# Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, since its debut in 1948. A total of 48 athletes, 33 men and 15 women, competed in 15 sports.
Venezuela left Athens with its first Olympic medal since 1984 and eighth overall in history. It was awarded to weightlifter Israel José Rubio, who earned the bronze in the men's 62 kg class.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Israel José Rubio | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg | August 16 |
| Bronze | Adriana Carmona | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg | August 28 |

## Athletics

Venezuelan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Luis Fonseca | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Freddy González | 5000 m | 13:42.44 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Luna | 400 m | 47.92 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Víctor Castillo | Long jump | 7.98 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manuel Fuenmayor | Javelin throw | 72.26 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Venezuela sent seven boxers to Athens. Five of them lost their first matches, while the two in the heavier weight classes each won their first round (one by walkover, however) before falling in their second match.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Miguel Ángel Miranda | Light flyweight | Bartelemí (CUB) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jonny Mendoza | Flyweight | Bye | Ambunda (NAM) L 19–39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexander Espinoza | Bantamweight | Bye | Kooner (CAN) L 20–37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patrick López | Light welterweight | di Rocco (ITA) L 30–37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jean Carlos Prada | Welterweight | Husanov (UZB) L 20–33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edgar Muñoz | Light heavyweight | Šivolija (CRO) W 31–23 | Aripgadjiev (BLR) L 10–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wilmer Vásquez | Heavyweight | — | Ergezen (TUR) W WO | Solís (CUB) L 4–24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

Unai Etxebarría was the most notable Venezuelan cyclist at the 2004 Olympics, as he joined a leading group of 10 at the 146 kilometre mark of the men's road race, later attacked this group, leading to the formation of a group of 6 at the start of lap 13 (160 kilometres) before being caught by the peloton at the 185 kilometre mark, with Etxebarría finishing in the middle of the pack.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| José Chacón Díaz | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Unai Etxebarría | Men's road race | 5:41:56 | 34 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Daniela Larreal | Women's sprint | 11.597 62.085 | 8 | Hijgenaar (NED) W 11.849 60.764 | Bye | Muenzer (CAN) L, L | Did not advance | 5th place final Tsylinskaya (BLR) Meinke (GER) Krupeckaitė (LTU) L DSQ | 8 |

## Diving

Venezuela has qualified a single diver.

### Men

| Athlete | Events | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ramon Fumado | 3 m springboard | 410.97 | 14 Q | 605.79 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Venezuela has qualified four fencers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Silvio Fernández | Individual épée | Bye | Xie Yj (CHN) W 15–13 | Zhao G (CHN) W 15–12 | Fischer (SUI) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Individual foil | Anwar (EGY) W 15–7 | Sanzo (ITA) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mariana González | Individual foil | Smart (USA) W 14–2 | Vezzali (ITA) L 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alejandra Benítez | Individual sabre | Zhang Y (CHN) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Venezuelan has qualified nine judoka (five men and four women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Reiver Alvarenga | −60 kg | Darbelet (FRA) L 0002–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ludwig Ortíz | −66 kg | Arencibia (CUB) L 0010–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Young (AUS) W 1000–0000 | Pina (POR) L 0001–0030 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard León | −73 kg | Bivol (MDA) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Gregorio Camacho | −90 kg | Costa (ARG) L 0000–1101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leonel Wilfredo Ruíz | +100 kg | Papaioannou (GRE) L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Flor Velázquez | −52 kg | Bye | Singleton (GBR) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rudymar Fleming | −57 kg | Kusakabe (JPN) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Keivi Pinto | −78 kg | Nasiga (FIJ) W 0021–0000 | Anno (JPN) L 0000–1011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Morico (ITA) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giovanna Blanco | +78 kg | Bye | Bisseni (FRA) W 0002–0000 | Beltrán (JPN) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Bye | Bryant (GBR) W 0111–0020 | Yahyaoui (TUN) L 0000–1012 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing

Venezuela has qualified a single boat in men's mistral.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Carlos Julio Flores | Mistral | 25 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 232 | 25 |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Francis Gorrin | 10 m air pistol | 534 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francis Gorrin | 25 m pistol | 358 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Venezuelan swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ricardo Monasterio | 400 m freestyle | 3:54.41 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ricardo Monasterio | 1500 m freestyle | 15:20.89 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Rojas | 50 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Rojas | 100 m freestyle | 49.69 NR | 14 Q | 49.85 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Rojas | 100 m butterfly | 54.58 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Albert Subirats | 200 m freestyle | 1:53.11 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arlene Semeco | 50 m freestyle | 26.20 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arlene Semeco | 100 m freestyle | 57.04 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fabiola Ramos | Women's singles | Negrisoli (ITA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luisana Pérez Fabiola Ramos | Women's doubles | Rodríguez / Vega (CHI) W 4–3 | Banh / Gao (USA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Luis Alberto García | Men's −68 kg | Silva (BRA) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Noguera | Men's +80 kg | Zrouri (MAR) L 5–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dalia Contreras | Women's −49 kg | Arusi (ISR) W 5–1 | Gonda (CAN) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Carmona | Women's +67 kg | Stevenson (GBR) W 8–8 SUP | Chen Z (CHN) L 5–7 | Did not advance | Okamoto (JPN) W 5–2 | Dawani (JOR) W 11–8 | Falavigna (BRA) W 7–4 | |

## Tennis

Venezuela has qualified a spot in the women's tennis.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| María Vento-Kabchi | Women's singles | Kremer (LUX) W 6–3, 6–4 | Henin-Hardenne (BEL) L 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Venezuela has qualified a single athlete in men's triathlon.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Gilberto González | Men's | 18:24 | 0:19 | 1:05:29 | 0:19 | 35:19 | 1:59:12.20 | 36 |

## Weightlifting

Venezuela has qualified three men in weightlifting.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Israel José Rubio | Men's −62 kg | 132.5 | =6 | 162.5 | 3 | 295 | |
| Octavio Mejías | Men's −77 kg | 155 | =10 | 187.5 | =11 | 295 | 12 |
| Julio César Luña | Men's −94 kg | 170 | =12 | 220 | =1 | 390 | 5 |

## Wrestling
### Key

* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rafael Barreno | −120 kg | Galstyan (ARM) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Szczepaniak (FRA) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Classification | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mayelis Caripá | −48 kg | Oorzhak (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Li H (CHN) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Miranda (USA) L 1–4 $^{SP}$ | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |