2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Colombia)

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Colombia competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia with a delegation of 44 athletes, including 25 men and 19 women, in 45 competitions in 13 sports. The flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter María Isabel Urrutia , she also won the only medal for Colombia.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
María Isabel Urrutia	Weightlifting	Women, heavy weight up to 75 kg

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Francisco Calderón

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• José Leonardo Cruz

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Andrés Ledesma

  Featherweight: 1st round

fencing

Men Mauricio Rivas Epee, singles: 14th place

Women Ángela María Espinosa Epee, single: 35th place

Weightlifting

Men Nelson Castro Bantamweight: 11th place

Women Carmenza Delgado Super heavyweight: 4th place María Isabel Urrutia Heavyweight: gold

athletics

Men José Alirio Carrasco Marathon: DNF Gilmar Mayo High jump: 23rd place in qualification Jimmy Pino 200 meters: heats

Women Mirtha Brock 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Iglandini González Marathon: 40th place Norma González 400 meters: heats Sabina Moya Javelin throw: 34th place in qualification Digna Luz Murillo 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals (only used in the heats) Melissa Murillo 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Felipa Palacios 200 meters: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Ximena Restrepo 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

Cycling

Men Santiago Botero Road race: DNF Diego Garavito Mountain bike cross-country: DNF Jhon García Road race: DNF Fredy González Road race: DNF Ruber Marín Road race: 30th place Víctor Hugo Peña Road race: DNF Individual time trial: 24th place Marlon Perez Points race: 21st place

Women María Luisa Calle Individual pursuit: 12th place Points race: 11th place Flor Marina Delgadillo Mountain bike cross-country: 24th place

horse riding

• Manuel Torres

  Jumping, singles: 14th place

Wrestling

Men

• Edison Hurtado

  Welterweight, freestyle: 14th place

shoot

Men Danilo Caro Trap: 7th place Double trap: 23rd place Andrés Felipe Torres Running target: 9th place

Women Adriana Rendón Air pistol: 11th place Sports pistol: 32nd place

swim

Men Camilo Becerra 50 meter freestyle: 44th place Alejandro Bermúdez 200 meters back: 28th place 400 meter medley: 35th place Fernando Jácome 100 meters freestyle: 47th place 200 meters freestyle: 34th place German Martínez 100 meters back: 50th place

Women Isabel Ceballos 100 meters chest: 26th place 200 meters chest: 25th place

Taekwondo

Women

• Milton Castro

  Heavyweight: 5th place

tennis

Women

• Mariana Mesa

  Doubles: 1st round

• Fabiola Zuluaga

  Singles: Round of 16

  Doubles: 1st round

Triathlon

Women

• Maria Morales

  Singles: 37th place

Diving

Men Juan Guillermo Urán Art jumping: 41st place Diving: 27th place

Women Diana Pineda Art jumping: 34th place

Web links

• Colombian Olympic team from 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )