Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:COL
Nocname:Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:67
Sports:15
Flagbearer:María Luisa Calle (opening)
Juan Urán (closing)
Rank:60
Gold:0
Silver:2
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Colombia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The country sent 68 athletes to compete in 15 sports (archery, athletics, boxing, rowing, cycling, equestrian, artistic gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, taekwondo, and table tennis), making this Colombia's largest ever delegation to the Olympics.[1]

Originally, Colombia left Beijing with two medals, a silver and a bronze won by weightlifter Diego Salazar and wrestler Jackeline Rentería respectively.[2] Weightlifter Leydi Solís originally finished fourth, but was promoted to a silver medal after both gold[3] and bronze[4] medalist of the 69 kg category were disqualified following a positive anti-doping test of their respective 2008 samples. She received her medal in december 2017.[5]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
August 11
August 13
August 16
Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
bgcolor=#f7f6a8 0 bgcolor=#dce5e5 2 bgcolor=#ffdab9 0 2
bgcolor=#f7f6a8 0 bgcolor=#dce5e5 0 bgcolor=#ffdab9 1 1
Total bgcolor=gold 0 bgcolor=silver 2 bgcolor=#c96 1 3
Medals by gender
GenderTotalPercentage
Femalebgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 1266,7%
Malebgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01 33,3%
Mixedbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 000%
Total0213100%

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Colombia sent archers to the Olympics for the third time and first since 1992; the nation sought its first Olympic medal in the sport. Colombia qualified a full team of three women by placing ninth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Archery Championships (because host China took seventh, nine teams were taken instead of the usual eight).[6] The team that Colombia sent to the Olympics was the same that competed at the Worlds: Sigrid Romero, Ana Rendón, and Natalia Sánchez.[7]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ana Rendónalign=left rowspan=3Women's individual64710
W 106 (10)–106 (9)
W 110–106
L 95–107		Did not advance
Sigrid Romero55162
L 98–108		Did not advance
Natalia Sánchez64318
L 101–104		Did not advance
Ana Rendón
Sigrid Romero
Natalia Sánchez		Women's team184110 (7)
L 206–199		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Juan Carlos CardonaMarathon2:21:5743
    align=left rowspan=2Daniel Grueso100 m10.354 q10.378Did not advance
    200 m21.157Did not advance
    Luis Fernando López20 km walk1:20:599
    Rodrigo Moreno50 km walk4:03:5234
    Geiner Mosquera400 m46.597Did not advance
    James Rendón20 km walk1:24:4131
    Paulo César Villar110 m hurdles13.371 Q13.463 Q13.858Did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Rosibel García800 m2:01.982 Q1:59.38 5Did not advance
    Yomara Hinestroza100 m11.394 q11.667Did not advance
    Darlenys Obregón200 m23.335 q23.407Did not advance
    Bertha SánchezMarathon2:47:0262
    Sandra Zapata20 km walk1:36:1835
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Zuleima AramendizJavelin throw54.7139Did not advance
    Johana MorenoHammer throw64.6636Did not advance

    Boxing

    See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Colombia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Romero and Pérez qualified at the world championships.[8] Álvarez, Julio Blanco, and Rivas qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.[9]

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Jonatan RomeroBantamweight
    L 3–11    		Did not advance
    Darley PérezLightweight
    W 15–4
    L 5–13    		Did not advance
    Eleider ÁlvarezLight heavyweight
    L 5–5+    		Did not advance
    Deivi Julio BlancoHeavyweight
    L 5–11    		Did not advance
    Óscar RivasSuper heavyweight
    W 11–5
    L 5–9    		Did not advance

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Santiago BoteroMen's road race6:24:017
    Men's time trial1:06:3525
    José Serpaalign=left rowspan=2Men's road race6:26:2741
    Rigoberto UránDid not finish

    Track

    Pursuit
    AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankOpponent
    Results    		RankOpponent
    Results    		Rank
    Carlos AlzateMen's individual pursuit4:35.15416Did not advance
    María Luisa CalleWomen's individual pursuit3:41.17510Did not advance
    Juan Esteban Arango
    Arles Castro
    Juan Pablo Forero
    Jairo Pérez    		Men's team pursuit4:11.39710Did not advance
    Omnium

    BMX

    AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    ResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRank
    Augusto Castroalign=left rowspan=3Men's BMX36.3017145Did not advance
    Andrés Jiménez36.3399114 Q134 Q39.1374
    Sergio Salazar36.1456155Did not advance

    Diving

    See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    align=left rowspan=2Juan Urán3 m springboard443.0514 Q468.909 Q454.6010
    10 m platform418.0018 Q436.1012 Q414.8011
    Víctor Ortega
    Juan Urán    		10 m synchronized platform423.666
    Women

    Equestrian

    See main article: article and Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Show jumping

    Gymnastics

    See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Mario VallesMen's −81 kg
    W 1010–0000
    L 0001–0110    		Did not advance
    W 0100–0001
    L 0001–0110    		Did not advance
    Yuri AlvearWomen's −70 kg
    W 1000–0000
    L 0100–1000     		Did not advance
    W 1000–0010
    L 0000–0001    		Did not advance

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Camilo Becerra50 m freestyle22.9349Did not advance
    100 m butterfly54.2753Did not advance
    Julio Galofre200 m freestyle1:50.6243Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=5Omar Pinzón100 m backstroke55.1126Did not advance
    200 m backstroke1:59.1118Did not advance
    200 m butterfly1:59.4730Did not advance
    200 m individual medley2:02.2830Did not advance
    400 m individual medley4:22.3121Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=3Carolina Colorado Henao50 m freestyle26.1138Did not advance
    100 m backstroke1:01.1919Did not advance
    100 m butterfly1:00.0638Did not advance
    Erika Stewart200 m individual medley2:18.5432Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Taekwondo

    See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Gladys MoraWomen's −49 kg
    L (−1)–0    		Did not advance
    Doris PatiñoWomen's −57 kg
    L 0–2    		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Sergio Rada−56 kg112141401225212
    Diego Salazaralign=left rowspan=2−62 kg13821672305
    Óscar Figueroa128———
    Edwin Mosqueraalign=left rowspan=2−69 kg134———
    Luis Miguel Pineda132191671529915
    Carlos Andica−85 kg15512201835610
    Women
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Mercedes Pérez−63 kg97812082178
    Tulia Medinaalign=left rowspan=2−69 kg106412462306
    Leydi Solís10551353240
    Ubaldina Valoyes−75 kg110613482447

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Fredy Serrano−55 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance14
    Jarlis Mosquera−84 kg
    L 0–3     		Did not advance19
    Women's freestyle

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080602024538/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/30/content_8280972.htm "Colombia to send biggest Olympic delegation in history"
    2. Web site: Colombia en los Olímpicos (16): Beijing 2008. www.coc.org.co. 2019-03-07.
    3. Web site: IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. 2017-05-31. International Olympic Committee. en. 2019-03-07.
    4. Web site: IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. 2017-04-21. International Olympic Committee. en. 2019-03-07.
    5. Web site: Leidy Solís recibe medalla de plata ganada en JJOO de Pekín 2008. Tiempo. Casa Editorial El. 2017-12-12. El Tiempo. spanish. 2019-03-07.
    6. Web site: 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014164738/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/07_WC_Outdoor_Leipzig/ECOMPR.pdf . 2013-10-14 . dead .
    7. Web site: FITA Olympic Qualification - Women . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211153303/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Women.pdf . 2012-02-11 . dead .
    8. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
    9. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1305 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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