Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
in Barcelona
Competitors25 in 7 sports
Flag bearer María Elena Giusti
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 26 competitors, 22 men and 4 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Basketball 10010
Boxing 3–3
Cycling 314
Diving 101
Judo 123
Weightlifting 3–3
Wrestling 1–1
Total22325

Basketball

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Venezuela men's Men's tournament  Unified Team
L 64–78
 Lithuania
L 79–87
 Australia
L 71–78
 Puerto Rico
L 82–96
 China
W 96–88
5 N/a  Spain
L 81–95
 China
W 100–97
11

Men's tournament

Roster
Venezuela men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F 4 Víctor Díaz 24 – (1968-02-04)4 February 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Houston Cougars United States
G 5 David Díaz 27 – (1964-09-06)6 September 1964 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Cocodrilos de Caracas Venezuela
C 6 Melquíades Jaramillo 25 – (1967-01-11)11 January 1967
G 7 Nelson Solórzano 33 – (1959-05-30)30 May 1959
F 8 Rostyn González 28 – (1964-02-14)14 February 1964
9 Luis Jiménez 30 – (1962-01-21)21 January 1962
G 10 Sam Shepherd 39 – (1953-04-21)21 April 1953
F 11 Carl Herrera 25 – (1966-12-14)14 December 1966 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Houston Rockets United States
C 12 Omar Walcott 27 – (1965-07-24)24 July 1965 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Marinos de Anzoátegui Venezuela
F 13 Gabriel Estaba 27 – (1965-03-24)24 March 1965 Bravos de Portuguesa Venezuela
F 14 Iván Olivares 30 – (1961-12-10)10 December 1961 Trotamundos de Carabobo Venezuela
F 15 Alexander Nelcha 24 – (1968-01-21)21 January 1968 Maurienne Savoie France
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 1992
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Unified Team 5 4 1 425 373 +52 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 5 4 1 481 424 +57 9[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 432 396 +36 8[b]
4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 445 440 +5 8[b]
5  Venezuela 5 1 4 392 427 −35 6 9th−12th classification round
6  China 5 0 5 381 496 −115 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Unified Team 1–0 Lithuania
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
9:30
v
Venezuela  64–78 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44
Pts: Estaba 21
Rebs: Walcott 4
Asts: Shepherd 5
Pts: Tikhonenko 18
Rebs: Volkov 7
Asts: Tikhonenko, Volkov 5

27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
11:30
v
Venezuela  79–87  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49
Pts: Shepherd 17
Rebs: Herrera 8
Asts: Shepherd 5
Pts: Marčiulionis 27
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 8

29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
9:30
v
Venezuela  71–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35
Pts: Olivares 22
Rebs: Walcott 11
Asts: Estaba 4
Pts: Bradtke 16
Rebs: Bradtke 9
Asts: Gaze 7

31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
9:30
v
Venezuela  82–96  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44
Pts: Olivares 24
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Estaba, Shepherd 4
Pts: López 19
Rebs: Mincy 14
Asts: López 7

2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
14:30
v
Venezuela  96–88  China
Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36
Pts: Herrera 23
Rebs: Herrera 10
Asts: Walcott 5
Pts: Gong 18
Rebs: Shan 3
Asts: Sun J. 5
Classification game 9th-12th place
4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
11:30
v
Venezuela  81–95  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–46, 41–49
Pts: Herrera 26
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Herrera 3
Pts: Herreros 25
Rebs: Andreu 9
Asts: Jofresa 4
11th place game
6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
9:00
v
Boxscore[link removed]
China  97–100  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 51–51, 46–49
Pts: Wu 25
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Sun F. 6
Pts: Olivares 32
Rebs: Herrera 6
Asts: Herrera 4

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
David Serradas Flyweight  Chacón (PUR)
W 12-3
 Loch (GER)
W 9-4
 González (CUB)
L 7-14
did not advance
José Guzman Welterweight  Odore (KEN)
L RSC-2
did not advance
Raimundo Yant Light-Heavyweight  Benguesmia (ALG)
L 11-15
did not advance

Cycling

Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Venezuela in 1992.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Carlos Maya Men's road race 4:35:56 40
Robinson Merchán DNF
Hussein Monsalve 4:35:56 46

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Round 1 Round 2
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)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Daniela Larreal Women's sprint 12.608
57.107
11  Salumäe (EST),
 Neumann (GER)
L
 Kuroki (JPN)
L
N/a Did not advance

Diving

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Dario di Fazio Men's 3 m springboard 332.43 25 Did not advance
Men's 10 m platform 317.04 23 Did not advance

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Willis García Men's –60 kg  Dino (PHI)
W
 Mafuta (ZAM)
W
 Yoon (KOR)
L
Did not advance N/a  Lang (ISR)
W
 Kamrowski (POL)
W
 Pradayrol (FRA)
L
Did not advance
María Villapol Women's –48 kg N/a Bye  Souakri (ALG)
L
Did not advance  Hilton (NZL)
W
 Bornemann (AUT)
W
 Şenyurt (TUR)
L
N/a Did not advance
Xiomara Griffith Women's –61 kg N/a Bye  Nagy (HUN)
W
 Fleury (FRA)
L
Did not advance Bye  Beltrán (CUB)
W
 Zhang (CHN)
L
N/a Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

One synchronized swimmer represented Venezuela in 1992.

Athlete Event Figures Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Total
(Figures + Qualification)
Rank Points Total
(Figures + Final)
Rank
María Elena Giusti Solo 84.973 22 Q 93.840 178.813 9 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Humberto Fuentes –52 kg 100.0 9 130.0 7 230.0 7
José Medina –67.5 kg 120.0 15 160.0 10 280.0 14
Julio Luna –82.5 kg 152.5 16 190.0 11 342.5 16

Wrestling

Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Group Stage Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Luis Rondon –82 kg  Turlyhanov (EUN)
L 0–5VT
 Razzino (ITA)
L 0–5VT
Did not advance 9 Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Venezuela at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  3. ↑ "Venezuela Basketball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2018.