Venezuela at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:VEN
Nocname:Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1960
Website: 
Location:Rome
Competitors:36
Sports:9
Flagbearer:Héctor Thomas
Rank:41
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1948

Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpico Venezolano to take part in 26 events in 9 sports.[1] The Venezuelan representation was similar to that of the Helsinki Games that awarded the country first olympic medal but including for the first time a Venezuelan sailing and weightlifting representation. The sporting shooter Enrico Forcella won the nation's second ever Olympic medal and to date solely Olympic medallist in shooting. Women's return after being absent from the previous game, competing in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Medalists

Bronze

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics7 0 7
Boxing3 0 3
Fencing4 4 8
Cycling5 0 5
Shooting6 0 6
Swimming0 1 1
Yachting2 0 2
Weightlifting2 0 2
Wrestling2 0 2
Total 31 5 36

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists, all men, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Venezuela in 1960. Enrico Forcella won the bronze in the 50m rifle, prone event.

25 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 1. 1960. the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 910.