Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections.^[2]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

• Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
  • Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Jaime Jefferson
  • Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon

• Eugenio Balanque
  • Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)
• Raul Duany
  • Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw

• Alexis Elizalde
  • Qualification — 62.22m
  • Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)
• Roberto Moya
  • Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's hammer throw

• Alberto Sánchez
  • Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

• Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
  • Qualification — 3:24.23
  • Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's long jump

• Regla Cardenas
  • Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)
• Lisette Cuza
  • Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)
• Niurka Montalvo
  • Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

• Ioamnet Quintero
  • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump

• Yamile Aldama
  • Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

• Isel Lopez
  • Qualification — 61.40m
  • Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)
• Xiomara Rivero
  • Qualification — 61.32m
  • Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)
• Odelmys Palma
  • Qualification — 62.30m
  • Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's discus throw

• Maritza Marten
  • Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)
• Barbara Hechevarria
  • Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

• Belsis Laza
  • Qualification — 18.61m
  • Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)
• Yumileidis Cumba
  • Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

• Regla Cardenas
  • Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)
• Magalys García
  • Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Men's tournament:

• Cuba – Gold medal (9-0)

• Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell — 7th place overall

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yosvani Aguilera
  1. First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Maikro Romero → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
  2. Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
  5. Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Arnaldo Mesa → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
  2. Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
  5. Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Lorenzo Aragón
  1. First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
  2. Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Julio González Valladares
  1. First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
  2. Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Héctor Vinent → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
  5. Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
  5. Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
  5. Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ariel Hernández → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt), 11-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
  5. Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Freddy Rojas
  1. First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
  2. Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

• Félix Savón → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
  5. Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Alexis Rubalcaba
  1. First round — Bye
  2. Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17

Women's individual road race

• Dania Perez
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.

Men's foil

• Rolando Tucker
• Elvis Gregory
• Oscar García

Men's team foil

• Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker

Men's épée

• Iván Trevejo

Women's épée

• Mirayda García
• Milagros Palma
• Tamara Esteri

Women's team épée

• Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Men's extra-lightweight

• Manolo Poulot

Men's half-lightweight

• Israel Hernández

Men's middleweight

• Yosvany Despaigne

Men's half-heavyweight

• Angel Sánchez

Men's heavyweight

• Frank Moreno

Women's extra-lightweight

• Amarilis Savón

Women's half-lightweight

• Legna Verdecia

Women's lightweight

• Driulys González

Women's half-middleweight

• Ileana Beltrán

Women's middleweight

• Odalis Revé

Women's half-heavyweight

• Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

• Estela Rodríguez

Men

Men's 100m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  1. Heat — 55.29
  2. Final — 54.98 (→ Silver medal)
• Neisser Bent
  1. Heat — 54.83
  2. Final — 55.02 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 200m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  1. Heat — 2:01.20
  2. Final — 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)
• Neisser Bent
  1. Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

• Mario González
  1. Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

• Mario González
  1. Heat — 2:16.15
  2. B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Men's bantamweight

• William Vargas

Men's lightweight

• Idalberto Aranda

Men's middleweight

• Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight

• Carlos Alexis Hernández
• Enrique Sabari

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Lázaro Rivas

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

• Luis Sarmiento

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

• Juan Luis Marén

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman

• Liubal Colás

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman

• Filiberto Azcuy

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

• Alexis Vila

Men's flyweight, freestyle

• Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

• Alejandro Puerto

Men's lightweight, freestyle

• Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle

• Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

• Ariel Ramos

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

• Wilfredo Morales

• Cuba at the 1995 Pan American Games