Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Hermes Ramírez
  • First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
• Pablo Montes
  • First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Irolan Hechavarria
  • Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes
  • Heat — 39.65s
  • Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Emilio Correa → Gold Medal
  • First round — Bye
  • Second round — defeated  Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0
  • Third round — defeated  Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals — defeated  Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2
  • Semifinals — defeated  Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
  • Final — defeated  János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Rolando Garbey
  • First round — defeated  Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
  • Second round — defeated  Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
  • Third round — defeated  Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals — lost to  Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
  • First round — defeated  Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
  • Quarterfinals — defeated  Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
  • Semifinals — defeated  Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
  • Final — defeated  Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over

Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.

Individual road race

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — 75th place
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Prieto — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Pedro Rodríguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Menéndez
• Pedro Rodríguez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Individual pursuit

• Roberto Heredero

Team pursuit

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Heredero
• Roberto Menéndez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.

Men's foil

• Eduardo Jhons
• Jesús Gil
• Enrique Salvat

Men's team foil

• Evelio González, Eduardo Jhons, Jesús Gil, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey

Men's sabre

• Manuel Ortíz
• Guzman Salazar
• Francisco de la Torre

Men's team sabre

• Hilario Hipólito, Guzman Salazar, Francisco de la Torre, Manuel Ortíz, Manuel Suárez

Women's foil

• Margarita Rodríguez
• Marlene Infante
• María Esther García

Women's team foil

• Irene Forbes, María Esther García, Marlene Infante, Margarita Rodríguez, Nereida Rodríguez

Men's Lightweight

• Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Middleweight

• Isaac Azcuy

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• José Ibañez

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Lázaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello
  • Heat — 8:17.34
  • Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Coxless Fours

• Eralio Cabrera, Troadio Delgado, Ramón Luperón, and Angel Serra

Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Arturo Costa

50 m pistol

• Santiago Trompeta

300 m rifle, three positions

• Miguel Valdes

50 m rifle, three positions

• Miguel Valdes
• Raúl Llanos

50 m rifle, prone

• Humberto Cabrera
• Adelso Peña

Skeet

• Roberto Castrillo
• Servilio Torres

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to East Germany (0-3)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated West Germany (3-2)
  • Lost to Romania (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → 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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database