Colombia at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	COL
Nocname:	Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	35 (32 men and 3 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Helmut Bellingrodt^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Colombia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 7 sports.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's 5000 metres

• Tibaduiza Reyes
  • Heat - 13:49.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Víctor Mora
  • Heat - 30:26.57 (→ did not advance)
• Tibaduiza Reyes
  • Heat - 29:28.17 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

• Jesus Villegas Candelo
  • Heat - did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Jairo Cubillog Rauirez - 2:29:04 (→ 48th place)
• Rafael Mora Zamora - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km walk

• Ernesto Alfaro Bermudez - 1:33:13 (→ 19th place)
• Rafael Vega Hernández - 1:37:27 (→ 31st place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Virgilio Palomo
  • First Round - Bye
  • Second Round - Lost to Toshinori Koga (JPN), 0:5

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists represented Colombia in 1976.

Individual road race

• Álvaro Pachón - 4:49:01 (→ 22nd place)
• Luis Manrique - 4:49:01 (→ 23rd place)
• Miguel Samacá - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Abelardo Ríos - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Cristóbal Pérez
• Álvaro Pachón
• Luis Manrique
• Julio Rubiano

Sprint

• Julio Echevarry - 11th place

Individual pursuit

• José Jaime Galeano - 26th place

Team pursuit

• José Jaime Galeano
• Jorge Hernández
• Carlos Mesa
• Jhon Quiceno

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Sports in Colombia

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Colombia . olympedia.org . . 23 December 2023.
2. Web site: Colombia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092729/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/COL/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.