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, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 29 events in 10 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Decathlon *

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:* Final Result — 7553 points (→ 18th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

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→ Bronze Medal *# First Round — Defeated Nelson Jamili (Philippines), on points (5:0) *# Second Round — Defeated Agapito Gómez (Spain), on points (4:1) *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Carlos Motta (Guatemala), on points (5:0) *# Semifinals — Lost to

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(United States), on points (1:4) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Manuel Vilchez *# First Round — Lost to

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(Uganda), on points (2:3) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Omar Catari → Bronze Medal *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Azzedine Said (Algeria), RSC-2 *# Third Round — Defeated

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(Japan), on points (4:1) *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Park Hyung-Ok (South Korea), on points (4:1) *# Semifinals — Lost to

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(United States), on points (0:5)

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Venezuela in 1984. ; Individual road race *

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* Fernando Correa

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Carlos Isturiz :* Preliminary Round — 483.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Venezuela in 1984. ; Men's foil * José Rafael Magallanes ; Men's épée * José Rafael Magallanes ; Men's sabre * Ildemaro Sánchez

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Alberto Mestre Sosa :* Heat — 50.99 :* Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place) Men's 200m Freestyle * Alberto Mestre Sosa :* Heat — 1:50.73 :* Final — 1:50.23 (→ 5th place) * Jean-Marie François :* Heat — 1:55.28 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Men's 400m Freestyle * Jean-Marie François :* Heat — 4:03.08 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Giovanni Frigo :* Heat — 59.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Giovanni Frigo :* Heat — 2:07.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Jorge Henão :* Heat — 1:09.01 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke * Jorge Henão :* Heat — 2:28.03 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 100m Butterfly * Rafael Vidal Castro :* Heat — 54.33 :* Final — 54.27 (→ 4th place) Men's 200m Butterfly * Rafael Vidal Castro :* Heat — 1:59.15 :* Final — 1:57.51 (→ Bronze Medal) * Alberto José Umana :* Heat — 2:05.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Alberto Mestre Sosa, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal, and Jean-Marie François :* Heat — 3:30.24 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Jean-Marie François, Alberto José Umana, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa :* Heat — 7:31.79 (→ did not advance, 10th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Giovanni Frigo, Jorge Henão, Rafael Vidal Castro, and Alberto Mestre Sosa :* Heat — 3:55.12 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Synchronized swimming

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database
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