Oswaldo Zea Explained

Oswaldo "Ozzie" Zea (born 25 April 1963) is a Venezuelan hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

His personal bests in the event is 50.4 seconds set in 1988.

He is the founder of the athletics meeting Copa Zea held in Caracas.

International competitions

Representing
1978	South American Youth Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	6th (h)	400 m	52.66
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.1
1979	South American Youth Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	6th	200 m	23.1
			3rd	400 m	50.6
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.4
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.6
	South American Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.8
1980	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	400 m	48.8
	Pan American Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	–	400 m	DQ
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.59
1981	South American Junior Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	48.1
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.6
	Bolivarian Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.50
1982	Pan American Junior Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	400 m	48.23
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.20
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	5th	400 m hurdles	50.85
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	34th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.44
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dominican Republic	–	400 m hurdles	DNF

Notes and References

1. Oswaldo Zea Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ze/oswaldo-zea-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 6 October 2017.