SUMMER GAMES SPOTLIGHT : BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS : CATCHING CUBA IS NEVER EASY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Three boxers in the medal round is the lowest U.S. total since 1956, when the United States took two golds and a silver. The 1972 team got one gold and three bronzes.
In 1976, when U.S. boxers won five golds plus a silver and a bronze, Cuba actually earned more medals--three golds, three silvers and two bronzes.
This a daily roundup of Olympic-related items from reporters in Barcelona from the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and Baltimore Sun, all Times-Mirror newspapers.
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