Venezuela at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpico 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 being absent from the previous game, competing in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.

Venezuela at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVEN
NOCVenezuelan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.covoficial.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors36 in 9 sports
Flag bearerHéctor Thomas
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Bronze

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 707
Boxing 303
Fencing 448
Cycling 505
Shooting 606
Swimming 011
Yachting 202
Weightlifting 202
Wrestling 202
Total31536

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists, all men, represented Venezuela in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Annelisse Rockenbach
  • Alberto Feo Corao

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Oswaldo Solórzano
  • Enrique Guitens

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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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