Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	www.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Paris, France July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) – August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	25 in 10 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	1	1
Boxing	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	1	2
Fencing	4	1	5
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	2	3	5
Wrestling	2	2	4
Total	16	9	25

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]^[2]

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
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yulimar Rojas	Women's triple jump

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Cova	Men's Welterweight	0
Omailyn Alcalá	Women's featherweight	0

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Venezuela entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).^[5]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Patricia Ferrando		Individual			—

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Luis Fernando Larrázabal		Individual

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered one female and four male fencers into the Olympic competition. Men's épée team secured quota places after nominated as the highest ranked nations team, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024, while Katherine Paredes secured her olympic spot through the Zonal Panamerican Olympic Qualifier Tournament 2024, held in San José, Costa Rica.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's épée


*	Men's team épée	—
Khaterine Paredes	Women's sabre

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuelan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Douglas Gómez	Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol
Leonel Martínez	Men’s trap

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuelan swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Mestre	Men's 50 m freestyle
Alfonso Mestre	Men's 400 m freestyle			—
Alfonso Mestre	Men's 800 m freestyle			—

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela qualified one athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Yohandri Granado secured his spot by virtue of winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yohandri Granado	Men's –58 kg

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Katherin Echandia (women's 49 kg), Anyelin Venegas (women's 59 kg), Naryury Pérez (Women's +81 kg), Julio Mayora (Men's 73 kg) and Keydomar Vallenilla (Men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Katherin Echandia	Women's −49 kg
Anyelin Venegas	Women's −59 kg
Naryury Pérez	Women's +81 kg
Julio Mayora	Men's –73 kg
Keydomar Vallenilla	Men's −89 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Venezuela qualified four wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anthony Montero	Men's −74 kg
Betzabeth Argüello	Women's −53 kg
Soleymi Caraballo	Women's −68 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raiber Rodríguez	Men's −60 kg

References

^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Rojas obtiene el oro faltante en Centroamericanos, con récord de los Juegos" [Rojas gets missing gold in Central Americans, with Games record] (in Spanish). Associated Press. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Seven nations earn Paris 2024 Greco spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers; Julfalakyan falls short". United World Wrestling. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Pan-Am OG Qualifiers: Canada, U.S. earn three WW quotas each". United World Wrestling. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Gomez, Cruz deny USA Paris 2024 spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers". United World Wrestling. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

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