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competed at the

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. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 8 sports.

Athletics

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Qualification Round (Group A) ** Defeated Belgium (59-51) ** Lost to Bulgaria (56-62) ** Defeated Belgium (71-63) *Main Round (Group D) ** Lost to Chile (52-53) ** Lost to France (42-58) ** Lost to Egypt (55-66) → did not advance *Team Roster ** Alberto Escoto ** Alfredo Faget ** Armando Estrada **

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** Casimiro García ** Fabio Ruíz ** Fico López ** Felipe de la Pozas ** Juan García ** Mario Quintero ** Ramón Wiltz ** Carlos García-Ordóñez

Fencing

One male fencer, represented Cuba in 1952. ; Men's foil * Abelardo Menéndez ; Men's épée * Abelardo Menéndez

Gymnastics

Sailing

Shooting

Two shooters represented Cuba in 1952. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Mario de Armas * Ernesto Herrero ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Mario de Armas

Swimming

Men's 100 metres Freestyle *

Nicasio Silverio Nicasio Silverio (December 27, 1930 – July 25, 2016) was a Cuban swimmer. He was born in Havana and competed in the freestyle events. Silverio twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. He won the bronze me ...

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke * Manuel Sanguily

Weightlifting

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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