Colombia at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	COL
Nocname:	Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	40 (34 men and 6 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Jorge Molina^[1]
Rank:	46
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Colombia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 40 competitors, 34 men and 6 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	3	5	8
Boxing	2	–	2
Cycling	7	0	7
Equestrian	3	1	4
Fencing	5	0	5
Judo	3	–	3
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	1	0	1
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	34	6	40

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pedro Ortiz	10,000 metres	29:08.25	27	Did not advance
Marathon	2:23:34	39
Héctor Moreno	align=left rowspan=2	20 kilometres walk	1:27:06	33
Querubín Moreno
Héctor Moreno	50 kilometres walk	4:01:31	30

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amparo Caicedo	100 metres	11.59	28 q	11.65	30	Did not advance
Norfalia Carabalí	align=left rowspan=2	200 metres	23.78	31 Q	23.96	31	Did not advance
Ximena Restrepo	24.00	34	Did not advance
Norfalia Carabalí	400 metres	53.27	24 Q	51.76	11 Q	52.65	16	Did not advance
Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Ximena Restrepo	4 × 100 metres relay	45.46	16 q		Did not advance
Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Ximena Restrepo	4 × 400 metres relay			Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	María Isabel Urrutia	Shot put	15.13	21	Did not advance
Discus throw	53.82	17	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simon Morales	Flyweight	L 1–4	Did not advance
Jorge Eliécer Julio	Bantamweight	W RSC R3	W 5–0	W 4–1	W 5–0	L 2–3	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists, all men, represented Colombia in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Juan Carlos Arias	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	4:32:56	31
Dubán Ramírez	4:32:56	67
Nelson Rodríguez	4:32:56	48
Ángel Noé Alayón Pedro Bonilla Orlando Castillo Julio Cesar Rodríguez	Team time trial	2:10:34.3	21

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
María Paula Bernal	Armagnac	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	978	53	Did not advance
Héctor Rodríguez	El Sahib	1229	38	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank
Juan Carlos García	Buenos Aires	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	12.00	61	38.00	37	50.00	50	Did not advance
Manuel Torres	Zalme	32.00	43	35.50	39	67.50	39 Q	35.75	36	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, all men, represented Colombia in 1988.

Individual

Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1					Group Stage 2					Group Stage 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Miguel Paz	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	L 3–5	W 5–4	W 5*–5	L 4–5	3 Q	L 3–5	L 2–5	L 3–5	W 5–2	4 Q	L 1–5	L 2–5	L 4–5	L 4–5	W 5–1	5
Joaquín Pinto	L 4–5	L 3–5	W 5–4	L 4–5	4 Q	L 4–5	L 1–5	L 1–5	W 5–4	4 Q	L 0–5	L 4–5	L 2–5	L 1–5	W 5–4	6
Mauricio Rivas	L 4–5	W 5–0	W 5–1	W 5–3	2 Q	L 0–5	L 2–5	W 5–0	W 5–2	3 Q	L 2–5	L 3–5	W 5–3	W 5–4	L 4–5	4 Q

Elimination phase

Team

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Landazury	65 kg		W Yuko	L Ippon	Did not advance
Luis Ochoa	78 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance
William Medina	86 kg	W Ippon	L Waza-ari	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alfredo González	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Bernardo Tobar	10 m air pistol	573	29	Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol	593	7 Q	690	6
50 m pistol	552	29	Did not advance

Mixed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pablo Restrepo	100 m breaststroke	1:04.43	19	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:19.58	20	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oscar Penagos	56 kg	105.0	12	132.5	16	237.5	17
Tolentino Murillo	align=left rowspan=2	60 kg	120.0	7	140.0	9	260.0	8
John Salazar	110.0	11	150.0	5	260.0	9

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
William Delgado	48 kg	L 0–17	W 8–6	L 6–9	Did not advance				6	Did not advance
Oscar Muñoz	52 kg	W fall	W 8–1	L 6–12	L 4–12	Did not advance			5	Did not advance
Javier Rincon	62 kg	L fall	L 0–4	Did not advance					10	Did not advance

See also

• Sports in Colombia
• Colombia at the 1987 Pan American Games

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Colombia . olympedia.org . . 23 December 2023.
2. Web site: Colombia at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/COL/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-17 . sports-reference.com.
3. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/COL/editions/22 Colombia at the 1988 Summer Olympics