Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 156 competitors (132 men and 24 women) took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.^[2]

Men's 400 metres

• Carlos Noroña
  • Heat — 48.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Alberto Juantorena
  • 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, Alejandro Casañas, 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 Alberto Juantorena
  • 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
  • Qualification — 16.51m
  • Qualification — 16.81m (→ 4th place)
• Armando Herrera
  • 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)

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

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Jorge Hernández
  1. First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
  2. Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (PNG), KO-3
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
  5. Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ramón Duvalón
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walkover
  3. Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
  5. Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
  6. Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal

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

Individual pursuit

• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — 17th place

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

• Francisco de la Torre
• Manuel Ortíz
• Guzman Salazar

Men's team sabre

• Manuel Ortíz, Francisco de la Torre, Guzman Salazar, Ramón Hernández, Lazaro Mora

Women's foil

• Margarita Rodríguez
• Milady Tack-Fang
• Nancy Uranga

Women's team foil

• Milady Tack-Fang, Marlene Font, Nancy Uranga, Margarita Rodríguez

Men's Lightweight

• Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• José Ibañez

Men's Open Class

• José Ibañez

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.
  • Victoriano Sarmientos
  • Ernesto Martínez
  • Victor García
  • Carlos Salas
  • Raúl Vilches
  • Jesús Savigne
  • Lorenzo Martínez
  • Diego Lapera
  • Antonio Rodríguez
  • Alfredo Figueredo
  • 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
  • Lucila Urgelles
  • Mercedes Roca
  • Miriam Herrera
  • Claudina Villaurrutia
  • Melanea Tartabull
  • Nelly Barnet
  • Ana María García
  • Evelina Borroto
• Head coach: Eugenio George

Men's team competition

• Team Roster
  • David Rodríguez
  • Eugenio Almenteros
  • Gerardo Rodríguez
  • Jesús Pérez
  • Jorge Rizo
  • Lazaro Costa
  • Nelson Domínguez
  • Oriel Domínguez
  • Oscar Periche
  • Osvaldo García
  • Ramon Peña