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Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
VEN

Flag bearer
  
Antonio Esparragoza

Competitors
  
37 in 7 sports

Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Venezuelan Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.cov.net.ve (Spanish)

MedalsRanked 32nd
  
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Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

    • Athletics

    Men's 800 metres

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

    • Boxing

    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)

    • Cycling

    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

    • Men's Team Competition

  • 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

    • Swimming

    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

    • References

    Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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