Olympic history of Colombia
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Colombia , whose NOK , the Comité Olímpico Colombiano , was founded in 1936, first sent athletes to the Summer Olympics in 1932. With the exception of 1952, Colombia took part in all the following summer games. In 2010 a delegation was sent to the Winter Games for the first time. Young athletes took part in the two youth summer games held so far and the 2016 winter youth games.
General overview
Summer games
The first Colombian to take part in the Olympic Games was Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría. Born in Paris in 1869, de Zubiría was active as a Colombian citizen at Racing Club Paris . The tug-of-war that was part of the Olympic program was not intended as a national competition, instead it was advertised for club teams. These clubs, where athletes from different nations came together, represented the country in which they were based. The tug-of-war team of the RC Paris consisted of five French and the Colombian de Zubiría. They competed against a team from Denmark and Sweden and lost the competition. De Zubiría is not only the first Colombian Olympian, he is also the first Colombian to win a medal. However, this medal is not included in the medal balance of Colombia.
The actual Olympic premiere of Colombia took place in Los Angeles in 1932. On August 7, 1932, marathon runner Jorge Perry became Colombia's first Olympian to represent his country. The composer Emirto de Lima submitted one of his works to the Olympic art competitions , but was not judged.
In 1936 in Berlin five athletes competed. The competitions lasted until August 7th. Afterwards, the Colombian delegation joined a protest by Peru and left as a group. Peru won the quarter-final match against Austria 4-2 after extra time in the soccer tournament. However, since Peruvian supporters had stormed the pitch and attacked an Austrian player, the game was canceled after a protest by the Austrians. A replay was scheduled, but the Peruvian NOK withdrew its entire team. Colombia expressed its solidarity and also left.
Colombian fencers and swimmers took part for the first time in 1948. In 1952, no Olympic team was set up for the Helsinki Games. In 1956 in Melbourne, the team had risen to 26 participants. Cyclists, shooters and weightlifters took part in Olympic competitions for the first time. In 1960 a Colombian diver made his debut. In Tokyo 1964 there was an initial success. Track cyclist Mario Vanegas finished fifth in the sprint. In 1968 in Mexico City for the first time a Colombian soccer team took part in the Olympic tournament. The team managed to win against France, but had already lost two group games and were eliminated. The water diver Martha Manzano was the first woman in Colombia to participate in the Olympic Games on October 17, 1968. The cyclist Martín Emilio Rodríguez took 9th place in both the road race and the individual pursuit.
The first medals were won in Munich in 1972. The first medal winner in Colombia was the shooter Helmut Bellingrodt on August 31, 1972 , who won silver in shooting at the current target. For the first time in Munich, Colombian boxers took part, who also won two bronze medals from Clemente Rojas in the featherweight and Alfonso Pérez in the lightweight. The cyclist Miguel Samacá was ninth in the road race, in the individual pursuit Luis Díaz reached 5th place. Colombia's football team was eliminated with just one win in three games in the preliminary round. The team lost 6-1 to the GDR.
Colombian sailors took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1976. Defending champion Helmut Bellingrodt placed 6th in the competition with the running target. 1980 in Moscow, swimmer Pablo Restrepo reached 7th place over 100 meters chest. In Moscow, too, the selection of football in the preliminary round failed, this time after a win, a draw and a defeat. 1984 in Los Angeles for the first time the country's archers and wrestlers took part. 12 years after winning a medal in Munich, Helmut Bellingrodt was able to win silver again with the current disc. In athletics, the walker José Querubin Moreno reached 9th place over 20 kilometers. Pablo Restrope was sixth in the 200 meter chest, and cyclist Néstor Mora was eighth in the road race. The shooter Bernardo Tovar also achieved 8th place with the rapid fire pistol.
Riding and judo were on the agenda for Colombian participants for the first time in 1988 in Seoul. Boxer Jorge Julio Rocha won bronze in the bantamweight division. Bernardo Tovar improved to 6th place with the rapid fire pistol. In 1992 in Barcelona, the athlete Ximena Restrepo became the first woman from Colombia to win a medal. In the triple jump she won the bronze medal. The walker Héctor Moreno was ninth over 20 kilometers. The fencer Mauricio Rivas finished seventh with the sword. Bernardo Tovar achieved 8th place again with the rapid fire pistol. In weightlifting, Eyne Acevedo took 6th place in the lightweight.
In 2000 in Sydney the first Olympic victory was celebrated. Weightlifter María Isabel Urrutia won gold in the heavyweight division. Carmenza Delgado finished fourth in the super heavyweight division. In the trap shooting, Danilo Caro was seventh. For the first time Colombia was represented in tennis, taekwondo and triathlon. In 2004 in Athens gymnastics was added. In Athens, two women each won a bronze medal. María Luisa Calle finished third in the points race, Mabel Mosquera in the featherweight lift. The cyclist Santiago Botero with 7th place in the individual time trial, the weightlifter Óscar Figueroa with 5th place in the bantamweight and the Taekwondoin Gladys Mora in the flyweight achieved further top positions .
In 2008 in Beijing the weightlifter Diego Salazar won silver in the featherweight division, Leydi Solís was fifth in the light heavyweight division. The wrestler Jackeline Rentería won bronze in the lightweight freestyle. María Luisa Calle was fourth in the points race, Andrés Jiménez was also fourth in the BMX race. Santiago Botero was sixth in the road race. A Colombian table tennis player and a rower took part in Beijing for the first time.
In London 2012, over 100 athletes from Colombia took part for the first time. Eight medal wins, including one Olympic victory, meant the most successful participation in the Olympic Games by a Colombian Olympic team to date. The cyclists won a complete set of medals. Olympic champion was Mariana Pajón on the BMX. Rigoberto Urán won silver in the road race, bronze went to Carlos Oquendo on the BMX, Andrés Jiménez came in sixth here. The athlete Caterine Ibargüen also won silver in the triple jump and the weightlifter Óscar Figueroa in the featherweight division. Bronze won the wrestler Jackeline Rentería in the lightweight freestyle, the judoka Yuri Alvear in the middleweight and the Taekwondoin Óscar Muñoz in the flyweight. The weightlifters Rusmeris Villar with 6th place in the featherweight division and Ubaldina Valoyes in the light heavyweight division, also with 6th place, achieved further top positions.
The 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro were even more successful. Eight medals were won again, but this time three Olympic victories were celebrated. Mariana Pajón defended her Olympic BMX victory from London, Óscar Figueroa won the featherweight lift and Caterine Ibargüen won the triple jump. Silver won the judoka Yuri Alvear in the middleweight division and the boxer Yuberjen Martínez in the light flyweight division. Bronze went to BMX rider Carlos Ramírez, flyweight boxer Ingrit Valencia and lightweight weightlifter Luis Javier Mosquera. The athlete Manuel Esteban Soto achieved top positions with 9th place in walking over 20 kilometers, cyclist Fabián Puerta with 5th place in the Keirin, Fernando Gaviria with 4th place in the Omnium and Jhonnatan Botero on the mountain bike, the gymnast Jossimar Calvo in the individual all-around as well as in weightlifting by Habib de las Salas in 6th place in the bantamweight division, Andres Caidedo in 6th place in the middleweight division, Lina Rivas in 7th place in the lightweight, Mercedes Pérez in 4th place in the middleweight division, Leydi Solís in 4th place in the light heavyweight division and Ubaldina Valoyes in 4th place in the light heavyweight division . The men's soccer team reached the quarter-finals after one win and two draws in the preliminary round. Here they were eliminated after a 2-0 draw against Brazil. For the first time, a Colombian golfer and a women's team competed in the Rugby Sevens.
Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría
Helmut Bellingrodt, first medalist in Colombia in 1972 (photo from 2013)
María Luisa Calle, bronze 2004
Diego Salazar, silver 2008
Jackeline Rentería, bronze 2008 and 2012
Olympic champion Mariana Pajón welcoming her after her return in 2012
Óscar Figueroa, silver in 2012 and Olympic victory in 2016, also on his return in 2012
Rigoberto Urán, silver 2012
Caterine Ibargüen, 2016 Olympic champion
Yuberjen Martínez, silver 2016
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Winter games
Colombia's first and so far only participation in the Winter Olympics took place in Vancouver in 2010. The first female winter athlete in her country was the ski racer Cynthia Denzler. In 2014 Colombia did not take part. In 2018, four athletes were sent to Pyeongchang . Among them were the first cross-country skiers and speed skaters in Colombia at the Winter Olympics.
Youth games
Colombia took part in the 2010 Summer Youth Games in Singapore with 24 young people . Olympic champion was Juan Sebastián Gómez , who won the tennis singles, and the combined cycling team. Silver won the weightlifter José Mena in the lightweight, the boxer Juan Carlos Carrillo in the middleweight and the rider Mario Gamboa on LH Titan in the individual competition of show jumping. The water diver Miguel Angel Reyes was eighth in jumping. The swimmer Isabella Arcila was seventh over 50 meters back. In weightlifting, José Velez reached 5th place in the heavyweight division and Diana Cadena reached 5th place in the lightweight division. Yerzon Hernández was fourth in featherweight wrestling and Sayury Canon fifth in lightweight. In the Greco-Roman style, Carlos Valor was sixth in the light heavyweight division.
In 2014 in Nanjing , 34 young people took part. The cyclists Brandon Vargas and Jhon Rodríguez won the boys' team classification. Weightlifter Andres Caicedo won bronze in the lightweight, Taekwondoin Debbie Gómez in the light heavyweight division.
Also at the Winter Youth Games in 2016 in Lillehammer participated Colombia. The only participant was the ski racer Micheal Poettoz.
IOC members
Colombia has an IOC member. The politician Luis Alberto Moreno was elected an IOC member in 2016.
Overview of the participations
Summer games
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| 1896-1928 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jorge Perry | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 | 5 | 5 | 0 | José Domingo Sánchez | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | 6th | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | 26th | 26th | 0 | Jaime Aparicio | 4th | 6th | 3 | 8th | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 16 | 16 | 0 | Emilio Echeverry | 2 | 7th | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 20th | 20th | 0 | Emilio Echeverry | 4th | 5 | 1 | 8th | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 43 | 38 | 5 | Ricardo González | 4th | 9 | 10 | 3 | 17th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 59 | 55 | 4th | Alfonson Pérez | 7th | 4th | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 17th | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 35 | 32 | 3 | Helmut Bellingrodt | 7th | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Enrique Peña | 4th | 2 | 17th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 39 | 36 | 3 | Pablo Restrepo | 5 | 1 | 7th | 14th | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | 40 | 34 | 6th | Jorge Molina | 8th | 5 | 2 | 7th | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 49 | 46 | 3 | Bernardo Tovar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 4th | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 48 | 39 | 9 | Marlon Perez | 13 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 44 | 25th | 19th | María Urrutia | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | 53 | 32 | 21st | Carmenza Delgado | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8th | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 68 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 67 | 43 | 24 | María Luisa Calle | 14th | 5 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 101 | 45 | 56 | Mariana Pajón | 29 | 1 | 2 | 17th | 1 | 8th | 2 | 17th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th | 38 | ||||
| 2016 | 147 | 74 | 73 | Yuri Alvear | 34 | 2 | 6th | 15th | 1 | 9 | 4th | 36 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8th | 23 | |||
| total | 5 | 9 | 14th | 28 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-2006 | not participated | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cynthia Denzler | 1 | |||||||
| 2014 | not participated | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Pedro Causil | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
Youth Summer Games
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| 2010 | 24 | 15th | 9 | Eider Arévalo | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22nd | |||
| 2014 | 34 | 17th | 17th | 11 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | ||||
| total | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth Winter Games
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Medalist
Gold medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| María Urrutia | 2000 Sidney | Weightlifting | Heavyweight | first Olympic victory |
| Mariana Pajón | 2012 London | Cycling | BMX | |
| Mariana Pajón | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Cycling | BMX | |
| Óscar Figueroa | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | Featherweight | |
| Caterine Ibargüen | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | athletics | Triple jump |
Silver medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Helmut Bellingrodt | 1972 Munich | shoot | Running disc | first medal win |
| Helmut Bellingrodt | 1984 Los Angeles | shoot | Running disc | |
| Diego Salazar | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Featherweight | |
| Óscar Figueroa | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Featherweight | |
| Rigoberto Urán | 2012 London | Cycling | Road racing | |
| Caterine Ibargüen | 2012 London | athletics | Triple jump | |
| Yuri Alvear | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Judo | medium weight | |
| Yuberjen Martínez | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Light flyweight |
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Alfonso Perez | 1972 Munich | Boxing | lightweight | |
| Clemente Rojas | 1972 Munich | Boxing | Featherweight | |
| Jorge Julio Rocha | 1988 Seoul | Boxing | Bantamweight | |
| Ximena Restrepo | 1992 Barcelona | athletics | 400 meters | |
| María Luisa Calle Williams | 2004 Athens | Cycling | Points race | |
| Mabel Mosquera | 2004 Athens | Weightlifting | Featherweight | |
| Jackeline Rentería | 2008 Beijing | Wrestling | Lightweight, freestyle | |
| Óscar Muñoz | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Flyweight | |
| Carlos Oquendo | 2012 London | Cycling | BMX | |
| Yuri Alvear | 2012 London | Judo | medium weight | |
| Jackeline Rentería | 2012 London | Wrestling | Lightweight, freestyle | |
| Luis Javier Mosquera | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | lightweight | |
| Carlos Ramírez | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Cycling | BMX | |
| Ingrit Valencia | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Flyweight |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| Weightlifting | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
| Cycling | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| shoot | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 5 | 9 | 14th | 28 |
Medal table
Olympic games
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| Olympic Summer Games | 5 | 9 | 14th | 28 | 58 |
| winter Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| total | 5 | 9 | 14th | 28 | 59 |
Youth Olympic Games
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| Youth Olympic Summer Games | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 36 |
| Youth Olympic Winter Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| total | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 42 |
Web links
- Colombia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Colombia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Official website of the Colombian NOK
