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competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

, held in

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, Canada. 156 competitors (132 men and 24 women) took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–1978, a ...

— Athletics, Men's 400 metres *

— Athletics, Men's 800 metres * Jorge Hernández — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight * Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Featherweight *

Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (29 March 1952 – 11 June 2012) was a Cuban amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986. He won the Val Barker Trophy (1972) and was honored with the Olympic Order (1987). Stevenson is one of only three boxers t ...

— Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Héctor Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Lightweight

Silver

Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954) is a former Cuban hurdler. At the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia he set a new world record in the 110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds. This record would, however, only stand ...

— Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles * Ramón Duvalón — Boxing, Men's Flyweight *

Andrés Aldama Andrés Aldama Cabrera (born April 9, 1956) is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Aldama defeated John Mugab ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight *

Sixto Soria Sixto Soria Savigne (born April 27, 1954 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban boxer, who won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. As the top favourite he lost in a close ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Bronze

Rolando Garbey Rolando Garbey Garbey (born November 19, 1947, in Santiago de Cuba) is a retired Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974 ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight * Luis Martínez — Boxing, Men's Middleweight *

Alfredo Figueredo Alfredo Figueredo Ricardo (born April 15, 1952) is a Cuban former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Soc ...

, Victor García,

Diego Lapera Diego José Lapera Sotolongo (born November 13, 1950) is a Cuban former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was part of the Cuban team which finishe ...

, Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr.,

Ernesto Martínez Ernesto Martínez Hernández (November 20, 1951 – January 7, 2007) was a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Matanzas Province and ...

, Lorenzo Martínez, Jorge Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Salas,

Victoriano Sarmientos Victoriano Sarmientos Bios (born December 18, 1956) is a Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and sever ...

, Jesús Savigne, and Raúl Virches — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 400 metres * Carlos Noroña ** Heat — 48.46 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres *

** Heat — 1:47.15 ** Semi Final — 1:45.88 ** Final — 1:43.50 (→ Gold Medal) * Leandro Civil ** Heat — 1:45.88 ** Semi Final — 1:47.31 (→ did not advance) * Luis Medina ** Heat — 1:50.15 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Luis Medina ** Heat — 3:42.71 (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres Relay * Francisco Gómez,

, Hermes Ramirez, and Silvio Leonard ** Heat — 39.54s ** Semi Final — 39.25s ** Final — 39.01s (→ 5th place) Men's 4x400 metres Relay * Eddy Gutierrez, Damaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, and

** Heat — 3:03.24 ** Final — 3:03.81 (→ 7th place) Men's 400m Hurdles * Damaso Alfonso ** Heats — 50.76s ** Semi Final — 49.84s ** Final — 50.19s (→ 7th place) Men's Marathon * Rigoberto Mendoza — 2:22:43 (→ 33rd place) Men's Long Jump * Milan Matos ** Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump *

Pedro Pérez Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas (; February 23, 1952 – July 18, 2018) was a Cuban triple jumper, who set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres, while still a 19-year-old Junior athlete, in the fin ...

** Qualification — 16.51m ** Qualification — 16.81m (→ 4th place) *

Armando Herrera Armando Herrera (born May 25, 1955) is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba, who represented his native country twice at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1980. His best Olympic result was finishing in 11th place in ...

** Qualification — 15.98m (→ did not advance, 19th place) Men's High Jump * Richard Spencer ** Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Julián Morrinson ** Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * María Elena Sarría **Final — 16.31 m (→ 11th place)

Basketball

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group A): ** Defeated Australia (111-89) ** Lost to Canada (79-84) ** Defeated Japan (97-56) ** Defeated Mexico (89-75) ** Lost to Soviet Union (72-98) *Classification Matches: ** 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (79-91) ** 7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (92-81) → 7th place *Team Roster ** Juan Domecq ** Ruperto Herrera ** Juan Roca ** Pedro Chappe ** Alejandro Ortíz ** Rafael Cañizares ** Daniel Scott ** Angel Padron ** Tomás Herrera ** Oscar Varona ** Alejandro Urgelles ** Felix Morales *Head coach: Carmilo Hortega

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Jorge Hernández *# First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3 *# Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (PNG), KO-3 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated

Park Chan-Hee Park Chan-hee (Hangul: 박찬희, Hanja: 朴贊希; born 23 March 1957) is a retired South Korean boxer. As a professional he held the WBC and lineal titles in the flyweight division. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games ...

(KOR), 3:2 *# Semifinals – Defeated

Orlando Maldonado Orlando Maldonado (born May 21, 1959 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1984, challenging for the WBC super flyweight title in 1983. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in th ...

(PUR), 5:0 *# Final – Defeated

Li Byong-Uk Ri Byong-uk (born November 7, 1954) is a retired North Korean boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) category. Olympic results 1976 * Defeated Sidney McKnight (Canada) KO 1 * Defeated Henryk Średnicki ...

(PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Ramón Duvalón *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walkover *# Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0 *# Quarterfinal — Defeated

Ian Clyde Ian Clyde (born May 15, 1956 in Verdun, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's fl ...

(CAN), 5:0 *# Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2 *# Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1976. ; Individual road race * Carlos Cardet — 4:49:01 (→ 14th place) * Roberto Menéndez — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Jorge Pérez — did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Team time trial * Carlos Cardet * Gregorio Aldo Arencibia * Jorge Gómez * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez ;

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* Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — 17th place

Fencing

13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Cuba in 1976. ; Men's foil * Enrique Salvat * Jorge Garbey * Eduardo Jhons ; Men's team foil * Eduardo Jhons, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey, Pedro Hernández ; Men's sabre *

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* Manuel Ortíz * Guzman Salazar ; Men's team sabre * Manuel Ortíz,

, Guzman Salazar,

Ramón Hernández Ramón José Hernández Marin (; born May 20, 1976) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Oakland Athletics (1999–2003), San Diego Padres (2004–2005), Baltimore Orioles (2006 ...

, Lazaro Mora ; Women's foil *

Margarita Rodríguez Margarita Rodríguez (born 30 March 1947) is a Cuban foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ig ...

* Milady Tack-Fang * Nancy Uranga ; Women's team foil * Milady Tack-Fang, Marlene Font, Nancy Uranga,

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Lightweight * Héctor Rodríguez Men's Half-Heavyweight * José Ibañez Men's Open Class * José Ibañez

Rowing

Shooting

Volleyball

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group A) ** Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1) ** Lost to Poland (2-3) ** Defeated South Korea (3-0) ** Defeated Canada (3-0) *Semi Finals ** Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) *Bronze Medal Match ** Defeated Japan (3-0) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster ** Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr. **

** Victor García ** Carlos Salas **

Raúl Vilches Raúl Vilches More (2 October 1954 – 13 January 2022), more commonly known as Raúl Vilches, was a Cuban volleyball player and two-time Olympian. Career Vilches competed in the 1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976, he was part of the Cu ...

** Jesús Savigne ** Lorenzo Martínez **

** Antonio Rodríguez **

** Jorge Pérez *Head coach: Herrera Idolo ;Women's team competition *Preliminary round (group B) ** Defeated East Germany (3-1) ** Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) ** Lost to South Korea (2-3) *Classification Matches ** 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-2) ** 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (3-0) → Fifth place *Team Roster ** Mercedes Perez ** Imilses Telles ** Ana Díaz **

Mercedes Pomares Mercedes Pomares (born 9 April 1954) is a Cuban volleyball player. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights e ...

** Lucila Urgelles ** Mercedes Roca ** Miriam Herrera ** Claudina Villaurrutia **Melanea Tartabull **Nelly Barnet **Ana María García (volleyball), Ana María García **Evelina Borroto *Head coach: Eugenio George

Water polo

;Men's team competition *Team Roster **David Rodríguez (water polo), David Rodríguez **Eugenio Almenteros **Gerardo Rodríguez (water polo), Gerardo Rodríguez **Jesús Pérez (water polo), Jesús Pérez **Jorge Rizo **Lazaro Costa **Nelson Domínguez **Oriel Domínguez **Oscar Periche **Osvaldo García **Ramon Peña

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cuba at the Summer Olympics by year, 1976 Summer Olympics 1976 in Cuban sport, Olympics