Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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]

Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.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)
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Competitors

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

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

Men's road race

• Carlos Maya
• Hussein Monsalve
• Robinson Merchán

Women's sprint

• Daniela Larreal

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One synchronized swimmer represented Venezuela in 1992.

Women's solo

• María Elena Giusti

• Final — 9th place

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight

• Humberto Fuentes

Men's Lightweight

• José Medina

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Julio César Luña

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

See also

• Venezuela at the 1991 Pan American Games