• Source: Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

      • Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.


      Medalists




      Archery



      Cuba sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Juan Carlos Stevens earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Pan American championship.


      Athletics



      Cuba sent 40 representatives in athletics.

      Men
      Track & road events

      Field events

      Combined events – Decathlon

      Women
      Track & road events

      Field events

      Combined events – Heptathlon

      * The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Quintana moved up a position.


      Baseball



      Cuba earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event.


      Boxing



      Cuba qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The light heavyweight class was the only one in which Cuba did not qualify a boxer. Nine of the ten Cuban qualifiers did so at the first American qualifying tournament. For the first time since the 1988 Olympic Games, Cuba did not win a gold medal.


      Canoeing




      = Sprint

      =
      Three Cuban canoers and one kayaker have qualified for the Olympic Games.

      Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final


      Cycling




      = Road

      =


      = Track

      =
      Sprint

      Omnium


      Diving



      Men


      Fencing



      Women


      Judo



      Men

      Women


      Modern pentathlon




      Rowing



      Men

      Women

      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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage


      Shooting



      Men

      Women


      Swimming



      Men

      Women


      Taekwondo



      1 Ángel Matos was leading 3–2 in the bronze medal bout against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov, until he apparently suffered a broken toe, and was subsequently ruled to have retired after the allotted one minute of injury time expired. Matos kicked referee Chakir Chelbat in the face, pushed a judge and spat on the floor of the arena before he and his coach, Leudin González, who criticized the referee's ruling as too strict and accused Kazakhstan of bribing officials, were escorted put by security. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) banned Matos and González for life, and Matos' results at the Beijing Games were deleted from the records.


      Volleyball




      = Beach

      =


      = Indoor

      =


      Women's tournament



      Cuba qualified a team to the women's tournament. The team won all of its five group play games, finishing as group winners. They also won the quarterfinal, bot lost both the semifinal and the bronze medal game, thus obtaining a final ranking of 4th for the tournament.

      Roster
      The following is the Cuban roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
      Head Coach: Antonio Perdomo

      Group play

      Quarterfinal

      Semifinal

      Bronze medal game


      Weightlifting



      Men


      Wrestling



      Men's freestyle

      Michel Batista originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Taimuraz Tigiyev.
      Men's Greco-Roman


      See also


      Cuba at the 2007 Pan American Games
      Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


      References

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