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 Vancouver 2010.

Colombian athletes have won a total of 27 Olympic medals (five gold, eight silver and fourteen bronze) in eight different sports, with weightlifting and cycling as the most successful ones.

The Colombian Olympic Committee was created in 1936 and recognised 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
2016 Rio de Janeiro	147	3	2	3	8	23
2020 Tokyo	future event
Total		5	8	14	27	55

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

• As of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Colombia's most successful Olympic performances have been in weightlifting and cycling, with 6 medals, 2 gold in each.

Rank
Weightlifting	2	2	2	6	26
Cycling	2	1	3	6	18
Athletics	1	1	1	3	56
Shooting	0	2	0	2	49
Boxing	0	1	4	5	52
Judo	0	1	1	2	41
Wrestling	0	0	2	2	49
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1	33
Total	5	8	14	27

List of medalists

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	Eliecer Julio	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
Gold	Caterine Ibargüen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Gold	Mariana Pajón	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cycling	Women's BMX
Gold	Óscar Figueroa	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Silver	Yuberjén Martínez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Silver	Yuri Alvear	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's 70 kg
Bronze	Ingrit Valencia	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Women's flyweight
Bronze	Carlos Alberto Ramirez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cycling	Men's BMX
Bronze	Luis Javier Mosquera	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Mariana Pajón	Cycling	2012, 2016	2	0	0	2
Caterine Ibargüen	Athletics	2012, 2016	1	1	0	2
Óscar Figueroa	Weightlifting	2012, 2016	1	1	0	2
Helmut Bellingrodt	Shooting	1972, 1984	0	2	0	2
Yuri Alvear	Judo	2012, 2016	0	1	1	2
Jackeline Rentería	Wrestling	2008, 2012	0	0	2	2

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.