Venezuela at the Olympics

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Venezuela at the
Olympics
Flag of Venezuela.svg
IOC code VEN
NOC Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website cov.com.ve  (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 82nd
Gold
3
Silver
7
Bronze
9
Total
19
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Venezuela first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Venezuela has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) was created in 1935.

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The first Venezuelan athlete to participate in the Olympic Games was cyclist Julio César León in London 1948. In 1968 Francisco Rodríguez earned the first gold medal. The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro, in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Venezuelan athletes have won a total of nineteen medals, all at Summer Games, with boxing (six medals; one gold, three silver, two bronze) being the most successful sport. The most successful Olympian is Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela's only multi-medalist in a regular Games, with one gold and one silver in women's triple jump.

History

The first Venezuelan athlete to participate in the Olympic Games was Trujillo cyclist Julio César León in London 1948. [1]

In the 1952 Summer Olympics, Asnoldo Devonish earned a bronze medal which became the first Olympic medal in the country's sports history. In 1968 Francisco Rodríguez earned the first gold medal; obtaining silver and bronze medals in various games until 1984. The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro in Nagano 1998. Rafael Vidal was bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly in swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Arlindo Gouveia won a gold medal in taekwondo in Barcelona 1992, but at that time the sport only participated as an exhibition. That medal, along with the bronze medal won by Adriana Carmona in the same sport, are counted as official by the Venezuelan Taekwondo Federation since 2018. [2]

Athens 2004

Venezuela participated in the 2004 Athens Games with 48 athletes, winning two bronze medals with Adriana Carmona and Israel Rubio in taekwondo and weightlifting. [3]

Turin 2006

Venezuela participated in the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics thanks to Werner Hoeger in the luge specialty.

Beijing 2008

In the 2008 Beijing Games, Venezuela became the only country (only behind the host China) to double the number of athletes qualified with respect to the previous games, going from 48 athletes in Athens 2004 to 108 athletes in 2008, making it the delegation with the greatest progress with respect to the last games. For this occasion, Venezuela qualified for the first time 3 team sports, men's and women's volleyball and the women's softball team. Previously, only in 1980 in Moscow (soccer) and in Barcelona 1992 (basketball) had Venezuela been able to qualify team sports. [4] In these games, Venezuelan Dalia Contreras won the bronze medal in Taekwondo in the 49 kilograms category, after defeating Kenyan Mildred Alango 1–0. [5]

London 2012

Fencer Rubén Limardo wins the third gold medal for the nation. Limardo also becomes the first Latin American to win a gold medal in fencing since 1904, over 100 years ago.

Sochi 2014

Venezuela achieves its 4th participation in the 2004 Winter Olympic Games thanks to the athlete Antonio Pardo Andretta in the alpine skiing specialty.

Río 2016

In these Olympic Games, Venezuela almost achieved a number of athletes almost equal to that of Beijing 2008, and even achieved a better record of medals than in those Olympic Games, with a total of three medals in the categories of boxing, cycling and athletics by the Venezuelan representatives: Yoel Finol, Yulimar Rojas and Stefany Hernández, thus completing their participation in these Olympic Games with one bronze medal and two silver medals.

Tokyo 2020

In these Olympic Games, Venezuela competes with 44 athletes being its smallest delegation since 1988, obtaining 4 medals; 3 silver medals won by Julio Mayora and Keydomar Vallenilla in weightlifting and Daniel Dhers in BMX freestyle and a gold by Yulimar Rojas in triple jump, who broke the world and Olympic record in the history of this category of athletics in the Olympic Games, with a mark of 15. 67 meters, in addition to becoming the first woman to receive a gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games for Venezuela.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotalRank
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 1896 Athens did not participate
Flag of France.svg 1900 Paris
Flag of the United States.svg 1904 St. Louis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908 London
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912 Stockholm
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1920 Antwerp
Flag of France.svg 1924 Paris
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928 Amsterdam
Flag of the United States.svg 1932 Los Angeles
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Berlin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London 1 0000
Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki 38 0011 43
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956 Melbourne 19 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome 17 0011 44
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 Tokyo 16 0000
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City 36 1001 30
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich 26 0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal 36 0101 35
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow 48 0101 33
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles 26 0033 41
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 18 0000
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 36 0000 [A]
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 39 0000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 51 0000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 48 0022 68
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 110 0011 86
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 69 1001 50
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 87 0213 65
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 44 1304 46
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 33 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles future event
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane
Total37919 82

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotalRank
Flag of France.svg 1924 Chamonix did not participate
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1928 St. Moritz
Flag of the United States.svg 1932 Lake Placid
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1948 St. Moritz
Flag of Norway.svg 1952 Oslo
Flag of Italy.svg 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Flag of the United States.svg 1960 Squaw Valley
Flag of Austria.svg 1964 Innsbruck
Flag of France.svg 1968 Grenoble
Flag of Japan.svg 1972 Sapporo
Flag of Austria.svg 1976 Innsbruck
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Lake Placid
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1984 Sarajevo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1988 Calgary
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer
Flag of Japan.svg 1998 Nagano 1 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City 4 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin 1 0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver did not participate
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 1 0000
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang did not participate
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milano Cortina future event
Total0000

Medals by Summer Sport

SportsGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal Rank
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 132633
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 111362
Fencing pictogram.svg  Fencing 100127
Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 021350
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg  Cycling 011237
Taekwondo pictogram.svg  Taekwondo 002235
Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 001168
Swimming pictogram.svg  Swimming 001156
Total3791975

Medals by Gender

GenderGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
Men26614
Women1135
Mixed0000
Total37919

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Asnoldo Devonish Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's triple jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Enrico Forcella Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 50-metre rifle prone
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Francisco Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light flyweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pedro Gamarro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's welterweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bernardo Piñango Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's bantamweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marcelino Bolívar Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light flyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Omar Catari Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's featherweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rafael Vidal Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 200-metre butterfly
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Adriana Carmona Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Women's +67 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Israel Jose Rubio Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 62 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dalia Contreras Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rubén Limardo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing Men's épée
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yulimar Rojas Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoel Finol Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's flyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Stefany Hernández Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Women's BMX
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yulimar Rojas Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Julio Mayora Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 73 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Keydomar Vallenilla Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 96 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daniel Dhers Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Men's BMX freestyle

Multiple medalists

AthleteSportGamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Yulimar Rojas Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 2016, 2020 1102

Most successful Olympian progression

This table shows how the designation of most successful Venezuelan Olympian has progressed over time.

AthleteSportDateGenderGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Asnoldo Devonish Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 23 July 1952M0011
Enrico Forcella Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 1960M0011
Francisco Rodríguez Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing October 1968M1001
Rubén Limardo Fencing pictogram.svg  Fencing 2012M1001
Yulimar Rojas Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 1 August 2021F1102

Notes

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