Venezuela at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Noc:	VEN
Nocname:	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Year:	2015
Date:	10–26 July 2015
Games:	Pan American Games
Location:	Toronto, Canada
Competitors:	353
Sports:	27
Flagbearer Open:	Marvin Blanco
Flagbearer Close:	Rosa Rodríguez
Gold:	8
Silver:	22
Bronze:	20
Rank:	8
Appearances:	auto
Website:	www.cov.com.ve

Venezuela competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

Track and field athlete Marvin Blanco was the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors from Venezuela participating in the Games.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	3	4
Athletics	13	14	27
Badminton	1	1	2
Baseball	0	18	18
Basketball	12	12	24
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Bowling	2	2	4
Boxing	10	2	12
Canoeing	11	5	16
Cycling	13	8	21
Diving	3	1	4
Equestrian	8	3	11
Fencing	9	9	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Judo	5	7	12
Karate	5	5	10
Modern pentathlon	2	0	2
Racquetball	2	2	4
Roller sports	2	2	4
Rowing	4	3	7
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	10	5	15
Softball	15	0	15
Swimming	15	10	25
Synchronized swimming		2	2
Table tennis	1	2	3
Taekwondo	4	3	7
Tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	2	0	2
Water polo	13	13	26
Water skiing	1	0	1
Weightlifting	7	6	13
Wrestling	11	6	17
Total	198	160	358

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Yaniuska Espinosa	Weightlifting	Women's +75kg
	Jesús González Barrios	Weightlifting	Men's 105kg
	Wuileixis Rivas	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66kg
	Rosa Rodríguez	Athletics	Women's Hammer Throw
	Rubén Limardo Gascon	Fencing	Men's Individual Épée
	Silvio Fernández Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Gascon	Fencing	Men's Team Épée
	Gabriel Maestre Perez	Boxing	Men's Welterweight
	Miguel Ubeto	Cycling	Men's Road Race
	Paola Perez Sierra	Swimming	Women's 10km Open Water
	Génesis Rodríguez Gomez	Weightlifting	Women's 53kg
	Yusleidy Figueroa Roldan	Weightlifting	Women's 58kg
	Junior Sánchez Rivero	Weightlifting	Men's 77kg
	Julio Iemma	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle
	Jessica López Arocha	Gymnastics	Women's Uneven Bars
	Naryury Pérez Reveron	Weightlifting	Women's +75kg
	Querys Perez	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85kg
	Hersony Canelón Vera César Marcano Sanchez Ángel Pulgar Araujo	Cycling	Men's Team Sprint
	Andreina Pinto	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle
	Maria Acosta	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 69 kg
		Softball	Men's tournament
	Hersony Canelón Vera	Cycling	Men's Keirin
	Alejandra Benítez	Fencing	Women's Individual Sabre
	Carlos Rivas	Taekwondo	Men's +80kg
	Jovanni Martinez	Karate	Men's 60kg
	Alexander Incastro	Karate	Men's 75kg
	Eliana Lugo Dayana Martinez Maria Martinez	Fencing	Women's Team Épée
	Amleto Monacelli	Bowling	Men's singles
	Edgar Muñoz Mata	Boxing	Men's Super Heavyweight
	Albert Ramírez Duran	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
	Andres Rodriguez	Equestrian	Individual Jumping
	Jesús López Sanchez	Weightlifting	Men's 62kg
	Douglas Gomez	Shooting	Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Luillys Pérez	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 98kg
	Betzabeth Argüello	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 53kg
	Pedro Mejias	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 57kg
	Cristian Sarco	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 74kg
	Jose Diaz	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 97kg
	Hersony Canelón Vera	Cycling	Men's Sprint
	Andreina Pinto	Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
	Maria Martinez	Fencing	Women's Individual Épée
	Yoel Finol Rivas	Boxing	Men's Light Flyweight
	Luis Arcon Diaz	Boxing	Men's Light Welterweight
	Endry Saavedra Pinto	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
	Juan Mendez	Water skiing	Men's Wakeboard
	Patricia De Faria Karen Marcano	Bowling	Women's doubles
	Alejandra Benítez Milagros Pastran Shia Rodriguez	Fencing	Women's Team Sabre
		Baseball	Women's Tournament
	Cesar Herrera	Karate	Men's 84kg
	Yeisy Piña Ordaz	Karate	Women's +68kg
	Omaira Molina	Karate	Women's 68kg

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Baseball	0	0	1	1
Bowling	0	1	1	2
Boxing	1	2	3	6
Cycling	1	2	1	4
Equestrian	0	1	0	1
Fencing	2	2	2	6
Gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Karate	0	2	3	5
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Softball	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	2	1	3
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Water Skiing	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	2	4	1	7
Wrestling	1	2	5	8
Total	8	22	20	50

Medals by day
Day				Total
July 11	0	1	1	2
July 12	0	2	0	2
July 13	0	2	0	2
July 14	0	1	0	1
July 15	3	2	1	6
July 16	0	1	2	3
July 17	0	2	1	3
July 18	0	1	4	5
July 19	0	1	0	1
July 20	0	1	0	1
July 21	2	0	1	3
July 22	0	1	4	5
July 23	0	1	2	3
July 24	1	2	0	3
July 25	2	4	4	10
Total	8	22	20	50

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	6	13	12	31
Female	2	9	8	19
Total	8	22	20	50

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Alejandra Benítez	Fencing	0	1	1	2
Hersony Canelón Vera	Cycling	0	2	1	3
Rubén Limardo Gascon	Fencing	2	0	0	2
Maria Martinez	Fencing	0	1	1	2
Andreina Pinto	Swimming	0	1	1	2

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified one male and three female archers based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Championships.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Elias Malave	Men's individual	650	14	W 7–1	L 5–6	Did not advance
Leidys Brito	align=left rowspan=3	Women's individual	639	7	W 6–2	L 5–6	Did not advance
Mayra Mendez	590	22	L 1–7	Did not advance
Verona Villegas	594	20	L 0–6	Did not advance
Leidys Brito Mayra Mendez Verona Villegas	Women's team	1823	5			W 5–1	L 2–6	L 4–5	4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jesús Sánchez Lima	Men's singles		L (10–21, 7–21)	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Damaris Ortiz Parada	Women's singles		L (4–21, 6–21)	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Damaris Ortiz Parada Jesús Sánchez Lima	Doubles		L (14–21, 14–21)	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games. Venezuela qualified a women's baseball team of 18 athletes.^[4]

Women's tournament

See main article: Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group A

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Bronze medal match

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games. Venezuela qualified men's and women's teams, each with 12 athletes, for a total of 24.^[5]

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

Group A

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Seventh place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

Group B

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Seventh place match

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a men's pair.^[6]

Bowling

See main article: Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Slalom

Venezuela qualified the following athletes:^[7]

Athlete(s)	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Silva	Men's C-1	105.05	5	101.64	5	101.64	5 Q	141.83	5 Q	111.99	5
Alexis Perez José Silva	Men's C-2	132.89	5	125.14	2	125.14	5 Q	155.40	3 Q	183.26	4
Alexis Perez	Men's K-1	99.40	3	96.75	3	96.75	4 Q	102.41	5 Q	98.38	4
align=left rowspan=2	Siranush Mamed Paredes	Women's C-1	695.24	6	659.18	5	659.15	6	Did not advance
Women's K-1	195.96	6	579.53	7	195.96	6 Q	819.65	7	Did not advance

Sprint

Venezuela qualified 13 athletes in the sprint discipline.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ronny Ratia	C-1 200m	42.354	2	42.931	5
Edwar Paredes Luciano José Solano Perez	C-2 1000m	4:08.764	5
Antonio Oropeza Suarez	K-1 200m	37.454	3 QF	41.591	9
Antonio Oropeza Suarez José Ramos Ramos	K-2 200m	34.864	5
Ray Acuña Sanchez Cristian Canache Cabeza Jesus Colmenares Lizardo Juan Montoya Flores	K-4 1000m	3:13.484	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mara Guerrero Gil	K-1 500m	2:07.832	5 QS	2:08.211	4	Did not advance
Zulmarys Sánchez Mendoza	K-1 200m	45.838	2 QF	45.556	4
Yocelin Canache Cabera Mara Guerrero Gil Angelica Jimenez Castillo Zulmarys Sánchez Mendoza	K-4 500m	1:43.647	6

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; QS = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 21 cyclists (13 male and 8 female). Some cyclists competed across more than one discipline.

Key

Note – Ranks given for cycling events are for all heats

Q = Qualified for the next round

DNF = Did not finish

BMX

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Time Trial Super-Final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank	Points	Rank
Enrique Diaz Cedeno	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual	1:16.720	21	Did not advance		16	20	Did not advance
Jefferson Milano Duran	38.510	13 Q	38.522	11	12 Q	14	38.406	=10	Did not advance
Stefany Hernández	align=left rowspan=2	Women's individual	40.890	3 Q	40.863	2	11	6 Q	DNF

Road

Key

DNF = Did not finish

DNS = Did not start

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Enrique Diaz Cedeño	Road race	3:46:34	6
align=left rowspan=2	Yonder Godoy	Road race	DNF
Time trial	48:41.70	10
Xavier Quevedo	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	3:46:35	11
Miguel Ubeto	3:46:26

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jennifer Cesar	Road race	2:07:52	14
Time trial	28:34.50	7
Leidimar Suarez Medina	Time trial	29:23.32	10
Zuralmy Rivas	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	2:07:52	15
Gleydimar Tapia	2:07:52	10

Track

Individual sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Hersony Canelón	align=left rowspan="2"	Men's sprint	10.041	3 Q	W		W	L	W
Ángel Pulgar	10.605	14	Did not advance
Mariaesthela Vilera	Women's sprint	11.849	7 Q	W		L	Did not advance		6

Keirin

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round

Athlete	Event	1st round	Final/Classification
		Rank	Rank
Hersony Canelón	Men's keirin	2 Q
Mariaesthela Vilera	Women's keirin	4	7

Team pursuit and sprint

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round

QG = Qualified for the gold medal race

QB = Qualified for the bronze medal race

QC = Qualified for the classification round

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round		Final /
		Time	Rank	Opponent Time	Rank	Opponent Time	Rank
Manuel Briceño Barreto Víctor Moreno Cevilla Jhoan Paez Camacho Yosvangs Rojas	Men's team pursuit	4:09.450	4 Q	L 4:09.458	4 QB	L 4:07.777	4
Hersony Canelón César Marcano Ángel Pulgar	Men's team sprint	44.715	2 QG	L 45.087
Jennifer Cesar Zuralmy Rivas Leidimar Suarez Medina Gleydimar Tapia	Women's team pursuit	4:44.176	5 Q	W 4:42.692	5 QC	W 4:41.652	5
Angie González Mariaesthela Vilera	Women's team sprint	35.318	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit		Elimination race		Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Enrique Diaz Cedeno	Men's omnium	32	5	28	7	34	4	32	5	26	8	20	8	172	8
Angie González	Women's omnium	38	2	28	7	34	4	36	4	34	4	6	6	176	6

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2015 Pan American Games. Venezuela qualified four divers (three men and one woman).

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alfredo Colmenarez	Men's 3 m springboard	384.95	5 Q	359.20	12
align=left rowspan=2	Robert Páez	Men's 3 m springboard	320.80	15	Did not advance
Men's 10 m platform	348.05	11 Q	348.25	11
Edickson Contreras Robert Páez	Men's synchronized 3 m springboard	343.05	6
Maria Betancourt	Women's 3 m springboard	190.35	14	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Jumping

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 18 fencers (9 men, 9 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Result	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Francisco Limardo	align=left rowspan=2	Épée	4V – 1D	4	L 9–10	Did not advance
Rubén Limardo Gascon	4V – 1D	2	W 15–0	W 15–8	W 15–9	W 15–6
Silvio Fernández Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Gascon	Épée Team	W 45–28	W 3–2	W 45–40
Cesar Aguirre	align=left rowspan=2	Foil	1V – 4D	=12	W 15–6	L 6–15	Did not advance
Antonio Leal	4V – 1D	5	L 6–5	Did not advance
Cesar Aguirre Antonio Leal Victor Leon	Foil Team	W (45–42)	L (34–42)	L (29–45)	4
Jesus Carvajal	align=left rowspan=2	Sabre	1V – 4D	=13	L (9–15)	Did not advance
José Quintero	2V – 1D	=10	L (6–15)	Did not advance
Jesus Carvajal José Quintero Eliecer Romero	Sabre Team	W (45–34)	L (40–45)	L (42–45)	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Result	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eliana Lugo	align=left rowspan=2	Épée	2V – 3D	14	W (15–14)	L (5–15)	Did not advance
Maria Martinez	4V – 1D	5	W (15–9)	W (15–14)	L (10–15)	Did not advance
Eliana Lugo Dayana Martinez Maria Martinez	Épée Team	W (45–38)	W (37–31)	L (22–29)
Isis Gimenez	align=left rowspan=2	Foil	3V – 2D	6	W (15–10)	L (3–15)	Did not advance
Liz Rivero	1V – 4D	=15	L (5–15)	Did not advance
Isis Gimenez Emiliana Rivero Liz Rivero	Foil Team	L (33–45)	W (45–40)	W (40–39)	5
Alejandra Benítez	align=left rowspan=2	Sabre	3V – 2D	10	W (15–10)	W (15–8)	W (15–14)	L (13–15)
Shia Rodriguez	1V – 4D	17	Did not advance
Alejandra Benítez Milagros Pastran Shia Rodriguez	Sabre Team	W (45–36)	L (36–45)	W (45–38)

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a full team of four golfers.^[9]

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Jorge García	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual	70	74	68	74	286 (–17)	=8
Gustavo Morantes	71	75	74	75	295 (+7)	17
Veronica Felibert	align=left rowspan=2	Women's individual	79	78	74	73	304 (+16)	13
Ariadna Fonseca	82	75	74	76	307 (+19)	=16
Jorge García Gustavo Morantes Veronica Felibert Ariadna Fonseca	Mixed team	149	149	142	147	587 (+11)	7

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Artistic

Venezuela qualified 7 athletes.^{[10] [11]}

Men

Team & Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Jostyn Fuenmayor	All-around	12.500	12.250	13.900	13.950	13.850	12.500	78.950 Q	17	12.900	12.500	13.450	13.850	13.850	11.400	77.950	16
Junior Rojo Mendoza		11.600	11.850	12.350	13.900	14.050	13.650	77.400 Q	21	13.300	13.100	13.000	14.800	13.750	13.200	81.150	12
Jose Fuentes			14.200	13.150	12.800	14.100	12.150	66.400	34	Did not advance
Total	Team	24.100	38.300	39.400	40.650	42.000	38.300	222.750								9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Women

Team & Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Katriel De Sousa	All-around	13.650	11.050	11.050	12.800	48.550 Q	22	13.600	10.900	11.550	13.000	49.050	17
Eliana Gonzalez		13.900	11.450			25.350	50	Did not advance
Jessica López			14.300	13.400		27.700	45	Did not advance
Paola Marquez		13.400		12.700	11.600	37.700	36	Did not advance
Ivet Rojas Galean		14.000	12.100	12.100	13.00	51.200 Q	17			12.600		12.600	24
Total	Team	41.550	37.850	38.200	37.400	155.000						9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Rhythmic

Venezuela qualified two athletes.^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Grisbel Lopez	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	10.383	13.375	12.242	12.667	47.667	11
Michelle Sanchez	14.450	13.567	13.283	13.617	54.917	9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Michelle Sanchez	Ball	13.308	8
Hoop	13.433	8

Trampoline

Venezuela qualified one athlete.^[13]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified twelve judokas (five men and seven women).^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Javier Guédez	−60 kg		L 001S2–100	Did not advance	L 000S1–010S2	Did not advance	7
Sergio Mattey	−66 kg	W 110–000S1	W 010S3–000S1	L 000–100		L 001–100	5
Nelson Martinez	−90 kg	W 001S1–001S2	L 000S1–001S1	Did not advance	L 000–010S2	Did not advance	7
Antony Peňa	−100 kg	W 101S1–000S3	L 000S2–100	Did not advance	W 100S2–000	L 000S1–101	5
Pedro Pineda	+100 kg		W 100S3–000S4	L 000S4–000		L 000S4–100S3	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Gomes	−48 kg		L 000S2–000S1	Did not advance	L 000S1–100	Did not advance	7
Jormry Palma	−52 kg	L 000–011	Did not advance
Anriquelis Barrios	−57 kg	W 100–000	L 000S2–100S1	Did not advance	W 100S2–000	L 000S1–012	5
Maria Arteaga	−63 kg		L 000–100S1	Did not advance	L 000–100	Did not advance	7
Elvismar Rodríguez	−70 kg		L 000–100S1	Did not advance	L 010S1–011S1	Did not advance	7
Andrymar Alfonzo	−78 kg	L 000S3–000S2	Did not advance
Emileidys Lopez	+78 kg		L 000–101	Did not advance	L 001S1–101S1	Did not advance	7

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a full team of ten karatekas.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jovanni Martínez	–60 kg	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 2–1	1 Q	W 5–1	L 0–4
Andrés Madera	–67 kg	L 1–2	L 2–5	W 3–2	3	Did not advance		5
Alexander Nicastro	–75 kg	D 5–5	D 2–2	W 4–2	1 Q	W 2–0	L 4–3
César Herrera	–84 kg	W 1–0	W 3–1	W 6–5	1 Q	L 1–7	Did not advance
Ángel Aponte	+84 kg	D 1–1	L 3–6	L 1–2	3	Did not advance		7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aurimer Campos	–50 kg	L 0–5	L 1–2	W 1–0	3	Did not advance		5
Genesis Navarrete	–55 kg	L 0–5	L 1–4	W 2–0	3	Did not advance		5
Franyerlin Brito	–61 kg	L 0–8	D 0–0	W 1–0	3	Did not advance		5
Omaira Molina	–68 kg	D 4–4	W 2–0	W 2–0	2 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance
Yeisy Pina Ordaz	+68 kg	W 4–0	L 2–4	W 3–0	2 Q	L 1–1	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified two male modern pentathletes.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée One Touch)			Swimming (200m Freestyle)			Riding (Show Jumping)			Shooting/Running (10 m Air Pistol/3000m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Julio Luna	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	10	23	170	2:09.99	17	311	85	21	215	14:09.51	22	451	1147	19
Arturo Sulbaran	15	12	210	2:06.24	8	322	86	22	214	13:32.43	17	488	1236	16

Racquetball

See main article: Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a team of two men and two women for a total of four athletes.^[15]

Roller sports

See main article: Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela has qualified four athletes (two per gender) in the speed competitions, the maximum team size.

Speed

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Jhoan Guzman	Men's 200 m time trial	16.385		4
	Men's 500 m	38.948	1 Q	41.313	4
Julio Mirena Ortiz	Men's 10,000 m points race	2		9
Yarubi Bandres	Women's 200 m time trial	18.500		6
	Women's 500 m	42.877	4	Did not advance
Sindy Cortes Chavez	Women's 10,000 m points race	5		5

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified five boats and seven rowers (four men and three women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jakson Vicent Monasterio José Güipe Jimenez	Men's Double Sculls	7:04.12	5 R	7:11.69	4 FB	6:54.84	9
Luis Ollarves Mota Luis Graterol Loyo	Men's Lwt Double Sculls	7:11.39	4 R	7:06.92	4 FB	6:38.18	8
Elizabeth Reyes Salazar	Women's Single Sculls	8:26.89	3 R	9:25.48	6 FB	8:18.52	8
Jenesis Perez Pastran	Women's Lwt Single Sculls	8:20.23	4 R	9:06.50	5 FB	10:24.78	8
Keyla Garcia Marcucci Jenesis Perez Pastran	Women's Lwt Double Sculls	8:06.66	4 R	8:12.14	6 FB	7:22.37	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 5 boats (6 sailors).^[16]

Athlete	Event	Race														Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	M*
Daniel Flores	Men's RS:X	3	4	(7)	6	2	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	3	10	59	4
José Gutiérrez Lupoli	Laser	9	7	10	8	11	10	12	13	12	11	(16)	12		DNQ	115	12
Daniela Rivera	Laser Radial	10	10	1	4	2	14	(16)	8	12	2	2	1		14	80	7
David González	Sunfish	(11)	10	10	10	9	9	6	11	10	11	9	11		DNQ	106	11
Yamil Saba Gonzalo Cendra	Hobie 16	3	5	(7)	6	6	4	7	6	5	5	3	4		DNQ	54	7

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 15 shooters (ten men and five women).^[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Felipe Beuvrín	align=left rowspan="2"	10 metre air pistol	563-15x	14	Did not advance
Marcos Núñez	570-12x	7 Q	75.5	8
Douglas Gomez	25 metre rapid fire pistol	576-21x	5 Q	27
Edilio Centeno	align=left rowspan="2"	50 metre pistol	533-06x	10	Did not advance
Marcos Núñez	522-05x	18	Did not advance
Julio Iemma	10 metre air rifle	614.9	5 Q	202.2
Julio Iemma	align=left rowspan="2"	50 metre rifle prone	604.9	26	Did not advance
Raul Vargas	614.9	7 Q	99.6	7
Julio Iemma	align=left rowspan="2"	50 metre rifle three positions	1151-44x	7 Q	385.3	7
Raul Vargas	1127-29x	16	Did not advance
Ricardo Cortina	align=left rowspan="2"	Trap	110	10	Did not advance
Leonel Martínez	109	11	Did not advance
Ricardo Cortina	Double trap	116	11	Did not advance
Lucio Gomez	align=left rowspan="2"	Skeet	110	22	Did not advance
Victor Silva	116	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ivon Bucott	align=left rowspan="2"	10 metre air pistol	365-04x	17	Did not advance
Maribel Pineda	362-04x	19	Did not advance
Editzy Pimentel	align=left rowspan="2"	25 metre pistol	550-14x	16	Did not advance
Maribel Pineda	552-09x	15	Did not advance
Dairene Marquez	align=left rowspan="2"	10 metre air rifle	406.6	11	Did not advance
Diliana Méndez	405.8	14	Did not advance
Dairene Marquez	align=left rowspan="2"	50 metre rifle three positions	565-17x	17	Did not advance
Diliana Méndez	573-20x	3 Q	425.9	4

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games. Venezuela qualified a men's team of 15 athletes.^[18]

Men's tournament

See main article: Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

Group A

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Semifinals

Final

Grand Final

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified a duet team of two athletes.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified one man and two women.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Dias	Men's singles	L 0-4	W 4-3	L 1-4	3	Did not advance
Gremlis Arvelo	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4-1	L 0-4	W 4-0	2	W 4-3	L 1-4	Did not advance			9
Roxy Gonzalez	L 0-4	L 0-4	W 4-2	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified seven athletes (four men and three women).^[19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mario Leal	-58kg	W 8–5	L 13–14		L 2–10	Did not advance		7
Edgar Contreras	-68kg	W 10–7	L 11–12	Did not advance
Javier Medina	-80kg	W 17–0	L 6–18		W 9–7	L 7–3		5
Carlos Rivas	+80kg		W 14–1	W 4–1		W 10–9	L 11–4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Virginia Dellan	-49kg	L 7–9	Did not advance
Adriana Martinez	-57kg	L 12–13	Did not advance
Adanys Cordero	-67kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified four tennis players (two per gender).

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal/Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luis David Martínez	align=left rowspan="2"	Men's singles	L (3–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace		W (6–3, 4–6, 6–1)	L (3–6, 1–6)	Did not advance
Luis David Martínez Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace	Men's doubles	L (6^2–7^7, 1–6)	Did not advance
Andrea Gámiz	align=left rowspan="2"	Women's singles		W (6–3, 7–5)	W (6–4, 7–5)	L (0–6, 1–6)	Did not advance
Mariaryeni Gutiérrez		L (1–6, 2–6)	Did not advance
Luis David Martínez Andrea Gámiz	Mixed doubles	L (4–6, 3–6)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games. Venezuela qualified men's and women's teams, each with 13 athletes, for a total of 26.

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group B

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Fifth to Eight place

Fifth place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group B

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Fifth to Eight place

Seventh place match

Water skiing

See main article: Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified one athlete in the wakeboarding competition.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 13 athletes (7 men and 6 women).^{[20] [21]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jesús López	−62 kg	125	3	158	3	283
Israel José Rubio	align=left rowspan=2	−69 kg	135	3	160	7	295	5
Edwar Vasquez	130	6	165	5	295	6
Junior Sánchez	−77 kg	155	1	182	2	337
Renson Balza	−85 kg	157	3	185	5	342	5
Herbys Márquez	−94 kg	155	6	195	4	350	4
Jesús González	−105 kg	175	=2	210	1	385

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Betsi Rivas	−48 kg	70	7	92	5	162	5
Génesis Rodríguez	−53 kg	92	1	109	2	201
Yusleidy Figueroa	−58 kg	93	2	116	3	209
Dayana Chirinos Leon	−69 kg	95	5	115	5	210	5
Yaniuska Espinosa	align=left rowspan=2	+75 kg	115	3	148	1	263
Naryury Perez	112	5	146	2	258

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Venezuela qualified 17 wrestlers (11 men and six women).

Men

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pedro Mejías	57 kg		W 4–0	L 2–12	W 7–0
Wilfredo Henriquez	65 kg		L 0–10	Did not advance
Christian Sarco	74 kg		W 10–0	L 2–2	W 10^F–0
Pedro Ceballos	86 kg		L 5–8	Did not advance
José Daniel Díaz	97 kg		W 7–4	L 0–10	W 9–0
Luis Vivenes	125 kg		L 4–6	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Wuileixis Rivas	66 kg	W 8–0	W 2–1	W 13–1
Luis Avendaño	75 kg	L 0–8		L 0–2^F	5
Querys Perez	85 kg	W 6–4	W 6–5	L 0–9
Luillys Perez	98 kg	W 11–4	L 2–8	W 4–0
Moisés Pérez	130 kg	L 0–9		L WO	5

Women

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sehilyn Oliveros	48 kg	L 0–10	Did not advance
Betzabeth Argüello	53 kg	L 1–12		W 8^F–0
Betzabeth Sarco	58 kg	L 2–3	Did not advance
Nathaly Grimán	63 kg	L 6–11^F	Did not advance
María Acosta	69 kg	W 5–0	W 3–1	L 2–13
Jaramit Weffer	75 kg	L 3–5		L 1–2	5

See also

• Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Places allocated for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. 23 October 2014. coparco.org/. World Archery Americas. 23 October 2014.
3. Web site: Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation.. xls. 11 March 2015. badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan Am. 13 March 2015.
4. Web site: USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier. 12 March 2015. ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 15 March 2015.
5. Web site: Schedule released for basketball competition at Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Butler. Nick. 5 February 2015. insidethegames.biz/. Insidethegames. 13 February 2015.
6. Web site: Beach volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games. 11 July 2015. www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 25 May 2017.
7. Web site: Boats Qualified after the Pan American Olympic Festival. copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation. 12 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210547/http://copaconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Slalom-Pan-Am-qualification-Toronto-2015_16072014.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead. dmy-all .
8. Web site: 2015 Panamerican Games Qualification Overall Table of Qualifiers. 9 February 2015. copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). 11 February 2015.
9. Web site: Counting down to the TO2015 Pan Am Games. 10 July 2015. www.golfcanada.ca/. Golf Canada. 23 January 2017.
10. Web site: Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Masculina. es. Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Men's Artistic Gymnastics. upag-gymnastics.com/. Pan American Gymnastics Union. 11 September 2014.
11. Web site: Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Femenina. es. Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Women's Artistic Gymnastics. upag-gymnastics.com/. Pan American Gymnastics Union. 11 September 2014.
12. Web site: Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Rítm. Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Rhythmic Gymnastics. es. upag-gymnastics.com/. Pan American Gymnastics Union. 11 September 2014.
13. Web site: Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Trampolín. Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Trampoline. es. upag-gymnastics.com/. Pan American Gymnastics Union. 11 September 2014.
14. Web site: Pan American Judo Rankings. 25 April 2015. cpjudo.com/. Pan American Judo Confederation. 9 May 2015.
15. Web site: Places Pan Am Games – Toronto 2015. 5 April 2015. dropbox.com/. Pan American Racquetball Confederation. 5 April 2015.
16. Web site: 2015 Pan America Games Sailing Qualification. 22 March 2015. panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 24 May 2015.
17. Web site: Pan Am Quotas 2015 Preliminary by Countries. conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas (CAT). 1 January 2015.
18. News: 1 November 2014. Throwing error costly for Canada at Pan American softball tournament. The Guardian (Charlottetown). Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 2 November 2014 .
19. Web site: Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. es. 11 March 2015. mastkd.com/. Mastaekwondo. 12 March 2015.
20. Web site: Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015. es. Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games. Pan American Weightlifting Federation. 14 February 2015.
21. Web site: Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Femenina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015. es. Qualification for women's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games. Pan American Weightlifting Federation. 14 February 2015.

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