| Npc: | VEN |
| Npcname: | Comité Paralimpico Venezolano |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Sol Rojas |
| Rank: | 65 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Venezuela competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
| width=78% align=left valign=top |
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 2 | 5 | |
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1] [2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Fernando Ferrer | Men's 100 m T11 | 11.70 | 3 Q | 11.67 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 200 m T11 | 24.21 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Omar Monterola | Men's 100 m T37 | 11.86 | 3 Q | 12.13 | 8 | ||
| Men's 400 m T37 | 53.38 | 1 Q | 52.93 | ||||
| Samuel Colmenares | Men's 400 m T45/46/47 | 50.22 | 3 Q | 49.55 | 5 | ||
| Luis Paiva | Men's 400 m T20 | 48.43 | 1 Q | 47.83 | |||
| Men's 1500 m T20 | 4:11:20 | 8 | |||||
| Edixon Pirela | Men's 400 m T20 | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||
| Rafael Uribe | Men's high jump T44 | 2.01 | |||||
| Lo Andris González | Men's high jump T45/46/47 | 1.85 | 7 | ||||
| Abrahan Ortega | Men's javelin F46 | 49.94 | 8 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sol Rojas | Women's 200 m T11 | 25.81 | 3 Q | 25.47 | 2 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 400 m T11 | 56.83 | 2 Q | 57.64 | ||||
| Greilyz Villarroel | Women's 100 m T12 | 12.45 | 2 Q | 12.60 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 200 m T12 | 25.88 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Women's 400 m T12 | 59.71 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Yescarly Medina | Women's 100 m T37 | 14.11 | 2 Q | 13.85 | |||
| Norkelys González | Women's 400 m T20 | 1:01:18 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's long jump T20 | 4.90 | 6 | |||||
| Yomaira Cohen | Women's shot put T37 | 9.54 | 6 | ||||
| Women's shot put T37/38 | |||||||
| Women's javelin T37 | 28.56 | 4 | |||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Venezuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Cirio Molina | Men's road race C1-3 | 1:58:19 | 20 |
| Men's time trial C2 | 29:13:40 | 8 | ||
| Victor Garrido | Men's road race C1-3 | DNF |
See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Marcos Falcón | Men's 66 kg | L 0–0 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Mauricio Briceño | Men's 73 kg | W 100–0 | L 0–0 | L 100–0 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | 7 |
| William Montero | Men's +100 kg | L 0–101 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Alberto Vera | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:15:91 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m medley SM14 | 2:35:14 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Belkis Mota | 50 m freestyle S12 | 30.50 | 7 Q | 30.47 | 6 |
| 400 m freestyle S13 | 5:09:57 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly S13 | 1:15:60 | 15 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Group | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Edson Gómez | Singles class 4 | L 0–3 | L 2–3 | 3 | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 15 | |
| Denisos Martínez | Singles class 11 | L 0–3 | 3 | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 11 | ||