Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, since its debut in 1948. A total of 48 athletes, 33 men and 15 women, competed in 15 sports.

Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	48 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Julio César Luna
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela left Athens with its first Olympic medal since 1984 and eighth overall in history. It was awarded to weightlifter Israel José Rubio, who earned the bronze in the men's 62 kg class.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Israel José Rubio	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg	August 16
Bronze	Adriana Carmona	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	August 28

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[2][3]

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luis Fonseca	Marathon	—				DNF
Freddy González	5000 m	13:42.44	13	—		Did not advance
Luis Luna	400 m	47.92	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Víctor Castillo	Long jump	7.98	15	Did not advance
Manuel Fuenmayor	Javelin throw	72.26	30	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent seven boxers to Athens. Five of them lost their first matches, while the two in the heavier weight classes each won their first round (one by walkover, however) before falling in their second match.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Ángel Miranda	Light flyweight	Bartelemí (CUB) L RSC	Did not advance
Jonny Mendoza	Flyweight	Bye	Ambunda (NAM) L 19–39	Did not advance
Alexander Espinoza	Bantamweight	Bye	Kooner (CAN) L 20–37	Did not advance
Patrick López	Light welterweight	di Rocco (ITA) L 30–37	Did not advance
Jean Carlos Prada	Welterweight	Husanov (UZB) L 20–33	Did not advance
Edgar Muñoz	Light heavyweight	Šivolija (CRO) W 31–23	Aripgadjiev (BLR) L 10–18	Did not advance
Wilmer Vásquez	Heavyweight	—	Ergezen (TUR) W WO	Solís (CUB) L 4–24	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Unai Etxebarría was the most notable Venezuelan cyclist at the 2004 Olympics, as he joined a leading group of 10 at the 146 kilometre mark of the men's road race, later attacked this group, leading to the formation of a group of 6 at the start of lap 13 (160 kilometres) before being caught by the peloton at the 185 kilometre mark, with Etxebarría finishing in the middle of the pack.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
José Chacón Díaz	Men's road race	Did not finish
Unai Etxebarría		5:41:56	34

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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	11.597 62.085	8	Hijgenaar (NED) W 11.849 60.764	Bye	Muenzer (CAN) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Tsylinskaya (BLR)  Meinke (GER)  Krupeckaitė (LTU) L DSQ	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified a single diver.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ramon Fumado	3 m springboard	410.97	14 Q	605.79	17	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified four fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Silvio Fernández	Individual épée	Bye	Xie Yj (CHN) W 15–13	Zhao G (CHN) W 15–12	Fischer (SUI) L 13–15	Did not advance
Carlos Rodríguez	Individual foil	Anwar (EGY) W 15–7	Sanzo (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariana González	Individual foil	Smart (USA) W 14–2	Vezzali (ITA) L 4–15	Did not advance
Alejandra Benítez	Individual sabre	Zhang Y (CHN) L 9–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan has qualified nine judoka (five men and four women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiver Alvarenga	−60 kg	Darbelet (FRA) L 0002–0010	Did not advance
Ludwig Ortíz	−66 kg	Arencibia (CUB) L 0010–0101	Did not advance			Young (AUS) W 1000–0000	Pina (POR) L 0001–0030	Did not advance
Richard León	−73 kg	Bivol (MDA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance			Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
José Gregorio Camacho	−90 kg	Costa (ARG) L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Leonel Wilfredo Ruíz	+100 kg	Papaioannou (GRE) L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Flor Velázquez	−52 kg	Bye	Singleton (GBR) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Rudymar Fleming	−57 kg	Kusakabe (JPN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Keivi Pinto	−78 kg	Nasiga (FIJ) W 0021–0000	Anno (JPN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance		Bye	Morico (ITA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Giovanna Blanco	+78 kg	Bye	Bisseni (FRA) W 0002–0000	Beltrán (JPN) L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Bye	Bryant (GBR) W 0111–0020	Yahyaoui (TUN) L 0000–1012	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified a single boat in men's mistral.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Carlos Julio Flores	Mistral	25	30	26	11	16	25	28	27	27	24	23	232	25

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francis Gorrin	10 m air pistol	534	37	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	358	41	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Monasterio	400 m freestyle	3:54.41	23	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:20.89	15	—		Did not advance
Luis Rojas	50 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.69 NR	14 Q	49.85	15	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	54.58	36	Did not advance
Albert Subirats	200 m freestyle	1:53.11	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arlene Semeco	50 m freestyle	26.20	27	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.04	29	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fabiola Ramos	Women's singles	Negrisoli (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Luisana Pérez Fabiola Ramos	Women's doubles	Rodríguez / Vega (CHI) W 4–3	Banh / Gao (USA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Alberto García	Men's −68 kg	Silva (BRA) L 5–6	Did not advance
Luis Noguera	Men's +80 kg	Zrouri (MAR) L 5–8	Did not advance
Dalia Contreras	Women's −49 kg	Arusi (ISR) W 5–1	Gonda (CAN) L 2–3	Did not advance
Adriana Carmona	Women's +67 kg	Stevenson (GBR) W 8–8 SUP	Chen Z (CHN) L 5–7	Did not advance	Okamoto (JPN) W 5–2	Dawani (JOR) W 11–8	Falavigna (BRA) W 7–4

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified a spot in the women's tennis.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
María Vento-Kabchi	Women's singles	Kremer (LUX) W 6–3, 6–4	Henin-Hardenne (BEL) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified a single athlete in men's triathlon.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Gilberto González	Men's	18:24	0:19	1:05:29	0:19	35:19	1:59:12.20	36

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela has qualified three men in weightlifting.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Israel José Rubio	Men's −62 kg	132.5	=6	162.5	3	295
Octavio Mejías	Men's −77 kg	155	=10	187.5	=11	295	12
Julio César Luña	Men's −94 kg	170	=12	220	=1	390	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafael Barreno	−120 kg	Galstyan (ARM) L 1–3 PP	Szczepaniak (FRA) L 0–4 ST	3	Did not advance			16

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mayelis Caripá	−48 kg	Oorzhak (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Li H (CHN) L 0–4 ST	Miranda (USA) L 1–4 SP	4	Did not advance			12

See also

• Venezuela at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Paralympics