Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 7 sports.

Silver

 * Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Athletics
Men's 800 metres
 * William Wuycke
 * Heat &mdash; 1:48.5
 * Semifinals &mdash; 1:47.4 (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Pedro Manuel Nieves
 * First Round — Defeated Singkham Phongprathith (Laos) after referee stopped contest in first round
 * Second Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Ramon Armando Guevara
 * First Round — Defeated Nyama Narantuya (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
 * Second Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Bernardo Piñango → [[Image:Med 2.png]] Silver Medal
 * First Round — Bye
 * Second Round — Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) on points (4-1)
 * Third Round — Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) after diskwalification in second round
 * Quarter Finals — Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after knock-out in second round
 * Semi Finals — Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (3-2)
 * Final — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Antonio Esparragoza
 * First Round — Bye
 * Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Nelson René Trujillo
 * First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
 * Nelson José Rodriguez
 * First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)

Cycling
Five cyclists represented Venezuela in 1980.


 * Individual road race
 * Jesús Torres
 * Mario Medina
 * Olinto Silva
 * Juan Arroyo


 * Team time trial
 * Claudio Pérez
 * Olinto Silva
 * Juan Arroyo
 * Mario Medina

Men's Team Competition

 * Preliminary Round (Group A)
 * Lost to Soviet Union (0-4)
 * Lost to Cuba (1-2)
 * Defeated Zambia (2-1)


 * Quarter Finals
 * Did not advance


 * Team Roster
 * Eustorgio Sánchez
 * Ordan Aguirre
 * Emilio Campos
 * Pedro Acosta
 * Mauro Cichero
 * Robert Elie
 * Alexis Peña
 * Asdrubal José Sanchez
 * Iker Joseba Zubizarreta
 * Bernardo Añor
 * Angel Castillo
 * César Armando Semidey
 * Rodolfo Carvajal
 * Pedro Juan Febles
 * Nelson José Carrero
 * Juan José Vidal

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Alberto Eugenio Mestre
 * Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Jean Marc Francois Carezis
 * Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)


 * Rafael Vidal
 * Heats — DNS