Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympic Games

Flag of Venezuela
IOC code  VEN
NOC Comité Olímpico Venezolano
Websitewww.cov.net.ve (Spanish)
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 39 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Sánchez
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
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Venezuela competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 39 competitors, 34 men and 5 women, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.[1]

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:47.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Josué Blocus (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Women's Sprint

Women's Points Race

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 317.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat — 307.02 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Venezuela in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's sabre

Judo

Women's Half-Lightweight

Women's Half-Middleweight

Women's Half-Heavyweight

Sailing

Men's Windsurfer

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat – 22.68
  • Swim-off – 22.74
  • Final – 22.72 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:53.13 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat – 4:00.44 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15:42.39 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 53.90
  • B-Final – scratched

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat – 2:01.50 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:23.04 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 7:32.63 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Table tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • First round — Defeated Hernán Gumy (Argentina) 6-4 and 6-0
  • Second round — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 2-6 and 3-6


  • First round — Lost to Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) 7-6, 4-6 and 3-6


Men's Doubles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki (Japan) 4-6, 7-6, and 6-8

Weightlifting

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

Wrestling

Men's Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman

Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman

Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's Middleweight, Freestyle

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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