Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- María Caridad Colón — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Armando Martínez — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- José Gómez Mustelier — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Daniel Núñez — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Silver
- Silvio Leonard — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles
- Hipólito Ramos — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
- Adolfo Horta — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Jose Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight
- Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight
- Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men's Middleweight
Bronze
- Luis Delis — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- José Aguilar — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Ricardo Rojas — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Roberto Castrillo — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
- Alberto Blanco — Weightlifting, Men's 100 kg
Athletics
- Silvio Leonard
- * Heat — 10.33
- * Quarterfinals — 10.16
- * Semifinals — 10.40
- * Final — 10.25
- Osvaldo Lara
- * Heat — 10.39
- * Quarterfinals — 10.21
- * Semifinals — 10.34
- * Final — 10.43
- Tomás González
- * Heat — 10.65
- * Quarterfinals — 10.44
- Silvio Leonard
- Osvaldo Lara
- Tomás González
- Alberto Juantorena
- Radamés González
- * Final — did not finish
- Alejandro Casañas
- * Heat — 13.46
- * Semifinals — 13.44
- * Final — 13.40
- Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González
- Francisco Centelles
- * Qualification — 2.10 m
- David Giralt
- * Qualification — 7.57 m
- Armando Herrera
- * Qualification — 16.49 m
- * Final — 15.90 m
- Alejandro Herrera
- * Qualification — no mark
- Luis Delís
- * Qualification — 62.20 m
- * Final — 66.32 m
- José Santa Cruz
- * Qualification — 60.14 m
- * Final — 61.52 m
- Armando Orozco
- * Qualification — 72.28 m
- * Final Round — 68.68 m
- María Elena Sarría
- * Final — 19.37 m
- Carmen Romero
- * Qualification — 58.60 m
- * Final — 60.86 m
- María Cristina Betancourt
- * Qualification — 57.62 m
- María Caridad Colón
- * Qualification — 62.42 m
- * Final — 68.40 m
Basketball
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Australia
- * Defeated Sweden
- * Lost to Italy
- Semi Final Round
- * Lost to Brazil
- * Lost to Yugoslavia
- * Lost to Spain
- * Lost to Soviet Union → 6th place
- Team Roster:
- * Jorge More
- * Ruperto Herrera
- * Alejandro Ortiz
- * Noangel Luaces
- * Generoso Márquez
- * Raúl Duboy
- * Pedro Abreu
- * Miguel Calderón
- * Tomás Herrera
- * Daniel Scott
- * Alejandro Urgelles
- * Félix Morales
- Team Roster:
- * Andrea Borrell
- * Barbara Becquer
- * Caridad Despaigne
- * Inocenta Corvea
- * María de los Santos
- * María Moret
- * Matilde Charro
- * Nancy Atiez
- * Santa Margarita Skeet
- * Sonia de la Paz
- * Vicenta Salmon
- * Virginia Pérez
Boxing
- Hipólito Ramos → Silver Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi on points
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó on points
- # Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov on points
- # Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov on points
- Jorge Hernández
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko on points
- Juan Hernández → Gold Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas on points
- # Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed after referee stopped contest in second round
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick after referee stopped contest in first round
- # Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony on points
- # Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango on points
- Adolfo Horta → Silver Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson on points
- # Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel on points
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro on points
- # Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski retired
- # Final — Lost to Rudi Fink on points
- Ángel Herrera → Gold Medal
- # First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo on points
- # Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas on points
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg on points
- # Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach on points
- # Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko after referee stopped contest in third round
- José Aguilar → Bronze Medal
- # First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton after referee stopped contest in first round
- # Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa on points
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad after referee stopped contest in third round
- # Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev on points
- Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
- # First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga after knock-out in first round
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz after knock-out in third round
- # Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai on points
- # Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev on points
Canoeing
Cycling
Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.;Individual road race
Men's Springboard
- Rolando Ruiz
- * Preliminary Round — 489.24 points
Fencing
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
- Efigenio Favier
- Guillermo Betancourt
- Heriberto González
- Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
;Men's team sabre
- Manuel Ortíz, Jesús Ortíz, José Laverdecia, Guzman Salazar
;Women's team foil
- Margarita Rodríguez, Marlene Font, María Esther García, Clara Alfonso
Football
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Zambia
- * Defeated Venezuela
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- Quarter Finals
- * Lost to Czechoslovakia
- Team Roster
- * José Reinoso
- * Miguel López
- * Raimundo Frometa
- * Luís Sanchez
- * Luís Dreke
- * Roberto Espinosa
- * Andres Roldan
- * Amado Povea
- * Dagoberto Lara
- * Ramon Núñez
- * Luis Hernández
- * Roberto Pereira
- * Regino Delgado
- * Jorge Masso
- * Fermín Madera
- * Carlos Loredo
Gymnastics
Handball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Denmark
- * Lost to Poland
- * Lost to East Germany
- * Drew with Spain
- * Lost to Hungary
- Classification Match
- * 11th/12th place: Defeated Kuwait → 11th place
- Team Roster
- * Pablo Pedroso
- * Roberto Casuso
- * Jesús Agramonte
- * Miguel Izquierdo
- * José Neninger
- * Juan Llanes
- * Juan Querol
- * Juan Prendes
- * Sabino Medina
- * Roberto Zulueta
- * Moisés Casales
- * Ibrain Crombet
- * Lázaro Jiménez
- * Lázaro Pedroso
Hockey
- Preliminary Round
- * Cuba — Poland 1-7
- * Cuba — Soviet Union 2-11
- * Cuba — Tanzania 4-0
- * Cuba — India 0-13
- * Cuba — Spain 0-11
- Classification Match
- * 5th-6th place: Cuba — Tanzania 4-1 → 5th place
- Team Roster:
- * Ángel Mora
- * Severo Frometa
- * Bernabé Izquierdo
- * Edgardo Vázquez
- * Héctor Pedroso
- * Tomás Varela
- * Raúl García
- * Jorge Mico
- * Rodolfo Delgado
- * Lazaro Hernández
- * Juan Blanco
- * Juan Caballero
- * Roberto Ramírez
- * Ángel Fontane
- * Ricardo Campos
- * Juan Ríos
Judo
- José Rodríguez
- Héctor Rodríguez
- Ricardo Tuero
- Juan Ferrer
- Isaac Azcuy
- Rolando José Tornes
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Volleyball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Italy
- * Lost to Bulgaria
- * Lost to Czechoslovakia
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Lost to Yugoslavia
- * 7th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia → 7th place
- Team Roster
- * Diego Lapera
- * Víctor García
- * Luis Oviedo
- * Ernesto Martínez
- * Ricardo Leyva
- * Jorge Garbey
- * Raúl Vilches
- * Carlos Salas
- * Antonio Pérez
- * Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr.
- * Carlos Ruiz
- * José David
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to East Germany
- * Defeated Peru
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- Classification Match
- * 5th/6th place: Defeated Peru → 5th place
- Team Roster
- * Mercedes Pérez
- * Imilsis Téllez
- * Ana Díaz
- * Mercedes Pomares
- * Mavis Guilarte
- * Libertad González
- * Erenia Díaz
- * Maura Alfonso
- * Josefina Capote
- * Nelly Barnet
- * Ana María García
- * Lucila Urgelles
Water polo
- Preliminary Round
- * Drew with Yugoslavia
- * Defeated Australia
- * Defeated Bulgaria
- Final Round
- * Drew with Yugoslavia
- * Drew with Netherlands
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- * Lost to Hungary
- * Lost to Spain → 5th place
- Team Roster
- * Oscar Periche
- * Orlando Cowley
- * Bárbaro Díaz
- * Lazaro Costa
- * Pedro Rodríguez
- * Nelson Domínguez
- * Jorge Rizo
- * Arturo Ramos
- * Carlos Benítez
- * Gerardo Rodríguez
- * Oriel Domínguez
Weightlifting