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
Athletics
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) Lost to (1–5) Lost to (1–6) Defeated (3–1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all 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
Swimming
Weightlifting
See also Sports in Colombia
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database