Venezuela_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Venezuela at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Venezuela at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	www.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors	36 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Héctor Thomas
Medals; Ranked 41st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpico Venezolano to take part in 26 events in 9 sports.^[1] The Venezuelan representation was similar to that of the Helsinki Games that awarded the country first olympic medal but including for the first time a Venezuelan sailing and weightlifting representation. The sporting shooter Enrico Forcella won the nation's second ever Olympic medal and to date solely Olympic medallist in shooting. Women's return after being absent from the previous game, competing in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Medalists edit

Bronze edit

Enrico Forcella — Shooting, Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone position, 50 metres

Competitors edit

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	0	7
Boxing	3	0	3
Fencing	4	4	8
Cycling	5	0	5
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	0	1	1
Yachting	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	31	5	36

Athletics edit

Boxing edit

Miguel Amarista
Fidel Odremán
Mario Romero

Cycling edit

Five cyclists, all men, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Fencing edit

Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Luis García, Freddy Quintero, Augusto Gutiérrez, Jesús Gruber

Men's sabre

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Ingrid Sander, Norma Santini, Belkis Leal, Teófila Márquiz

Sailing edit

Daniel Camejo Octavio
Peter Camejo Guanche

Shooting edit

Six shooters represented Venezuela in 1960. Enrico Forcella won the bronze in the 50m rifle, prone event.

25 m pistol

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Swimming edit

Annelisse Rockenbach
Alberto Feo Corao

Weightlifting edit

Oswaldo Solórzano
Enrique Guitens

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 1 (PDF). the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 910.