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Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Weightlifter Israel Jose Rubio won the nation's first medal of these Games when he placed third in the 62kg class. It was Venezuela's eighth medal in Olympic history, but first since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Medals

Bronze

Israel Jose Rubio — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (62 kg)

Adriana Carmona — Taekwondo, Women's + 67 kg

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

'''Men's 400 metres:

Luis Luna — Round 1, 47.92 s (did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres:

Freddy Gonzalez — Round 1, 13:42.44 (did not advance)

Men's Marathon:

Luis Fonseca — DNF

Men's Long Jump:

Victor Castillo — Round 1, 7.98 metres (did not advance)

Men's Javelin:

Manuel Fuenmayor — Round 1, 72.26 metres (did not advance)

Men's 3.000 metres Steeple Chase

Nestor Nieves

Boxing

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 before falling in their second match.

Men's Light Flyweight (48kg)

Miguel Angel Miranda

Round of 32 — Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela of Cuba, outscored

Men's Flyweight (51kg)

Jhonny Mendoza

Round of 32 — Bye

Round of 16 — Lost to Paulus Ambunda of Namibia, 39-19

Men's Bantamweight (54kg)

Alexander Espinoza

Round of 32 — Bye

Round of 16 — Lost to Andrew Kooner of Canada, 37-20

Men's Light Welterweight (64kg)

Patrick Lopez

Round of 32 — Lost to Michele di Rocco of Italy, 37-30

Men's Welterweight (69kg)

Jean Carlos Prada

Round of 32 — Lost to Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan, 33-20

Men's Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Edgar Munoz

Round of 32 — Defeated Mario Sivolija of Croatia, 31-23

Round of 16 — Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 18-10

Men's Heavyweight (91kg)

Wilmer Vasquez

Round of 16 — Defeated Ertugrul Ergezen of Turkey, walkover

Quarterfinal — Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba, 24-4

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

Unai Etxebarria — 34th place, 5:41:56

Jose Chacon — did not finish

Track cycling

Women's Individual Sprint:

Daniela Larreal — Classification 5-8, 8th place

Diving

Men's 3 metre Springboard:

Ramon Fumado — Prelim: 410.97 (17th place)

Fencing

Men's Epee Individual:

Silvio Fernandez — Defeated in quarterfinals

Men's Foil Individual:

Carlos Rodriguez — Defeated in round of 32

Women's Foil Individual:

Mariana Gonzalez — Defeated in round of 16

Women's Sabre Individual:

Alejandra Benitez — Defeated in round of 32

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

Reiver Alvarenga — Defeated in round of 32

Men's 66 kg:

Ludwing Ortiz — Defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 73 kg:

Richard Leon Vizcaya — Defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 90 kg:

Jose Camacho Cascarro — Defeated in round of 32

Men's 100+ kg:

Wilfredo Ruiz Carmona — Defeated in round of 32

Women's 52 kg:

Flor Velasquez — Defeated in round of 16

Women's 57 kg:

Rudymar Fleming — Defeated in round of 32

Women's 78 kg:

Keivin Pinto — Defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

Women's 78+ kg:

Giovanna Blanco — Defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Sailing

Carlos Julio Flores Perez

Shooting

Women's 25m pistol:

Francis Gorrin — 534pts, 37th place

Swimming

Men's Competition

Ricardo Monasterio

Luis Enrique Rojas Carpena

Albert Subirats

Women's Competition

Arlene Semeco

Taekwondo

Men's Competition

Luis Alberto Garcia

Luis Noguera

Women's Competition

Dalia Contreras

Adriana Carmona

Table tennis

Women's Competition

Luisana Perez

Fabiola Ramos

Tennis

Women's Singles;'''

Maria Vento-Kabchi — Round 1 defeated Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 6-3 6-4

*Round 2 lost to Justin Henin-Hardenne of Belgium 2-6 1-6

Triathlon

Venezuela's only competitor in the 2004 Olympic triathlon was a veteran of the 2000 competition. He improved his ranking by one place.

'''Men's Competition:

Gilberto Gonzalez — 1:59:12.20 (36th place)

Weightlifting

Julio Cesar Luna Fermin

Octavio Mejias

Israel Jose Rubio

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Rafael Barreno

Men's Freestyle'''

Mayelis Caripa

Officials

President: Mr. Fernando Romero Mazzeo

Secretary General: Mr. Leonardo Rodriguez

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