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Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Olympic Committee of Cuba and is abbreviated CUB. Cuba sent 160 athletes to the 2004 Games, which were held in Athens, Greece between August 13 and the 29th.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cuba	9	7	11	27

Results by event

Archery

• Maydenia Sarduy - women's individual, 42nd place

Athletics

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Anier Garcia - Round 1: 13.24 s, Round 2: 13.28 s, Semifinal: 13.30 s, Final: 13.20 s (bronze medal)
• Yoel Hernandez - Round 1: 13.41 s, Round 2: 13.29 s, Semifinal: 13.37 s
• Yuniel Hernandez - Round 1: 13.48 s, Round 2: 13.46 s, Semifinal: DNS

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Anay Tejeda - Round 1, 13.24 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metres:

• Geyman Lopez - Round 1: 45.44 s, Semifinal: 45.42 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Yacnier Luis - Round 1: DQ

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Daimi Pernia - Round 1: 55.91 s

Women's 800 metres:

• Zulia Calatayud - Round 1: 2:03.99, Semifinal: 1:59.21, Final: 2:00.95 (8th place)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Miladis Lazo , Ana Lopez , Roxana Diaz , and Virgen Benavides - Round 1: 43.60 s (11th place)

Men's marathon:

• Aguelmis Rojas – 2:21:59 (47th place)

Women's marathon:

• Mariela Gonzalez - 3:02:20 (59th place)

Men's long jump:

• Ivan Pedroso - Final, 8.23 metres (7th place)

Women's long jump:

• Yudelkis Fernandez - Round 1: 6.36 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Yoandri Betanzos - Final, 17.47 metres (4th place)
• Yoelbi Quesada - Final, 16.96 metres (8th place)
• David Giralt - Round 1, 16.70 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Yusmay Bicet - Round 1: 14.53 metres, Final: 14.57 metres (9th place)

Men's high jump:

• Lisvany Perez - Final, 2.25 metres (11th place)

Women's shot put:

• Yumileidi Cumba - Round 1: 19.10 metres, Final: 19.59 metres (gold medal)
• Misleydis Gonzalez - Round 1: 18.33 metres, Final: 18.59 metres (7th place)

Men's discus:

• Frank Casanas - Round 1, 60.60 metres (did not advance)
• Lois Maikel Martinez - Round 1, 57.18 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Yania Ferrales - Round 1: 61.54 metres, Final: No mark (12th place)

Men's javelin:

• Isbel Luaces - Round 1, 80.07 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Osleidys Menendez - Round 1: 64.91 metres, Final: 71.53 metres (OR) (gold medal)
• Sonia Bisset - Round 1: 61.45 metres, Final: 63.54 metres (5th place)
• Noraida Bicet - Round 1: 60.97 metres, Final: 62.51 metres (7th place)

Women's hammer:

• Yipsi Moreno - Round 1: 70.56 metres, Final: 73.36 metres (silver medal)
• Yunaika Crawford - Round 1: 71.74 metres, Final: 73.16 metres (bronze medal)
• Aldenay Vasallo - Round 1: 62.64 metres

Baseball

The gold medal Cuban Olympic baseball team:

• Players: Vladimir Banos , Danny Betancourt , Luis Borroto , Francisley Bueno , Osbek Castillo , Danel Castro , Frederich Cepeda , Loidel Chapelli , Yorelvis Charles , Donal Duartes , Michel Enriquez , Jose Angel García , Valeri García , Norberto Gonzalez , Yulieski Gourriel , Yuslan Herrera , Pedro Lazo , Roger Machado , Jonder Martinez , Alexander Mayeta , Danny Miranda , Juan MiGuel Miranda , Frank Montieth , Alien Mora , Luis Miguel Navas , Vicyohandri Odelín , Onel Olivera , Adiel Palma , Eduardo Paret , Joan Carlos Pedroso , Wilber Perez , Ariel Pestrano , Roger Poll , Alexei Ramirez , Rudy Reyes , Alexander Rodríguez , Eriel Sánchez , Antonio Scull , Deinys Suarez , Carlos Tabars , Frank Tamayo , Yoandri Urgelles , Osmani Urrutia , Manuel Vega , Norge Vega
• Manager: Higinio Velez
• Coaches: Carlos Cepero , Jose Eloseguí , Francisco Escaurrido , Pedro Perez

Results:

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.

The combined record of the 11 Cuban boxers was 37-6. They had two byes.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Yan Bhartelemy Varela - gold medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Miguel Angel Miranda Guerra of Venezuela, outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Suban Pannon of Thailand, 23-14
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Hong Moo-Won of Korea, 30-11
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Shiming Zou of China, 29-17
  5. Final - Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 21-16

Flyweight (51kg)

• Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano - gold medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Igori Samoilenco of Moldova, 46-33
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand, 26-21
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Georgy Balakshin of Russia, 26-18
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 20-11
  5. Final - Defeated Jerome Thomas of France, 38-23

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz - gold medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Liu Yuan of China, 21-7
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Mehar Ullah of Pakistan, outscored
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Gennady Kovalev, Russia , 20-5
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov of Uzbekistan, 27-13
  5. Final - Defeated Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, 22-13

Featherweight (57kg)

• Luis Franco Vazquez
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Asylbex Talasbaev of Kyrgyzstan, 32-15
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Edvaldo Oliveira of Brazil, 30-15
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 34-26

Lightweight (60kg)

• Mario César Kindelán Mesa - gold medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Ahmed Sadiq of Nigeria, outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan, 24-9
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan, 23-11
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Murat Khrachev of Russia, 20-10
  5. Final - Defeated Amir Khan of Great Britain, 30-22

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Yudel Johnson Cedeno - silver medal
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Davis Mwale of Zambia, outscored
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov of Uzbekistan, 32-28
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria, 13-9
  5. Final - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 17-11

Welterweight (69kg)

• Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros - silver medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Theodoros Kotakos of Greece, outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Vanes Martirosyan of United States, 20-11
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan, 16-14
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Kim Jung Joo of Korea, 38-10
  5. Final - Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan, 36-26

Middleweight (75kg)

• Yordani Despaigne Herrera
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Jean Pascal of Canada, 36-24
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Karoly Balzsay of Hungary, 38-25
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Andre Dirrell of United States, 12-11

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

• Yoan Pablo Hernandez Suarez
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Evgeny Makarenko of Russia, 30-18

Heavyweight (91kg)

• Odlanier Solis Fonte - gold medal
  1. Round of 16 - Defeated Alexander Alekseev, Russia , 24-21
  2. Quarterfinal - Defeated Wilmer Jose Vasquez Torres of Venezuela, 24-4
  3. Semifinal - Defeated Naser Al Shami of Syria, outscored
  4. Final - Defeated Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, 22-13

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

• Michel Lopez Nunez - bronze medal
  1. Round of 16 - Defeated Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan, 18-13
  2. Quarterfinal - Defeated Jason Estrada of United States, 21-7
  3. Semifinal - Lost to Mohamed Aly of Egypt, 18-16

Canoeing

Flatwater men's C1 500m:

• Aldo Pruna Diaz - 13th place
  1. Heat - 1:50.246
  2. Semifinal - 1:53.229

Cycling

• Ahmed Lopez Naranjo finished 5th in the men's 1000 meter time trial

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Jorge Betancourt Garcia - Prelim: 382.56 (21st place)
• Erick Fornaris Alvarez - Prelim: 380.07 (22nd place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:

• Ioanna Cruz Talabera - Prelim: 203.76 (29th place)

• Alvarez will also compete in the men's 10 m platform as will Jose Antonio Guerra Oliva
• Garcia and Alvarez finished fourth in the men's 3 m synchronised springboard
• Yolanda Ortiz Espinoza finished 26th in the women's 10 m platform preliminary

Fencing

• Andrés Carillo Ayala was defeated in the épée individual men round of 32
• Eimey Gómez Chivas was defeated in the épée individual women round of 32
• Ana Faez Miclin was defeated in the sabre individual women round of 16

Judo

• Yordanis Arencibia won a bronze medal in men's judo (66 kg)
• Dayma Beltrán won a silver medal in women's judo (78+ kg)
• Driulys González won a bronze medal in women's judo (63 kg)
• Yurisel Laborde won a bronze medal in women's judo (78 kg)
• Yurisleidy Lupetey won a bronze medal in women's judo (57 kg)
• Amarilys Savón won a bronze medal in women's judo (52 kg)

Rowing

• Yuleidys Cascaret Iznaga placed fourth in Semifinal C of single sculls men
• Yosbel Martinez Hechevarría and Yoennis Hernández Arruez placed fifth in Heat 1 of double sculls men
• Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano placed fifth in Heat 1 of Lightweight Double Sculls men
• Dalin Taset Aguilar and Ismaray Marrero Aría placed fifth in Heat 3 of Lightweight Double Sculls women

Shooting

• Juan Miguel Rodríguez won a bronze medal in men's skeet

Taekwondo

• Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz won a silver medal in the Women Under 49kg event

Volleyball

Men's beach:

• Francisco Alvarez Cutino and Juan Rosell Milanes
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Women's beach:

• Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza
  • Prelims: 2-1
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, Canada

Women's: bronze medal

• Prelims: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: Won 3-2 against Italy
• Semifinal: Defeated 3-2 by China
• Bronze medal game: Won 3-1 against Brazil

Officials

• President: Jos
• Secretary General: Ciro Perez Herba