1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Venezuela)
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Venezuela took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 23 male athletes in 17 competitions in five sports. Boxer Francisco Rodríguez became an Olympic light flyweight champion , which was also the only medal win by a Venezuelan athlete at the Games.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Francisco Rodríguez
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Félix Marquez
- Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Armando Mendoza
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Nelson Ruiz
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round
fencing
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Silvio Fernández
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Félix Piñero
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Freddy Salazar
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Luis García
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
athletics
- Men
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Horacio Esteves
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Manuel Planchart
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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José Jacinto Hidalgo
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Víctor Maldonado
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Víctor Patíñez
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Raúl Dome
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
shoot
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Edgar Espinoza
- Free pistol 50 m: 37th place
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Juan Llabot
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 52nd place
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Enrico Forcella
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 44th place
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Boris Loginov
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 55th place
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Ivo Orlandi
- Trap: 32nd place
sailing
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Karsten Boysen
- Finn dinghy: 30th place
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Daniel Trujillo
- Dragons: 22nd place
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Frohmund Burger
- Dragons: 22nd place
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Hervé Roche
- Dragons: 22nd place
Web links
- Venezuelan Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )