Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	26 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	William Wuycke
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
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Venezuela competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 29 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Rafael Vidal	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	3 August
Bronze	Marcelino Bolivar	Boxing	Men's light-flyweight	9 August
Bronze	Omar Catarí	Boxing	Men's featherweight	9 August

Men's Decathlon

• Douglas Fernández

• Final Result — 7553 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Marcelino Bolivar → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Nelson Jamili (Philippines), on points (5:0)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Agapito Gómez (Spain), on points (4:1)
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Carlos Motta (Guatemala), on points (5:0)
  4. Semifinals — Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States), on points (1:4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Manuel Vilchez
  1. First Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda), on points (2:3)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Omar Catari → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Azzedine Said (Algeria), RSC-2
  3. Third Round — Defeated Satoru Higashi (Japan), on points (4:1)
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Park Hyung-Ok (South Korea), on points (4:1)
  5. Semifinals — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), on points (0:5)

Two cyclists represented Venezuela in 1984.

Individual road race

• Enrique Campos
• Fernando Correa

Men's 3m Springboard

• Carlos Isturiz

• Preliminary Round — 483.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Two fencers, both men, represented Venezuela in 1984.

Men's foil

• José Rafael Magallanes

Men's épée

• José Rafael Magallanes

Men's sabre

• Ildemaro Sánchez

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Alberto Mestre Sosa

• Heat — 50.99
• Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Alberto Mestre Sosa

• Heat — 1:50.73
• Final — 1:50.23 (→ 5th place)

• Jean-Marie François

• Heat — 1:55.28 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Jean-Marie François

• Heat — 4:03.08 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Giovanni Frigo

• Heat — 59.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Giovanni Frigo

• Heat — 2:07.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Jorge Henão

• Heat — 1:09.01 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Jorge Henão

• Heat — 2:28.03 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Rafael Vidal Castro

• Heat — 54.33
• Final — 54.27 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Rafael Vidal Castro

• Heat — 1:59.15
• Final — 1:57.51 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Alberto José Umana

• Heat — 2:05.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Alberto Mestre Sosa, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal, and Jean-Marie François

• Heat — 3:30.24 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Jean-Marie François, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa

• Heat — 7:31.79 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Giovanni Frigo, Jorge Henão, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa

• Heat — 3:55.12 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database