Colombia at the Olympics

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Colombia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Colombia IOC code  COL NOC Comité Olímpico Colombiano external link (Spanish)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombia has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

Colombian athletes have won a total of nine Olympic medals in five different sports. María Isabel Urrutia won the nation's first gold medal in 2000.

The National Olympic Committee for Colombia was created in 1936 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.

Contents 1 List of medalists 2 Medal tables 2.1 Medals by Games 2.2 Medals by sport 3 See also 4 References

[edit] List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Rojas, ClementeClemente Rojas	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 Bronze	Pérez, AlfonsoAlfonso Pérez	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's lightweight
2 Silver	Bellingrodt, HelmutHelmut Bellingrodt	1972 Munich	Shooting	50 metre running target
2 Silver	Bellingrodt, HelmutHelmut Bellingrodt	1984 Los Angeles	Shooting	50 metre running target
3 Bronze	Julio Rocha, JorgeJorge Julio Rocha	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Restrepo, XimenaXimena Restrepo	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
1 Gold	Urrutia, María IsabelMaría Isabel Urrutia	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
3 Bronze	Calle, María LuisaMaría Luisa Calle	2004 Athens	Cycling	Women's points race
3 Bronze	Mosquera, MabelMabel Mosquera	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg

[edit] Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

[edit] Medals by Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1932 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	0	0	0	0
1948 London	0	0	0	0
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	0	0	0	0
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	0	0	0
1972 Munich	0	1	2	3
1976 Montreal	0	0	0	0
1980 Moscow	0	0	0	0
1984 Los Angeles	0	1	0	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	1	1
1992 Barcelona	0	0	1	1
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	1	0	0	1
2004 Athens	0	0	2	2
Total	1	2	6	9

[edit] Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	1	0	1	2
Shooting	0	2	0	2
Boxing	0	0	3	3
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	6	9

[edit] See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Colombia

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
• Comité Olímpico Colombiano. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.

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