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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)

MedalsRanked 40th
  
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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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