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Venezuela at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors27 in 8 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 3 3
Boxing 3 1 4
Cycling 2 0 2
Fencing 2 0 2
Karate 1 0 1
Rowing 2 0 2
Sailing 1 0 1
Volleyball 12 0 12
Total 23 4 27

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuelan athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Robeilys Peinado Women's pole vault
Yulimar Rojas Women's triple jump
Rosa Rodríguez Women's hammer throw

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered four boxer into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified after the 2021 Pan American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament which was actually held in Buenos Aires, Argentina cancelled.[4][5]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Luis Angel Cabrera Men's lightweight
Gabriel Maestre Men's welterweight
Nalek Korbaj Men's light heavyweight
Irismar Cardozo Women's flyweight

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Venezuela entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[6]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race

BMX

Venezuelan riders qualified for one men quota place for BMX at the Olympics, as a result in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking.[7]

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
  Men's BMX

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. London 2012 champion Rubén Limardo claimed a spot in the men's épée as the top-ranked fencer vying for qualification from the Americas in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while José Quintero completed the Venezuelan roster by winning the final match of the men's sabre at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.[8]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rubén Limardo Men's épée
José Quintero Men's sabre

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2019 Pan American Games champion Antonio Díaz qualified directly for the men's kata category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[9][10]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Antonio Díaz Men's kata

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by finishing last in the A-final and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
  		Men's lightweight double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuelan sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.[12]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Andres Lage Men's Finn

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Venezuela men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool round and securing an outright berth at the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Mostazal, Chile, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since Beijing 2008.[13]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 5 4 1 13 14 4 3.500 435 365 1.192 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 11 12 7 1.714 447 411 1.088
3  Japan (H) 5 3 2 8 10 9 1.111 437 433 1.009
4  Canada 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 396 387 1.023
5  Iran 5 2 3 6 9 11 0.818 453 460 0.985
6  Venezuela 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 281 393 0.715
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host


24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
17:05
v 		Japan  3–0  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Vladimir Simonovic (SRB)
(25–21, 25–20, 25–15)
Results Statistics
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
09:00
v 		Iran  3–0  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–17, 25–20, 25–18)
Results Statistics
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
17:15
v 		Poland  3–1  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
(25–16, 25–13, 18–25, 25–15)
Results Statistics
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
09:00
v 		Canada  3–0  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–13, 25–22, 25–12)
Results Statistics
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
16:25
v 		Italy  3–0  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
(25–22, 25–15, 25–17)
Results Statistics

References

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "USA Boxing announces team for Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier". www.insidethegames.biz. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ Dennen, John (15 April 2021). "The Americas Olympic qualification event has been cancelled". Boxing News Online. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ "BMX Racing Rankings". UCI. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Fencing Zonal Qualifying Event for Pan America Finishes in San Jose, Costa Rica". International Fencing Federation. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Karateca Antonio Díaz casi clasificado a Tokio 2020" [Karateka Antonio Díaz qualifies for Tokyo 2020] (in Spanish). Barquisimeto, Venezuela: El Informador. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Americas Qualification Regatta Completed Ahead of Schedule". International Rowing Federation. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Andrés Lage obtiene quinto cupo de Venezuela a Tokio 2020" [Andrés Lage gets the fifth spot for Venezuela at Tokyo 2020] (in Spanish). Barquisimeto, Venezuela: El Informador. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Last Daruma dolls go to Canada, Venezuela and Iran". FIVB. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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