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Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.com.ve (in Spanish)
inAtlanta
Competitors	39 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Francisco Sánchez
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela competed at the 1996 Summer OlympicsinAtlanta, United States. 39 competitors, 34 men and 5 women, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Athletics[edit]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Boxing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Barreto	Bantamweight	A Khristov (BUL) W 9-3	V Khadpo (THA) L 14-6	Did not advance
Jesús Guevara	Super Heavyweight	J Blocus (FRA) L RSC-2	Did not advance

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Track[edit]

Points Race

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Daniela Larreal	Women's sprint	11.878 s (60.61)	10Q	O Grishina (RUS) L	Yang W (CHN)  M Kasslin (FIN) L	Did not advance

Diving[edit]

Men

Fencing[edit]

Four fencers, all men, represented Venezuela in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alfredo Pérez	Individual foil	V Pavlovich (RUS) L 2–15	Did not advance
Carlos Rodríguez		M Ludwig (AUT) L 11–15	Did not advance
Rafael Suárez		J García (ESP) L 10–15	Did not advance
Alfredo Pérez Carlos Rodríguez Rafael Suárez	Team foil	Did not advance						11
Carlos Bravo	Individual sabre	A García (ESP) L 15–11	Did not advance

Judo[edit]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katiuska Santaella	Women's 52 kg	Bye	M Pedulla (USA) L	Did not advance
Xiomara Griffith	Women's 61 kg	C Schutz (USA) W	M Vernerova (CZE) W	G Vandecaveye (BEL) L	Did not advance	H Tbessi (TUN) W	I Kobas (TUR) L	Did not advance	7
Francis Gómez	Women's 72 kg	Bye	N Galea (MLT) W	E Essombe (FRA) L	Did not advance	D Luna (CUB) L	Did not advance		9

Sailing[edit]

Men

Swimming[edit]

Men

Table tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Group Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fabiola Ramos	Women's singles	Group E  Chai Po Wa (HKG) L 0–2  A Simion (ROU) L 0-2  M Hooman-Kloppenburg (NED) L 0-2	4	Did not advance

Tennis[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolas Pereira	Singles	H Gumy (ARG) W 6–4, 6-0	L Paes (IND) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Jimy Szymanski		W Black (ZIM) L 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3-6	Did not advance
Juan-Carlos Bianchi Nicolas Pereira	Doubles	—	S Iwabuchi / T Suzuki (JPN) L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6-8	Did not advance

Weightlifting[edit]

Men

Wrestling[edit]

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Repechage 4	Repechage 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Repechage 1	Opposition Result	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Repechage 3	Semifinals	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Varela	82 kg	L Dvorák (HUN) L	S Öztürk (TUR) L	Did not advance								17

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Repechage 4	Repechage 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Repechage 1	Opposition Result	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Repechage 3	Semifinals	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Ochoa	48 kg	A Pavlov (BLR) L	M Maynard (USA) L	Did not advance								16
Winston Santos	62 kg	H Komyshenko (UKR) L	M Pirim (TUR) L	Did not advance								19
Nestor García	74 kg	M Iskandaryan (RUS) L	T Kornbakk (SWE) L	Did not advance								17
Elias Marcano	82 kg	D Turlykhanov (KAZ) L	A Jovančević (YUG) L	Did not advance								16
Emilio Suárez	100 kg	T Edisherashvili (RUS) L	J Giraldo (COL) W	Did not advance	T Nonomura (JPN) L	Did not advance						15

See also[edit]

• Venezuela at the 1995 Pan American Games

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Olympic Reports