title: Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics
text: # Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  
  Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Enrique Regüeiferos — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  * Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  * Enrique Figuerola, Pablo Montes, Juan Morales, and Hermes Ramirez — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metre relay
  * Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Violetta Quesada, and Fulgencia Romay — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metre relay
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1968.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Sergio Martínez
  * Roberto Menéndez
  * Ulises Váldez
  * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Juan Reyes
  * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Juan Reyes
  * Ulises Váldez
  
  ### Individual pursuit
  
  * Inocente Lizano
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Sergio Martínez
  * Roberto Menéndez
  * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
  * Inocente Lizano
  
  ## Fencing
  
  13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Cuba in 1968.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Dagoberto Borges
  * Jesús Gil
  * Orlando Ruíz
  
  ### Men's team foil
  
  * Eduardo Jhons, Orlando Ruíz, Jesús Gil, Dagoberto Borges
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Gustavo Oliveros
  * José Antonio Díaz
  * Manuel González
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Orlando Ruíz, Gustavo Oliveros, Manuel González, José Antonio Díaz
  
  ### Men's sabre
  
  * Félix Delgado
  * Manuel Ortíz
  * José Narciso Díaz
  
  ### Men's team sabre
  
  * Manuel Ortíz, José Narciso Díaz, Joaquin Tack-Fang, Félix Delgado
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Milady Tack-Fang
  * Margarita Rodríguez
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Eight shooters, all men, represented Cuba in 1968.
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Nelson Oñate
  * Arturo Costa
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Raúl Llanos
  * Sergio Álvarez
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Silvio Delgado
  * Enrique Guedes
  
  ### Skeet
  
  * Ignacio Huguet
  * Delfin Gómez
  
  ## Water polo
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group A)
     * Lost to Soviet Union (4:11)
     * Defeated Brazil (9:2)
     * Tied with United States (6:6)
     * Defeated West Germany (7:6)
     * Defeated Spain (4:3)
     * Lost to Hungary (1:7)
  * Classification Matches
     * 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (2:8)
     * 7th/8th place: Lost to Netherlands (5:8) → 8th place
  * Team Roster
     * Guillermo Canete
     * Guillermo Martínez
     * Ibrahim Rodríguez
     * Jesús Pérez
     * Miguel García
     * Oscar Periche
     * Osvaldo García
     * Roberto Rodríguez
     * Rolando Valdes
     * Ruben Junco
     * Waldimiro Arcos
  