Impacto Socioeconómico de los Resultados Deportivos de Cuba en los Juegos Olímpicos: Socioeconomic Impact of Cuba’s Sports Results in the Olympic Games

Abstract

Sport is a social phenomenon with economic repercussions, which is why the objective of the research is to analyze the socioeconomic impact of Cuba’s sports results in the Olympic Games. The research methodology starts from the postulates of the materialist dialectics of the reality investigated from its historicity, systematicity, and its systemic character. Using an external secondary information source, the results of Cuba in the 26 events held to date from 1896–2020 were analyzed, as well as the composition of the sports industry and its relation with Cuban society. This study also includes a bibliometric study of 5178 words and a statistical analysis from the sports and teaching perspective, and ends with a prospective analysis of systemic excellence using the MICMAC software. The results show that the socioeconomic impact of Cuban sport is very relevant, thus fulfilling the hypotheses posed.