Colombia at the Olympics

Colombia at the Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coc.org.co (in Spanish)
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 9 Bronze 14 Total 28
Summer appearances
1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2010 2014 2018

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. Colombian athletes have won a total of 28 Olympic medals (five gold, nine 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

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 2 1 3 59 2012 London 104 1 3 4 8 38 2016 Rio de Janeiro 147 3 2 3 8 23 2020 Tokyo future event 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 5 9 14 28 64

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi Did not participate 2018 Pyeongchang 4 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing future event 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.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Weightlifting	2	3	2	7	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	9	14	28

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
Silver	Leidy Solís	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 69 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.
• "Results and Medalists — Colombia". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Colombia". Sports-Reference.com.