Venezuela at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors39 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Sánchez
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 39 competitors, 34 men and 5 women, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.[1]

Athletics

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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Néstor Nieves 3,000 m steeplechase 8:47.34 10 Did not advance
Rubén Maza Marathon — 2:23:24 59
Carlos Tarazona — 2:32:35 89
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yojer Medina Shot put 18.53 m 23 Did not advance

Boxing

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

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Hussein Monsalve Men's road race 5:05:38 115
Manuel Guevara DNF
Carlos Maya
José Balaustre
Rubén Abreu

Track

Points Race
Athlete Event Points Rank
Daniela Larreal Women's points race 0 15
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)		 10 Q  O Grishina (RUS)
L		  Yang W (CHN)
 M Kasslin (FIN)
L		 Did not advance

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Dario Di Fazio 3 m springboard 317.04 25 Did not advance
10 m platform 307.02 25 Did not advance

Fencing

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

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

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Roland Milošević Mistral 12 30 28 47 18 26 20 33 21 155 26

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Francisco Sánchez 50 m freestyle 22.68 8 Q 22.72 7
100 m freestyle 49.59 4 Q 49.84 8
Carlos Santander 200 m freestyle 1:53.13 27 Did not advance
Ricardo Monasterio 400 m freestyle 4:00.44 25 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:42.39 20 Did not advance
Francisco Sánchez 100 m butterfly 53.90 13 17
Nelson Mora 200 m butterfly 2:01.50 24 Did not advance
Diego Henao
Carlos Santander
Alejandro Carrizo
Francisco Sánchez		 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:23.04 13 Did not advance
Francisco Sánchez
Carlos Santander
Diego Henao
Rafael Manzano		 4×200 m freestyle relay 7:32.63 11 Did not advance

Table tennis

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

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

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Julio César Luna Men's 91 kg 165.0 13 210 6 375 9

Wrestling

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

References

  1. ↑ "Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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