Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 59 competitors, 55 men and 4 women, took part in 39 events in 8 sports.

Colombia claimed its first-ever Olympic medals, with one silver in Shooting and two bronzes in Boxing.

Medalists

Silver

• Helmut Bellingrodt – Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

Bronze

• Clemente Rojas – Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Alfonso Pérez – Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Prudencio Cardona
• First Round – Lost to Rafael Carbonell (CUB), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Calixto Pérez
• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Defeated Martin Vargas (CHL), 5:0
• Third Round – Defeated Tim Dement (USA), 5:0
• Quarterfinals – Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Bonifacio Avila
• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), TKO-2

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1972.

Individual road race

• Miguel Samacá – 9th place
• Fernando Cruz – 26th place
• Juan Morales – 66th place
• Fabio Acevedo – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Fabio Acevedo
• Fernando Cruz
• Henry Cuevas
• Miguel Samacá

Sprint

• Jairo Díaz
• Carlos Galeano

1000m time trial

• Jairo Rodríguez
• Final – 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)

Tandem

• Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narváez → 14th place

Individual pursuit

• Luis Díaz

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Salim Barjum – 310.86 points (→ 26th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Diego Henao – 264.27 points (→ 26th place)

Football

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group D)
• Lost to (1–5)
• Lost to (1–6)
• Defeated (3–1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all
• Team Roster
• Armando Acosta
• Henry Caicedo
• Álvaro Calle
• Ernesto Díaz
• Fabio Espinosa
• Domingo González
• Dumas Guette
• Carlos Lugo
• Gerardo Moncada
• Luis Montano
• Jaime Morón
• Willington Ortiz
• Silvio Quintero
• Vicente Revellón
• Rafael Reyes
• Antonio Rivas
• Orlando Rivas
• Álvaro Santamaría
• Ángel Torres

Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Colombia in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Luis Colina
• Guillermo Martínez

50 m pistol

• Gilberto Fernández
• Jorge Henao

50 m rifle, three positions

• Jaime Callejas
• Alfonso Rodríguez

50 m rifle, prone

• Alfonso Rodríguez
• Jaime Callejas

50 m running target

• Helmut Bellingrodt
• Hanspeter Bellingrodt

Skeet

• Gerardo González
• Manuel González

Swimming

Weightlifting

See also

• Sports in Colombia

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database