Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 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

Men's 100 metres

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

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Alberto Juantorena

Men's Marathon

Radamés González
* Final — did not finish

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Alejandro Casañas
* Heat — 13.46
* Semifinals — 13.44
* Final — 13.40

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González

Men's High Jump

Francisco Centelles
* Qualification — 2.10 m

Men's Long Jump

David Giralt
* Qualification — 7.57 m

Men's Triple Jump

Armando Herrera
* Qualification — 16.49 m
* Final — 15.90 m
Alejandro Herrera
* Qualification — no mark

Men's Discus Throw

Luis Delís
* Qualification — 62.20 m
* Final — 66.32 m
José Santa Cruz
* Qualification — 60.14 m
* Final — 61.52 m

Men's Hammer Throw

Armando Orozco
* Qualification — 72.28 m
* Final Round — 68.68 m

Women's Shot Put

María Elena Sarría
* Final — 19.37 m

Women's Discus Throw

Carmen Romero
* Qualification — 58.60 m
* Final — 60.86 m
María Cristina Betancourt
* Qualification — 57.62 m

Women's Javelin Throw

María Caridad Colón
* Qualification — 62.42 m
* Final — 68.40 m

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition

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

;Women's Team Competition

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight

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

Men's Flyweight

Jorge Hernández
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko on points

Men's Bantamweight

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

Men's Featherweight

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

Men's Lightweight

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

Men's Light-Welterweight

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

Men's Heavyweight