Colombia at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Colombia Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombia has only participated in the Winter Olympic Games in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Colombian athletes have won a total of 19 Olympic medals in eight different sports. María Isabel Urrutia won the nation's first gold medal through weightlifing - 75 kg at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Helmut Bellingrodt holds the most medals with two silver in shooting - running target, followed by Jackeline Rentería Castillo with two bronze medals in wrestling - 55 kg.

The National Olympic Committee for Colombia was created in 1936 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1932 Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Berlin	5	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	5	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne	26	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	16	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	20	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	44	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	59	0	1	2	3	31
1976 Montreal	35	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	23	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	39	0	1	0	1	33
1988 Seoul	40	0	0	1	1	46
1992 Barcelona	49	0	0	1	1	54
1996 Atlanta	48	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	44	1	0	0	1	50
2004 Athens	53	0	0	2	2	68
2008 Beijing	67	0	1	1	2	64
2012 London	104	1	3	4	8	38
Total		2	6	11	19	78

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Weightlifting	1	2	1	4
Cycling	1	1	2	4
Shooting	0	2	0	2
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Boxing	0	0	3	3
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Judo	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	2	6	11	19

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Helmut Bellingrodt	1972 Munich	Shooting	50 metre running target
Bronze	Clemente Rojas	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Alfonso Pérez	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Silver	Helmut Bellingrodt	1984 Los Angeles	Shooting	50 metre running target
Bronze	Jorge Julio Rocha	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Ximena Restrepo	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
Gold	María Isabel Urrutia	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
Bronze	María Luisa Calle	2004 Athens	Cycling	Women's points race
Bronze	Mabel Mosquera	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
Silver	Diego Salazar	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Bronze	Jackeline Rentería	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg
Gold	Mariana Pajón	2012 London	Cycling	Women's BMX
Silver	Caterine Ibargüen	2012 London	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Silver	Rigoberto Urán	2012 London	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Óscar Figueroa	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Bronze	Carlos Oquendo	2012 London	Cycling	Men's BMX
Bronze	Yuri Alvear	2012 London	Judo	Women's 70 kg
Bronze	Óscar Muñoz Oviedo	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
Bronze	Jackeline Rentería	2012 London	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Colombia
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Colombia at the Paralympics
• List of flag bearers for Colombia at the Olympics

External links

• "Colombia". International Olympic Committee.
• Template:IOC medals
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Colombia". Sports-Reference.com.