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Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
VEN

Flag bearer
  
William Wuycke

Competitors
  
26 in 10 sports

Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Venezuelan Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.cov.net.ve (Spanish)

Medals Ranked 40th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 3 3

Venezuela competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 29 events in 10 sports.

Contents

Bronze

  • Marcelino Bolivar — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Omar Catari — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
  • Rafael Vidal — Swimming Men's 200 m Butterfly

    • Athletics

    Men's Decathlon

  • Douglas Fernández
  • Final Result — 7553 points (→ 18th place)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Marcelino Bolivar → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Nelson Jamili (Philippines), on points (5:0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Agapito Gómez (Spain), on points (4:1)
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Carlos Motta (Guatemala), on points (5:0)
    4. Semifinals — Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States), on points (1:4)

    • Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Manuel Vilchez
    1. First Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda), on points (2:3)

    • Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Omar Catari → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Azzedine Said (Algeria), RSC-2
    3. Third Round — Defeated Satoru Higashi (Japan), on points (4:1)
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Park Hyung-Ok (South Korea), on points (4:1)
    5. Semifinals — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), on points (0:5)

    • Cycling

    Two cyclists represented Venezuela in 1984.

    Individual road race
  • Enrique Campos
  • Fernando Correa

    • Diving

    Men's 3m Springboard

  • Carlos Isturiz
  • Preliminary Round — 483.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

    • Fencing

    Two fencers, both men, represented Venezuela in 1984.

    Men's foil
  • José Rafael Magallanes
    • Men's épée
  • José Rafael Magallanes
    • Men's sabre
  • Ildemaro Sánchez

    • Swimming

    Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Alberto Mestre Sosa
  • Heat — 50.99
  • Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place)

    • Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Alberto Mestre Sosa
  • Heat — 1:50.73
  • Final — 1:50.23 (→ 5th place)
  • Jean-Marie François
  • Heat — 1:55.28 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

    • Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Jean-Marie François
  • Heat — 4:03.08 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

    • Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Giovanni Frigo
  • Heat — 59.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

    • Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Giovanni Frigo
  • Heat — 2:07.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

    • Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Jorge Henão
  • Heat — 1:09.01 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

    • Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Jorge Henão
  • Heat — 2:28.03 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

    • Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Rafael Vidal Castro
  • Heat — 54.33
  • Final — 54.27 (→ 4th place)

    • Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Rafael Vidal Castro
  • Heat — 1:59.15
  • Final — 1:57.51 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Alberto José Umana
  • Heat — 2:05.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Alberto Mestre Sosa, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal, and Jean-Marie François
  • Heat — 3:30.24 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

    • Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Jean-Marie François, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa
  • Heat — 7:31.79 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Giovanni Frigo, Jorge Henão, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa
  • Heat — 3:55.12 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

    • References

    Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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