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

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)
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• 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

See also

• Sports in Colombia

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database