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.[1]

Colombia at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coc.org.co (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors59 (55 men and 4 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Alfonso Pérez
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver
  • Helmut Bellingrodt — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

Bronze
  • Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Alfonso Pérez — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
  • 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
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

See also

References
  1. "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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