Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.Medalists
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Hermes Ramírez
- * First Heat — DNS
- Pablo Montes
- * First Heat — DNS
Men's High Jump
- Irolan Hechavarria
- * Qualification Round — DNS
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Boxing
;Men's Welterweight
- Emilio Correa → Gold Medal
- * First round — Bye
- * Second round — defeated, 5:0
- * Third round — defeated, TKO-2
- * Quarterfinals — defeated, 3:2
- * Semifinals — defeated, 3:2
- * Final — defeated, 5:0
;Men's Light Middleweight
- Rolando Garbey
- * First round — defeated, 5:0
- * Second round — defeated, 5:0
- * Third round — defeated, TKO-2
- * Quarterfinals — lost to, 1:4
;Men's Heavyweight
- Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
- * First round — defeated, TKO-1
- * Quarterfinals — defeated, TKO-3
- * Semifinals — defeated, TKO-2
- * Final — defeated, walk-over
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.
;Individual road race
;Team time trial
;Individual pursuit
;Team pursuit
- Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
- Roberto Heredero
- Roberto Menéndez
- Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil
Judo
Men's Lightweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
;Men's Coxed Pairs
;Men's Coxless Fours
Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.
;25 m pistol
;50 m pistol
;300 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, prone
;Skeet
;Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to East Germany
- * Lost to Japan
- * Defeated West Germany
- * Lost to Romania
- * Defeated Brazil
- Classification Match
- * 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland → Tenth place
- Team Roster
- *Alfredo Figueredo
- *Antonio Rodríguez
- *Carlos Dilaut
- *Diego Lapera
- *Enrique Fortes
- *Ernesto Martínez
- *Jorge Pérez Vento
- *Lorenzo Martínez
- *Luis Calderon
- *Luis Jiménez
- *Orlando Samuell
- *Pedro Delgado
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
