Venezuela competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Venezuela failed to win a single Olympic medal for the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Raiber Rodríguez fell short of his bronze medal match in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 60 kg, losing out to Ri Se-ung of North Korea.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 4 6 Boxing 1 1 2Cycling 1 0 1Equestrian 1 1 2Fencing 4 1 5Judo 0 1 1 Shooting 2 0 2Swimming 2 1 3Taekwondo 1 0 1Weightlifting 2 3 5Wrestling 2 2 4 Total 18 14 32
Athletics
Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Track and road events AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJosé Antonio MaitaMen's 800 m1:48.0281:46.443Did not advanceJoselyn BreaWomen's 1500 m4:13.17154:05.936Did not advanceWomen's 5000 m15:02.898 Qcolspan=4 15:17.0415Yoveinny MotaWomen's 100 m hurdles Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLeodan TorrealbaMen's triple jump16.1829Did not advanceRobeilys PeinadoWomen's pole vault4.40=12 q4.60 10Rosa RodríguezWomen's hammer throw71.7610 q72.98 8
Boxing
Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJesús CovaMen's 63.5 kg L 0–5 Did not advanceOmailyn AlcaláWomen's 57 kg L 1–4 Did not advance
Cycling
Road Venezuela entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankOrluis AularMen's road race6:26:5753
Equestrian
Venezuela entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankPatricia FerrandoHonnaisseur SJIndividual 67.143 46colspan=2 Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankLuis Fernando LarrázabalCondaraIndividual 20 63 Did not advance
Fencing
Venezuela entered one female and four male fencers into the Olympic competition. Men's épée team secured quota places after nominated as the highest ranked nations team, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024, while Katherine Paredes secured her olympic spot through the Zonal Panamerican Olympic Qualifier Tournament 2024, held in San José, Costa Rica.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankFrancisco LimardoMen's épéecolspan=1 L 12–15Did not advanceRubén Limardocolspan=1 L 10–15Did not advanceGrabiel LugoW 15–11W 15–10L 12–13Did not advanceFrancisco LimardoRubén LimardoJesús LimardoGrabiel LugoMen's team épéecolspan=3 L 33–39Classification semifinalL 34–45Seventh place finalW 41–357Khaterine ParedesWomen's sabreL 10–15Did not advance
Judo
Venezuela qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Anriquelis Barrios (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAnriquelis BarriosWomen's –63 kgL 00–01 Did not advance
Shooting
Venezuelan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankDouglas GómezMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol56929Did not advanceLeonel MartínezMen's trap11628Did not advance
Swimming
Venezuelan swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlberto MestreMen's 50 m freestyle22.0221 Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle 49.51 31Did not advanceAlfonso MestreMen's 400 m freestyle 3:48.20 19colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's 800 m freestyle 8:12.0329colspan=2 Did not advanceMaría YegresWomen's 200 m freestyle 2:00.66 20Did not advance
Taekwondo
Venezuela qualified one athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Yohandri Granado secured his spot by virtue of winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYohandri GranadoMen's –58 kgL 0–12, 0–12colspan=2 L 1–2, 2–6Did not advance
Weightlifting
Venezuela entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Katherin Echandia (women's 49 kg), Anyelin Venegas (women's 59 kg), Naryury Pérez (Women's +81 kg), Julio Mayora (Men's 73 kg) and Keydomar Vallenilla (Men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankKatherin EchandiaWomen's −49 kg83910591889Anyelin VenegasWomen's −59 kg102612862304Naryury PérezWomen's +81 kg1141014572598Julio MayoraMen's –73 kg1525Keydomar VallenillaMen's −89 kg1621019683588
Wrestling
Venezuela qualified four wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAnthony MonteroMen's −74 kgL 0–10 STDid not advanceBetzabeth ArgüelloWomen's −53 kgL 0–5 VTDid not advanceSoleymi CaraballoWomen's −68 kgL 0–4 STDid not advance
Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRaiber RodríguezMen's −60 kgW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPDid not advanceW 4–1SPBronze medal finalL 0–4 ST5
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