1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Venezuela)

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Venezuela took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia's Melbourne and the equestrian games in the Swedish Stockholm part of a delegation of 22 male athletes in 16 competitions in five sports.

It was Venezuela's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was the boxer Carlos Rodríguez (17 years and 255 days), the oldest athlete was the marksman Hector de Lima Polanco (45 years and 252 days). The flag bearer for the Melbourne Games was sprinter Rafael Romero .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Carlos Rodríguez
  • Light welterweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: loss to Hans Petersen from Denmark on points

• Enrique Tovar
  • Welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: Losing to Pearce Lane of the United States on points

athletics

4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fourth place), 42.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 42.10 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Clive Bonas

  Alfonso Bruno

  Rafael Romero

  Apolinar Solórzano

singles

• Clive Bonas
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (third place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.99 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Rafael Romero
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.14 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run ten (third place), 21.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.85 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Apolinar Solórzano
  • 200 meter run

  Round one: Eliminated in run four, 22.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.73 seconds (automatically stopped), disqualified

Cycling

Track
4,000 meters team pursuit

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run five (second place), 5: 14.6 minutes

• team

  Franco Cacioni

  Arsenio Chirinos

  Antonio Montilla

  Domingo Rivas

Road team competition (187.73 km)

• Results

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• team

  Franco Cacioni

  Arsenio Chirinos

  Antonio Montilla

  Domingo Rivas

singles

• Franco Cacioni
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Arsenio Chirinos
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Antonio Montilla
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Domingo Rivas
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

horse riding

Show jumping team

• Results

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 325.50 fault points, 19th place

  Round two: not started

• team

  Victor Molina

  Roberto Moll

  Jesús Rivas

singles

• Victor Molina
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not started

• Roberto Moll
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not started

• Jesús Rivas
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not started

shoot

• José Bernal
  • Free target gun

  Final: 508 points, rank 25

  Round one: 85 points, 19th place

  Round two: 82 points, rank 25

  Round three: 86 points, rank 24

  Round four: 86 points, rank 25

  Round five: 80 points, 31st place

  Round six: 89 points, 13th place

• Germán Briceño
  • Running stag single and double shot

  Final: 375 points, ninth place

  Round one: 180 points, tenth place

  Round two: 195 points, eighth place

• Carlos Crassus
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 555 points, 60 hits, 20th place

  Round one: 275 points, 30 hits, 21st place

  Round two: 280 points, 30 hits, 21st place

• Hector de Lima Polanco
  • Free target gun

  Final: 511 points, rank 24

  Round one: 91 points, seventh place

  Round two: 83 points, 23rd place

  Round three: 87 points, 20th place

  Round four: 84 points, rank 27

  Round five: 82 points, rank 28

  Round six: 84 points, rank 25

• Juan Llabot
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,118 points, 32nd place

  Kneeling: 369 points, rank 37

  Round one: 91 points

  Round two: 89 points

  Round three: 96 points

  Round four: 93 points

  Prone: 396 points, ninth place

  Round one: 100 points

  Round two: 99 points

  Round three: 98 points

  Round four: 99 points

  Standing: 353 points, 31st place

  Round one: 87 points

  Round two: 86 points

  Round three: 89 points

  Round four: 91 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Final: 592 points, 33rd place

  Round one: 98 points, rank 29

  Round two: 98 points, 33rd place

  Round three: 100 points, 18th place

  Round four: 99 points, 20th place

  Round five: 98 points, rank 38

  Round six: 99 points, 34th place

• Enrique Lucca
  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 594 points, rank 25

  Round one: 97 points, rank 26

  Round two: 100 points, second place

  Round three: 100 points, first place

  Round four: 98 points, 29th place

  Round five: 99 points, 22nd place

  Round six: 100 points, twelfth place

• Franco Mignini
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 172 points, 13th place

• Carlos Monteverde
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 572 points, 60 hits, tenth place

  Round one: 290 points, 30 hits, fifth place

  Round two: 282 points, 30 hits, 17th place

• Raúl Olivo
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 165 points, 19th place

Web links

• Venezuelan Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
• Venezuelan Olympic Team of the 1956 Equestrian Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).