Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	VEN
Npcname:	Comité Paralimpico Venezolano
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	27
Sports:	6
Rank:	46
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Venezuela sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 63 kg
			Men's 4 × 100 m Relay - T11-T13
			Men's -81 kg
			Men's 400m - T46

Sports

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

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	relay	44.76	3 Q	43.55

Women's track

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

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

Men's track

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

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	W 0210-0000	W 0011-0000	L 0000-1010	W 1010-0000
Marcos Falcon	Men's 66kg	L 0000–1102	W 0120-0001	L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jose Chirinos	Men's 90kg	175.0	7
Nairobys Hernandez	Women's 44kg	NMR

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

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

Women

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

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

See also

• Venezuela at the Paralympics
• Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics