Mestre	−52 kg	An K-A (PRK) L 0000–0201	Did not advance			Velázquez (VEN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Yurisleydis Lupetey	−57 kg	Baptiste (HAI) W 0111–0000	Jelassi (TUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Driulis González	−63 kg	Bye	Heill (AUT) W 0010–0001	Wang C-F (TPE) W 0010–0000	Tanimoto (JPN) L 0000–1011	Bye			Willeboordse (NED) L 0000–0001	5
Anaysi Hernández	−70 kg	Bye	Alvear (COL) W 1000–0100	Scapin (ITA) W 1000–0000	Böhm (GER) W 1000–0010	Bye			Ueno (JPN) L 0000–1000	02 !
Yalennis Castillo	−78 kg	Abikeyeva (KAZ) W 1021–0000	Divya (IND) W 1000–0000	Possamaï (FRA) W 0030–0000	Jeong G-M (KOR) W 0001–0000	Bye			Yang Xl (CHN) L 0000–0000 YUS	02 !
Idalys Ortiz	+78 kg	Bye	Ramadan (EGY) W 0110–0000	Shepherd (AUS) W 1000–0000	Tong W (CHN) L 0000–0010	Bye			Tserenkhand (MGL) W 1000–0000	03 !

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Yaniel Velázquez	Men's	184	10	1144	18–17	20	832	2:16.38	36	1164	172	13	1028	9:29.55	10	1124	5292	15

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eyder Batista Yunior Perez	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.36	4 R	6:40.15	2 SA/B	6:33.60	3 FA	6:19.96	6
Yuleidys Cascaret Janier Concepción Ángel Fournier Yoennis Hernández	Quadruple sculls	5:44.68	4 R	6:03.56	2 SA/B	6:04.99	6 FB	5:52.66	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mayra González	Single sculls	8:07.22	2 QF	N/A		7:45.75	4 SC/D	8:02.10	1 FC	7:42.68	15
Ismaray Marrero Yaima Velázquez	Lightweight double sculls	7:13.35	4 R	7:32.14	3 SA/B	N/A		7:30.15	6 FB	7:20.07	12

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 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eliécer Pérez	10 m air rifle	585	44	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	582	52	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1134	47	Did not advance
Leuris Pupo	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eglis Yaima Cruz	10 m air rifle	396	11	Did not advance
Eglis Yaima Cruz	50 m rifle 3 positions	588	2	687.6	03 !

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pedro Medel	200 m backstroke	2:01.32	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heysi Villarreal	200 m freestyle	2:03.23 NR	41	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gessler Viera	Men's −68 kg	Tazegül (TUR) L 3–4	Did not advance
Ángel Matos	Men's +80 kg	Basile (ITA) W 3–1	Liu Xb (CHN) W 2–1	Cha D-M (KOR) L 1–2	Bye	Chilmanov (KAZ) L DSQ*	Did not advance	5
Daynellis Montejo	Women's −49 kg	Puedpong (THA) L 1–0	Did not advance		Tran (VIE) W 4–0	Yang S-C (TPE) W 3–2	Did not advance	03 !

* Ángel Matos was leading 3–2 in the bronze medal bout against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov, until he apparently suffered a broken toe, and was subsequently disqualified for exceeding the allotted one minute of injury time. Matos kicked referee Chakir Chelbat in the face, pushed a judge and spat on the floor of the arena before being escorted out by security. His coach, Leudin González, criticized the referee's ruling as stricter and also accused Kazakhstan of bribing officials. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) said that Matos and González (pending IOC approval and a possible appeal) would be banned from all its future sanctioned events and his records at the Beijing Games would be erased.

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Milagros Crespo Imara Esteves	Women's	Pool E Pohl – Rau (GER) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21) Kadijk – Mooren (NED) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–15) Branagh – Youngs (USA) L 1 – 2 (19–21, 21–13, 12–15)	3 Q	Chen X – Zhang X (CHN) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 13–21)	Did not advance
Dalixia Fernández Larrea Peraza	Women's	Pool B Håkedal – Tørlen (NOR) W 2 – 0 (22–20, 21–19) May-Treanor – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 16–21) Kusuhara – Saiki (JPN) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17)	2 Q	Branagh – Youngs (USA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Cuba qualified a team to the women's tournament. The team won all of its five group play games, finishing as group winners. They also won the quarterfinal, bot lost both the semifinal and the bronze medal game, thus obtaining a final ranking of 4th for the tournament.

Roster

The following is the Cuban roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[12]

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Ruiz, YumilkaYumilka Ruíz	000000001978-05-08-00008 May 1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Camagüey
02 !2	Santos, YanelisYanelis Santos	000000001986-03-30-000030 March 1986	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	304 cm (120 in)	Ciego de Ávila
03 !3	Carrillo, NancyNancy Carrillo	000000001986-01-11-000011 January 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Ciudad Habana
06 !6	Ramirez, DaimiDaimí Ramírez	000000001983-10-08-00008 October 1983	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Camagüey
08 !8	Ortiz, YaimaYaima Ortíz	000000001981-11-09-00009 November 1981	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Ciudad Habana
09 !9	Sanchez, RachelRachel Sánchez	000000001989-01-09-00009 January 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Pinar del Río
10	Herrera, YusleynisYusleynis Herrera	000000001984-03-12-000012 March 1984	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Ciudad Habana
11	Mesa, LianaLiana Mesa	000000001977-12-26-000026 December 1977	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	316 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Camagüey
12	Calderon, RosirRosir Calderón	000000001984-12-28-000028 December 1984	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana
14	Carcaces, KeniaKenia Carcaces	000000001986-01-23-000023 January 1986	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Holguín
15	Silie, YusideyYusidey Silié	000000001984-11-11-000011 November 1984	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana
18	Barros, ZoilaZoila Barros	000000001976-08-06-00006 August 1976	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	328 cm (129 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	10	5	0	426	371	1.148	15	3	5.000
2	United States	9	4	1	459	441	1.041	12	9	1.333
3	China	8	3	2	467	395	1.182	13	7	1.857
4	Japan	7	2	3	381	389	0.979	7	11	0.636
5	Poland	6	1	4	441	445	0.991	9	12	0.750
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	262	395	0.663	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 14:30	Poland	1 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand) Report(s): result statistics
9 August 2008 14:30	25 17 20 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	21 25 25 25

000000002008-08-11-000011 August 2008 12:35	United States	0 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia) Report(s): result statistics
000000002008-08-11-000011 August 2008 12:35	15 24 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 26 25

13 August 2008 20:00	Cuba	3 – 2	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
13 August 2008 20:00	18 14 25 32 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 23 30 13

15 August 2008 22:45	Japan	0 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
15 August 2008 22:45	17 22 22	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

17 August 2008 12:00	Cuba	3 – 0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria) Report(s): result statistics
17 August 2008 12:00	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 20 19

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 10:00	Cuba	3 – 0	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar), Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea) Report(s): result statistics
19 August 2008 10:00	26 25 26	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	24 19 24

Semifinal

000000002008-08-21-000021 August 2008 12:35	Cuba	0 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia) Report(s): result statistics
000000002008-08-21-000021 August 2008 12:35	20 16 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Bronze medal game

23 August 2008 12:30	Cuba	1 – 3	China 03 !	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria) Report(s): result statistics
23 August 2008 12:30	16 25 13 20	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 21 25 25

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Sergio Álvarez	−56 kg	120	8	152	7	272	6
Lázaro Maikel Ruiz	−62 kg	132	8	162	6	294	6
Yordanis Borrero	−69 kg	148	6	180	6	328	4
Iván Cambar	−77 kg	157	8	196	3	353	6
Jadier Valladares	−85 kg	169	7	203	5	372	5
Yoandry Hernández	−94 kg	178	6	215	5	393	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maikel Pérez	−55 kg	Gadzhiev (BLR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						19
Yandro Quintana	−60 kg	Qin H (CHN) W 3–1 ^PP	Batirov (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Huseynov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		8
Geandry Garzón	−66 kg	Bye	Şahin (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Taghavi (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Tushishvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Iván Fundora	−74 kg	Si Rg (CHN) W 3–1 ^PP	Askren (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Saitiev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Cho B-K (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	Terziev (BUL) L 0–5 ^VT	5
Reineris Salas	−84 kg	Bye	Hrovat (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Balcı (TUR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				10
Michel Batista	−96 kg	Bye	Cormier (USA) W 5–0 ^VB	Tigiyev (KAZ) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Vivénes (VEN) L 1–3 ^PP	Gogshelidze (GEO) L 0–5 ^VT	03 !
Disney Rodríguez	−120 kg	Bye	Chintoan (ROU) W 3–0 ^PO	Taymazov (UZB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Isayev (AZE) W 5–0 ^VT	Musuľbes (SVK) L 1–3 ^PP	5

Michel Batista originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Taimuraz Tigiyev.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yagnier Hernández	−55 kg	Bye	Cha K-S (PRK) W 3–1 ^PP	Bayramov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Mohamed (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Amoyan (ARM) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Roberto Monzón	−60 kg	Bye	Hidalgo (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Sucu (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Tyumenbayev (KGZ) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Alain Milián	−66 kg	Guénot (FRA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance			Lőrincz (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Siamionau (BLR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	8
Yunior Estrada	−84 kg	Bátky (SVK) W 3–0 ^PO	Abrahamian (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					10
Mijaín López	−120 kg	Bye	Artsiukhin (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP	Patrikeyev (ARM) W 5–0 ^VT	Sjöberg (SWE) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Baroyev (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	01 !

References

↑ http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/eventos/beijing/r-cuba/atletas/index.html
↑ "149 Cubans qualify for Olympics", Xinhua, 5 June 2008.
↑ "Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.
↑ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
↑ "Cuban runner Robles trains in Havana", Xinhua, 31 July 2008.
↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-two-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008
↑ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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↑ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Hernandez became the tenth Cuban boxer to qualify when he did so at the second American continental qualifying tournament.
↑ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Athlete Quota Places Allocation - Final List 21 July 2008". International Canoe Federation. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
↑ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

America	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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