Venezuela at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Venezuela competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Arnoldo Devonish won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Bronze

* Arnoldo Devonish — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

Results by event

=Boxing=

Men's Bantamweight (–54 kg)
* Angel Amaya
*# First Round — Lost to Raul Macías Guevara (Mexico) on points (0-3)

Men's Featherweight (–57 kg)
* Luis Aranguren
*# First Round — Lost to Kurt Schirra (Saarland) on points (1-2)

Men's Lightweight (–60 kg)
* Vicente Matute
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Mohammad Ali (Pakistan) on knock-out in first round
*# Quarterfinals — Lost to Erkki Osvald Pakkanen (Finland) on points (0-3)

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)
* Salomon Carrizales
*# First Round — Defeated Celestino Pinto (Brazil) on points (2-1)
*# Second Round — Lost to Charles Adkins (United States) on points (0-3)

=Cycling=

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

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
*Eduardo Fereda:* Preliminary Round — 41.98 points (→ 36th and last place)

=Atlhetics=

*José Leyva
*Guillermo Gutiérrez
*Filemón Camacho
*Davis Bell
*Paulo Ferrer
*Asnoldo Devonish
*Brígido Iriarte

=Fencing=

*Guillermo Bartorelli
*Nieves Croes
*John Kavanagh
*Oscar Camous
*José López
*Úrsula Selle
*Muller Kargen

=Wrestling=

*Ignacio López
*Pedro Chirinos
*Rafael Padrón

=Swimming=

*Oscar Saiz Amigo
*Eduardo Fereda

=Shooting=

*Polanco Rivera
*Lucena Rivero
*Marrero Cabrera
*Arnold Mayerston
*Carlos Briceño
*Carlos Monteverde
*Héctor Barreto

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]