Oswaldo Zea

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Oswaldo Zea

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| nickname = Ozzie

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| sport = Track and field

| event = 400 metres hurdles

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Republic of Venezuela

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| height = 1.79 m

| weight = 65 kg

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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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ze/oswaldo-zea-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ze/oswaldo-zea-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Oswaldo Zea Olympic Results |accessdate=6 October 2017}}

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

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colspan=6\|Representing {{VEN}}
rowspan=2\|1978 \|rowspan=2\|South American Youth Championships \|rowspan=2\|Montevideo, Uruguay \|6th (h) \|400 m \|52.66
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:30.1
rowspan=5\|1979 \|rowspan=4\|South American Youth Championships \|rowspan=4\|Cochabamba, Bolivia \|6th \|200 m \|23.1
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|400 m \|50.6
bgcolor=cc9966\|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
rowspan=3\|1980 \|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) \|Nassau, Bahamas \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|400 m \|48.8
rowspan=2\|Pan American Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Sudbury, Canada \| – \|400 m \|DQ
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:16.59
rowspan=3\|1981 \|rowspan=2\|South American Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|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
rowspan=2\|1982 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Barquisimeto, Venezuela \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|400 m \|48.23
bgcolor=cc9966\|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

colspan=6|Representing {{VEN}}

rowspan=2|1978

|rowspan=2|South American Youth Championships

|rowspan=2|Montevideo, Uruguay

|6th (h)

|400 m

|52.66

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:30.1

rowspan=5|1979

|rowspan=4|South American Youth Championships