Venezuela_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Venezuela at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Venezuela at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	www.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Barcelona
Competitors	25 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	María Elena Giusti
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 26 competitors, 22 men and 4 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Basketball	10	0	10
Boxing	3	–	3
Cycling	3	1	4
Diving	1	0	1
Judo	1	2	3
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	22	3	25

Basketball edit

Men's Team Competition

Key
	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Unified Team (EUN)	4	1	425	373	+52	9	1–0
Lithuania	4	1	481	424	+57	9	0–1
Australia	3	2	432	396	+36	8	1–0
Puerto Rico	3	2	445	440	+15	8	0–1
Venezuela	1	4	392	427	−35	6
China	0	5	381	496	−115	5

July 26
9:30

Venezuela	64–78	Unified Team (EUN)
Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

July 27
11:30

Venezuela	79–87	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

July 29
9:30

Venezuela	71–78	Australia
Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

July 31
9:30

Venezuela	82–96	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

August 2
14:30

Venezuela	96–88	China
Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

Classification Round 9-12th place

August 4
11:30

Venezuela	81–95	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–46, 41–49

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

11th place game

August 6
9:00

China	97–100	Venezuela
Scoring by half: 51–51, 46–49

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

Roster

( 4.) Víctor David Díaz
( 5.) David Díaz
( 6.) Melquiades Jaramillo
( 7.) Nelson Solórzano
( 8.) Rostin González
( 9.) Luis Jiménez
(10.) Sam Shepherd
(11.) Carl Herrera
(12.) Omar Walcott
(13.) Gabriel Estaba
(14.) Iván Olivares
(15.) Alexander Nelcha

Boxing edit

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Serradas	Flyweight	A Chacón (PUR) W 12-3	M Loch (GER) W 9-4	R González (CUB) L 7-14	did not advance
José Guzman	Welterweight	N Odore (KEN) L RSC-2	did not advance
Raimundo Yant	Light-Heavyweight	M Benguesmia (ALG) L 11-15	did not advance

Cycling edit

Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Venezuela in 1992.

Men's road race

Women's sprint

Daniela Larreal

Diving edit

Men's 3m Springboard

Dario Di Fazio

Preliminary Round — 332.43 points (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 10m Platform

Dario Di Fazio

Preliminary Round — 317.04 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Judo edit

Women's Half-Middleweight

Xiomara Griffith

Final — 7th place

Women's Extra-Lightweight

María Villapol

Final — 7th place

Men's Extra-Lightweight

Willis García

Final — 7th place

Synchronized swimming edit

One synchronized swimmer represented Venezuela in 1992.

Women's solo

María Elena Giusti

Final — 9th place

Weightlifting edit

Men's Flyweight

Humberto Fuentes

Men's Lightweight

José Medina

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Julio César Luña

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ "Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
^ Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics