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Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were seleted by the Comité Olímpio Venezolano to take part in 26 events in 9 sports^[1]. The Venezuelan representation was silimar to that of the Helsinki Games that awarded the country first olympic medal but inlcuding for the first time a Venezuelan sailing and weightlifting representation. The sporting shooter Enrico Forcella won the nation's second ever Olympic medal and to date solely Olympic medallist in shooting. Women return after be adsent on the previous game, competeng in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Enrico Forcella	Shooting	Men's small-bore rifle, prone position	10 September

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	0	7
Boxing	3	0	3
Fencing	4	4	8
Cycling	5	0	5
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	0	1	1
Yachting	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	31	5	36

Acuatics

Swimming

380 swimmers from 45 countries competed in 15 events between August 25 and September 3^[2] at the Swimming Stadium, Rome, Italy. 1 swimmer represented Venezuela in 2 events.

Women

36 swimmers competed in the 100 metres freestyle and 30 in the 100 metres backstroke^[3].

Athlete	Event	Round One				Semifinals				Final
Athlete	Event	Heat	Lane	Time	Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Rank	Lane	Time	Rank
Annelisse Rockenbach	100 metres freestyle	3	7	1'08"5	5	Did not advance
Annelisse Rockenbach	100 metres backstroke	1	8	1'18"6	7	—				Did not advance

Athletics

1,016 athletes from countries competed in 34 events between August 31 and September 10^[4] at the Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy. 7 athletes represented Venezuela in events.

Track

Men

61 athletes competed at the 100 metres event, 62 at the 200 metres, 34 in the 400 metres hurdles and 78 athletes from 19 teams at the 4x100 metres relay^[5].

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Horacio Estévez	100 metres	10.4	1 Q	10.5	1 Q	10.5	4	Did not advance
Lloyd Murad	100 metres	10.7	2 Q	10.8	5	Did not advance
Lloyd Murad	200 metres	21.8	3	Did not advance
Emilio Romero	100 metres	10.7	3 Q	11.1	6	Did not advance
Emilio Romero	200 metres	21.4	2 Q	21.5	7	Did not advance
Víctor Maldonado Flores	400 metres hurdles	52.6	4	Did not advance
Horacio Estévez Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero Clive Bonas	4 x 100 m relay	41.0 Q	2	—		40.3	2 Q	40.7	5

Field

Men

49 athletes competed in the long jump event^[5].

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Clive Bonas	Long jump	No Mark		Did not advance

Combined

Men

30 athletes competed in this event^[5].

Athlete	Event	Total Points	Position	100 metres		Long Jump		Shot Put		High Jump		400 metres		110m H		Discus Throw		Pole Vault		Javelin Throw		1500 metres
Athlete	Event	Total Points	Position	T	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	T	Points	T	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	T	Points
Héctor Thomas	Decathlon	5,753	20	11.1	870	6.81	728	13.42	712	1.75	711	54.1	576	16.9	443	40.77	648	3.20	400	51.15	549	5:25.2	116

Boxing

281 boxers from 54 countries competed in 10 events between August 25 and September 5^[6] at the Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy. 3 boxers represented Venezuela in 3 events.

Men

34 boxers competed at the lightweight and light-welterweight events and 25 at the middleweight^[3] .

Athlete	Event	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mario Romero	Lightweight	BYE	Campbell (USA) L	Did not advance
Miguel Amarista	Light-Welterweight	BYE	Solomão (BRA) W	Kim (KOR) L	Did not advance
Fidel Odremán	Middleweight	—	Crook (USA) L	Did not advance

Cycling

297 cyclists from 48 countries competed at 6 events between August 26 and 30^[7] at the Olympic Velodrome Rome, Italy, for track events while road events was organised along the Viale Cristoforo Colombo and on the Grotta-rossa Circuit. 5 cyclists represented Venezuela at 2 events.

Road

Men

142 cyclists competed in the individual road event and 126 from 32 teams in the team time trial^[5].

Athlete	Event	Rank	Time
Arsenio Chirinos	Individual Road Race	29	4:20:57 at 20"
Emilio Vidal	Individual Road Race	62	4:26:05 at 5′28"
José Ferreira	Individual Road Race	63	4:28:24 at 7′47″
Francisco Mujica	Individual Road Race	Did not Finish
José Ferreira Francisco Mujica Arsenio Chirinos Víctor Chirinos	Team Time Trial	23	2:30:52.3

Fencing

344 fencers from 42 countries compted in 8 events between August 29 and September 10^[8] at the Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome, Italy. 8 fencers, 4 men and 4 women, represented Venezuela in 5 events. ^[5]

Men

In individuals events, 78 fencers competed in the foil event and 80 in the sabre. In teams events, 77 fencers from 16 teams competed in the foil event^[3].

Athlete	Event	Round One		Round Two		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final Pool
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank
Freddy Quintero	Individual foil	d'Oriola (FRA) Gerresheim (GER) Cooperman (GBR) Soheim (UAR) Sichel (AUS) Marçal (POR)	4	Did not advance
Luis García	Individual foil	Różycki (POL) Kamuti (HUN) Glazer (USA) Orengo (MON) Díez (ESP) Abrahamsson (SWE)	4	Did not advance
Jesús Gruber	Individual foil	Brecht (GER) Curletto (ITA) Didier (LUX) Dyakovski (BUL) Thuillier (IRL) Khayat (TUN)	1	Magnan (FRA) Hoskyns (GBR) Axelrod (USA) Moya (ESP) Kamuti (HUN)	4	Did not advance
Luis García Freddy Quintero Augusto Gutiérrez Jesús Gruber	Team foil	Great Britain (GBR) Germany (GER)	3	Did not advance
Augusto Gutiérrez	Individual sabre	Arabo (FRA) Wöhler (GER) Dyakovski (BUL) Azinhais (POR) Khayat (TUN)	4	Did not advance
Luis García	Individual sabre	Pawłowski (POL) Van Baelen (BEL) Wanetschek (AUT) Ramos (MEX) Diego (ESP)	6	Did not advance

Women

56 fencers competed in the individual foil event and 57 fencers from 12 teams in the foil event^[3].

Athlete	Event	Round One		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final Pool
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank
Belkis Leal	Individual foil	Julito (POL) Dömölky (HUN) York-Romary (USA) Grötzer (AUT) Moulin (FIN)	6	Did not advance
Norma Santini	Individual foil	Ebert (AUT) Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) Lagerwall (SWE) Weiß-Scherberger (GER) Wallet (BEL) Winter (AUS)	6	Did not advance
Ingrid Sander	Individual foil	Pawlas (POL) Camber-Corno (ITA) le Roux (FRA) Stafford (GBR) Gnauer (AUT)	6	Did not advance
Ingrid Sander Norma Santini Belkis Leal Teófila Márquiz	Team foil	Italy (ITA) Soviet Union (URS)	6	Did not advance

Sailing

Shooting

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 1 (PDF). the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 910.
^ "Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 2 (PDF). The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 1072.
^ "Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 2 (PDF). The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 1072.
^ "Boxing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Cycling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sport Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Fencing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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[off_rep_vol_1-1] The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 1 (PDF). the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 910.

[2] "Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[off_rep_vol_2.1-3] The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 2 (PDF). The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 1072.

[4] "Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[offi_rep_vol_2-5] The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 2 (PDF). The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1960. p. 1072.

[6] "Boxing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[7] "Cycling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sport Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[8] "Fencing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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v t e Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games
Gold	Francisco Rodriguez 1968 Boxing Rubén Limardo 2012 Fencing Yulimar Rojas 2020 Athletics
Silver	Pedro Gamarro 1976 Boxing Bernardo Piñango 1980 Boxing Yulimar Rojas 2016 Athletics Julio Mayora 2020 Weightlifting Keydomar Vallenilla 2020 Weightlifting Daniel Dhers 2020 Cycling
Bronze	Asnoldo Devonish 1952 Athletics Enrico Forcella 1960 Shooting Marcelino Bolívar 1984 Boxing Omar Catarí 1984 Boxing Rafael Vidal 1984 Swimming Adriana Carmona 2004 Taekwondo Israel José Rubio 2004 Weightlifting Dalia Contreras 2008 Taekwondo Yoel Finol 2016 Boxing Stefany Hernández 2016 Cycling

v t e Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy
Africa	Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Liberia Morocco Nigeria Rhodesia South Africa Sudan Tunisia Uganda United Arab Republic
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana British West Indies Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Haiti Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon Taiwan (In the name of Formosa) Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Malaya Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand