the 400 m sprint, where he was more successful. He placed 2nd in heat 6, qualifying with a time of 48.7 (also recorded as 48.82); in the quarterfinals he came 4th in the first group, with a time of 48.6 (also recorded as 48.75), not advancing. Men's 800 m race The 25-year-old Filemón Camacho was the only Venezuelan runner in the 800 m race. He placed 5th in heat 7, with a time of 2:00.00, not qualifying. Men's 1500 m race Camacho also contested the 1500 m race, again the only Venezuelan. He placed 7th in heat 1, with a time of 4:18.00, not qualifying. Men's 110 m hurdles The 22-year-old Teófilo Davis was Venezuela's only athlete in the 110 m hurdles race. He placed 5th in heat 3 with a time of 15.7 (also recorded as 15.96), not qualifying. Men's 400 m hurdles The 25-year-old Paulino Ferrer was Venezuela's only athlete in the 400 m hurdles race. He came 5th in heat 4 with a time of 62.1 (or 1:02.1), not qualifying. He was placed 36th out of 40 athletes in the event. Field In jumping events (long, high and triple jump) athletes begin in a pooled qualifying round, where every athlete who achieved the qualifying criteria (7.20 m for long jump, 1.87 m for high jump and 14.55 m for triple jump), or the twelve best performances including ties in the long jump only, advance to the finals. In the final round, athletes have three attempts to clear several ascending mark barriers. In the javelin throw event athletes must achieve 64.00 m in order to qualify for the finals. Three athletes represented Venezuela in field events; Brígido Iriarte competed in two field events, with Teófilo Davis and Asnoldo Devonish each competing in one. The 1952 Games is the only one these men competed at. Men's Long jump The 31-year-old Brígido Iriarte was in Group A for the long jump qualifiers. He fouled his first two jumps and landed 6.82 m on his third, placing 9th in the group and 20th overall, not meeting the qualifying height of 7.20 m. Men's Javelin In the javelin, Iriarte placed 13th out of 13 in Group A and 26th of all athletes in qualifying, with a throw of 52.13 m, which he achieved on his first attempt (his other two attempts were at shorter distances each time). He did not qualify. Men's