Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	50 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Adriana Carmona
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Venezuela competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 50 competitors, 36 men and 14 women, took part in 49 events in 17 sports.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 4x100m Relay

• José Carabalí, Juan Morillo, Hely Ollarves, and José Peña

• Round 1 — 39.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Carlos Tarazona

• Final — 2:20:39 (→ 40th place)

• José Alejandro Semprún

• Final — 3:00:02 (→ 79th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• José Luis Varela

• Round 1 — Lost to Maikro Romero of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantwamweight (– 54kg)

• Nehomar Cermeño

• Round 1 — Defeated Riaz Durgahed of Mauritius
• Round 2 — Lost to Agasi Agaguloglu of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Lighweight (– 60kg)

• Patrick López

• Round 1 — Defeated Norman Schuster of Germany
• Round 2 — Lost to Alexandr Maletin of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71kg)

• Hely Yánes

• Round 1 — Defeated Nurbek Kasenov of Kyrgyzstan
• Round 2 — Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

• Omar Pumar

• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 50th place)

• Manuel Guevara

• Final — 5:42:43 (→ 83rd place)

• Carlos Maya

• Final — 5:42:43 (→ 84th place)

• Alexis Méndez

• Final — 5:52:47 (→ 88th place)

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint

• Daniela Larreal

• Qualifying — 11.526
• 1/8 Finals — Defeated Tanya Lindenmuth of United States
• Quarterfinal — Lost to Michelle Ferris of Australia
• Finals 5-8 — (→ 8th place)

Women's 500m Time Trial

• Daniela Larreal

• Final — 35.728 (→ 10th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Ramón Fumadó

• Preliminary — 343.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Luis Villarroel

• Preliminary — 365.97 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Luis Villarroel

• Preliminary — 309.66 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Alejandra Fuentes

• Preliminary — 219.81 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Venezuela in 2000.

Men's foil

• Carlos Rodríguez

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra-Lightweight

• Reiver Alvarenga

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Ludwig Ortíz

Men's Lightweight

• Eduardo Manglés

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Hermágoras Manglés

Men's Middleweight

• Luis René López

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• Luís Gregorio López

Women's Half-Lightweight

• Jackelin Díaz

Women's Middleweight

• Xiomara Griffith

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Mistral

• Yamil Saba Fuentes

• Race 1 - 18
• Race 2 - 30
• Race 3 - (37) RET
• Race 4 - 15
• Race 5 - 20
• Race 6 - 29
• Race 7 - (34)
• Race 8 - 32
• Race 9 - 24
• Race 10 - 10
• Race 11 - 22
• Final - 200 (→ 27th place)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Francisco Sánchez

• Preliminary Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Francisco Sánchez

• Preliminary Heat — 52.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Francisco Páez

• Preliminary Heat — 1:54.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Ricardo Monasterio

• Preliminary Heat — 03:55.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Ricardo Monasterio

• Preliminary Heat — 15:17.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Francisco Sánchez

• Preliminary Heat — 54.56 (→ did not advance)

• Oswaldo Quevedo

• Preliminary Heat — 55.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

• Carlos Santander, Oswaldo Quevedo, Francisco Páez, and Francisco Sánchez

• Preliminary Heat — 03:24.64 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Duet

• Jenny Castro Bravo and Virginia Ruiz

• Technical Routine — 29.75 (did not compete in free routine)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

• Gilberto Gonzalez — 1:52:13.03 (→ 37th place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

See also

• Venezuela at the 1999 Pan American Games

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site