Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympic Games

Flag of Venezuela
IOC code  VEN
NOC Comité Olímpico Venezolano
Websitewww.cov.net.ve (Spanish)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 37 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Antonio Esparragoza
Medals
Rank: 32		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.[1]

Medalists

Silver

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.5
  • Semifinals — 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Singkham Phongprathith (Laos) after referee stopped contest in first round
  • Second Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Nyama Narantuya (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) on points (4-1)
  • Third Round — Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) after diskwalification in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after knock-out in second round
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (3-2)
  • Final — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Football

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-4)
  • Lost to Cuba (1-2)
  • Defeated Zambia (2-1)
  • Did not advance

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS

Weightlifting

References

  1. ↑ "Venezuela at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

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