Venezuela competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo,

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. 16 competitors, 15 men and 1 woman, took part in 16 events in 5 sports.

Athletics

* Arquímedes Herrera *

Rafael Romero Rafael Romero Sandrea (May 22, 1938 – August 15, 2021) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero won two meda ...

Hortensio Fucil Hortensio Fucil Herrera (February 8, 1939 – April 30, 2018) was a track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Jap ...

* Lloyd Murad *

Héctor Thomas Héctor Thomas Martínez (October 10, 1938 – December 23, 2008) was a decathlete from Venezuela. He won more than ten medals in various athletics events at the Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'', full n ...

Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Flores (born August 3, 1939 in Lagunillas, Zulia) is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the hurdling events. Maldonado represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting i ...

Judo

Jorge Lugo Jorge Lugo (5 April 1938 – 6 October 2022) was a Venezuelan judoka. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internation ...

Sailing

* Francisco Danisis * Juan Karsten * Halblaud Karsten * Daniel Camejo Octavio

Shooting

Four shooters represented Venezuela in 1964. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

José-Antonio Chalbaud José-Antonio Chalbaud (born 2 July 1931) is a Venezuelan former sports shooter. He competed in the 25 metre pistol event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an interna ...

;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

Edgar Espinoza Edgar Espinoza (born May 27, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Career Early career Espinoza started his collegiate career with Compton College before transferring to Kansas Wesleyan University where he ...

; 50 m rifle, prone *

Enrico Forcella Enrico Forcella Pelliccioni (October 18, 1907 – October 25, 1989) was a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern c ...

* Agustin Rangel

Swimming

* Teodoro Capriles * Annelisse Rockenbach

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

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