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Venezuela at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).png
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Montreal
Competitors32 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 32 competitors, 23 men and 9 women, took part in 35 events in 6 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Pedro Gamarro Boxing Men's Welterweight 31 July

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Armando Guevara Light flyweight N/A E Baltar (PHI)
W 5-0 		D Geilich (GDR)
W 5-0 		Li Byong-Uk (PRK)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Alfredo Pérez Flyweight E Ríos (MEX)
W 5-0 		S El-Ashry (EGY)
W W/O 		G Kostadinov (BUL)
W 5-0 		L Błażyński (POL)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Jovito Rengifo Bantamweight B Muwanga (UGA)
W 5-0 		O Martínez (CUB)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Angel Pacheco Featherweight S Calderón (COL)
W 5-0 		C Calderón (PUR)
W 5-0 		A Herrera (CUB)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Nelson Calzadilla Lightweight Bye E Gonzalez (NIC)
W 5-0 		S Cuţov (ROU)
L 5-0 		Did not advance
Jesús Navas Light Welterweight J Okoth (UGA)
W W/O 		U Beyer (GDR)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Pedro Gamarro Welterweight Bye M Beneš (YUG)
W 5-0 		E Correa (CUB)
W RSC-3 		C Jackson (USA)
W 3-2 		R Skricek (FRG)
W RSC-3 		J Bachfeld (GDR)
L 2-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alfredo Lemus Light Middleweight N/A M Dawuda (GHA)
W W/O 		R Davies (GBR)
W 4-1 		V Savchenko (URS)
L KO-2 		Did not advance
Fulgencio Obelmejias Middleweight N/A L Martínez (CUB)
L 5-0 		Did not advance
Ernesto Sánchez Light Heavyweight N/A G Stoymenov (BUL)
L 5-0 		Did not advance

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Venezuela in 1976.

Individual road race
  • Ramón Noriega — 5:03:13.0 (→ 53rd place)
  • José Ollarves — 5:07:09.0 (→ 58th place)
  • Justo Galaviz — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Nicolas Reidtler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
  • José Ollarves
  • Justo Galaviz
  • Jesús Escalona
  • Serafino Silva

Diving

Further information: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Further information: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Venezuela at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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