Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cuba competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1984 Games and the 1988 Games. 176 competitors, 126 men and 50 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports. Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Men's Marathon Men's Long Jump Men's Triple Jump Men's Discus Throw <br> Women's 800 metres Women's Discus Throw Women's High Jump The first Olympic baseball tournament resulted in sevens wins and no losses in the preliminary round for Cuba. A comfortable 6-1 victory over the United
Olympic medal Paris Mint, which also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, hosted by Paris. This started the tradition of giving the responsibility of minting the medals to the host city. For the next few Olympiads the host city also chose the medal design. Until 1912 the gold medals were made of solid gold. In 1923 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a competition for sculptors to design the medals for the Summer Olympic Games. Giuseppe Cassioli's "Trionfo" design was chosen as the winner in 1928. The obverse brought back Nike but this time as the main focus, holding a