Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.
Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's 800 metres
William Wuycke
Heat — 1:48.5
Semifinals — 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Pedro Manuel Nieves
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)
Ramon Armando Guevara
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)
Bernardo Piñango → Silver Medal
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)
Antonio Esparragoza
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Nelson René Trujillo
First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Nelson José Rodriguez
First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)
Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.
Individual road race
Jesús Torres
Mario Medina
Olinto Silva
Juan Arroyo
Team time trial
Claudio Pérez
Olinto Silva
Juan Arroyo
Mario Medina
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-4)
Lost to Cuba (1-2)
Defeated Zambia (2-1)
Quarter Finals
Did not advance
Team Roster
Eustorgio Sánchez
Ordan Aguirre
Emilio Campos
Pedro Acosta
Mauro Cichero
Robert Elie
Alexis Peña
Asdrubal José Sanchez
Iker Joseba Zubizarreta
Bernardo Añor
Angel Castillo
César Armando Semidey
Rodolfo Carvajal
Pedro Juan Febles
Nelson José Carrero
Juan José Vidal
Men's 100m Freestyle
Alberto Eugenio Mestre
Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Jean Marc Francois Carezis
Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)
Rafael Vidal
Heats — DNS
