Venezuela competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich,
West Germany. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 4 sports.
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
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Felix Mata
:* First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
*
Eric Phillips
:* Heat — 46.74 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
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Héctor López
Héctor Headley López Swainson (July 8, 1929 – September 29, 2022) was a Panamanian professional baseball left fielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 196 ...
:* Heat — 1:50.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
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Humberto Galea,
Felix Mata,
Alberto Marchan, and
Jesus Rico
:* Heat — 39.74s
:* Semifinals — 39.74s (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*
Francisco Rodriguez
:* First Round — Lost to
Dennis Talbot (AUS), KO-2
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
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Alfredo Lemus
Alfredo Lemus (born 1 April 1952) is a Venezuelan boxing, boxer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He finished in third place at the 1975 Pan American Games in the light-middleweight division.
References
Ex ...
:* First Round — Bye
:* Second Round — Lost to
Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 1:4
Shooting
Two male shooters represented Venezuela in 1972.
;
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 ...
*
Víctor Francis
;
50 m rifle, prone
*
Agustin Rangel
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
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Jorge van Baien
:* Heat — 57.20s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
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Gerardo Vera
Gerardo Vera Perales (10 March 194720 September 2020) was a Spanish costume and set designer, opera director, actor, and film and theatre director.
Life
Vera was born in Miraflores de la Sierra on 10 March 1947. He studied English language a ...
:* Heat — 1:57.33 (→ did not advance)
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
1972 in Venezuelan sport
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