Venezuela at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpico Venezolano to take part in 26 events in 9 sports.[1] The Venezuelan representation was similar to that of the Helsinki Games that awarded the country first olympic medal but including 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's return after being absent from the previous game, competing in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Venezuela at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitecov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors36 in 9 sports
Flag bearerHéctor Thomas
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Bronze
  • Enrico Forcella — Shooting, Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone position, 50 metres

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 707
Boxing 303
Fencing 448
Cycling 505
Shooting 606
Swimming 011
Yachting 202
Weightlifting 202
Wrestling 202
Total31536

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Rafael Romero
  • Clive Bonas
  • Horacio Estévez
  • Lloyd Murad
  • Emilio Romero
  • Héctor Thomas
  • Víctor Maldonado

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Miguel Amarista
  • Fidel Odremán
  • Mario Romero

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Arsenio Chirinos
  • Emilio Vidal
  • José Ferreira
  • Francisco Mujica
Team time trial
  • José Ferreira
  • Francisco Mujica
  • Arsenio Chirinos
  • Víctor Chirinos

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Men's foil
  • Jesús Gruber
  • Freddy Quintero
  • Luis García
Men's team foil
  • Luis García, Freddy Quintero, Augusto Gutiérrez, Jesús Gruber
Men's sabre
  • Augusto Gutiérrez
  • Luis García
Women's foil
  • Belkis Leal
  • Norma Santini
  • Ingrid Sander
Women's team foil
  • Ingrid Sander, Norma Santini, Belkis Leal, Teófila Márquiz

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Six shooters represented Venezuela in 1960. Enrico Forcella won the bronze in the 50m rifle, prone event.

25 m pistol
  • Carlos Crassus
  • Carlos Monteverde
50 m rifle, prone
  • Enrico Forcella
  • José Cazorla
Trap
  • Bram Zanella
  • Franco Bonato

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Annelisse Rockenbach
  • Alberto Feo Corao

Weightlifting
  • Oswaldo Solórzano
  • Enrique Guitens

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Rafael Durán
  • César Ferreras

References
  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.


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