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Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.

Medalists

Silver

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

* Heat — 1:48.5
* Semifinals — 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

* First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

* First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial

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

* Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

* Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)
* Heats — DNS

Weightlifting

References

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