Venezuela at the 2023 Pan American Games

Venezuela is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Venezuela's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Weightlifter athlete Keydomar Vallenilla and athlete Joselyn Brea were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, wrestler José Díaz and Brea were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Medalists
The following Venezuelan competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.


 * style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|


 * style="text-align:left; width:26%; vertical-align:top;"|

Archery
Venezuela qualified four archers (one man and three women) during the 2023 Copa Merengue.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Athletics

 * Men
 * Track & road events

Key: Q=Qualified for next round based on position in heat; q=Qualified for next round as fastest loser; *=Athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final

Key: Q=Qualify for final based on position in group; q=Qualify for final based on position in field without meeting qualifying mark
 * Field events


 * Combined event – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events

Key: Q=Qualify for final based on position in group; q=Qualify for final based on position in field without meeting qualifying mark
 * Field events

Badminton
Venezuela qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).

Baseball
Venezuela qualified a men's team (of 24 athletes) by finishing third in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.


 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Seventh place game

Basketball
Venezuela qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing seventh in the 2022 FIBA Americup.

Venezuela qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing sixth in the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.

Men's tournament

 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament

 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Fifth place game

Men's tournament
Venezuela qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.


 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Women's tournament
Venezuela qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.


 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinal

Basque pelota
Venezuela qualified a team of four female athletes through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.


 * Women

Bowling
Venezuela qualified a full team of two men and two women through the 2022 South American Games held in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Boxing
Venezuela qualified 11 boxers (five men and six women).


 * Men


 * Women

Breaking
Venezuela qualified one male breakdancer.


 * Men

Slalom
Venezuela qualified a total of four slalom athletes (two men and two women).

Sprint
Venezuela qualified a total of 5 sprint athletes (two men and three women).

Cycling
Venezuela qualified a total of 14 cyclists (seven men and seven women).

BMX
Venezuela qualified two male cyclists in BMX race through the UCI World Ranking of Nations.


 * Freestyle


 * Racing

Road
Venezuela qualified seven road cyclists (three men and four women).


 * Men


 * Women

Track
Venezuela qualified 9 track cyclists (three men and six women).


 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Keirin


 * Omnium


 * Madison

Diving
Venezuelan qualified 2 divers.


 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian
Venezuelan equestrians qualified teams in Jumping competition and have also qualified one athlete in the individual dressage competition.

Fencing
Venezuela qualified a team of 15 fencers (nine men and six women).


 * Men


 * Women

Golf
Venezuela qualified a full team of 4 golfers (two per gender).

Artistic
Venezuela qualified four gymnasts in artistic (two men and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Men


 * Individual finals

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Women


 * Individual finals

Rhythmic
Venezuela qualified one individual gymnast and five gymnasts for the group event in rhythmic (six women).
 * Individual


 * Group

Judo
Venezuela has qualified 9 judokas (four men and five women).


 * Men


 * Women

Mixed

Karate
Venezuela qualified a team of six karatekas (two men and four women) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship and the 2023 Pan American Championships.


 * Kumite


 * Kata

Modern pentathlon
Venezuela qualified three modern pentathletes (two men and one woman).

Speed
Men

Women

Rowing
Venezuela qualified a team of 8 athletes (three men and five women).


 * Men


 * Women

Sailing
Venezuela has qualified 6 boats for a total of 8 sailors.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Shooting
Venezuela qualified a total of five shooters after the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. Venezuela also qualified one shooter during the 2022 South American Games.


 * Men
 * Pistol and rifle


 * Men
 * Shotgun


 * Women
 * Pistol and rifle

Softball
Venezuela qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by virtue of its campaign in the 2022 Pan American Championships.


 * Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * Fifth place game

Sport climbing
Venezuela qualified a team of 4 athletes (three men and one woman) by virtue of their IFSC world rankings.

Boulder & lead

Speed

Surfing
Venezuela qualified two male surfers.


 * Artistic

Swimming

 * Men

Open water


 * Women


 * Mixed

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Table tennis
Venezuela qualified a team of four athletes (one man and three women) through the 2023 South American Championship and the Special Qualification Event.
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Taekwondo
Venezuela qualified six athletes (two men and four women) for Kyorugi events during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.


 * Kyorugi (sparring)
 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
Venezuela qualified a team of four triathletes (two men and two women).


 * Mixed relay

Weightlifting
Venezuela qualified eight weightlifters (four per gender).


 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
Venezuela qualified 16 wrestlers (10 men and 6 women) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Key:
 * VT – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
 * VA – Decision by withdrawal


 * Men


 * Women

Women's tournament
Venezuela qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing sixth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Colombia. Venezuela's women's team was going to be making its Pan American Games debut, however, the team withdrew before the event.