Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympic Games

Flag of Venezuela – Flag bearers
IOC code  VEN
NOC Comité Olímpico Venezolano
Website www.comiteolimpicovenezolano.org.ve (Spanish)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 37 (37 men and 0 women) in 7 sports
Medals
Rank: 32		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
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Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.5
  • Semifinals — 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Singkham Phongprathith (Laos) after referee stopped contest in first round
  • Second Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Nyama Narantuya (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) on points (4-1)
  • Third Round — Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) after diskwalification in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after knock-out in second round
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (3-2)
  • Final — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)

Football (soccer)

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-4)
  • Lost to Cuba (1-2)
  • Defeated Zambia (2-1)
  • Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS

References

 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze