Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Venezuela at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	50 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Adriana Carmona
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 50 competitors, 36 men and 14 women, took part in 49 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Carabalí Juan Morillo Hely Ollarves José Peña	4 × 100 m relay	39.45 s	20	Did not advance
Carlos Tarazona	Marathon	—				2:20:39	40
José Alejandro Semprún	Marathon	—				3:00:02	79

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Luis Varela	Light flyweight	M Romero (CUB) L 11–15	Did not advance
Nehomar Cermeño	Bantamweight	R Durgahed (MRI) W 16–4	A Agaguloglu (TUR) L 3-11	Did not advance
Patrick López	Lightweight	N Schuster (GER) W 24–10	A Maletin (RUS) L RSC	Did not advance
Hely Yánes	Light Middleweight	N Kasenov (KGZ) W 20–12	Y Ibraimov (KAZ) L RSC	Did not advance

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Omar Pumar	Road race	5:30:46	50
Manuel Guevara		5:42:43	83
Carlos Maya		5:42:43	84
Alexis Méndez		5:52:47	88

Track Cycling

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Daniela Larreal	Women's sprint	11.526 (62.467)	5	T Lindenmuth (USA) W	N/A	M Ferris (AUS)L	Did not advance	Classification 5-8 S Szabolcsi (HUN) T Lindenmuth (USA) T Dubnicoff (CAN) L	8

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniela Larreal	Women's time trial	35.728	10

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ramón Fumadó	3 m springboard	343.89	28	Did not advance
Luis Villarroel	3 m springboard	365.97	21	Did not advance
Luis Villarroel	10 m platform	309.66	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alejandra Fuentes	3 m springboard	219.81	37	Did not advance

Fencing

One male fencer represented Venezuela in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Carlos Rodríguez	Men's foil	Bye	I Mamedov (RUS) W 15–14	S Sanzo (ITA) L 7-15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Arlen Lovera	All-around	9.087	9.362	9.300	8.575	36.324	50	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiver Alvarenga	Men's 60 kg	Bye	D Narmandakh (MGL) L	Did not advance
Ludwig Ortíz	Men's 66 kg	Bye	P Caravana (POR) L	Did not advance
Eduardo Manglés	Men's 73 kg	Bye	M Almeida (POR) L	Did not advance
Hermágoras Manglés	Men's 81 kg	Bye	Kwak O (PRK) L	Did not advance
Luis René López	Men's 90 kg	—	C Santiago (PUR) L	Did not advance
Luís Gregorio López	Men's 100 kg	Bye	D Gowing (NZL) L	Did not advance
Douglas Cardozo	Men's 100 kg	Bye	D Douillet (FRA) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jackelin Díaz	Women's 52 kg	I Aluaş (ROU) L	Did not advance
Xiomara Griffith	Women's 70 kg	Y Scapin (ITA) L	Did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Yamil Saba Fuentes	Mistral	18	30	37	15	20	29	34	32	24	10	22	200	27

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Felipe Beuvrín	10 m air pistol	569	30	Did not advance
Felipe Beuvrín	50 m pistol	542	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
María Gabriela Franco	10 m air pistol	366	39	Did not advance
María Gabriela Franco	25 m pistol	563	37	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Francisco Sánchez	50 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Francisco Sánchez	100 m freestyle	52.43	50	Did not advance
Francisco Páez	200 m freestyle	1:54.32	35	Did not advance
Ricardo Monasterio	400 m freestyle	3:55.35	23	—		Did not advance
Ricardo Monasterio	1500 m freestyle	15:17.00	15	—		Did not advance
Francisco Sánchez	100 m butterfly	54.56	29	Did not advance
Oswaldo Quevedo	100 m butterfly	55.55	39	Did not advance
Carlos Santander Oswaldo Quevedo Francisco Páez Francisco Sánchez	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.64	17	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Technical	Free	Total	Rank	Technical	Free	Total	Rank
Jenny Castro Bravo Virginia Ruiz	Duet	29.750	54.036	83.786	21	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fabiola Ramos	Women's singles	Group K Chen-Tonf F (TPE) L 0 – 3 Kovtun O (UKR) L 0-3	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adriana Carmona	Women's 67 kg	BYE	M Baverel (FRA) W 8–3	Chen Z (CHN) L 6–8	D Bosshart (CAN) L 8–9	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José de Armas Jimy Szymanski	Doubles	M Ančić / G Ivanišević (CRO) W 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)	S Lareau / D Nestor (CAN) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
María Alejandra Vento	Singles	A Hopmans (NED) W 6–3, 6–3	S Appelmans (BEL) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
María Alejandra Vento Milagros Sequera	Doubles	—	E Gagliardi / M Vavrinec (SUI) W 6–2, 7–5	L Montalvo / P Suárez (ARG) W 6–4, 6–1	E Callens / D van Roost (BEL) L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swimming	Cycling	Running	Total Time	Rank
Gilberto González	Men's	18:54.49	58:40.40	34:38.14	1:52:13.03	37

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Julio César Luna	Men's 94 kg	177,5	9	215	8	392,5	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Karla Fernández	Women's 53 kg	80	8	95	9	175	9

Wrestling

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eddy Bartolozzi	85 kg	Group 5 A Olczak (AUS) W 3-0 PO M Lidberg (SWE) L 1-3 PP S Bárdosi (HUN) L 0–3 PO	3	Did not advance			11
Rafael Barreno	130 kg	Group 3 G Saldadze (UKR) L 0-3 PO L Kovacs (AUS)W 3-0 PO	2	Did not advance			12

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

^ "Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[sports-reference-1] "Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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