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Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics. The 2024 Cuban delegation was smaller than their 2020 delegation, which was previously their smallest delegation since 1964. It was also the second time since 1964 that the Cuban delegation had fewer than one hundred athletes.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ==Archery==
Archery
Cuba qualified one archer for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's individual recurve competition through the 2024 Olympic Individual Qualification Tournament, held in Antalya, Turkey. ==Athletics==
Athletics
Cuban track and field athletes achieved their entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ;Track & road events ;Field events ==Boxing==
Boxing
Cuba entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Saidel Horta (men's featherweight), Arlen López (men's middleweight), Julio César La Cruz (men's heavyweight) secured their selection to the Cuban squad in their respective weight divisions finishing in the top two, at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Alejandro Claro (men's flyweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy, and Erislandy Álvarez (men's lightweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. ==Canoeing==
Canoeing
Sprint Cuban canoeists qualified 3 boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota, United States. Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal) ==Cycling==
Cycling
Road Cuba entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking. ==Diving==
Diving
Cuba entered two divers, Prisis Ruiz and Anisley García, into the Olympic competition. ==Judo==
Judo
Cuba qualified four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Ivan Silva Morales (men's middleweight, 90 kg), Andy Granda (men's super-heavyweight, +100 kg), Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) and Idalys Ortiz (women's super-heavyweight, +78 kg) qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings. ==Modern pentathlon==
Modern pentathlon
A Cuban modern pentathlete was confirmed as a single quota place for Paris 2024. Marcos Rojas Jiménez secured one of two available South American berths in the women's event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. ==Rowing==
Rowing
Cuban rowers qualified two boats in each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage ==Shooting==
Shooting
Cuban shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas. ==Swimming==
Swimming
Cuba sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time-only basis; therefore, positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. ==Table tennis==
Table tennis
Cuba qualified for the mixed doubles team and the men's single in the Games by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and by securing one of five available spots, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Lima, Peru. ;Men ;Mixed ==Taekwondo==
Taekwondo
Cuba qualified two athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Rafael Alba (men's +80 kg) and Arlettys Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured their spots through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ==Volleyball==
Volleyball
Beach Cuban men's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking. ==Weightlifting==
Weightlifting
Cuba qualified one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ayamey Medina (women's 81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings. ==Wrestling==
Wrestling
Cuba qualified ten wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and the other six wrestler qualified through the 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico. ;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman ==References==
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