Venezuela at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the
1952 Summer Olympics

IOC code

VEN

NOC

Venezuelan Olympic Committee

Website

www.cov.net.ve (Spanish)

in Helsinki

Competitors

38 in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Arnoldo Devonish

Medals
Ranked 40th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	1

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. 38 competitors, 36 men and 2 women, were selected by the Comité Olímpico Venezolano to take part in 37 events in 8 sports.^[1] For the first time, women took part in a Venezuelan representation in the Summer Olympics. These were the fencers Gerda Muller and Ursula Selle, both competing in individual foil. Women's were absent of Venezuelan representations in four occasions including next summer games held in Melbourne. The 1952 Games were considered a great step forward in sports in Venezuela since previous Venezuelan delegation was of only one athlete. Arnoldo Devonish won the nation's first ever Olympic medal and to date only Olympic Medallist in Athletics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Devonish, ArnoldoArnoldo Devonish	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump	23 July

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	0	7
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling	4	0	4
Fencing	8	2	10
Diving	1	0	1
Shooting	7	0	7
Swimming	1	0	1
Wrestling	3	0	3
Total	36	2	38

Acuatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round One		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oscar Saiz	100 metres freestyle	1:01.7	6	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

76 athletes of 22 countries compited in 4 events between July 27 to August 2 at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium, Finland. 1 athlete represented Venezuela at 1 event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eduardo Fereda	3 m springboard	41.98	36	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

957 athletes from 57 countries competed in 33 events between July 20 to 27^[1] at the Olympics Stadium, Helsinki, Finland. 7 athletes, all men, represented Venezuela in 11 events.

Track

In sprint events (100, 200 and 400 metres), athletes were drawn in 12 Heats, qualifying the best 3 of every heat to Quarter and Semifinals, both qualifaying the best 2 of each heat. In middle distance events (800 and 1500 metres), athletes were drawn in Heats qualifying the best 3 or 4 of every heat to the Semifinals, where the best 3 or 6 of each heat advance. In 110 metres hurdles event athletles were drawn in 6 Heats qualifying the best 2 to the Semifinals, further qualifying the best 3 of every heat.

Men

72 athletes competed in the 100m event, 71 in the 200m and 400m, 50 in the 800m, 52 in the 1500m and 30 in the 110m hurdles.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Leiva	100 metres	11.31	5	Did not advance
Juan Leiva	200 metres	22.38	3	Did not advance
Guillermo Gutiérrez	100 metres	11.42	5	Did not advance
Guillermo Gutiérrez	400 metres	48.82	2 Q	48.75	4	Did not advance
Filemón Camacho	800 metres	2:00	5	N/A		Did not advance
Filemón Camacho	1500 metres	4:18	7	N/A		Did not advance
Teófilo Davis	110 metres hurdles	15.96	5	N/A		Did not advance

Field

In jump events (long, high and triple jump) athletes enters in a Qualifying round where every athlete who achieve qualifying criteria (7.20 for long jump, 1.87 for high jump and 14.55 for triple jump) or 12 best performances including ties (long jump only) advance to the Finals. In the Final round athletes had 3 attempts to clear several ascending mark barries. In the javelin throw event athletes must achieve 64.00 in order to qualified to the Finals.

Men

27 athletes competed in the long jump event, 36 in the high jump, 35 in the triple jump and 26 in the javelin throw.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Brígido Iriarte	Long jump	6.82	20	Did not advance
Brígido Iriarte	Javelin throw	52.13	26	Did not advance
Teófilo Davis	High jump	1.87	27 Q	1.80	24
Arnoldo Devonish	Triple jump	15.24	2 Q	15.52	03 !

Combined

Athletes contested in 10 events on two days and were scored according to the 1952 IAAF scorting table.^[2]

Men

28 athletes competed in this event.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Total Points	Position	100 metres		Long Jump		Shot Put		High Jump		400 metres		110m H		Discus Throw		Pole Vault		Javelin Throw		1500 metres
Athlete	Event	Total Points	Position	T	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	T	Points	T	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	Dis	Points	T	Points
Brígido Iriarte	Decathlon	5,770	12	11.06	707	7.06	804	11.66	552	1.60	555	53.1	636	16.6	489	38.23	578	3.40	476	55.55	637	4:49.8	336

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

240 athletes of 44 countries competed in 10 events between July 28 to August 2^[1] at the Messuhalli Hall, Helsinki, Finland. 5 athletes, all men, represented Venezuela in 5 events.

Men

23 boxers competed in the bantamweight class event, 30 in the featherweight class, 27 in the lightweight class, 28 in the light-welterweight class and 29 in the welterweight class.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round One	Round Two	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ángel Amaya	Bantamweight	Macías (MEX) L 0-3	Did not advance
Luis Aranguren	Featherweight	Schirra (SAA) L 2-1	Did not advance
Vicente Matute	Lightweight	BYE	Ali (PAK) W KO	Pakkanen (FIN) L 0-3	Did not advance
Salomón Carrizales	Light-Welterweight	Pinto (BRA) W 2-1	Adkins (USA) L 0-3	Did not advance
Sergio Gascue	Welterweight	Linca (ROU) L 0-3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

214 athletes of 36 countries competed in 6 events between July 28 to 31^[1] at the Helsinki Velodrome, Finland, for track events. Road events were constested on August 2 at the Olympics Route. 4 Athletes represented Venezuela in 3 events.

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Rank	Time
Andoni Ituarte	1000 m time trial	15	1:15.4

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Repechage 2	Semifinals	Repechage 3	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Luis Toro	Sprint	Hijzelendoorn (NED) Robinson (RSA) Hromjak (USA) L	Potzernheim (GER) Dadunashvili (URS) Hromjak (USA) Törn (FIN) L	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Luis Toro Danilo Heredia Andoni Ituarte Ramón Echegaray	Team Pursuit	5:16.2	20	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

287 athletes of 32 countries competed in 7 events between July 21 and August 1^[1] at the Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo, Finland. All events consist of four stages, Round One, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final, where the fencers were drawn in pools in every stage. 10 fencers, 8 men and 2 women, represented Venezuela in all events. Venezuelan fencer Gerda Muller (age 15) was the youngest participant in competition.

Men

In individuals events, 61 fencer competed in the foil event, 76 in the épée and 66 in sabre. In teams events, 77 fencers from 15 teams competed in the foil event, 97 from 19 teams in épée and 95 from 19 teams in sabre.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round One		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final Pool
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank
Juan Kavanagh	Individual foil	Magnusson (SWE) Bokun (URS) Galimi (ARG) Paul (GBR) Lund (AUS) Asselin (CAN)	6	Did not advance
Augusto Gutiérrez	Individual foil	Chelaru (ROU) Lubell (USA) Ramos (MEX) Midler (URS) Bach (SAA) Rimini (URU)	Tie on 6	Did not advance
Giovanni Bertorelli	Individual foil	Klette (NOR) Rydström (SWE) Wendon (GBR) Fethers (AUS) Eisenecker (GER) Duffy (IRL) Rau (SAA)	8	Did not advance
Giovanni Bertorelli Nelson Nieves Juan Kavanagh Gustavo Gutiérrez Augusto Gutiérrez	Team foil	Great Britain (GBR) Italy (ITA)	3	Did not advance
Gustavo Gutiérrez	Individual épée	Krajewski (POL) Haro (MEX) Kerttula (FIN) Sákovics (HUN) Eriksen (NOR) Henrion (BEL) López (GUA)	Tie on 5	Did not advance
Giovanni Bertorelli	Individual épée	Rerrich (HUN) Jay (GBR) Pekelman (BRA) Rydz (POL) Deksbakh (URS) Chelaru (ROU) Duffy (IRL)	Tie on 7	Did not advance
Juan Camous	Individual épée	Berzsenyi (HUN) Wiik (FIN) Ramos (MEX) Bougnol (FRA) Skrobisch (USA) Kroggel (GER) Maki (JPN)	5	Did not advance
Gustavo Gutiérrez Giovanni Bertorelli Olaf Sandner Juan Camous	Team épée	Belgium (BEL) Denmark (DEN) Portugal (POR)	4	Did not advance
Olaf Sandner	Individual sabre	Loisel (AUT) Suski (POL) Pomini (ARG) Santo (ROU) Ruben (DEN) Lund (AUS) Menegalli (SUI)	7	Did not advance
Gustavo Gutiérrez	Individual sabre	Heywaert (BEL) Manayenko (URS) Pawłowski (POL) Carnera (DEN) Rau (SAA) Fethers (AUS) Cámara (MEX)	8	Did not advance
Edmundo López	Individual sabre	Tudor (ROU) Van Der Auwera (BEL) Nordin (SWE) Amez-Droz (SUI) Liebscher (GER) López (GUA) Knödler (SAA)	Tie on 6	Did not advance
Augusto Gutiérrez Olaf Sandner Gustavo Gutiérrez Edmundo López	Team sabre	Austria (AUT) Italy (ITA)	3	Did not advance

Women

37 fencers competed in the individual foil event.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round One		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final Pool
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank	Opposition	Rank
Ursula Selle	Individual foil	Lachmann (DEN) Camber-Corno (ITA) Buller (GBR) Shitikova (URS) Kalka (FIN) Włodarczyk (POL)	6	Did not advance
Gerda Muller	Individual foil	Elek (HUN) Drand (FRA) Irigoyen (ARG) Wenisch-Filz (AUT) Sjöblom (FIN)	Tie on 5	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

218 athletes competed in 7 events between 25 and 29 July^[1] at the Malmi Shooting Range and Huopalahti Range of Finnish Hunting Society, Helsinki, Finland. 7 athletes, all men, represented Venezuela in 5 events.

Men

53 shooters competed in the silhouette event, 48 in the free pistol, 32 in the free rifle, 58 in the small-bore rifle, prone, and 44 in the small-bore rifle, three possitons.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Herman Barreto	Rapid Fire Pistol, 25 metres	558	20
Carlos Monteverde	Rapid Fire Pistol, 25 metres	483	52
Hector de Lima Polanco	Free Pistol, 50 metres	506	37
Carlos Marrero	Free Pistol, 50 metres	483	48
Rigoberto Rivero	Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres	1,028	22
Humberto Briceño	Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres	984	25
	Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres	1,104	33
	Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres	393	35
Rafael Arnal	Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres	1,083	39
Rafael Arnal	Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres	380	57

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

244 wrestlers from 37 countries competed in 16 events between July 20 to 27^[1] at the Messuhalli Hall, Helsinki, Finland.

Men's freestyle

21 wrestlers competed in the featherweight class event, 17 in the middleweight class and 13 in the light-heavyweight class.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Round Four	Round Five	Round Six	Round Seven	Final Round
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ignacio Lugo	Featherweight	Bernard (CAN) L ^VT	Mangave (IND) L ^DNF-I	Did not advance
Pío Chirinos	Middleweight	Reitz (RSA) L ^VT	Gocke (GER) L ^VT	Did not advance				N/A	Did not advance
Ingnacio Padrón	Light-Heavyweight	Wittenberg (USA) L ^VT	Palm (SWE) L ^VT	Did not advance			N/A	N/A	Did not advance

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLIMPIAD HELSINKI 1952 (PDF). Porvoo, Finland: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XV OLYMPIAD. 1955. p. 763.
↑ IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events (PDF) (2001 ed.). IAAF Council. 2004.

External links

Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games

01 ! Gold	Francisco Rodriguez (1968) Ruben Limardo (2012)

02 ! Silver	Pedro Gamarro (1976) Bernardo Piñango (1980) Yulimar Rojas (2016)

03 ! Bronze	Arnoldo Devonish (1952) Enrico Forcella (1960) Marcelino Bolivar (1984) Omar Catari (1984) Rafael Vidal (1984) Adriana Carmona (2004) Israel José Rubio (2004) Dalia Contreras (2008) Yoel Finol (2016) Stefany Hernandez (2016)

Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland

Africa	Egypt Gold Coast Nigeria South Africa

America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Cuba Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Burma Ceylon China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Saar Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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