Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics#Handball

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| location = Moscow

| competitors = 207 (175 men and 32 women)

| sports = 19

| flagbearer = Teófilo Stevenson

| rank = 4

| gold = 8

| silver = 7

| bronze = 5

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1980/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1980/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Cuba at the 1980 Summer Games |access-date=2011-04-18 |work=sports-reference.com}}

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 (60 kg)
Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

= 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 (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)
Osvaldo Lara
Heat — 10.39
Quarterfinals — 10.21
Semifinals — 10.34
Final — 10.43 (→ 5th place)
Tomás González
Heat — 10.65
Quarterfinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Alberto Juantorena

Men's Marathon

Radamés González
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Alejandro Casañas
Heat — 13.46
Semifinals — 13.44
Final — 13.40 (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

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 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

David Giralt
Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Armando Herrera
Qualification — 16.49 m
Final — 15.90 m (→ 11th place)
Alejandro Herrera
Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

Luis Delís
Qualification — 62.20 m
Final — 66.32 m (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)
José Santa Cruz
Qualification — 60.14 m
Final — 61.52 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Armando Orozco
Qualification — 72.28 m
Final Round — 68.68 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

María Elena Sarría
Final — 19.37 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Carmen Romero
Qualification — 58.60 m
Final — 60.86 m (→ 10th place)
María Cristina Betancourt
Qualification — 57.62 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

María Caridad Colón
Qualification — 62.42 m
Final — 68.40 m (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)
Defeated Australia (83-76)
Defeated Sweden (71-59)
Lost to Italy (72-79)
Semi Final Round (Group A)
Lost to Brazil (93-94)
Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112)
Lost to Spain (95-96)
Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) → 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 (48 kg)

Hipólito Ramos → Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
# Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Jorge Hernández
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Juan Hernández → Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
# Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
# Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Adolfo Horta → Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
# Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
# Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Ángel Herrera → Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal
# First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
# Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
# Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

José Aguilar → Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal
# First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
# Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
# Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Teófilo Stevenson → Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal
# First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
# Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
# Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
# Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)