Cuba at the Olympics
| Cuba at the Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | CUB | ||||||||
| NOC | Cuban Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 20 of 28 Summer Olympic Games overall. Cuban athletes have won a total of 220 medals at the Summer Olympics (77 gold, 68 silver, 75 bronze).
Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Cuba is the most successful Olympic team (by total medals won) among those nations who never won medals at Winter Olympics.
Cuba has won the second position of American countries in gold medals (trailing only the United States), and has won more medals than any nation in South America. Cuba has yet to have hosted the Olympic Games. Cuba has won the fourth highest total number of medals (after Hungary, Romania, and Poland) of nations that have never hosted the Games.
The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Cuban Olympic Committee, and was created in 1926 and recognized in 1954.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1900 Paris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
 1904 St. Louis | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
 1908 London | did not participate | |||||
 1912 Stockholm | ||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1920 Antwerp | ||||||
| 1924 Paris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1928 Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1932 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | – |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1980 Moscow | 207 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
 1984 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 28 |
| 2012 London | 111 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 124 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
 2020 Tokyo | future event | |||||
| Total | 77 | 68 | 75 | 220 | 18 | |
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boxing | 37 | 19 | 17 | 73 |
 Athletics | 10 | 13 | 17 | 40 |
 Wrestling | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
 Judo | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 |
 Fencing | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
 Baseball | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Volleyball | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 Weightlifting | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Shooting | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Canoeing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Cycling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 77 | 68 | 75 | 220 |
List of medalists
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See also
- Category:Olympic competitors for Cuba
External links
- "Cuba". International Olympic Committee.
- "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
- "Cuba". Sports-Reference.com.