 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 josÃ© rubio, who earned the bronze in the men's 62 kg class. ==medalists== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%" |- !medal !name !sport !event !date |- |  ||  || weightlifting || men's 62 kg ||  |- |  ||  || taekwondo || women's +67 kg ||  |} ==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&ndash;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 ;men ;track & road events {|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" |- !rowspan="2"|athlete !rowspan="2"|event !colspan="2"|heat !colspan="2"|semifinal !colspan="2"|final |- style="font-size:95%" !result !rank !result !rank !result !rank |-align=center |align=left|luis fonseca |align=left|marathon |colspan=4  |colspan=
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