Cuba at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cuba at the Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 86 70 88 244
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908–1920 1924 1928 1932–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Cuba first took part in the Olympic Games way back in 1900. Since then, Cuban athletes have competed in 22 out of 29 Summer Olympic Games, right up to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Cuban athletes have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Even without participating in the Winter Olympics, Cuba is the most successful Olympic team among nations that have never joined the Winter Games. They have won the most gold and total medals.

Cuba is second among all American countries for Summer Olympics gold medals, only behind the United States. They have also won more medals than any other country in Latin America. Cuba has never hosted the Olympics, but they have won the fourth highest number of total medals among countries that have never hosted the Games.

The official group for the Olympics in Cuba is the Cuban Olympic Committee (which is Comité Olímpico Cubano in Spanish). It was started in 1926 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.

Olympic Medals for Cuba

Cuba has won many medals over the years. Here's a look at how they've done at each Summer Olympic Games they've attended.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	1	1	1	0	2	12
1904 St. Louis	4	3	0	0	3	4
1908 London	did not participate
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris	9	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin
1948 London	53	0	1	0	1	28
1952 Helsinki	29	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Melbourne	16	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	12	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	27	0	1	0	1	30
1968 Mexico City	115	0	4	0	4	31
1972 Munich	137	3	1	4	8	14
1976 Montreal	156	6	4	3	13	8
1980 Moscow	207	8	7	5	20	4
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona	176	14	6	11	31	5
1996 Atlanta	164	9	8	8	25	8
2000 Sydney	229	11	11	7	29	9
2004 Athens	151	9	7	11	27	11
2008 Beijing	149	3	10	17	30	19
2012 London	111	5	3	7	15	16
2016 Rio de Janeiro	124	5	2	4	11	18
2020 Tokyo	70	7	3	5	15	14
2024 Paris	61	2	1	6	9	32
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		86	70	88	244	18

Medals by Sport

Cuba has won medals in many different sports. Here's a list of how many medals they've won in each sport, up to the 2024 Summer Olympics.

     Leading in that sport

Cuban Olympic Medalists Since 2000

This table shows some of the amazing Cuban athletes who have won medals at the Olympics since the year 2000.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Anier García	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 110m hurdles
1 Gold	Iván Pedroso	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's long jump
1 Gold	Guillermo Rigondeaux	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Javier Sotomayor	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's high jump
2 Silver	Cuba national baseball team	2000 Sydney	Baseball	Baseball
3 Bronze	Osleidys Menéndez	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
1 Gold	Osleidys Menéndez	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
1 Gold	Yumileidi Cumbá	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's shot put
1 Gold	Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Yipsi Moreno	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's hammer throw
2 Silver	Yudel Johnson Cedeno	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
3 Bronze	Anier García	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 110m hurdles
1 Gold	Dayron Robles	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 110m hurdles
1 Gold	Mijaín López	2008 Beijing	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's 120 kg
1 Gold	Yipsi Moreno	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's hammer throw
2 Silver	Misleydis González	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put
2 Silver	Cuba national baseball team	2008 Beijing	Baseball	Baseball
3 Bronze	Ibrahim Camejo	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's long jump
1 Gold	Robeisy Ramírez	2012 London	Boxing	Men's flyweight
1 Gold	Roniel Iglesias	2012 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
1 Gold	Idalys Ortiz	2012 London	Judo	Women's +78 kg
2 Silver	Yarisley Silva	2012 London	Athletics	Women's pole vault
2 Silver	Asley González	2012 London	Judo	Men's -90 kg
3 Bronze	Leonel Suárez	2012 London	Athletics	Men's decathlon
1 Gold	Robeisy Ramírez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
1 Gold	Julio César La Cruz	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
1 Gold	Arlen López	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's middleweight
2 Silver	Idalys Ortiz	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's +78 kg
2 Silver	Yasmany Lugo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's 98 kg
3 Bronze	Denia Caballero	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's discus throw
1 Gold	Luis Orta	2020 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
1 Gold	Mijaín López	2020 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
1 Gold	Fernando Jorge Serguey Torres	2020 Tokyo	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres
2 Silver	Idalys Ortiz	2020 Tokyo	Judo	Women's +78 kg
2 Silver	Juan Miguel Echevarría	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's long jump
3 Bronze	Rafael Alba	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg

Sports Where Cuba Excels

Fencing

When Cuba first joined the Olympics in 1900, they sent one fencer named Ramón Fonst. He won a gold medal in the men's amateur épée event and a silver medal in another fencing competition. Fonst won another gold medal in épée in 1904. The Olympic Committee also gives Cuba credit for two other medals in the 1904 épée event, even though those athletes were from the United States.

Boxing

Cuba has a population of just over 11 million people, but they are incredibly strong in Olympic boxing! They have won the second-highest number of Olympic medals in boxing, with a total of 41 gold medals and 78 medals overall. This amazing success comes from Cuba's strong boxing culture, great training programs for young athletes, special support for sports, and investments in sports facilities. All of these things help develop world-class boxers.

See also

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In Spanish: Cuba en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• Category:Olympic competitors for Cuba
• List of flag bearers for Cuba at the Olympics
• Cuba at the Paralympics