Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 4 sports.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Felix Mata
 * First Heat &mdash; 10.73s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres
 * Eric Phillips
 * Heat &mdash; 46.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Héctor López
 * Heat &mdash; 1:50.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
 * Humberto Galea, Felix Mata, Alberto Marchan, and Jesus Rico
 * Heat &mdash; 39.74s
 * Semifinals &mdash; 39.74s (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Francisco Rodriguez
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Dennis Talbot (AUS), KO-2

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
 * Alfredo Lemus
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 1:4

Shooting
Two male shooters represented Venezuela in 1972.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Víctor Francis


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Agustin Rangel

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Jorge van Baien
 * Heat &mdash; 57.20s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Gerardo Vera
 * Heat &mdash; 1:57.33 (→ did not advance)