Cuba at the Olympics Cuba at the Olympics Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 20 of 28 Summer Olympic Games overall. Cuban athletes have won a total of 226 medals at the Summer Olympics (78 gold, 68 silver, 80 bronze). Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Cuba is the most successful Olympic team (by total medals won) among those nations who never even participated at Winter Olympics. Cuba has won the third position of American countries in gold medals (trailing only the United States and Canada), and has won more
Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics Summer Olympics, tying the record set by Hubert Raudaschl. He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott. For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medalists earned $20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. A total of $515,000 from the Athlete Excellence Fund was given to the medal winning athletes. Canada was the next host country of an Olympics, with Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world