Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	VEN
Nocname:	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	17 (15 men, 2 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Elizabeth Popper
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1948

Venezuela competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, fifteen men and two women, took part in fifteen events in seven sports.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Boxing	6	–	6
Cycling	4	0	4
Equestrian	1	0	1
Judo	2	–	2
Synchronized swimming	–	1	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	15	2	17

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Marcelino Bolivar
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Lost to Jesus Beltre (DOM), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• David Griman
  1. First Round - Lost to Serafim Todorov (BUL), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Abraham Torres
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Defeated Teekaram Rajcoomar (MTS), on points (5:0)
  3. Third Round - Lost to Phajol Moolsan (THA), 1:4

Men's Featherweight ( - 57 kg)

• Omar Catari
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Defeated Moussa Kagambega (BFA), on knock-out (1st round)
  3. Third Round - Lost to Abdelhak Achik (MAR), on knock-out (1st round)

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• José Pérez
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Lost to Nergüin Enkhbat (MGL), on points (0:5)

Men's Welterweight ( - 67 kg)

• José García
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Lost to Jan Dydak (POL), on points (1:4)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four cyclists, all male, represented Venezuela in 1988.

Men's road race

• Leonardo Sierra
• Enrique Campos
• Ali Parra

Men's points race

• Alexis Méndez

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Jumping

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final /
		Opposition Result	Rank
Kilmar Campos	Half Middleweight		20
Charles Griffith	Middleweight		13

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles	Group D L 0–3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0–3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 2-3	8	did not advance
	Women's singles	Group B L 0–3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0–3 W 3-0	5	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

One synchronized swimmer represented Venezuela in 1988.

Women's solo

• María Elena Giusti

• Final - 13th place

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venezuela at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VEN/summer/1988/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/VEN/editions/22 Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics