Venezuela at the Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	www.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
Medals Ranked 75th	Gold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 9 Total 19
Summer appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Venezuela first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Venezuela has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) was created in 1935.

Venezuelan athletes have won a total of nineteen medals, all at Summer Games, with boxing (six medals; one gold, three silver, two bronze) being the most successful sport. The most successful Olympian is Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela's only multi-medalist in a regular Games, with one gold and one silver in women's triple jump.

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1948 London 1 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Helsinki 38 0 0 1 1 43 1956 Melbourne 19 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Rome 17 0 0 1 1 44 1964 Tokyo 16 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 36 1 0 0 1 30 1972 Munich 26 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Montreal 36 0 1 0 1 35 1980 Moscow 48 0 1 0 1 33 1984 Los Angeles 26 0 0 3 3 41 1988 Seoul 18 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 36 0 0 0 0[A] – 1996 Atlanta 39 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 51 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 48 0 0 2 2 68 2008 Beijing 110 0 0 1 1 86 2012 London 69 1 0 0 1 50 2016 Rio de Janeiro 87 0 2 1 3 65 2020 Tokyo 44 1 3 0 4 46 2024 Paris Future Event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 721 3 7 9 19 75 Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 4 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver Did not participate 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang Did not participate 2022 Beijing Future Event 2026 Milan–Cortina Total 0 0 0 0 – Medals by sport[] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Boxing 1 3 2 6 Athletics 1 1 1 3 Fencing 1 0 0 1 Weightlifting 0 2 1 3 Cycling 0 1 1 2 Taekwondo 0 0 2 2 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Totals (8 sports) 3 7 9 19 Source: [1]

List of medalists[]

Summer Olympics[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Asnoldo Devonish	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Bronze	Enrico Forcella	1960 Rome	Shooting	Men's 50-metre rifle prone
Gold	Francisco Rodríguez	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Silver	Pedro Gamarro	1976 Montreal	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Silver	Bernardo Piñango	1980 Moscow	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Marcelino Bolívar	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Bronze	Omar Catari	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Rafael Vidal	1984 Los Angeles	Swimming	Men's 200-metre butterfly
Bronze	Adriana Carmona	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Bronze	Israel Jose Rubio	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Bronze	Dalia Contreras	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
Gold	Rubén Limardo	2012 London	Fencing	Men's épée
Silver	Yulimar Rojas	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Silver	Yoel Finol	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Bronze	Stefany Hernandez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cycling	Women's BMX
Gold	Yulimar Rojas	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Silver	Julio Mayora	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's 73 kg
Silver	Keydomar Vallenilla	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's 96 kg
Silver	Daniel Dhers	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's BMX freestyle

Multiple medalists[]

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	2016, 2020	1	1	0	2

Most successful Olympian progression[]

This table shows how the designation of most successful Venezuelan Olympian has progressed over time.

Athlete	Sport	Date	Gender				Total
Asnoldo Devonish	Athletics	23 July 1952	M	0	0	1	1
Enrico Forcella	Shooting	1960	M	0	0	1	1
Francisco Rodríguez	Boxing	October 1968	M	1	0	0	1
Rubén Limardo	Fencing	2012	M	1	0	0	1
Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	1 August 2021	F	1	1	0	2

Notes[]

• ^A Venezuela won two demonstration medals in taekwondo (one gold and one bronze) at the 1992 Summer Olympics. As a demonstration sport, the medals are not recognized as Olympic medals by the International Olympic Committee; the says that the 1992 medals are recognized and lists them among the nation's taekwondo medals, but all other countries and athletes who received medals in the sport in 1992 do not recognize their own medals, and do not count them toward the all-time total of medals of their respective countries. For accuracy and consistency, those of Venezuela are not counted.^[2][3][4]
  See also: Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References[]

See also[]

• List of flag bearers for Venezuela at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Venezuela
• Venezuela at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links[]

• "Venezuela". International Olympic Committee.
• "Venezuela". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/VEN". olympanalyt.com.