Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics. The 2024 Cuban delegation was smaller than their 2020 delegation, which was previously their smallest delegation since 1964. It was also the second time since 1964 that the Cuban delegation had fewer than one hundred athletes.

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 (opening)	Julio César La Cruz & Idalys Ortiz
Flag bearer (closing)	Yarisleidis Cirilo & Mijaín López
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 6 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Cuba left Paris with nine medals, securing their worst performance since 1972, when they won 8 medals. The two gold medals were also Cuba's lowest tally since 1968, when they won none. This was the first time since 1972 that Cuba failed to win at least 10 medals, the first time since 1968 where Cuba won two or less gold medals, and the first time since 1960 that Cuba did not win a medal in Athletics. All of the above information excludes the boycotted games of 1984 and 1988.

Despite the disappointing performance, one of the two gold medals was won by Mijain Lopez in the Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, who became the first person (male or female) in Olympic (winter or summer) history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event. He retired immediately after his gold medal bout.

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mijaín López Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 6 August  Gold Erislandy Álvarez Boxing Men's 63.5 kg 7 August  Silver Yusneylys Guzmán Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg 7 August  Bronze Arlen López Boxing Men's 80 kg 4 August  Bronze Gabriel Rosillo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 7 August  Bronze Luis Orta Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 8 August  Bronze Yarisleidis Cirilo Canoeing Women's C-1 200 m 10 August  Bronze Rafael Alba Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 10 August  Bronze Milaimys Marín Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Wrestling 1 1 3 5 Boxing 1 0 1 2 Canoeing 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 6 9

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 0 4 6 Female 0 1 2 3 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 6 9

Medals by date Date Total 4 August 0 0 1 1 6 August 1 0 0 1 7 August 1 1 1 3 8 August 0 0 1 1 10 August 0 0 2 2 11 August 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 6 9

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

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hugo Franco	Men's individual	669	21	Martínez (MEX) W  7–3	Wang (CHN) L  2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Reynaldo Espinosa	Men's 100 m	10.11	3 Q	—		10.21	9	Did not advance
Yunisleidy García	Women's 100 m	11.37	5	—		Did not advance
Roxana Gómez	Women's 400 m	50.38 SB	2 Q	Bye		50.48	5	Did not advance
Rose Mary Almanza	Women's 800 m	2:00.36	6	2:01.54	1 Q	1:58.73	5	Did not advance
Daily Cooper Gaspar		1:58.88	1 Q	Bye		1:58.39	3	Did not advance
Rose Mary Almanza Daily Cooper Gaspar Sahily Diago Roxana Gómez Melissa Padrón Lisneidy Veitía	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	3:33.99	8	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luis Zayas	Men's high jump	2.24	14	Did not advance
Alejandro Parada	Men's long jump	7.62	25	Did not advance
Cristian Nápoles	Men's triple jump	16.67	18	Did not advance
Lázaro Martínez		16.79	11 q	17.34 SB	8
Andy Hechavarría		16.70	17	Did not advance
Mario Díaz	Men's discus throw	60.92	26	Did not advance
Leyanis Pérez	Women's triple jump	14.68	1 Q	14.62	5
Liadagmis Povea		14.39	4 Q	14.64	4
Melany del Pilar Matheus	Women's discus throw	61.07	19	Did not advance
Silinda Moráles		59.46	25	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Claro	Men's 51 kg	Bye	Trindade (BRA) W 5–0	Bennama (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Saidel Horta	Men's 57 kg		Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ) L 2–3	Did not advance			16
Erislandy Álvarez	Men's 63.5 kg	Ume (PNG) W RSC	Bekka (ALG) W 5–0	Sinsiri (THA) W 5–0	Guruli (GEO) W 5–0	Oumiha (FRA) W 3–2
Arlen López	Men's 80 kg	Bye	Aykutsun (TUR) W 5–0	Khabibullaev (UZB) W 3–2	Khyzhniak (UKR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Julio César La Cruz	Men's 92 kg	—	Alfonso (AZE) L 2–3	Did not advance			16

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Ramón Pelier	Men's C-1 1000 m	3:52.17	3	3:49.41	2	3:46.37	6 FB	3:48.58	10
Yinnoly López	Women's C-1 200 m	49.27	4	48.76	5	Did not advance
Yarisleidis Cirilo		45.94	1	Bye		45.31	1 FA	44.36
Yarisleidis Cirilo Yinnoly López	Women's C-2 500 m	2:03.54	7	1:56.38	3	1:57.03	3 FA	2:01.77	8

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

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arlenis Sierra	Women's road race	4:07:16	48

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Prisis Ruiz	Women's 3 m springboard	239.85	25	Did not advance
Anisley García		272.40	18 Q	264.90	15	Did not advance
	Women's 10 m platform	283.00	14 Q	270.65	16	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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) 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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Silva Morales	Men's −90 kg	—	Sherov (KGZ) L 00-10	Did not advance
Andy Granda	Men's +100 kg	—	Bye	Gadeau (MON) W 10-00	Saito (JPN) L 0–1	—	Kokauri (AZE) W 10–0	Rakhimov (TJK) L 0–1	5
Maylin Del Toro Carvajal	Women's −63 kg	—	Takaichi (JPN) L 00-10	Did not advance
Idalys Ortiz	Women's +78 kg	—	Maan (IND) W 10–0	Zabic (SRB) L 0–10	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A Cuban modern pentathlete was confirmed as a single quota place for Paris 2024. Marcos Rojas Jiménez secured one of two available South American berths 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
			V – D	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Marcos Rojas Jiménez	Men's	Semifinal	10–25	0	30	175	2:01.96	7	307	67.56	21	17	279	10:41.65	16	659	1420	15
		Final	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reidy Cardona Blanco	Men's single sculls	7:06.45	3 QF	Bye	7:10.40	6 SC/D	7:15.63	6 FD	7:03.23	24
Yariulvis Cobas	Women's single sculls	8:11.13	5 R	8:10.64	3 SE/F	N/A		8:36.16	1 FE	7:57.99	27

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 articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leuris Pupo	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	581	16	Did not advance
Jorge Álvarez		578	21	Did not advance
Laina Pérez	Women's 25 m pistol	577	24	Did not advance
	Women's 10 m air pistol	560	39	Did not advance
Lisbet Hernández	Women's 10 m rifle	624.7	36	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rodolfo Falcón Jr	Men's 1500 m freestyle	16:00.31	24	—		Did not advance
Andrea Becali	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:03.38	21	Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time-only basis; therefore, positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cuba qualified for the mixed doubles team and 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
		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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Fonseca Jorge Campos	Doubles	Karlsson/Kallberg (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 their spots through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafael Alba	Men's +80 kg	Bye	Atesli (TUR) W 2–0	Cunningham (GBR) L 2–1	—	Issoufou (NIG) W 2–1	Sapina (CRO) W 2–0
Arlettys Acosta	Women's +67 kg	Bye	Brandl (GER) L 2–0	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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
		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) W 2–0	1 Q	Åhman / Hellvig (SWE) L 1–2	Did not advance			9

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ayamey Medina	Women's −81 kg	100	11	120	DNF	—	DNF

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Valdés	Men's −65 kg	—	Tumur Ochir (MGL) L 0–5	Did not advance				11
Geandry Garzón	Men's −74 kg	Bye	Takatani (JPN) L 0–10	Bye		Cabolov (SRB) L VFO	Did not advance
Arturo Silot	Men's −97 kg	—	Thiele (GER) W 5–0	Snyder (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Yusneylys Guzmán	Women's −50 kg	—	Demirhan (TUR) W 7–6 PP	Dilytė (LTU) W 10–0 ST	Vinesh (IND) W 0–5 DQ	Bye	Hildebrandt (USA) L 0–3 PO
Milaimys Marín	Women's −76 kg	—	Yaneva (BUL) W 7–1 PP	Blades (USA) L 3–4 PP	Bye	Axente (ROU) W 5–0 VB	Medet Kyzy (KGZ) W 6–0 PO

Greco-Roman

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
Kevin de Armas	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Fumita (JPN) L 1–4 SP	Did not advance		Mohsennejad (IRI) L 1–10	Did not advance	11
Luis Orta	Men's −67 kg	—	Sogabe (JPN) W PO 8–0	Esmaeili (IRI) L 0–9	Bye	Ghaiou (ALG) W 9–0	Galstyan (ARM) W 7–0
Yosvanys Peña	Men's −77 kg	—	Kavianinejad (IRI) L 1–1	Did not advance				9
Gabriel Rosillo	Men's −97 kg	—	Lazogianis (GER) W 7–5	Savolainen (FIN) W 5–2	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 3–5	Bye	Assakalov (UZB) W 2–0R
Mijaín López	Men's −130 kg	—	Seung-chan (KOR) W 7–0 PO	Mirzazadeh (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Shariati (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Bye	Acosta (CHI) W 6–0