Venezuela at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code VEN
NOC Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website www.cov.net.ve (Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors 36 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Héctor Thomas
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 1 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpio 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 be adsent of the previous game, competeng in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Medalists

Bronze

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

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Sailing

Shooting

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

25 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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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