Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Colombia at the Olympic Games
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IOC code: COL
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	51
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Colombia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The Colombian Olympic Committee sent a 51-member delegation to Greece. Although most of the athletes had uneventful participations, weightlifter Mabel Mosquera won the bronze medal for Colombia, while cyclist María Luisa Calle originally finished in the bronze medal position but was later disqualified under the strict liability rule after she tested positive for Heptaminol, a prohibited stimulant. However this proved to be a false positive due to isometheptene presence in an analgesic prescribed during the competition. The bronze medal was returned to Calle on November 23, 2005.

1 Medals
- 1.1 Bronze
2 Results by event
3 Officials

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

Mabel Mosquera — Weightlifting, Women's 53 kg
Maria Luisa Calle — Cycling, Women's Points Race

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metre Hurdles:

Melisa Murillo — Round 1, 11.67 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Paulo Villar — Round 1: 13.44 s (NR), Round 2: 14.03 s

Women's 200 metres:

Digna Murillo — Round 1: 22.98 s, Round 2: 23.19 s

Women's 4x100 metres Relay:

Norma Gonzalez, Digna Murillo, Felipa Palacios, and Melisa Murillo — Round 1: 43.30 s (10th place)

Men's Marathon:

Jose Alirio Carrasco — 2:21:14 (43rd place)
Juan Carlos Cardona — 2:22:49 (51st place)

Men's 20 km Walk:

Luis Fernando Lopez — 1:26:34 (24th place)

Women's 20 km Walk:

Sandra Zapata — 1:42:22 (46th place)

Women's High Jump:

Caterine Ibarguen — Round 1: 1.85 metres

Women's Javelin:

Zuleima Aramendiz — Round 1: 59.94 metres

[edit] Boxing

Colombia sent five boxers to Athens. Three lost their first matches, while two won once before being defeated. Juan Camilo Novoa was the most successful, as he made it to the quarterfinals after having a bye in his first round and winning his bout in the round of 16.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

Carlos José Tamara
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Redouane Bouchtouk of Morocco, 48-25
2. Round of 16 — Lost to Alfonso Pinto of Italy, 49-35

Flyweight (51kg)

Oscar Escandon
1. Round of 32 — Bye
2. Round of 16 — Lost to Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 25-15

Featherweight (57kg)

Likar Ramos Concha
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 32-18

Lightweight (60kg)

José David Mosquera
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Vicente Escobedo of United States, outscored

Welterweight (69kg)

Juan Camilo Novoa
1. Round of 32 — Bye
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Vilmos Balog of Hungary, 33-24
3. Quarterfinal — Lost to Kim Jung Joo of Korea, 25-23

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

Santiago Botero — 31st place, 5:41:56
Luis Felipe Laverde Jiminez — 36th place, 5:41:56
Victor Hugo Pena Grisales — did not finish
Marlon Alirio Perez Arango — did not finish

Men's Time Trial:

Santiago Botero — 8th place, 59:04.76
Victor Hugo Peña Grisales — 15th place, 1:00.09.89

[edit] Track cycling

Calle Williams was disqualified, and stripped of her bronze medal, from the points race after she tested positive for heptaminol. She had originally scored 12 points, putting her in third place. The revision of the case was favourable to Calle Williams, and in October, 2005, she regained her medal.

Women's Individual Pursuit: