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.[1]
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.
- Miguel Samacá – 9th place
- Fernando Cruz – 26th place
- Juan Morales – 66th place
- Fabio Acevedo – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Jairo Rodríguez
- Final – 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)
- Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narváez → 14th place
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
Poland (1–5) - Lost to
East Germany (1–6) - Defeated
Ghana (3–1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all
- Lost to
- Team Roster
Shooting
Ten male shooters represented Colombia in 1972.
- Jaime Callejas
- Alfonso Rodríguez
- Alfonso Rodríguez
- Jaime Callejas
Swimming
Weightlifting
See also
References
- ^ "Colombia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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