Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Competitors32 (18 men and 14 women) in 11 sports
Venezuela at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitecov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors32 (18 men and 14 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Julio Mayora & Anriquelis Barrios[1]
Flag bearers (closing)Julio Mayora & Anyelin Venegas[2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Venezuela failed to win a single Olympic medal for the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Raiber Rodríguez fell short of his bronze medal match in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 60 kg, losing out to Ri Se-ung of North Korea.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 246
Boxing 112
Cycling 101
Equestrian 112
Fencing 415
Judo 011
Shooting 202
Swimming 213
Taekwondo 101
Weightlifting 235
Wrestling 224
Total181432

Athletics

Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3][4]

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
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
José Antonio Maita Men's 800 m 1:48.02 8 1:46.44 3 Did not advance
Joselyn Brea Women's 1500 m 4:13.17 15 4:05.93 6 Did not advance
Women's 5000 m 15:02.89 8 Q N/a 15:17.04 15
Yoveinny Mota Women's 100 m hurdles DSQ Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Leodan Torrealba Men's triple jump 16.18 29 Did not advance
Robeilys Peinado Women's pole vault 4.40 =12 q 4.60 SB 10
Rosa Rodríguez Women's hammer throw 71.76 10 q 72.98 SB 8

Boxing

Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[5]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jesús Cova Men's 63.5 kg Bye  Sinsiri (THA)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Omailyn Alcalá Women's 57 kg  Szeremeta (POL)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Venezuela entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[6]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Orluis Aular Men's road race 6:26:57 53

Equestrian

Venezuela entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).[7]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Patricia Ferrando Honnaisseur SJ Individual 67.143 46 N/a Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Luis Fernando Larrázabal Condara Individual 20 63 Did not advance

Fencing

Venezuela entered one female and four male fencers into the Olympic competition. Men's épée team secured quota places after nominated as the highest ranked nations team, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024, while Katherine Paredes secured her olympic spot through the Zonal Panamerican Olympic Qualifier Tournament 2024, held in San José, Costa Rica.[8]

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
Francisco Limardo Men's épée Bye  Wang (CHN)
L 12–15
Did not advance
Rubén Limardo Bye  Andrásfi (HUN)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Grabiel Lugo  Zhang (CAN)
W 15–11
 Koch (HUN)
W 15–10
 Andrásfi (HUN)
L 12–13
Did not advance
Francisco Limardo
Rubén Limardo
Jesús Limardo
Grabiel Lugo
Men's team épée N/a  Japan
L 33–39
Classification semifinal
 Italy
L 34–45
Seventh place final
 Egypt
W 41–35
7
Khaterine Paredes Women's sabre  Márton (HUN)
L 10–15
Did not advance

Judo

Venezuela qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Anriquelis Barrios (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anriquelis Barrios Women's –63 kg N/a  Belkadi (ALG)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Shooting

Venezuelan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[9]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Douglas Gómez Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 569 29 Did not advance
Leonel Martínez Men's trap 116 28 Did not advance

Swimming

Venezuelan swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[10]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alberto Mestre Men's 50 m freestyle 22.02 21 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 49.51 31 Did not advance
Alfonso Mestre Men's 400 m freestyle 3:48.20 19 N/a Did not advance
Men's 800 m freestyle 8:12.03 29 N/a Did not advance
María Yegres Women's 200 m freestyle 2:00.66 20 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Venezuela qualified one athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Yohandri Granado secured his spot by virtue of winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yohandri Granado Men's –58 kg Bye  Park T-j (KOR)
L 0–12, 0–12
N/a  Ravet (FRA)
L 1–2, 2–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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