Historical analysis of sports results of the University of Oriente in the games of 1962

Abstract

The objective of the work that is presented is to analyze the performance of the Universidad de Oriente in the II University Sports Games, held in Santiago de Cuba in 1962 and which had the Universidad de Oriente as its headquarters and main stage: Event that in the next year will be the 60th anniversary of its celebration. The organizational base of this competition corresponded to the recently created Section of Physical Education and Recreation, whose faculty assumed the preparation of the competition. The study has as background, Internet and press publications that only deal with some events, dates and studies at the venue. However, the event transcends as a historical event due to its impact on the population that for the first time enjoyed a national sports program, with the new legislation emanating from the National Institute of Sports and Recreation. Hence the need for a study with scope to the historical context, the university as a facilitator, the sports results and the participating athletes. To obtain the information, the following scientific methods were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, historical-logical; hermeneutical-dialectical, systematization, document analysis, and triangulation. All this concluded in the construction of evaluations of the authors, about the participation of the mambises athletes and their results in the competition; as well as a whole compilation of relevant related elements, of great value.