Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	VEN
Nocname:	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	37
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Antonio Esparragoza
Rank:	32
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1948

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

• Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 800 metres

• William Wuycke

• Heat - 1:48.5

• Semifinals - 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Pedro Manuel Nieves

• 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)

• Ramon Armando Guevara

• 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)

• Bernardo Piñango → Silver Medal

• 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)

• Antonio Esparragoza

• First Round — Bye

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

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Nelson René Trujillo

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

Men's Light-Welterweight ( - 63,5 kg)

• Nelson José Rodriguez

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.

Individual road race

• Jesús Torres
• Mario Medina
• Olinto Silva
• Juan Arroyo

Team time trial

• Claudio Pérez
• Olinto Silva
• Juan Arroyo
• Mario Medina

Football

See main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-4)

• Lost to Cuba (1-2)

• Defeated Zambia (2-1)
• Quarter Finals

• Did not advance
• Team Roster

• Eustorgio Sánchez

• Ordan Aguirre

• Emilio Campos

• Pedro Acosta

• Mauro Cichero

• Robert Elie

• Alexis Peña

• Asdrubal José Sanchez

• Iker Joseba Zubizarreta

• Bernardo Añor

• Angel Castillo

• César Armando Semidey

• Rodolfo Carvajal

• Pedro Juan Febles

• Nelson José Carrero

• Juan José Vidal

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Alberto Eugenio Mestre

• Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Jean Marc Francois Carezis

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

• Heats — DNS

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venezuela at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090352/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VEN/summer/1980/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 May 2015 . Sports Reference.