Venezuela at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Venezuela at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  VEN
NOC Comité Olímpico Venezolano
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 40		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
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Venezuela competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Arnoldo Devonish won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (–54 kg)

  • Angel Amaya
    1. First Round — Lost to Raul Macías Guevara (Mexico) on points (0-3)

Men's Featherweight (–57 kg)

  • Luis Aranguren
    1. First Round — Lost to Kurt Schirra (Saarland) on points (1-2)

Men's Lightweight (–60 kg)

  • Vicente Matute
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Mohammad Ali (Pakistan) on knock-out in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Erkki Osvald Pakkanen (Finland) on points (0-3)

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)

  • Salomon Carrizales
    1. First Round — Defeated Celestino Pinto (Brazil) on points (2-1)
    2. Second Round — Lost to Charles Adkins (United States) on points (0-3)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Andoni Ituarte
  • Final — 1:15.4 (→ 16th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Luis Toro — 20th place

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Eduardo Fereda
  • Preliminary Round — 41.98 points (→ 36th and last place)

[edit] References


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