Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	COL
Nocname:	Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	59 (55 men and 4 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Alfonso Pérez
Rank:	31
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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]

Medalists

Silver

• Helmut Bellingrodt - Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

Bronze

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

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See 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

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 3m Springboard

• Salim Barjum - 310.86 points (→ 26th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Diego Henao - 264.27 points (→ 26th place)

Football

See main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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

See 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

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Sports in Colombia

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colombia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/COL/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.