Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.
Medalists Silver Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres William Wuycke Heat — 1:48.5 Semifinals — 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Pedro Manuel Nieves First Round — Defeated Singkham Phongprathith (Laos) after referee stopped contest in first round Second Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Ramon Armando Guevara First Round — Defeated Nyama Narantuya (Mongolia) on points (5-0) Second Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Bernardo Piñango → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) on points (4-1) Third Round — Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) after diskwalification in second round Quarter Finals — Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after knock-out in second round Semi Finals — Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (3-2) Final — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Antonio Esparragoza First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Nelson René Trujillo First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Nelson José Rodriguez First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)
Cycling
Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.
Individual road race Jesús Torres Mario Medina Olinto Silva Juan Arroyo
Team time trial Claudio Pérez Olinto Silva Juan Arroyo Mario Medina
Football
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Soviet Union (0-4) Lost to Cuba (1-2) Defeated Zambia (2-1) Quarter Finals Did not advance
Team Roster Eustorgio Sánchez Ordan Aguirre Emilio Campos Pedro Acosta Mauro Cichero Robert Elie Alexis Peña Asdrubal José Sanchez Iker Joseba Zubizarreta Bernardo Añor Angel Castillo César Armando Semidey Rodolfo Carvajal Pedro Juan Febles Nelson José Carrero Juan José Vidal
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Alberto Eugenio Mestre Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle Jean Marc Francois Carezis Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance) Rafael Vidal Heats — DNS
Weightlifting
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database