Cuba_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics

Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance in the Olympics, except for some editions. Cuban athletes did not attend in two Olympic Games (1984 and 1988), where they joined the Soviet and North Korean boycott. Cuban Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1972. A total of 151 athletes, 97 men and 54 women, competed in 18 sports.

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The Cuban team featured seven defending Olympic champions from Sydney: taekwondo jin Ángel Matos in the men's welterweight division, the women's volleyball team (led by Yumilka Ruíz), boxers Mario Kindelán and Guillermo Rigondeaux, Greco-Roman wrestler Filiberto Azcuy, sprint hurdler Anier García, and long jumper Iván Pedroso, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] Among the champions, Kindelan and Rigondeaux managed to defend Olympic titles in their respective weight categories.[2] Skeet shooter Guillermo Alfredo Torres, the oldest athlete of the team at age 45, became the first Cuban athlete to compete in five Olympic Games since 1980; meanwhile, judoka Yamila Zambrano was the youngest of the team at age 18.

Cuba left Athens with a total of 27 Olympic medals (9 gold, 7 silver, and 11 bronze), failing only two golds short of the total record achieved from Sydney. Eight of these medals were awarded to the athletes in boxing, six in judo, and five in athletics. Cuba's team-based athletes proved successful in Athens, as men's baseball and women's volleyball teams won gold and bronze medals, respectively. Among the nation's gold medalists were Osleidys Menéndez, who previously won the bronze in Sydney and also, became the first non-European athlete to claim an Olympic title in women's javelin throw since María Caridad Colón did so in 1980.[3] On August 23, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Russia's Irina Korzhanenko shot put title after failing the doping test for stanozolol, and the gold medal was subsequently awarded to Yumileidi Cumbá at the conclusion of the Games.[4]

Medalists

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Archery

One Cuban archer qualified for the women's individual archery.

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Athletics

Cuban athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[5][6]

Yumileidi Cumbá originally claimed a silver medal in women's shot put. On August 23, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Russia's Irina Korzhanenko shot put title after failing the doping test for stanozolol. Following the announcement of Annus' disqualification, Cumba's medal was eventually upgraded to gold.[4][7]

Key
  • NoteRanks 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
Men
Track & road events
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Women
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Baseball

Roster

Manager: 39 – Higinio Vélez

Coach: 22 – Carlos Pérez Cepero, 30 – Pedro José Delgado Pérez, 34 – José Sánchez Elosegui, 41 – Francisco Laza Escaurrido Chapelle

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Semifinal
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Gold Medal Final
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1st place, gold medalist(s)Won Gold Medal

Boxing

Cuba, by far the most successful country at boxing in the 2004 Olympics, entered a boxer in each of the 11 weight classes in Athens. None of the seven boxers with a round of 32 match lost it. Only one of the boxers fell in the round of 16 (also the only boxer not to win a match), with the other ten advancing to quarterfinals. Two lost there, while the remaining eight ensured medals for themselves by winning their quarterfinal matches. One lost in the semifinal, earning a bronze medal. Of the seven Cuban boxers that advanced to the final bout in their weight classes, five won the match to take gold and two lost to claim silver medals.

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Canoeing

Sprint

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Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Track

Sprint
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Time trial
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Omnium
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Diving

Cuban divers qualified for eight individual diving spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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Fencing

Four Cuban fencers (two men and two women) qualified for the following events:

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Gymnastics

Artistic

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Judo

Twelve Cuban judoka (five men and seven women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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Rowing

Cuban rowers qualified the following boats:

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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; R=Repechage

Shooting

Eight Cuban shooters (six men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

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Swimming

Cuban swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

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Taekwondo

Two Cuban taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

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Volleyball

Beach

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Indoor

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Cuban roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Luis Felipe Calderón

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Group play
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Source: FIVB
14 August 2004
09:00
Cuba  2–3  Germany Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Hiroyuki Ito (JPN), Abdullah Al Khelaifi (KSA)
(25–20, 26–24, 22–25, 15–25, 15–17)
result
16 August 2004
22:05
Russia  2–3  Cuba Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Kim Kun Tae (KOR), Valdir Dellaqua (BRA)
(24–26, 25–19, 27–25, 19–25, 13–16)
result
18 August 2004
14:00
Cuba  3–2  China Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Patrick Rachard (FRA), Umit Sokullu (TUR)
(25–19, 22–25, 15–25, 25–21, 15–13)
result
20 August 2004
11:00
Dominican Republic  0–3  Cuba Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
(23–25, 17–25, 23–25)
result
22 August 2004
21:30
Cuba  0–3  United States Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Luciano Gaspari (ITA), Ryszard Dietrich (POL)
(22–25, 12–25, 19–25)
result
Quarterfinals
24 August 2004
19:30
Italy  2–3  Cuba Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Juan Angel Pereyra (ARG), Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY)
(23–25, 25–14, 25–22, 14–25, 12–15)
result
Semifinals
26 August 2004
22:15
Cuba  2–3  China Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 5,120
Referees: Luciano Gaspari (ITA), Dejan Jovanovic (SCG)
(22–25, 20–25, 25–17, 25–23, 10–15)
result
Bronze Medal Final
28 August 2004
18:00
Brazil  1–3  Cuba Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Ryszard Dietrich (POL)
(22–25, 22–25, 25–14, 17–25)
result
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Won Bronze Medal

Weightlifting

Two Cuban weightlifters qualified for the following events:

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Wrestling

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
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Men's Greco-Roman
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See also


References

  1. Mastrascusa, Francisco (9 August 2004). "Pudiera ser Iván Pedroso el abanderado de Cuba" [Can Iván Pedroso be the flag bearer for Cuba?]. Cuba Hora. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. "Kindelan dashes Khan's title hopes". CNN. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. "Menendez wins with record". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "Shot champ stripped of gold". BBC Sport. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  6. "Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport". ESPN. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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