Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	124 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Mijaín López[1]
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 2 4 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Cuba competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Cuban athletes did not attend in two editions of the Games (1984 and 1988), where they joined the Soviet and North Korean boycott.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Borrero, IsmaelIsmael Borrero Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg 14 August  Gold López, MijaínMijaín López Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 15 August  Gold César La Cruz, JulioJulio César La Cruz Boxing Men's light heavyweight 18 August  Gold Ramírez, RobeisyRobeisy Ramírez Boxing Men's bantamweight 20 August  Gold López, ArlenArlen López Boxing Men's middleweight 20 August  Silver Ortiz, IdalysIdalys Ortiz Judo Women's +78 kg 12 August  Silver Lugo, YasmanyYasmany Lugo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 16 August  Bronze Argilagos, JoahnysJoahnys Argilagos Boxing Men's light flyweight 12 August  Bronze Savón, ErislandyErislandy Savón Boxing Men's heavyweight 13 August  Bronze Álvarez, LázaroLázaro Álvarez Boxing Men's lightweight 14 August  Bronze Caballero, DeniaDenia Caballero Athletics Women's discus throw 16 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing 3 0 3 6 Wrestling 2 1 0 3 Judo 0 1 0 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Total 5 2 4 11

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Archery 1 0 1 Athletics 24 15 39 Badminton 1 0 1 Boxing 10 0 10 Canoeing 5 1 6 Cycling 0 3 3 Fencing 1 0 1 Gymnastics 2 1 3 Judo 5 4 9 Modern pentathlon 1 1 2 Rowing 5 2 7 Shooting 5 2 7 Swimming 1 1 2 Table tennis 2 0 2 Taekwondo 1 0 1 Volleyball 14 0 14 Weightlifting 1 1 2 Wrestling 10 0 10 Total 89 31 120

Archery

One Cuban archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by receiving a spare berth freed up by El Salvador as the next highest-ranked eligible athlete, not yet qualified, at the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Medellín, Colombia.^[2]

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
Adrián Puentes	Men's individual	656	37	Boardman (MEX) W 6–4	Das (IND) L 4–6	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Cuban athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, a total of 39 athletes (24 men and 15 women) were named to the Cuban track and field roster, as part of the nation's official team announcement nine days later. Among them featured hurdler and Beijing 2008 champion Dayron Robles, London 2012 medalists Yarisley Silva (pole vault) and Leonel Suárez (decathlon), 2015 Worlds gold medalist Denia Caballero, and triple jumper and world leader Pedro Pablo Pichardo.^[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
José Luis Gaspar	400 m hurdles	50.58	7	Did not advance
Yoandys Lescay	400 m	45.36	3 Q	45.00	6	Did not advance
Reynier Mena	200 m	20.42	4	Did not advance
Yordan O'Farrill	110 m hurdles	13.56	4 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
Richer Pérez	Marathon	N/A				2:18:05	46
Jhoanis Portilla	110 m hurdles	DSQ		Did not advance
Dayron Robles		DNS		Did not advance
Roberto Skyers	200 m	20.44	2 Q	20.60	8	Did not advance
Edel Amores Yaniel Carrero Reynier Mena Reidis Ramos César Yuniel Ruiz Roberto Skyers	4 × 100 m relay	38.47	7	N/A		Did not advance
Adrián Chacón William Collazo José Luis Gaspar Yoandys Lescay Osmaidel Pellicier Leandro Zamora	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.16	3 Q	N/A		2:59.53	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Fernández	Discus throw	60.43	22	Did not advance
Roberto Janet	Hammer throw	73.23	14	Did not advance
Lázaro Martínez	Triple jump	16.61	12 q	16.68	8
Maykel Demetrio Massó	Long jump	7.81	15	Did not advance
Pedro Pablo Pichardo	Triple jump	DNS		Did not advance
Ernesto Revé		16.58	14	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	10.81	6.83	14.58	2.01	48.69	14.25	40.34	4.50	64.70	4:44.99	7961	18
	Points	903	774	764	813	876	942	671	760	809	649
Leonel Suárez	Result	11.21	7.14	14.27	2.07	48.15	14.48	47.07	4.90	72.32	4:28.32	8460	6
	Points	814	847	745	868	902	913	810	880	925	756

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rose Mary Almanza	800 m	2:00.50	3	Did not advance
Dailín Belmonte	Marathon	N/A				2:48:58	102
Sahily Diago	800 m	2:01.38	3	Did not advance
Arialis Gandulla	200 m	23.41	6	Did not advance
Zurian Hechavarría	400 m hurdles	57.28	7	Did not advance
Lisneidy Veitia	800 m	2:02.10	4	Did not advance
Daisurami Bonne Gilda Casanova Evelyn Cipriano Sahily Diago Roxana Gomez Lisneidy Veitia	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.11	8	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yulenmis Aguilar	Javelin throw	54.94	29	Did not advance
Denia Caballero	Discus throw	62.94	6 Q	65.34
Yirisleydi Ford	Hammer throw	10.91	32	Did not advance
Yaniuvis López	Shot put	17.15	22	Did not advance
Yaimé Pérez	Discus throw	65.38	1 Q	NM	—
Liadagmis Povea	Triple jump	13.78	25	Did not advance
Yarisley Silva	Pole vault	4.60	5 q	4.60	=7
Saily Viart	Shot put	16.99	26	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Yorgelis Rodríguez	Result	13.61	1.86	13.69	24.26	6.25	48.89	2:14.65	6481	9
	Points	1034	1054	773	956	927	835	898

Badminton

Cuba has qualified one badminton player for the men's singles into the Olympic tournament. Osleni Guerrero had claimed his Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Osleni Guerrero	Men's singles	Sugiarto (INA) L (12–21, 14–21)	Shu (USA) W (21–16, 21–15)	2	Did not advance

Boxing

Cuba has entered ten boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Olympic bronze medalist Yasniel Toledo was the only Cuban finishing among the top two of their respective weight division in the World Series of Boxing.

Five boxers (Argilagos, Veitía, Alvarez, López, and La Cruz) qualified through the 2015 World Championships, while Roniel Iglesias, Erislandy Savón and Lenier Pero had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[7] London 2012 champion Robeisy Ramírez was the last Cuban boxer to upgrade an Olympic spot in the men's bantamweight division with a quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joahnys Argilagos	Light flyweight	Bye	Yafai (GBR) W 2–1	Warui (KEN) W 3–0	Martinez (COL) L 1–2	Did not advance
Yosvany Veitía	Flyweight	Bye	Kharroubi (MAR) W 3–0	Hu Jg (CHN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Robeisy Ramírez	Bantamweight	Thapa (IND) W 3–0	Hamout (MAR) W 2–1	Zhang Jw (CHN) W 3–0	Akhmadaliev (UZB) W 3–0	Stevenson (USA) W 2–1
Lázaro Álvarez	Lightweight	Bye	Tommasone (ITA) W 3–0	Balderas (USA) W 3–0	Conceição (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Yasniel Toledo	Light welterweight	Bye	McCormack (GBR) W 2–1	Sotomayor (AZE) L 0–3	Did not advance
Roniel Iglesias	Welterweight	Bye	Margaryan (ARM) W TKO	Giyasov (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Arlen López	Middleweight	Bye	Harcsa (HUN) W TKO	Assomo (FRA) W 3–0	Shakhsuvarly (AZE) W 3–0	Melikuziev (UZB) W 3–0
Julio César La Cruz	Light heavyweight	Bye	Ünal (TUR) W 3–0	Borges (BRA) W 3–0	Bauderlique (FRA) W 3–0	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) W 3–0
Erislandy Savón	Heavyweight	Bye	Okolie (GBR) W 3–0	Peralta (ARG) W 3–0	Levit (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Lenier Pero	Super heavyweight	Bye	Vianello (ITA) W 3–0	Hrgović (CRO) L TKO	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Cuban canoeists have qualified a single boat in the women's K-1 200 m for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[9] Meanwhile, four additional boats were awarded to the Cuban squad at the 2016 Pan American Sprint Qualifier in Gainesville, Georgia, United States, either by winning their event or when the quota place for their event passed to the highest finisher not qualified.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fidel Antonio Vargas	K-1 200 m	35.561	6	Did not advance
Jorge Dayán Serguey Torres	C-2 1000 m	3:34.939	2 Q	3:40.192	1 FA	3:48.133	6
Jorge García Reinier Torres	K-2 1000 m	3:25.711	5 Q	3:23.466	5 FB	3:18.768	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yusmari Mengana	K-1 200 m	41.701	1 Q	41.688	6 FB	42.036	12
	K-1 500 m	2:02.162	6	Did not advance

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

Cycling

Road

Cuba has qualified one rider in the women's Olympic road race by virtue of a top 22 national finish in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arlenis Sierra	Women's road race	3:58:03	28

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Cuban riders have accumulated spots in the women's sprint, women's keirin, and women's omnium, by virtue of their final individual Olympic rankings in those events.

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	11.171 64.452	20	Did not advance

Keirin

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

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Marlies Mejias	Women's omnium	12	18	3:34.034	8	26	18	6	35.655	8	26	14.441	9	24	73	3	173	7

Fencing

Cuba has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback after an eight-year hiatus. Yoendry Iriarte had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by virtue of a top two finish at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yoendry Iriarte	Men's sabre	Kim J-h (KOR) L 7–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Cuba has entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. 2015 Pan American Games runner-up Manrique Larduet had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events through the 2015 World Championships, while his teammate Randy Leru performed the same feat, as well as Marcia Videaux in the women's at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[12][13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Manrique Larduet	All-around	15.200	13.866	15.100	11.766	15.766	15.116	86.814	15 Q	0.000	0.000	15.133	14.000	0.000	0.000	29.133	24
	Parallel bars	N/A				15.766	N/A	15.766	4 Q	N/A				15.625	N/A	15.625	5
	Horizontal bar	N/A					15.116	15.116	8 Q	N/A					15.033	15.033	6
Randy Lerú	All-around	13.000	11.966	13.400	14.166	15.000	14.866	82.398	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Marcia Videaux	Floor	N/A			13.066	13.066	58	Did not advance

Judo

Cuba has qualified a total of nine judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Eight of them (five men and three women), including London 2012 champion Idalys Ortíz and silver medalist Asley González, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Beijing 2008 runner-up Yalennis Castillo at women's half-heavyweight (78 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as the highest-ranked Cuban judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[14][15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Magdiel Estrada	−73 kg	Ježek (CZE) W 010–002	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 000–100	Did not advance
Iván Felipe Silva	−81 kg	Bye	Tchrikishvili (GEO) L 000–001	Did not advance
Asley González	−90 kg	Michel (BOL) W 110–000	Nhabali (UKR) W 101–000	Lkhagvasüren (MGL) L 000–100	Did not advance
José Armenteros	−100 kg	Bye	Naidangiin (MGL) W 001–000	Darwish (EGY) L 000–001	Did not advance
Alex García Mendoza	+100 kg	N/A	Abdurakhmonov (TJK) W 100–000	Bor (HUN) W 000–000 S	Harasawa (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance	Krakovetskii (KGZ) W 100–000	Sasson (ISR) L 000–000 S	5

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	Ratiarison (MAD) W 000–000 S	Figueroa (ESP) W 001–000	Menezes (BRA) W 000–000 S	Jeong B-k (KOR) L 000–100	Bye	Galbadrakh (KAZ) L 000–100	5
Maricet Espinosa	−63 kg	Khatri (NEP) W 011–000	Gerbi (ISR) L 001–100	Did not advance
Yalennis Castillo	−78 kg	Bye	Verkerk (NED) W 000–000 S	Velenšek (SLO) L 000–100	Bye	Joó (HUN) W 001–000	Aguiar (BRA) L 000–001	5
Idalys Ortiz	+78 kg	Bye	Chibisova (RUS) W 100–000	Kim M-j (KOR) W 101–000	Yamabe (JPN) 0W 001–000	Bye	Andéol (FRA) L 000–100

Modern pentathlon

Cuban athletes have qualified for the following places to compete in modern pentathlon. José Figueroa and Leydi Moya secured a selection each in the men's and women's event respectively after obtaining one of the five Olympic slots from the Pan American Games.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
José Figueroa	Men's	9–26	2	34	156	2:15.39	36	294	67	32	233	12:49.13	36	531	1214	32
Leydi Moya	Women's	14–21	0	29	184	2:15.75	13	293	EL	=31	0	13:11.07	27	509	986	34

Rowing

Cuba has qualified four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Two of these crews had confirmed Olympic spots each in the men's single and double sculls at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the lightweight double sculls rowers had added one boat per gender to the Cuban roster with a top six finish at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile.^[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángel Fournier	Single sculls	7:06.89	1 QF	Bye		6:51.89	1 SA/B	7:02.65	3 FA	6:55.90	6
Adrián Oquendo Eduardo Rubio	Double sculls	6:52.20	5 R	6:21.52	4	N/A		Did not advance
Liosbel Hernández Raúl Hernández	Lightweight double sculls	6:39.79	4 R	7:07.17	3 SC/D	N/A		7:30.13	2 FC	6:47.80	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Licet Hernández Yislena Hernández	Lightweight double sculls	7:26.43	4 R	8:22.05	5 SC/D	8:27.44	4 FD	7:50.21	19

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 have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, the American Continental Championships, and the Pan American Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[18][19] A total of six Cuban shooters were named to the Olympic roster, including London 2012 champion Leuris Pupo (men's 25 m rapid fire pistol) and Olympic bronze medalists Juan Miguel Rodríguez (2004) and Eglis Yaima Cruz (2008).^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Reinier Estpinan	10 m air rifle	610.0	48	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	613.6	45	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1157	38	N/A		Did not advance
Jorge Grau	10 m air pistol	569	37	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m pistol	546	27	N/A		Did not advance
Alexander Molerio	10 m air rifle	607.2	49	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1146	42	N/A		Did not advance
Leuris Pupo	25 m rapid fire pistol	583	6 Q	N/A		18	5
Juan Miguel Rodríguez	Skeet	116	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eglis Yaima Cruz	10 m air rifle	412.1	31	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	10	Did not advance
Dianelys Pérez	10 m air rifle	403.5	46	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	568	36	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Cuba has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[21][22][23]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luis Vega Torres	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:27.27	26	N/A		Did not advance
Elisbet Gámez	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:01.08	36	Did not advance

Table tennis

Cuba has entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Jorge Campos and 2012 Olympian Andy Pereira had secured their Olympic spots in the men's singles by virtue of their top six finish at the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santiago, Chile.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorge Campos	Men's singles	Bye	Wang (CAN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Andy Pereira		Bye	Calderano (BRA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Cuba entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Rafael Castillo secured a place in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafael Castillo	Men's +80 kg	Trabelsi (TUN) W 13–4	Shokin (UZB) L 1–1 SUP	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Cuba men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the final match over Canada at the 2016 NORCECA Continental Cup in Guaymas, Mexico.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nivaldo Díaz Sergio González	Men's	Pool D  Oliveira – Solberg (BRA) W 2 – 1 (24–22, 21–23, 15–13)  Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) W 2 – 1 (23–21, 19–21, 15–9)  Saxton – Schalk (CAN) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–18)	1 Q	Doppler – Horst (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–14)	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) L 1 – 2 (20–22, 24–22, 16–18)	Did not advance

Indoor

Men's tournament

Cuba men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Edmonton, Canada, signifying the team's Olympic comeback for the first time since Sydney 2000.^[27]

Team roster

The following is the Cuban roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[28][29]

Head coach: Nicolás Vives

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
1	González, YosvaniYosvani González	18 April 1988	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	La Habana
2	Melgarejo, OsnielOsniel Melgarejo	18 December 1997	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Sancti Spiritus
4	Jiménez, JavierJavier Jiménez (C)	16 November 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Matanzas
5	Concepción, JavierJavier Concepción	27 December 1997	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	356 cm (140 in)	350 cm (140 in)	La Habana
6	Rendón, OsnielOsniel Rendón	26 October 1996	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Matanzas
7	García, YonderYonder García (L)	26 March 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Ciudad Habana
9	Osoria, LivánLiván Osoria	5 February 1994	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Santiago de Cuba
10	Ferrer, DarienDarien Ferrer	31 October 1982	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	348 cm (137 in)	Santiago de Cuba
13	Rivera, MarioMario Rivera	25 October 1982	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Pinar del Río
17	Rojas, ReinierReinier Rojas	30 July 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	325 cm (128 in)	La Habana
18	López, Miguel ÁngelMiguel Ángel López	25 March 1997	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Cienfuegos
21	Goide, AdriánAdrián Goide	26 June 1998	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Sancti Spiritus

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	394	335	1.176	Quarter-finals
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	447	389	1.149
3	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	432	367	1.177
4	Iran	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	389	392	0.992
5	Egypt	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	286	362	0.790
6	Cuba	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	300	403	0.744

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Russia  v  Cuba

7 August 2016 20:30

Russia	3–1	Cuba
(25–17, 25–19, 22–25, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,287 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

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Cuba  v  Egypt

9 August 2016 20:30

Cuba	0–3	Egypt
(22–25, 15–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,016 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

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Iran  v  Cuba

11 August 2016 09:30

Iran	3–0	Cuba
(25–21, 31–29, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)

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Argentina  v  Cuba

13 August 2016 11:35

Argentina	3–0	Cuba
(25–16, 25–14, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,428 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

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Poland  v  Cuba

15 August 2016 17:05

Poland	3–0	Cuba
(25–18, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,175 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

Weightlifting

Cuba has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 Pan American Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoelmis Hernández	Men's −85 kg	150	=12	200	7	350	9
Marina Rodríguez	Women's −63 kg	94	8	121	5	215	8

Wrestling

Cuba has qualified a total of ten wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them had booked Olympic spots each in the men's Greco Roman (59 & 130 kg) at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to the Cuban wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament.^[31][32]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

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	−57 kg	Rakhmonov (UZB) W 4–0 ^ST	Diatta (SEN) W 3–1 ^PP	Higuchi (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Yang K-i (PRK) W 4–1 ^SP	Rahimi (IRI) L 0–5 ^VT	5
Alejandro Valdés	−65 kg	Kaya (TUR) W 5–0 ^VT	Ramonov (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Garcia (CAN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		7
Liván López	−74 kg	Friev (ESP) W 3–1 ^PP	Usserbayev (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					10
Reineris Salas	−86 kg	Bye	Kim G-u (KOR) W 3–1 ^PP	Yaşar (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Espinal (PUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Cox (USA) L 0–5 ^VA	5
Javier Cortina	−97 kg	Bye	Snyder (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Saritov (ROU) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	10

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
Ismael Borrero	−59 kg	Bye	Eraliev (KGZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Wang Lm (CHN) W 4–0 ^ST	Tasmuradov (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Ota (JPN) W 4–0 ^ST
Miguel Martínez	−66 kg	Chunayev (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						12
Yurisandy Hernández	−75 kg	Bye	Bisek (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					17
Yasmany Lugo	−98 kg	Bye	Xiao D (CHN) W 3–0 ^PO	Rezaei (IRI) W 3–0 ^PO	Schön (SWE) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–3 ^PO
Mijaín López	−130 kg	Bye	Nabi (EST) W 3–0 ^PO	Eurén (SWE) W 3–0 ^PO	Semenov (RUS) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Kayaalp (TUR) W 3–0 ^PO

See also

• Cuba at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Cuba at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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