| Noc: | VEN |
| Nocname: | Venezuelan Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 33 (18 men & 15 women) |
| Sports: | 11 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Julio Mayora & Anriquelis Barrios[1] |
| Flagbearer Close: | Julio Mayora & Anyelin Venegas[2] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1948 |
Venezuela competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fencing | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Wrestling | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 15 | 33 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| José Antonio Maita | Men's 800 m | 1:48.02 | 8 | 1:46.44 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Joselyn Brea | Women's 1500 m | 4:13.17 | 15 | 4:05.93 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Women's 5000 m | 15:02.89 | 8 Q | 15:17.04 | 15 | ||||||||
| Yoveinny Mota | Women's 100 m hurdles | Did not advance | ||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Leodan Torrealba | align=left | Men's triple jump | 16.18 | 29 | Did not advance | ||
| Robeilys Peinado | align=left | Women's pole vault | 4.40 | =12 q | 4.60 | 10 | |
| Rosa Rodríguez | align=left | Women's hammer throw | 71.76 | 10 q | 72.98 | 8 | |
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Jesús Cova | Men's 63.5 kg | L 0–5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Omailyn Alcalá | Women's 57 kg | L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Venezuela entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[6]
See main article: Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).[7]
See main article: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela entered one female and four male fencers into the Olympic competition. Men's épée team secured quota places after nominated as the highest ranked nations team, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024, while Katherine Paredes secured her olympic spot through the Zonal Panamerican Olympic Qualifier Tournament 2024, held in San José, Costa Rica.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Francisco Limardo | align=left rowspan=3 | Men's épée | L 12–15 | Did not advance | |||||
| Rubén Limardo | L 10–15 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Grabiel Lugo | W 15–11 | W 15–10 | L 12–13 | Did not advance | |||||
| Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Jesús Limardo Grabiel Lugo | Men's team épée | L 33–39 | Classification semifinal L 34–45 | Seventh place final W 41–35 | 7 | ||||
| Khaterine Paredes | Women's sabre | L 10–15 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Anriquelis Barrios (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuelan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Douglas Gómez | Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol | 569 | 29 | Did not advance | ||||
| Leonel Martínez | Men’s trap | 116 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuelan swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Alberto Mestre | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.02 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.51 | 31 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Alfonso Mestre | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:48.20 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 800 m freestyle | 8:12.03 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| María Yegres | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:00.66 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela qualified one athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Yohandri Granado secured his spot by virtue of winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Katherin Echandia (women's 49 kg), Anyelin Venegas (women's 59 kg), Naryury Pérez (Women's +81 kg), Julio Mayora (Men's 73 kg) and Keydomar Vallenilla (Men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Katherin Echandia | Women's −49 kg | 83 | 9 | 105 | 9 | 188 | 9 | |
| Anyelin Venegas | Women's −59 kg | 102 | 6 | 128 | 6 | 230 | 4 | |
| Naryury Pérez | Women's +81 kg | 114 | 10 | 145 | 7 | 259 | 8 | |
| Julio Mayora | Men's –73 kg | 152 | 5 | |||||
| Keydomar Vallenilla | Men's −89 kg | 162 | 10 | 196 | 8 | 358 | 8 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Venezuela qualified four wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.[11] [12] [13]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Anthony Montero | Men's −74 kg | L 0–10 ST | Did not advance | |||||
| Betzabeth Argüello | Women's −53 kg | L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | |||||
| Soleymi Caraballo | Women's −68 kg | L 0–4 ST | Did not advance | |||||