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| Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | VEN |
| NPC | Comité Paralimpico Venezolano |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 27 in 6 sports |
| Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Naomi Soazo | Judo | Women's 63 kg |
 Silver | Oduver Daza Fernando Ferrer Ricardo Santana Yoldani Silva | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay - T11-T13 |
 Bronze | Reinaldo Caravallo | Judo | Men's -81 kg |
| Bronze | Samuel Colmenares | Athletics | Men's 400m - T46 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Jesus Aguilar | T53 | 100m | 16.48 | 11 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 27.96 | 7 Q | — | 27.86 | 7 | ||||
| 400m | 53.50 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| Jose Camacho | T11 | 100m | 12.02 | 18 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 24.70 | 17 | did not advance | ||||||
| Marcos Castillo | T52 | 100m | — | 18.23 | 5 | ||||
| 200m | — | 33.38 | 8 | ||||||
| Samuel Colmenares | T46 | 400m | 49.60 | 3 Q | — | 49.51 | | ||
| 800m | 2:01.13 | 13 | did not advance | ||||||
| Fernando Ferrer | T11 | 100m | 11.59 | 10 q | 11.67 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| Rubeng Gomez | T46 | 100m | 11.42 | 13 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 24.23 | 20 | did not advance | ||||||
| Willy Martinez | T46 | 100m | 11.61 | 14 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 23.35 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 50.87 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| Luis Sanchez | T13 | 800m | — | 1:55.98 | 5 | ||||
| 1500m | 4:05.04 | 7 q | — | 4:10.44 | 9 | ||||
| Ricardo Santana | T12 | 100m | 11.50 | 13 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 23.32 | 12 q | DNF | did not advance | |||||
| Yoldani Silva | T12 | 100m | 11.65 | 16 | did not advance | ||||
| Juan Valladares | T54 | 100m | 15.67 | 21 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 27.21 | 22 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 50.45 | 21 | did not advance | ||||||
| Oduver Daza Fernando Ferrer Ricardo Santana Yoldani Silva | T11-13 | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.76 | 3 Q | — | 43.55 | | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Oduver Daza | F12 | Long jump | 5.98 | - | 12 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Tatiana del Carmen de Tovar | T12 | 100m | 12.95 | 6 Q | 12.89 | 7 B | 12.99 | 7 | |
| Yadira Soturno | T53 | 100m | 18.88 | 10 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 35.03 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| 400m | 1:04.80 | 9 | did not advance | ||||||
| Irene Suarez | T11 | 100m | 13.20 | 8 B | — | 13.21 | 8 | ||
| 200m | 27.06 | 6 B | — | 27.61 | 6 | ||||
| Alberlis Torres | T11 | 100m | 13.09 | 4 q | — | 13.08 | 4 | ||
| 200m | DSQ | did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Garrido | Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 | 1:39:15 | 12 |
| Cirio Molina | Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 | 1:39:15 | 16 |
| Men's road time trial LC3 | 40:02.48 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1st round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Victor Garrido | Men's time trial LC3-4 | — | 1:27.1 | 16 | |||
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Reinaldo Carvallo | Men's 81kg |  Pominov (UKR)W 0210-0000 |  Ardit (ITA)W 0011-0000 |  Jonard (FRA)L 0000-1010 | — |  Oga (JPN)W 1010-0000 | |
| Marcos Falcon | Men's 66kg |  V Sanchez (CUB)L 0000–1102 | — |  Harris (GBR)W 0120-0001 |  Kallunki (FIN)L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Naomi Soazo | Women's 63kg | Bye |  Zhou Q (CHN)W 1000–0001 |  Kivi (SWE)W 0240-0120 | — |  Arce (ESP)W 1000-0000 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Chirinos | Men's 90kg | 175.0 | 7 |
| Nairobys Hernandez | Women's 44kg | NMR | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Pedro Gonzalez | S12 | 50m freestyle | 27.79 | 15 | did not advance | |
| 100m butterfly | 1:12.80 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:25.96 | 11 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Belkys Mota | S12 | 50m freestyle | 30.28 | 8 Q | 30.43 | 8 |
| 100m freestyle | 1:07.11 | 8 Q | 1:07.35 | 7 | ||
| 100m butterfly | 1:13.95 | 4 Q | 1:12.49 | 5 | ||
| SM12 | 200m individual medley | 2:52.44 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| Valentina Rangel | SM12 | 200m individual medley | 3:23.63 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Roberto Quijada | Men's singles C3 | Robin (FRA) L 0–3 |  Kosco (SVK)L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | |||
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