Venezuela was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the Venezuelan Olympic Committee.
In total, 50 athletes including 36 men and 14 women represented Venezuela in 17 different sports including athletics, boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, gymnastics, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, sychronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, weightlifting and wrestling.
Competitors In total, 50 athletes represented Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across 17 different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 0 6Boxing 4 – 4Cycling 4 1 5Diving 2 1 3Fencing 1 0 1Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 6 2 8Sailing 1 0 1Shooting 1 1 2Swimming 5 0 5Synchronized swimming – 2 2Table tennis 0 2 2Taekwondo 0 1 1Tennis 2 2 4Triathlon 1 0 1Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 2 – 2 Total 36 14 50
Athletics
In total, six Venezuelan athletes participated in the athletics events – José Carabalí, Juan Morillo, Hely Ollarves and José Peña in the men's 4 × 100 m relay and José Alejandro Semprún and Carlos Tarazona in the men's marathon.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJosé CarabalíJuan MorilloHely OllarvesJosé Peña4 × 100 m relay39.45 s20Did not advanceCarlos TarazonaMarathoncolspan=4 2:20:3940José Alejandro Semprúncolspan=4 3:00:0279
Boxing
In total, four Venezuelan athletes participated in the boxing events – Nehomar Cermeño in the bantamweight category, Patrick López in the lightweight category, José Luis Varela in the light flyweight category and Hely Yánes in the light middleweight category.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJosé Luis VarelaLight flyweightL 11–15Did not advanceNehomar CermeñoBantamweightW 16–4L 3-11Did not advancePatrick LópezLightweightW 24–10L RSCDid not advanceHely YánesLight middleweightW 20–12L RSCDid not advance
Cycling
In total, five Venezuelan athletes participated in the cycling events – Manuel Guevara, Carlos Maya, Alexis Méndez and Omar Pumar in the men's road race and Daniela Larreal in the women's sprint and the women's time trial.
Road Cycling AthleteEventTimeRankOmar PumarMen's road race5:30:4650Manuel Guevara5:42:4383Carlos Maya5:42:4384Alexis Méndez5:52:47 88
Track Cycling
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankDaniela LarrealWomen's sprint11.526(62.467)5WN/ALDid not advanceClassification 5-8L8
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankDaniela LarrealWomen's time trial35.72810
Diving
In total, three Venezuelan athletes participated in the diving events – Alejandra Fuentes in the women's 3 m springboard, Ramón Fumadó in the men's 3 m springboard and Luis Villarroel in the men's 3 m springboard and the men's 10 m platform.
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankRamón FumadóMen's 3 m springboard343.8928 Did not advanceLuis VillarroelMen's 3 m springboard365.9721Did not advanceMen's 10 m platform309.6635Did not advanceAlejandra FuentesWomen's 3 m springboard219.8137Did not advance
Fencing
In total, one Venezuelan athlete participated in the fencing events – Carlos Rodríguez in the men's foil.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32 Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankCarlos RodríguezMen's foilW 15–14L 7-15Did not advance
Gymnastics
In total, one Venezuelan athletes participated in the gymnastic events – Arlen Lovera in the women's individual all-around, the women's floor, the women's vault, the women's uneven bars and the women's balance beam .
AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankArlen LoveraAll-around9.0879.3629.3008.57536.32450Did not advance
Judo
In total, eight Venezuelan athletes participated in the judo events – Reiver Alvarenga in the men's –60 kg category, Jackelin Díaz in the Women's –52 kg category, Xiomara Griffith in the Women's –70 kg category, Luís Gregorio López in the men's –100 kg category, Luis René López in the men's –90 kg category, Eduardo Manglés in the men's –73 kg category, Hermágoras Manglés in the men's –81 kg category and Ludwig Ortíz in the men's –66 kg category.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankReiver AlvarengaMen's –60 kgLDid not advanceLudwig OrtízMen's –66 kgLDid not advanceEduardo ManglésMen's –73 kgLDid not advanceHermágoras ManglésMen's –81 kgLDid not advanceLuis René LópezMen's –90 kgLDid not advanceLuís Gregorio LópezMen's –100 kgLDid not advanceJackelin DíazWomen's –52 kgLDid not advanceXiomara GriffithWomen's –70 kgLDid not advance
Sailing
In total, one Venezuelan athlete participated in the sailing events – Yamil Saba Fuentes in the Men's mistral.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Yamil Saba FuentesMistral183037152029343224102220027
Shooting
In total, two Venezuelan athletes participated in the shooting events – Felipe Beuvrín in the men's 10 m air pistol and the men's 50 m pistol and María Gabriela Franco in the women's 10 m air pistol and the women's 25 m pistol.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankFelipe BeuvrínMen's 10 m air pistol56930Did not advanceMen's 50 m pistol54234Did not advanceMaría Gabriela FrancoWomen's 10 m air pistol36639Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol56337Did not advance
Swimming
In total, five Venezuelan athletes participated in the swimming events – Ricardo Monasterio, Francisco Páez, Oswaldo Quevedo, Francisco Sánchez and Carlos Santander.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrancisco Sánchez50 m freestyleDNSDid not advance100 m freestyle52.4350Did not advanceFrancisco Páez200 m freestyle1:54.3235Did not advanceRicardo Monasterio400 m freestyle3:55.3523colspan=2 Did not advance1,500 m freestyle15:17.0015colspan=2 Did not advanceFrancisco Sánchez100 m butterfly54.5629Did not advanceOswaldo Quevedo55.5539Did not advanceCarlos SantanderOswaldo QuevedoFrancisco PáezFrancisco Sánchez4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:24.6417colspan=2 Did not advance
Synchronized swimming
In total, two Venezuelan athletes participated in the synchronized swimming events – Jenny Castro Bravo and Virginia Ruiz in the duet.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTechnicalFreeTotalRankTechnicalFreeTotalRankJenny Castro BravoVirginia RuizDuet29.75054.03683.78621Did not advance
Table tennis
In total, one Venezuelan athlete participated in the table tennis events – Fabiola Ramos in the women's singles.
AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFabiola RamosWomen's singlesGroup KL 0 – 3L 0-3 3 Did not advance
Taekwondo
In total, one Venezuelan athlete participated in the taekwondo events – Adriana Carmona in the women's +67 kg.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAdriana CarmonaWomen's +67 kgW 8–3L 6–8L 8–9Did not advance
Tennis
In total, four Venezuelan athletes participated in the tennis events – José de Armas, Milagros Sequera, Jimy Szymanski and María Alejandra Vento.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankJosé de ArmasJimy SzymanskiMen's doublesW 6–2, 7–6(7–3)L 3–6, 4–6Did not advanceMaría Alejandra VentoWomen's singlesW 6–3, 6–3L 2–6, 2–6Did not advanceMaría Alejandra VentoMilagros SequeraWomen's doublesW 6–2, 7–5W 6–4, 6–1L 6–4, 5–7, 4–6Did not advance
Triathlon
In total, one Venezuelan athletes participated in the triathlon events – Gilberto González in the men's competition.
AthleteEventSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal TimeRankGilberto GonzálezMen's18:54.4958:40.4034:38.141:52:13.0337
Weightlifting
In total, two Venezuelan athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Karla Fernández in the women's –53 kg category and Julio Luna in the men's –94 kg.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankJulio LunaMen's –94 kg177,592158392,58Karla FernándezWomen's –53 kg8089591759
Wrestling
In total, two Venezuelan athletes participated in the wrestling events – Rafael Barreno in the Greco-Roman –130 kg category and Eddy Bartolozzi in the Greco-Roman –85 kg category.
AthleteEventGroup roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEddy Bartolozzi–85 kgGroup 5W 3-0 POL 1-3 PPL 0–3 PO3 Did not advance11Rafael Barreno–130 kgGroup 3L 0-3 POW 3-0 PO2Did not advance12
See also Venezuela at the 1999 Pan American Games
External links The Results, International Olympic Committee Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games The Results, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games International Olympic Committee Web Site
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