Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Venezuela at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   VEN
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	67
Medals Rank: 68	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1998 • 2002 • 2006

Venezuela competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Weightlifter Israel Jose Rubio won the nation's first medal of these Games when he placed third in the 62kg class. It was Venezuela's eighth medal in Olympic history, but first since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Bronze 2 Results and competitors by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Cycling 2.3.1 Road cycling 2.3.2 Track cycling 2.4 Diving 2.5 Fencing 2.6 Judo 2.7 Sailing 2.8 Shooting 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Taekwondo 2.11 Table tennis 2.12 Tennis 2.13 Triathlon 2.14 Weightlifting 2.15 Wrestling 3 Officials

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

• Israel Jose Rubio — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (62 kg)
• Adriana Carmona — Taekwondo, Women's + 67 kg

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 400 metres:

• Luis Luna — Round 1, 47.92 s (did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres:

• Freddy Gonzalez — Round 1, 13:42.44 (did not advance)

Men's Marathon:

• Luis Fonseca — DNF

Men's Long Jump:

• Victor Castillo — Round 1, 7.98 metres (did not advance)

Men's Javelin:

• Manuel Fuenmayor — Round 1, 72.26 metres (did not advance)

Men's 3.000 metres Steeple Chase

• Néstor Nieves

[edit] Boxing

Venezuela sent seven boxers to Athens. Five of them lost their first matches, while the two in the heavier weight classes each won their first round (one by walkover, however) before falling in their second match.

Men's Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Miguel Angel Miranda
  1. Round of 32 — Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela of Cuba, outscored

Men's Flyweight (51kg)

• Jhonny Mendoza
  1. Round of 32 — Bye
  2. Round of 16 — Lost to Paulus Ambunda of Namibia, 39-19

Men's Bantamweight (54kg)

• Alexander Espinoza
  1. Round of 32 — Bye
  2. Round of 16 — Lost to Andrew Kooner of Canada, 37-20

Men's Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Patrick López
  1. Round of 32 — Lost to Michele di Rocco of Italy, 37-30

Men's Welterweight (69kg)

• Jean Carlos Prada
  1. Round of 32 — Lost to Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan, 33-20

Men's Light Heavyweight (81kg)

• Edgar Muñoz
  1. Round of 32 — Defeated Mario Sivolija of Croatia, 31-23
  2. Round of 16 — Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 18-10

Men's Heavyweight (91kg)

• Wilmer Vásquez
  1. Round of 16 — Defeated Ertugrul Ergezen of Turkey, walkover
  2. Quarterfinal — Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba, 24-4

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

• Unai Etxebarría — 34th place, 5:41:56
• José Chacón — did not finish

[edit] Track cycling

Women's Individual Sprint:

• Daniela Larreal — Classification 5-8, 8th place

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre Springboard:

• Ramon Fumado — Prelim: 410.97 (17th place)

[edit] Fencing

Men's Épée Individual:

• Silvio Fernández — Defeated in quarterfinals

Men's Foil Individual:

• Carlos Rodríguez — Defeated in round of 32

Women's Foil Individual:

• Mariana Gonzalez — Defeated in round of 16

Women's Sabre Individual:

• Alejandra Benitez — Defeated in round of 32

[edit] Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Reiver Alvarenga — Defeated in round of 32

Men's 66 kg:

• Ludwing Ortiz — Defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 73 kg:

• Richard León Vizcaya — Defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 90 kg:

• José Camacho Cascarro — Defeated in round of 32

Men's 100+ kg:

• Wilfredo Ruiz Carmona — Defeated in round of 32

Women's 52 kg:

• Flor Velásquez — Defeated in round of 16

Women's 57 kg:

• Rudymar Fleming — Defeated in round of 32

Women's 78 kg:

• Keivin Pinto — Defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

Women's 78+ kg:

• Giovanna Blanco — Defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

[edit] Sailing

• Carlos Julio Flores Perez

[edit] Shooting

• Francis Gorrin

[edit] Swimming

Men's Competition

• Ricardo Monasterio
• Luis Enrique Rojas Carpena
• Albert Subirats

Women's Competition

• Arlene Semeco

[edit] Taekwondo

Men's Competition

• Luis Alberto Garcia
• Luis Noguera

Women's Competition

• Dalia Contreras
• Adriana Carmona

[edit] Table tennis

Women's Competition

• Luisana Perez
• Fabiola Ramos

[edit] Tennis

Women's Competition

• Milagros Sequera
• Maria Vento-Kabchi

[edit] Triathlon

Venezuela's only competitor in the 2004 Olympic triathlon was a veteran of the 2000 competition. He improved his ranking by one place.

Men's Competition:

• Gilberto Gonzalez — 1:59:12.20 (36th place)

[edit] Weightlifting

• Julio César Luna Fermin
• Octavio Mejías
• Israel José Rubio

[edit] Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

• Rafael Barreno

Men's Freestyle

• Mayelis Caripa

[edit] Officials

• President: Mr. Fernando Romero Mazzeo
• Secretary General: Mr. Leonardo Rodriguez

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