Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Cuba at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	61 (34 men & 27 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Julio César La Cruz & Idalys Ortiz
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908–1920; 1924; 1928; 1932–1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Cuba is competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It is the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	7	11	18
Boxing	5	0	5
Canoeing	1	2	3
Cycling	0	1	1
Diving	0	2	2
Judo	2	2	4
Modern pentathlon	1	0	1
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Volleyball	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	8	2	10
Total	34	27	61

Archery

Cuba qualified one archer for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's individual recurve competition through the 2024 Olympic Individual Qualification Tournament, held in Antalya, Turkey.

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
Hugo Franco	Men's individual	669	21	Martínez (MEX) –

Athletics

Cuban track and field athletes achieved their entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]^[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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Reynaldo Espinosa	Men's 100 m			—
Yunisleidy García	Women's 100 m			—
Roxana Gómez	Women's 400 m
Rose Mary Almanza	Women's 800 m
Daily Cooper Gaspar	Women's 800 m
Rose Mary Almanza Daily Cooper Gaspar Sahily Diago Roxana Gómez Melissa Padrón Lisneidy Veitía	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay			—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luis Zayas	Men's high jump
Alejandro Parada	Men's long jump
Cristian Nápoles	Men's triple jump
Lázaro Martínez
Andy Hechavarría
Mario Díaz	Men's discus throw
Leyanis Pérez	Women's triple jump
Liadagmis Povea	Women's triple jump
Melany del Pilar Matheus	Women's discus throw
Silinda Moráles	Women's discus throw

Boxing

Cuba entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Saidel Horta (men’s featherweight), Arlen López (men’s middleweight), Julio César La Cruz (men's heavyweight) secured their selection to the Cuban squad in their respective weight divisions finishing in the top two, at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Alejandro Claro (men's flyweight) qualified for the games, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy,^[4] and Erislandy Álvarez (men's lightweight) qualified for the games, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Claro	Men's flyweight	Bye	Trindade (BRA) W 5–0	Bennama (FRA) –
Saidel Horta	Men's featherweight		Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ) –
Erislandy Álvarez	Men's lightweight		Ume (PNG) 0W RSC	Bekka (ALG)W 5–0	Sinsiri (THA) –
Arlen López	Men's middleweight		Aykutsun (TUR) W 5–0	Khabibullaev (UZB) –
Julio César La Cruz	Men's heavyweight	—	Alfonso (AZE) L 2–3	Did not advance			16

Canoeing

Sprint

Cuban canoeists qualified 3 boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany;^[5]^[6] and 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota, United States.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1 1000 m
	Women's C-1 200 m
	Women's C-2 500 m

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

Cycling

Road

Cuba entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Women's road race

Diving

Cuba entered two divers, Prisis Ruiz and Anisley García, into the Olympic competition.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Prisis Ruiz	Women's 3 m springboard						TBD
Anisley García	Women's 3 m springboard						TBD
Anisley García	Women's 10 m platform						TBD

Judo

Cuba qualified four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Ivan Silva Morales (men's middleweight, 90 kg), Andy Granda (men's super-heavyweight, +100 kg), Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) and Idalys Ortiz (women's super-heavyweight , +78 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Silva Morales	Men's –90 kg	0
Andy Granda	Men's +100 kg	0
Maylin Del Toro Carvajal	Women's –63 kg	0
Idalys Ortiz	Women's +78 kg	0

Modern pentathlon

A Cuban modern pentathlete was confirmed a single quota place for Paris 2024. Marcó Rojas Jiménez secured one of two available South American berth in the women's event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.^[9]

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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Marcó Rojas Jiménez	Men's

Rowing

Cuban rowers qualified two boats in each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reidy Cardona Blanco	Men's single sculls	7:06.45	3 QF	Bye
Yariulvis Cobas	Women's single sculls	8:11.13	5 R	8:10.64	3 SE/F	N/A		8:36.16	1 FE

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 based on their results at the 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leuris Pupo	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Jorge Álvarez	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Laina Pérez	Women's 25 m pistol
Laina Pérez	Women's 10 metre air pistol	560	39	Did Not Advance
Lisbet Hernández	Women's 10 metre rifle

Swimming

Cuba sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rodolfo Falcón Jr	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—
Andrea Becali	Women's 200 m freestyle

Table tennis

Cuba qualified for the mixed doubles team and a player for the men's single in the Games, by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile and by securing one of five available spots, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Lima, Peru.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andy Pereira	Singles	Bye		Calderano (BRA) L 0-4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Fonseca Jorge Campos	Doubles	Karlsson/Kallberg (SWE) L 1-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Cuba qualified two athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Rafael Alba (men's +80 kg) and Arlettys Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured his spot through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafael Alba	Men's +80 kg
Arlettys Acosta	Women's +67 kg

Volleyball

Beach

Cuban men's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.^[12]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jorge Alayo Noslen Díaz	Men's	Partain / Benesh (USA) W 2-0	George / André (BRA) W 2-0	Abicha / El Graoui (MAR)

Weightlifting

Cuba qualified one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ayamey Medina (women's 81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ayamey Medina	Women's −81 kg

Wrestling

Cuba qualified ten wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;^[13] and the other six wrestler qualified through the 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.^[14]^[15]^[16]

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Valdés	Men's −65 kg
Geandry Garzón	Men's −74 kg
Arturo Silot	Men's −97 kg
Yusneylys Guzmán	Women's −50 kg
Milaimys Marín	Women's −76 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kevin de Armas	Men's −60 kg
Luis Orta	Men's −67 kg
Yosvanys Peña	Men's −77 kg
Gabriel Rosillo	Men's −97 kg
Mijaín López	Men's −130 kg

References

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^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "Athletes". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "19TH PAN AMERICAN GAMES: OLIVER (MEX) AND HERNANDEZ (MEX) CELEBRATE GOLD AS 10 ATHLETES SECURE OLYMPIC QUOTAS". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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^ "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Ranking Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Seven nations earn Paris 2024 Greco spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers; Julfalakyan falls short". United World Wrestling. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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[1] "How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[2] "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[3] "Athletes". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[4] "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[5] "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[6] "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[7] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[8] "Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[9] "19TH PAN AMERICAN GAMES: OLIVER (MEX) AND HERNANDEZ (MEX) CELEBRATE GOLD AS 10 ATHLETES SECURE OLYMPIC QUOTAS". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[10] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[11] "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[12] "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Ranking Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[13] "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[14] "Seven nations earn Paris 2024 Greco spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers; Julfalakyan falls short". United World Wrestling. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[15] "Pan-Am OG Qualifiers: Canada, U.S. earn three WW quotas each". United World Wrestling. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[16] "Gomez, Cruz deny USA Paris 2024 spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers". United World Wrestling. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

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Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	61 (34 men & 27 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Julio César La Cruz & Idalys Ortiz
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908–1920 1924 1928 1932–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024