Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the Olympic Games
Colombia at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	COL
NOC	Comité Olímpico Colombiano
Website	www.coc.org.co (Spanish)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	53 (32 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carmenza Delgado
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Colombia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Colombian Olympic Committee sent a 53-member delegation to Greece.

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.

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Bronze

Mabel Mosquera — Weightlifting, Women's 53 kg

María Luisa Calle — Cycling, Women's Points Race

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metre Hurdles:

Melisa Murillo

Round 1 — 11.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Paulo Villar

Round 1 — 13.44 (NR)
Round 2 — 14.03 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

Digna Murillo

Round 1 — 22.98
Round 2 — 23.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metres Relay:

Norma Gonzalez, Digna Murillo, Felipa Palacios, and Melisa Murillo

Round 1 — 43.30 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's Marathon:

José Alirio Carrasco — 2:21:14 (→ 43rd place)
Juan Carlos Cardona — 2:22:49 (→ 51st place)

Men's 20 km Walk:

Luis Fernando López — 1:26:34 (→ 24th place)

Women's 20 km Walk:

Sandra Zapata — 1:42:22 (→ 46th place)

Women's High Jump:

Caterine Ibarguen

Round 1 — 1.85 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin:

Zuleima Aramendiz

Round 1 — 59.94 metres (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

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.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Carlos José Tamara

Round of 32 — Defeated Redouane Bouchtouk of Morocco, 48-25
Round of 16 — Lost to Alfonso Pinto of Italy, 49-35

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Óscar Escandón

Round of 32 — Bye
Round of 16 — Lost to Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 25-15

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Likar Ramos Concha

Round of 32 — Lost to Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 32-18

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

José David Mosquera

Round of 32 — Lost to Vicente Escobedo of United States, outscored

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

Juan Camilo Novoa

Round of 32 — Bye
Round of 16 — Defeated Vilmos Balog of Hungary, 33-24
Quarterfinal — Lost to Kim Jung Joo of Korea, 25-23

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

Santiago Botero — 31st place, 5:41:56
Luis Felipe Laverde — 36th place, 5:41:56
Víctor Hugo Peña — did not finish
Marlon Pérez Arango — did not finish

Men's Time Trial:

Santiago Botero — 8th place, 59:04.76
Victor Hugo Peña — 15th place, 1:00.09.89

[edit] Track Cycling

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.

Women's Individual Pursuit: