Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	66 in 17 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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Venezuela is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Archery

One Venezuelan archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1][2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elías Malavé	Men's individual

Athletics

Venezuelan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

• Men's 400 m – 1 quota place (Albert Bravo)
• Men's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Jose Peña)
• Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Luis Orta)
• Men's 20 km walk – 1 quota place (Richard Vargas)
• Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Nercelis Soto)
• Women's marathon – 1 quota place (Yolimar Pineda)
• Women's pole vault – 1 quota place (Robeilys Peinado)
• Women's triple jump – 1 quota place (Yulimar Rojas)
• Women's shot put – 1 quota place (Ahymara Espinoza)
• Women's hammer throw – 1 quota place (Rosa Rodríguez)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Venezuela men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish towards the final match of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico.^[5][6]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	OQT 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	OQT 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Boxing

Venezuela has entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Luis Angel Cabrera, Luis Arcon, Albert Ramirez, and 2012 Olympian Gabriel Maestre had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires.^[7][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Angel Cabrera	Lightweight
Luis Arcon	Light welterweight
Gabriel Maestre	Welterweight
Albert Ramirez	Light heavyweight

Cycling

Road

Venezuelan riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 5 national ranking in the 2015 UCI America Tour (for men), and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^[9]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Venezuelan riders have accumulated spots in the men's team sprint and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, Venezuela has won the right to enter two riders in both men's sprint and men's keirin.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's sprint
Hersony Canelon Cesar Marcano Angel Pulgar	Men's team sprint			N/A

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Men's keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
Angie González	Women's omnium

Diving

Venezuelan divers qualified for two individual spots at the Olympics by virtue of a top 18 finish respectively at the 2016 FINA World Cup series.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesús Liranzo	10 m platform
Robert Páez

Equestrian

Venezuela has entered two jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top six individual finish at the 2015 Pan American Games.^[10][11]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Emanuel Andrade		Individual
Pablo Barrios

Fencing

Venezuelan fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée by virtue of being the highest ranking team from America outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[12][13] Aiming to appear at fourth Olympics, Alejandra Benitez had claimed the spot on the Venezuelan team in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the America zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[14] Isis Giménez and 2011 Pan American Games bronze medalist Antonio Leal rounded out the Venezuelan fencing roster by finishing among the top two in the men's and women's foil, respectively, at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.

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
	Individual épée
	Team épée	N/A
Antonio Leal	Individual foil

Women

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
Isis Giménez	Individual foil	N/A
Alejandra Benitez	Individual sabre

Gymnastics

Artistic

Venezuela has entered one artistic gymnast for the first time into the Olympic competition. Jessica López confirmed her third straight Olympic appearance by securing a spot in the women's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Jessica López

Rowing

Venezuela has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vicent Jackson	Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Venezuelan sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and South American qualifying regattas.^[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Daniel Flores	RS:X
José Gutierrez	Laser											N/A

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Venezuela has qualified one shooter to compete in the men's rifle events by virtue of his best finish at the 2015 Pan American Games, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julio Iemma	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle prone
	50 m rifle 3 positions

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Venezuelan swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[19][20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carlos Claverie	200 m breaststroke
Cristian Quintero	200 m freestyle
Albert Subirats	100 m butterfly

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreina Pinto	400 m freestyle
	800 m freestyle

Table tennis

Venezuela has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Gremlins Arvelo secured the Olympic spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top six finish at the 2016 Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santiago, Chile.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gremlis Arvelo	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Venezuela entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Edgar Contreras secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edgar Contreras	Men's −68 kg

Weightlifting

Venezuelan weightlifters have qualified three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's
	Women's
	Women's

Wrestling

Venezuela has qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. The majority of the berths had been awarded to the Venezuelan wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament.^[23][24] Meanwhile, two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Venezuelan roster at the first meet of the World Qualification Tournament.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pedro Ceballos	−86 kg
José Daniel Díaz	−97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raiber Rodríguez	−59 kg
Wuileixis Rivas	−66 kg
Luillys Pérez	−98 kg
Erwin Caraballo	−130 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Betzabeth Argüello	−53 kg
María Acosta	−69 kg
Jaramit Weffer	−75 kg

See also

• Venezuela at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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