1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Venezuela)

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Venezuela took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of 36 athletes, 31 men and five women, in 26 competitions in nine sports.

Since 1948 it was Venezuela's fourth participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was swimmer Anneliese Rockenbach at 17 years and 177 days , and the oldest athlete was Enrico Forcella (52 years and 328 days).

Flag bearer

The sprinter Rafael Romero carried the flag of Venezuela during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With a bronze medal won the Team of Venezuela No. 41 ranked in the medal count .

bronze

Enrico Forcella

shoot

Small caliber lying

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men's

• Miguel Amarista
  • Light welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points victory against Jorge Salomão from Brazil (3: 2 rounds, 294: 291 points - 59:57, 59:59 (round lost), 59:58, 59:58, 58:59)

  Round three: Loss to Kim Deuk-Bong from South Korea by technical knockout in the second round

• Fidel Odreman
  • medium weight

  Rank 17

  Round one: loss to Edward Crook from the United States of America by technical knockout in the first round (2:58 minutes)

• Mario Romero
  • lightweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Harry Campbell from the United States of America (1: 4 rounds, 287: 290 points - 57:59, 58:56, 58:59, 57:58, 57:58)

fencing

Women's
foil team

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in group one (third place), no match won - two lost, six duels won - 26 lost

  3:13 defeat against the Soviet Union

  3:13 defeat against Italy

• team

  Belkis Leal

  Teófila Márquiz

  Ingrid Sander

  Norma Santini

singles

• Belkis Leal
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group two (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, three hits scored - 20 suffered

  0: 4 defeat against Sylwia Julito from Poland

  0: 4 defeat against Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics from Hungary

  2: 4 loss to Janice Romary from the United States of America

  1: 4 defeat against Maria Grötzer from Austria

  0: 4 loss to Janice Romary from Finland

• Ingrid Sander
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group four (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, nine hits scored - 20 suffered

  0: 4 defeat against Elżbieta Pawlas from Poland

  2: 4 defeat against Irene Camber from Italy

  2: 4 defeat against Monique le Roux from France

  2: 4 loss to Margaret Stafford from Great Britain

  3: 4 defeat against Helga Gnauer from Austria

• Norma Santini
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group three (sixth place), won one duel - lost four, scored 13 hits - suffered 18

  1: 4 defeat against Traudl Ebert from Austria

  3: 4 defeat against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

  3: 4 defeat against Christina Lagerwall from Sweden

  4: 2 defeat against Rosemarie Scherberger from Germany

  2: 4 defeat against Johanna Winter from Australia

Men's
foil team

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in group five (third place), no match won - two lost, four duels won - w8 lost

  2:14 defeat against Germany

  2:14 loss to Great Britain

• team

  Luis García

  Jesús Gruber

  Augusto Gutiérrez

  Freddy Quintero

singles

• Luis García
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group four (fourth place), won three duels - lost three, scored 22 hits - suffered 26 hits

  2: 5 defeat against Janusz Różycki from Poland

  1: 5 loss to Eugene Gerson Glazer from the United States of America

  5: 4 win against Jenő Kamuti from Hungary

  5: 4 victory against Jesús Díez from Spain

  5: 3 win against Göran Abrahamsson from Sweden

  4: 5 defeat against Gilbert Orengo from Monaco

  • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group four (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, eight hits - 25 suffered

  1: 5 loss against Jerzy Pawłowski from Poland

  1: 5 defeat against José Van Baelen from Belgium

  1: 5 defeat against Josef Wanetschek from Austria

  2: 5 loss to Benito Ramos from Mexico

  3: 5 defeat against César de Diego from Spain

• Jesús Gruber
  • foil

  Round one: qualified in group five (rank one) for the second round, won five duels - lost one, scored 25 hits - suffered 16

  5: 4 victory against Jürgen Brecht from Germany

  5: 3 win against Mario Curletto from Italy

  5: 1 win against Assen Djakowski from Bulgaria

  5-2 win against Harry Thuillier from Ireland

  5-1 win over Jean Khayat from Tunisia

  0: 5 loss to Édouard Didier from Luxembourg

  Round two: qualified for the quarterfinals in group one (fourth place), won two duels - lost two, scored 13 hits - suffered 17

  2: 5 loss to Bill Hoskyns from Great Britain

  1: 5 loss to Albert Axelrod from the United States of America

  5: 4 win against Joaquín Moya from Spain

  5: 3 win against László Kamuti from Hungary

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in group three (sixth place), no duel won - four lost, nine hits scored - 20 suffered

  1: 5 defeat against Viktor Schdanowitsch from the Soviet Union

  3: 5 defeat against Janusz Różycki from Poland

  2: 5 loss to Roger Closset from France

  3: 5 defeat against Alberto Pellegrino from Italy

• Augusto Gutiérrez
  • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group one (fourth place), won a duel - lost three, scored nine hits - 19 suffered

  2: 5 loss to Claude Arabo from France

  1: 5 defeat against Wilfried Wöhler from Germany

  1: 5 defeat against Assen Djakowski from Bulgaria

  5: 4 win against Jean Khayat from Tunisia

• Freddy Quintero
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group two (fourth place), won three duels - lost three, scored 25 hits - suffered 19

  2: 5 defeat against Christian d'Oriola from France

  4: 5 loss to Ralph Cooperman from Great Britain

  5: 1 win against Tim Gerresheim from Germany

  5: 2 win against Michael Sichel from Australia

  5-1 win against Pedro Marçal from Portugal

  4: 5 loss to Moustafa Soheim from the United Arab Emirates

Weightlifting

Men's

• Enrique Guittens
  • Lightweight

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: not a valid attempt

  Tear: did not start the competition

  Push: competition not started

• Ambrosio Solorzano
  • medium weight

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: not a valid attempt

  Tear: did not start the competition

  Push: competition not started

athletics

Men
4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (third place), 41.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 41.11 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run one (second place), 40.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 40.49 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Final: 40.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 40.83 seconds (automatically stopped), fifth place

• Season

  Clive Bonas

  Horacio Esteves , replaced by Clive Bonas after round one

  Lloyd Murad

  Emilio Romero

  Rafael Romero

singles

• Clive Bonas
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: Group C, without a valid distance, did not qualify for the final

  Attempt one: invalid

  Attempt two: invalid

  Try three: skipped

• Horacio Esteves
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run three (rank one), 10.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.62 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: qualified for the semi-finals in run one (first place), 10.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.71 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 10.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.57 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Víctor Maldonado
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run six (fourth place), 52.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 52.79 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Lloyd Murad
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in run five (second place), 10.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.82 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 10.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.97 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (third place), 21.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.86 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Rafael Romero
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run seven (third place), 10.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.89 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run four (sixth place), 11.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.23 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: in run eleven (second place) qualified for the quarter-finals, 21.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.60 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarterfinals: Eliminated in race one (seventh place), 21.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.58 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Héctor Thomas
  • Decathlon

  Final: 5,753 points, 20th place

  100 meter run: 870 points, 11.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.22 seconds (automatically stopped), fourth place

  Long jump: 728 points, 6.81 meters, 19th place

  Shot put: 712 points, 13.42 meters, 13th place

  High jump: 711 points, 1.75 meters, 16th place

  400 meter run: 576 points, 54.1 seconds, rank 26

  110 meter hurdles: 443 points, 16.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 17.01 seconds (automatically stopped), 20th place

  Discus throw: 648 points, 40.77 meters, eighth place

  Pole vault: 400 points, 3.20 meters, 22nd place

  Javelin throw: 549 points, 51.15 meters, 16th place

  1,500 meter run: 116 points, 5: 25.2 minutes, 23rd place

Cycling

Men's
team time trial (100 km)

• Results

  Final: 2:30: 52.30 hours, 23rd place

• team

  Arsenio Chirinos

  Víctor Chirinos

  José Ferreira

  Francisco Mujica

singles

• Arsenio Chirinos
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:20:57 hours, rank 29

• José Ferreira
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:28:24 hours, 63rd place

• Francisco Mujica
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Emilio Vidal
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:26:05 hours, rank 62

Wrestling

Men's
freestyle

• Rafael Duran
  • lightweight

  20th place, eliminated after round two with seven minus points

  Round one: points defeat against Bong Ug-won from South Korea , three minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Mario Tovar from Mexico , seven minus points

• César Ferreras
  • Light heavyweight

  Tenth place, eliminated after round three with six minus points

  Round one: bye, zero minus points

  Round two: Draw against Eugen Holzherr from Switzerland , two minus points

  Round three: shoulder defeat against Anatoly Albul from the Soviet Union , six minus points

shoot

Men's

• Franco Bonato
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: eliminated without evaluation

• José Cazorla
  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: Group one, 380 points, rank 27, overall rank 54, qualified for the final

  Round one: 93 points, 32nd place

  Round two: 98 points, fifth place

  Round three: 94 points, rank 30

  Round four: 95 points, 28th place

  Final: 570 points, 46th place

  Round one: 94 points, rank 41

  Round two: 95 points, rank 30

  Round three: 97 points, rank 24

  Round four: 94 points, 48th place

  Round five: 95 points, rank 40

  Round six: 95 points, 44th place

• Carlos Crassus
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 572 points, rank 26

  Round one: 282 points, rank 37

  Round two: 290 points, twelfth place

• Carlos Monteverde
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 571 points, rank 27

  Round one: 288 points, 22nd place

  Round two: 283 points, 34th place

• Enrico Forcella
  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: Group two, 391 points, third place, fifth overall, qualified for the final

  Round one: 99 points, first place

  Round two: 99 points, second place

  Round three: 97 points, sixth place

  Round four: 96 points, rank 14

  Final: 587 points, third place

  Round one: 98 points, third place

  Round two: 97 points, 13th place

  Round three: 98 points, 14th place

  Round four: 98 points, ninth place

  Round five: 98 points, sixth place

  Round six: 98 points, twelfth place

• Abraham Zanella
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: 93 points, sixth place, qualified for the final

  Final: 177 points, 22nd place

swim

Ladies

• Anneliese Rockenbach
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 1: 08.5 minutes

  • 100 meters back

  Round one: eliminated in round one (seventh place), 1: 18.6 minutes

sailing

Men's
Star

• Results

  Final: 1,485 points, 21st place

  Race one: 154 points, 2:55:25 hours, 23rd place

  Race two: 154 points, 2:38:14 hours, 23rd place

  Race three: 154 points, 2:35:19 hours, 23rd place

  Race four: 340 points, 2:53:12 hours, 15th place

  Race five: 261 points, 2:39:09 hours, 18th place

  Race six: 402 points, 2:41:19 hours, 13th place

  Race seven: 174 points, 2:32:38 hours, 22nd place

• team

  Daniel Camejo

  Peter Camejo

Web links

• Venezuelan Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )