# Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, fifteen men and two women, took part in fifteen events in seven sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Boxing | 6 | – | 6 |
| Cycling | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | – | 2 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 2 | 17 |

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Marcelino Bolivar
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Lost to Jesus Beltre (DOM), on points (1:4)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* David Griman
** First Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (BUL), 1:4
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Abraham Torres
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Defeated Teekaram Rajcoomar (MTS), on points (5:0)
** Third Round — Lost to Phajol Moolsan (THA), 1:4
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Omar Catari
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Defeated Moussa Kagambega (BFA), on knock-out (1st round)
** Third Round — Lost to Abdelhak Achik (MAR), on knock-out (1st round)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* José Pérez
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Lost to Nergüin Enkhbat (MGL), on points (0:5)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* José García
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Lost to Jan Dydak (POL), on points (1:4)

## Cycling

Four cyclists, all male, represented Venezuela in 1988.

### Men's road race

* Leonardo Sierra
* Enrique Campos
* Ali Parra

### Men's points race

* Alexis Méndez

## Equestrian
### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alberto Carmona | The Dubliner | Individual | 11.00 | 62 | 18.00 | 29.00 | 59 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 29.00 | 59 |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kilmar Campos | Half Middleweight | | 20 |
| Charles Griffith | Middleweight | | 13 |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group Round | Group Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Francisco López | Men's singles | Group D A Grubba (POL) L 0–3 Z Primorac (YUG) L 0-3 J Roßkopf (FRG) L 0-3 Y Miyazaki (JPN) L 0–3 A Musa (NGR) L 0-3 G Haberl (AUS) L 0-3 S Ghorpade (IND) L 2-3 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Popper | Women's singles | Group B Yang Y (KOR) L 0–3 R Kasalová (TCH) L 0-3 Lin Li-Ju (TPE) L 0-3 Hui So Hung (HKG) L 0–3 J Al-Duqom (JOR) W 3-0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

One synchronized swimmer represented Venezuela in 1988.

### Women's solo

* María Elena Giusti
   * Final — 13th place

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Humberto Fuentes | Men's 52 kg | 100 | 11 | 127,5 | 9 | 227,5 | 10 |