Softball
The Venezuelan women's softball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Pan-American qualifying tournament at home Valencia. At the Olympics, they initially struggled, losing their first three games by a combined score of 21-1, but then won two straight games without conceding a run, leaving them at 2-3 and in the hunt for a medal round place. However, they lost two difficult matches against eventual medal winners to close out the round robin, and fell one loss short of a medal round spot.
- Team roster
- Denisse Fuenmayor
- Geraldine Puertas
- Jineth Pimentel
- Johana Gómez
- María Soto
- Marianella Castellanos
- Maules Rodríguez
- Mileinis Graterol
- Rubelina Rojas
- Yaicel Sojo
- Yurubi Alicart
- Yusmari Pérez
- Zuleima Cirimelle
- Results
| Team | W | L | RS | RA | WIN% | GB | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 1.000 | - | - |
| Japan | 6 | 1 | 23 | 13 | .857 | 1 | - |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 30 | 11 | .714 | 2 | - |
| Canada | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | .429 | 4 | - |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | .286 | 5 | 2-0 vs. CHN/VEN |
| China | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | .286 | 5 | 1-1 vs. TPE/VEN |
| Venezuela | 2 | 5 | 15 | 35 | .286 | 5 | 0-2 vs. CHN/TPE |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 8 | 48 | .143 | 6 | - |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| United States | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Jennie Finch(1-0) LP: Johana Gómez(0-1) Home runs: USA: Natasha Watley(1), Caitlin Lowe(1), Crystl Bustos(1) VEN: None |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Wei Lu(1-0) LP: Mariangee Bogado(0-1) Home runs: CHN: Yanhong Yu(1) VEN: None |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Chia-Yen Wu(1-1) LP: Johana Gómez(0-2) Home runs: TPE: Hsueh-Mei Lu(1) VEN: None |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Venezuela | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Mariangee Bogado(1-1) LP: Kristi de Varies(0-3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Mariangee Bogado(2-1) LP: Danielle Lawrie(1-1) Home runs: VEN: Yuruby Alicart(1) CAN: None |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Hiroko Sakai(3-0) LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-2) Home runs: VEN: None JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(3), Eri Yamada (1) |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Justine Smethurst(2-0) LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-3) Home runs: VEN: None AUS: Danielle Stewart(1) |
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Read more about this topic: Venezuela At The 2008 Summer Olympics