Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	53 (32 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carmenza Delgado
Medals Rank: 68	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
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Colombia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 53 competitors, 32 men and 21 women, took part in 56 events in 18 sports.

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.

Medalists

Bronze

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paulo Villar	110 m Hurdles	13.44 NR	1 Q	14.03	8	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Cardona	Marathon	N/A						2:22:49	51
Jose Alirio Carrasco		N/A						2:21:14	43
Luis Fernando López	20 km Walk	N/A						1:26:34	24

Women

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Melisa Murillo	100 m	11.67	5	Did not advance
Digna Murillo	200 m	22.98	5 q	23.19	4	Did not advance
Sandra Zapata	20 km Walk	N/A						1:42:22	46
Norma González Digna Murillo Felipa Palacios Melisa Murillo	4 x 100m Relay	43.30	5	N/A				Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Caterine Ibargüen	High Jump	1.85	30	Did not advance
Zuleima Araméndiz	Javelin Throw	59.94	17	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Tamara	Light Flyweight	Bouchtouk (MAR) W 48-25	Pinto (ITA) L 35-49	Did not advance
Óscar Escandón	Flyweight	BYE	Rahimov (GER) L 15-25	Did not advance
Likar Ramos	Featherweight	Biarnadski (BLR) L 18-32	Did not advance
José David Mosquera	Lightweight	Escobedo (USA) L RSC	Did not advance
Juan Camilo Novoa	Welterweight|	BYE	Balog (HUN) W 33-24	Kim (KOR) L 23-25	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Santiago Botero	Road Race	5:41:56	31
Luis Felipe Laverde		5:41:56	36
Víctor Hugo Peña		DNF	x
Marlon Pérez Arango		DNF	x
Santiago Botero	Time Trial	59:04.76	7
Víctor Hugo Peña		1:00:09.89	14

Track Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Match Round		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Meneses Guitierrez	1 km Time Trial	N/A				1:03.614	13
Leonardo Duque Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Madison	N/A				3 Points -2 Laps	16

Women

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.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Match Round		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
María Luisa Calle	Individual Pursuit	3:35.430	9	Did not advance
	Points Race	N/A				12 Points	03 !

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final			Rank
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
Juan Urán	3 m Springboard	344.40	31	Did not advance
	10 m Platform	439.77	10 Q	177.27	16	617.04	11 Q	428.19	12	605.46	12

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
César Parra	Galant du Serein	62.917	46	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Colombia in 2004.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ángela María Espinosa	Individual Épée	Tychler (RSA) W 15-8	Heidemann (GER) L 3-15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Individual All-Around

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Jorge Giraldo	9.137	8.437	9.237	9.412	9.437	9.337	54.997	32	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mario Valles	81 kg	Canto (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Sergio Andres Camacho	+100 kg	Pepic (AUS) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lisseth Orozco	48 kg	Shishkina (KAZ) L 0011-0012	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Danilo Caro	Trap	108	33	Did not advance
Diego Duarte Delgado	Skeet	120	=15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Amanda Aide Mondol	10m Air Pistol	368	=35	Did not advance
	25m Pistol	577	=13	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Camilo Becerra	50 m Freestyle	23.23	=36	Did not advance
	100 m Freestyle	52.57	53	Did not advance
Omar Pinzón	200 m Backstroke	2:07.26	35	Did not advance
Camilo Becerra	100 m Butterfly	57.71	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paola Duguet	400 m Freestyle	4:20.69	29	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m Freestyle	9:06.96	27	N/A		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julian Rojas	+80 kg	Nikolaidis (GRE) L 3-7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gladys Mora	49 kg	Putri (INA) W 2+ -2	Chen (TPE) L 0-1	Did not advance	Round 1  Baidya (NEP) W 5-(-1) Round 2  Carías (GUA) W 2-0	Bronze Medal Final  Boorapolchai (THA) L 1-2	4
Paola Delgado	57 kg	Salazar (MEX) L 2-5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Catalina Castaño	Singles	Daniilidou (GRE) L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Fabiola Zuluaga		Janković (SCG) W 6-4, 6-1	Suárez (ARG) W 4-6, 77-61, 6-1	Schiavone (ITA) L 77-65, 1-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Catalina Castaño Fabiola Zuluaga	Doubles	N/A	Kremer/Schaul (LUX) W 79-67, 2-6, 9-7	Molik/Stubbs (AUS) L 4-6, 2-6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total time	Rank
Fiorella D'Croz Brusatin	20:32	1:18:19	42:12	2:21:03.46	42

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nelson Castro	56 kg	117.5	=9	145.0	=8	262.5	9
Óscar Figueroa		125.0	=4	155.0	=3	280.8	5
Diego Salazar	62 kg	135.0	x	Did not advance
Carlos Andica	77 kg	142.5	=21	180.0	=17	322.5	18
Héctor Ballesteros	85 kg	157.5	13	197.5	9	355.0	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mabel Mosquera	53 kg	87.5	=3	110.0	3	197.5	03 !
Ubaldina Valoyes	69 kg	105.0	=6	127.5	8	232.5	8
Tulia Medina	75 kg	112.5	=7	132.5	9	245.0	8
Carmenza Delgado	+75 kg	120.0	9	150.0	=8	270.0	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Pool	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luis Izquierdo	Greco-Roman 66 kg	Pool 5  Vardanyan (UKR) L 0-13  Eroğlu (TUR) L 0-10  Kvirkvelia (GEO) W EV	3	Did not advance

Key:EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified, E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules, EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules, EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules, PA — Injury default, TO — Victory by fall

Officials

• President: Andrés Botero Phillipsbourne
• Secretary General: Alberto Ferrer Vargas

See also

• Sports in Colombia
• Colombia at the 2003 Pan American Games