Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to August 21, 2016. This was the eighteenth time Venezuela joined the Summer Olympics. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee sent 87 athletes, with 62 men and 25 women, to compete in twenty sports.

This was Venezuela's second-largest group of athletes ever, just smaller than the team that went to Beijing 2008. The team included basketball players for men, marking Venezuela's return to Olympic basketball after many years. Venezuela also tried new sports for 2016, like golf and women's beach volleyball. They also returned to sports they had not done for eight years, like equestrian, rowing, and taekwondo.

Some well-known athletes from Venezuela were fencers Silvio Fernández and Alejandra Benítez, swimmer Albert Subirats, gymnast Jessica López, boxer Gabriel Maestre, BMX rider Stefany Hernández, and fencing brothers Francisco and Rubén Limardo. Rubén Limardo was chosen by fans to carry Venezuela's flag at the opening ceremony.

Venezuela did not win any gold medals, but the team came home with three medals: one silver and two bronze. The silver medal went to triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, and the bronze medals went to Hernández and boxer Yoel Finol. Later, Finol moved up from bronze to silver when another boxer could not keep their medal.

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Venezuela won a few medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The athletes brought home medals in swimming, athletics, and boxing. This showed the skill and hard work of Venezuelan athletes on the world stage.

Competitors

Venezuela sent athletes to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to August 21. This was the eighteenth time Venezuela joined the Summer Olympics. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee chose 87 athletes, including 62 men and 25 women, to compete in twenty different sports.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	9	6	15
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	8	0	8
Cycling	6	3	9
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	2	0	2
Fencing	5	2	7
Golf	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	4	2	6
Table tennis	0	1	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	2	2
Weightlifting	1	3	4
Wrestling	6	3	9
Total	62	25	87

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela had archers in the 2016 Summer Olympics. One male archer got his spot by doing well at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. A female archer also joined the team by doing well at a tournament in Medellín, Colombia.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elías Malavé	Men's individual	651	46	Wang Dp (CHN) W 6–2	Worth (AUS) L 4–6	did not advance
Leidys Brito	Women's individual	614	44	Unruh (GER) L 4–6	did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan athletes were able to take part in many track and field events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Up to three athletes could join each event. These events had both running races and field events.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberth Bravo	400 m	46.15	6	did not advance
Luis Orta	Marathon	—N/a				2:27:05	106
Jose Peña	3000 m steeplechase	8:32.38	9	—N/a		did not advance
Yerenman Salazar	50 km walk	—N/a				DNF
Richard Vargas	20 km walk	—N/a				1:22:23	24
Alberth Bravo Omar Longart José Meléndez Freddy Mezones Arturo Ramírez	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.69	6	—N/a		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yolimar Pineda	Marathon	—N/a				2:47:34	93
Nercely Soto	200 m	22.89	2 Q	22.88	7	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ahymara Espinoza	Women's shot put	17.27	19	did not advance
Robeilys Peinado	Women's pole vault	DNS		did not advance
Rosa Rodríguez	Women's hammer throw	72.41	3 Q	69.26	10
Yulimar Rojas	Triple jump	14.21	7 Q	14.98

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The Venezuela men's basketball team got to play in the Olympics by doing well at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico.

Team roster

The following is the Venezuela roster for the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Group play

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Venezuela men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	0	Gregory Echenique	25 – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Guaros de Lara
G/F	2	Dwight Lewis	28 – (1987-10-07)7 October 1987	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
C	4	Miguel Marriaga	32 – (1984-06-06)6 June 1984	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Toros de Aragua
PG	5	Gregory Vargas	30 – (1986-02-18)18 February 1986	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Maccabi Haifa
SG	6	John Cox	35 – (1981-06-07)7 June 1981	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bucaneros de La Guaira
PG	8	David Cubillán	29 – (1987-07-27)27 July 1987	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
G/F	10	José Vargas (C)	34 – (1982-01-23)23 January 1982	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Marinos de Anzoátegui
PF	14	Miguel Ruiz	25 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
F/C	15	Windi Graterol	29 – (1986-09-10)10 September 1986	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Guaros de Lara
PG	19	Heissler Guillént	29 – (1986-12-17)17 December 1986	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Guaros de Lara
F	23	Anthony Pérez	22 – (1993-09-29)29 September 1993	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Ole Miss Rebels
PF	43	Néstor Colmenares	28 – (1987-09-05)5 September 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Guaros de Lara

Head coach

Néstor García

Assistant coach(es)

Nelson Solórzano

Daniel Seoane

Legend

(C) Team captain

Club – describes last
club before the tournament

Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	524	407	+117	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	444	368	+76	9
3	France	5	3	2	423	378	+45	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	426	387	+39	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	315	444	−129	6
6	China	5	0	5	318	466	−148	5

Venezuela	62–86	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 9–26, 18–24, 21–18
Pts: Echenique 12 Rebs: Colmenares 6 Asts: Vargas 5		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Štimac 9 Asts: Nedović 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,063
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Duan Zhu (CHN), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

United States	113–69	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 30–8, 27–25, 38–18
Pts: George 20 Rebs: Jordan 9 Asts: Lowry 9		Pts: Cox 19 Rebs: Echenique 7 Asts: Vargas 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,572
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Damir Javor (SLO), Scott Beker (AUS)

Venezuela	72–68	China
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 13–22, 13–15, 21–18
Pts: Colmenares 16 Rebs: Colmenares 5 Asts: Vargas 5		Pts: Guo 17 Rebs: Yi 10 Asts: Guo, Zhou 3

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Sreten Radović (CRO), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)

France	96–56	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 19–12, 24–17, 30–9
Pts: Lauvergne 17 Rebs: Kahudi 12 Asts: Heurtel 8		Pts: Echenique 12 Rebs: Vargas 7 Asts: Cox 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,312
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Australia	81–56	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 16–19, 21–18, 28–13
Pts: Goulding 22 Rebs: Broekhoff 8 Asts: Martin 4		Pts: Perez 12 Rebs: Vargas, Ruiz 4 Asts: Vargas 7

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,459
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent seven boxers to the Olympic boxing event. Luis Angel Cabrera, Luis Arcon, Albert Ramirez, and 2012 Olympian Gabriel Maestre got their spots at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires. Yoel Finol Rivas, Victor Rodríguez, Endry José Pinto, and Edgar Muñoz won their places at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yoel Finol Rivas	Men's flyweight	de los Santos (DOM) W 3–0	Ali (GBR) W 3–0	Flissi (ALG) W 3–0	Zoirov (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Víctor Rodríguez	Men's bantamweight	Ham S-m (KOR) L 1–2	did not advance
Luis Ángel Cabrera	Men's lightweight	Narimatsu (JPN) L 1–2	did not advance
Luis Arcón	Men's light welterweight	Bachkov (ARM) L 1–2	did not advance
Gabriel Maestre	Men's welterweight	Marutjan (GER) W 2–1	Mangiacapre (ITA) W WO	Yeleussinov (KAZ) L 0–3	did not advance
Endry José Pinto	Men's middleweight	Delgado (ECU) L 0–3	did not advance
Albert Ramírez	Men's light heavyweight	Khamukov (RUS) W 2–1	Benchabla (ALG) L 1–2	did not advance
Edgar Muñoz	Men's super heavyweight	Jalolov (UZB) L TKO	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan cyclists earned spots in several events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They qualified for the men's road race by doing well in the 2015 UCI America Tour and for the women's road race by doing well in the 2016 UCI World Ranking and the 2016 Pan American Championships.

They also qualified for track events after the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. This let them compete in men's sprint, men's keirin, and women's omnium events.

In BMX, Venezuela got spots for both men and women based on their performances in the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships and the UCI Olympic Ranking List. Stefany Hernández, who competed in London 2012, and newcomer Jefferson Milano were named to the team on June 1, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonathan Monsalve	Men's road race	did not finish
Jonathan Monsalve	Men's time trial	did not finish
Miguel Ubeto	Men's road race	did not finish
Jennifer Cesar	Women's road race	4:03:18	50

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Hersony Canelón	Men's sprint	10.239 70.319	24	did not advance
César Marcano	Men's sprint	10.649 67.611	27	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Hersony Canelón César Marcano Ángel Pulgar	Men's team sprint	44.263 60.999	8 Q	Great Britain L 44.486 60.693	8	did not advance

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Hersony Canelón	Men's keirin	7 R	5	did not advance
Ángel Pulgar	Men's keirin	7 R	4	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Angie González	Women's omnium	18	6	3:47.161	17	8	12	18	36.535	12	18	14.660	16	10	1	13	61	18

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Jefferson Milano	Men's BMX	35.945	23	12	3 Q	24	8	did not advance
Stefany Hernández	Women's BMX	35.202	4	—N/a		11	3 Q	34.755

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan divers got to compete in the Olympics because they did very well in the 2016 FINA World Cup series.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesús Liranzo	Men's 10 m platform	385.55	21	did not advance
Robert Páez	Men's 10 m platform	378.20	23	did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent two riders to the Olympic equestrian jumping competition. They got their spots by finishing in the top six at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Emanuel Andrade	Hardrock	Individual	13	=61	Did not advance
Pablo Barrios	Antares	Individual	8	=53 Q	12	20	54	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent a team of fencers to compete in the men’s épée event. They got their spots because they were the highest-ranked team from the Americas, not counting the top four teams in the world. Alejandra Benítez joined for the women’s sabre, as she was one of the top-ranked fencers from the Americas. Isis Giménez and Antonio Leal, a bronze medalist from the 2011 Pan American Games, also made the team by doing well in the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Silvio Fernández	Épée	Jung J-s (KOR) L 8–15	did not advance
Francisco Limardo		Ferreira (BRA) W 15–9	Jérent (FRA) W 15–14	Novosjolov (EST) L 12–15	did not advance
Rubén Limardo		Bye	Fayez (EGY) L 5–15	did not advance
Silvio Fernández Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Kelvin Cañas*	Team épée	—N/a		Brazil W 45–25	France L 29–45	Classification semifinal South Korea L 40–45	7th place final Russia L 30–36	8
Antonio Leal	Foil	van Haaster (CAN) L 7–15	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Isis Giménez	Foil	Bye	Jeon H-s (KOR) L 8–10	did not advance
Alejandra Benítez	Sabre	Hafez (EGY) W 15–11	Márton (HUN) L 14–15	did not advance

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent one golfer to the Olympics. Jhonattan Vegas was in the men's event. He got a spot based on world rankings from July 11, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Jhonattan Vegas	Men's	72	76	71	70	289	5	=50

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela had one gymnast in the Olympics. Jessica López competed for the third time. She joined the games for the women's events at a special event before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Jessica López	All-around	14.933	15.333 Q	13.933	12.733	56.932	13 Q	14.833	15.100	13.800	14.233	57.966	7
Jessica López	Uneven bars	—N/a	15.333	—N/a		15.333	7 Q	—N/a	15.333	—N/a		15.333	6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent one judoka to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Elvismar Rodríguez competed in the women's middleweight category. She got her spot because she was the highest-ranked Venezuelan judoka from the Pan American region.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elvismar Rodríguez	Women's −70 kg	Moreira (ANG) L 000–100	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela got a place for one boat in the men's single sculls event. This happened at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jakson Vicent Monasterio	Men's single sculls	7:28.36	6 R	7:28.67	5 SE/F	Bye		7:50.56	2 FE	7:57.83	29

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan sailors were able to race in many classes. They earned their spots by doing well in World Championships and South American qualifying events.

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Daniel Flores	Men's RS:X	18	22	26	20	11	33	34	37	32	DNF	23	25	EL	160	27
José Gutiérrez	Men's Laser	35	36	36	42	40	35	40	19	37	37	—N/a		EL	314	38

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela had one shooter in the men's rifle events. He got his spot by doing well at the 2015 Pan American Games and by meeting the needed score by March 31, 2016.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julio Iemma	Men's 10 m air rifle	612.7	45	did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle prone	621.5	22	did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1155	40	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan swimmers were allowed to compete in many events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They could have up to two swimmers in each event if they were fast enough, or one swimmer if they met a different time.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carlos Claverie	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:01.13	30	did not advance
Carlos Claverie	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:10.35	14 Q	2:11.56	15	did not advance
Erwin Maldonado	Men's 10 km open water	—N/a				1:54:33.6	21
Cristian Quintero	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.92	44	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.25	34	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:47.02	14 Q	1:48.00	16	did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:50.84	33	—N/a		did not advance
Albert Subirats	Men's 100 m backstroke	55.44	31	did not advance
Albert Subirats	Men's 100 m butterfly	53.23	29	did not advance
Paola Pérez	Women's 10 km open water	—N/a				1:59:07.7	20
Andreina Pinto	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:08.34	16	—N/a		did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:30.92	12	—N/a		did not advance
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:10.60	23	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent one athlete to the Games. Gremlins Arvelo got her spot by doing well at a tournament in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gremlis Arvelo	Women's singles	Bye	Zhang (USA) L 0–4	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela had one athlete in taekwondo at the Olympics. Edgar Contreras earned his place in the men's lightweight category by finishing in the top two at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edgar Contreras	Men's −68 kg	Denisenko (RUS) L 2–12	did not advance		Tazegül (TUR) W 5–4 SUD	González (ESP) L 3–4	5

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Beach

Venezuela's women's beach volleyball team played in the Olympics after winning their last match against Argentina at the 2016 CSV Continental Cup in Rosario.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Norisbeth Agudo Olaya Pérez	Women's	Pool F Meppelink – van Iersel (NED) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 11–21) Bawden – Clancy (AUS) L 0 – 2 (21–9, 21–14) Alfaro – Charles (CRC) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–19) Lucky Losers Borger – Büthe (GER) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 8–21)	3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuelan weightlifters earned three spots for women at the Rio Olympics based on their team scores from the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships and 2015 IWF World Championships. One spot for a man was added because of his strong performance in the IWF World Rankings. This spot went to Jesús López in the men's featherweight division (62 kg).

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Jesús López	Men's −62 kg	125	7	—	—	125	DNF
Yusleidy Figueroa	Women's −58 kg	85	14	116	8	201	9
Yaniuska Espinosa	Women's +75 kg	121	5	152	7	273	7
Naryury Pérez	Women's +75 kg	117	8	145	DNF	117	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Venezuela sent nine wrestlers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Most of them got their spots by finishing in the top two at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament. Two more wrestlers joined the team by qualifying at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pedro Ceballos	−86 kg	Bye	Zaghloul (EGY) W 3–0 ^PO	Sadulaev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Veréb (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Sharifov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	5
José Daniel Díaz	−97 kg	Bye	Ibragimov (KAZ) L 0–4 ^ST	did not advance					18

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raiber Rodríguez	−59 kg	Bye	Bayramov (AZE) L 0–4 ^ST	did not advance					18
Wuileixis Rivas	−66 kg	Bye	Norouzi (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance					14
Luillys Pérez	−98 kg	Bye	Rezaei (IRI) L 0–4 ^ST	did not advance					17
Erwin Caraballo	−130 kg	Bye	Kayaalp (TUR) L 0–4 ^ST	did not advance		Bye	Shariati (AZE) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance	19

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Betzabeth Argüello	−53 kg	Bye	Essombe (CMR) W 5–0 ^VT	Prevolaraki (GRE) W 3–1 ^PP	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Synyshyn (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	5
María Acosta	−69 kg	Bye	Mostafa (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance					17
Jaramit Weffer	−75 kg	Bye	Ali (CMR) L 0–3 ^PO	did not advance					17