Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:COL
Nocname:Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Website: 
Location:London
Competitors:104
Sports:18
Flagbearer:Mariana Pajón (opening and closing)
Rank:38
Gold:1
Silver:3
Bronze:5
Appearances:auto

Colombia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Olympics, having not competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Comité Olímpico Colombiano sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record by having more than a quarter more athletes than represented Colombia in Beijing. A total of 104 athletes, 48 men and 56 women, competed in 18 sports. Women's football was the only team-based sport in which Colombia was represented in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in fencing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo and triathlon.

This was Colombia's most successful Olympics (until Rio 2016), winning a total of eight medals (one gold, three silver, and four bronze). BMX rider and world champion Mariana Pajón, who was Colombia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, won the nation's first gold medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Freestyle wrestler Jackeline Rentería became the first Colombian female athlete to claim two Olympic medals, while triple jumper Caterine Ibargüen won the nation's second medal in the track and field after 20 years. Other notable accomplishments included the nation's first ever Olympic medals in road cycling, judo and taekwondo.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
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Total bgcolor=gold 1 bgcolor=silver 3 bgcolor=#c96 5 9
Medals by gender
GenderTotalPercentage
Femalebgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 3555%
Malebgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 24 45%
Mixedbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 000%
Total1359100%

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery1 1 2
Athletics11 20 31
Boxing3 0 3
Cycling12 5 17
Diving2 0 2
Equestrian2 0 2
Fencing0 1 1
Football0 18 18
Gymnastics1 1 2
Judo0 2 2
Sailing2 0 2
Shooting1 0 1
Swimming2 1 3
Table tennis0 1 1
Taekwondo1 0 1
Tennis3 1 4
Triathlon1 0 1
Weightlifting4 4 8
Wrestling0 3 3
Total 46 58 104

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified for the following events

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Daniel PinedaMen's individual66432 (33)
L 0–6		Did not advance
Ana RendónWomen's individual65712 (53)
L 2–6		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[1]

Key
Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Éider Arévalo20 km walk1:22:0020
    Juan Carlos CardonaMarathon2:40:1383
    Fredy Hernández50 km walk3:56:0033
    Luis Fernando Lopez20 km walk
    Isidro Montoya100 m10.547Did not advance
    Diego Palomeque400 mExcluded (for doping test)*
    James Rendón20 km walk1:22:5428
    Rafith Rodríguez800 m1:47.704Did not advance
    Paulo César Villar110 m hurdles13.555 q13.637Did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Wanner MillerHigh jump2.26=12 q2.259
    Dayron MárquezJavelin throw77.5926Did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Erika AbrilMarathon2:33:3351
    Sandra Arenas20 km walk1:33:2132
    Yolanda CaballeroMarathon
    Ángela Figueroa3000 m steeplechase10:25.6015Did not advance
    Lina Flores100 m hurdles13.176Did not advance
    Rosibel García Mena800 m2:01.303 Q2:00.163Did not advance
    Norma González200 m23.467Did not advance
    Íngrid Hernández20 km walk1:33:3434
    Yomara Hinestroza100 m11.567Did not advance
    Briggite Merlano100 m hurdles13.216Did not advance
    Princesa Oliveros400 m hurdles58.958Did not advance
    Arabelly Orjuela20 km walk1:35:0543
    Jennifer Padilla400 mDid not advance
    Nelcy Caicedo
    Norma González
    Yomara Hinestroza
    Alejandra Idrobo
    Darlenis Obregón
    Eliecith Palacios    		4 × 100 m relay43.215Did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Sandra LemosShot put16.5028Did not advance
    Caterine IbargüenTriple jump14.424 Q14.80
    Johana MorenoHammer throw68.5318Did not advance
    Flor RuizJavelin throw54.3432Did not advance

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified boxers in the following events.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Eduar MarriagaLightweight
    L 8–17    		Did not advance
    César VillarragaLight welterweight
    L 9-20    		Did not advance
    Jeysson MonrroyLight heavyweight
    L 10–12    		Did not advance

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has so far qualified cyclists for the following events

    Road

    Colombia has qualified three places in the men's road race, subsequently filled by Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, and Rigoberto Urán.[3] Urán only competed in Beijing before, but was unable to finish the race.[4] [5] The route for the race was 250km (160miles) in length and included nine climbs of the famous Box Hill.[6] A large breakaway – which at its peak contained 32 riders – formed off the front of the peloton early on in the race.[7] No Colombians were part of the initial move, but Henao and Urán joined later on in the race. The peloton, led by the Great Britain Team, kept the breakaway relatively closer for the latter 100km (100miles) of the race.[7] As the race reached its end, however, the peloton could not close the gap to the large leading breakaway.[7] Clearly, the breakaway would contain the eventual winner, and as the breakaway went under 10km (10miles) to go in the race, the riders began to attack.[7] Urán and Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov were the first two riders to mount a sizeable distance between the main breakaway and themselves. As Urán and Vinokourov worked together to stay away, the main breakaway did not work collectively to pull back the two leading riders.[7] With 200 meters left in the race, Urán swept across to the left side of the road until Vinokourov's attack became good enough to win the race. Urán, however, crossed the line in second place, earning him the silver medal.[7] Sergio Henao crossed the line in sixteenth place with the main breakaway, while the other Colombian Fabio Duarte did not finish the course.[7]

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Fabio DuarteMen's road raceDid not finish
    Men's time trial57:34:2035
    Sergio Henaoalign=left rowspan=2Men's road race5:46:0516
    Rigoberto Urán5:45:57

    Track

    Sprint
    Team sprint
    Pursuit
    Keirin
    AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinal
    RankRankRankRank
    Fabián PuertaMen's keirin3 R5Did not advance15
    Juliana GaviriaWomen's keirin4 R6Did not advance17
    Omnium
    AthleteEventFlying lapPoints raceElimination raceIndividual pursuitScratch raceTime trialTotal pointsRank
    TimeRankPointsRankRankTimeRankRankTimeRank
    Juan Esteban ArangoMen's omnium13.4698−1817134:25.4774111:03.79376010
    María Luisa CalleWomen's omnium15.55918228143:40.34971137.937187616

    Mountain biking

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Leonardo PáezMen's cross-country1:36:0228
    Laura AbrilWomen's cross-countryDid not finish

    BMX

    AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRank
    Andrés Jiménezalign=left rowspan=2Men's BMX38.4455174 q124 Q53.3776
    Carlos Oquendo38.77514214 q114 Q38.251
    Mariana PajónWomen's BMX38.787331 Q37.706

    Diving

    See main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified in the following events.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    Sebastián Villa3 m springboard414.9021Did not advance
    Víctor Ortegaalign=left rowspan=210 m platform450.6013 Q439.5517Did not advance
    Sebastián Villa419.2522Did not advance

    Equestrian

    See main article: Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Jumping

    Colombia has qualified two individual quota places through the 2011 Pan American Games

    AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
    Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
    PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
    Daniel BlumanSanchaalign=left rowspan=2Individual0=1 Q11=13 Q45=7 Q4=11 Q913201320
    Rodrigo DíazRoyal Vincken1=33 Q101153Did not advance1153

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified 1 fencer.

    Women

    Football

    See main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Colombian women's football team are qualified for the event.[8]

    Women's tournament

    See main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

    Team roster
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    • Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Yadinis AmarisWomen's −57 kg
    L 0000–1000    		Did not advance
    Yuri AlvearWomen's −70 kg
    W 1100–0000
    W 0100–0001
    L 0000–1000    		Did not advance
    W 0100–0001
    W 0011–0001

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

    Men
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    12345678910M*
    Santiago GrilloRS:X35343433DSQ373036DNF31EL30237
    Andrey QuinteroLaser4031372539413639DNF37EL32540
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified 1 shooter

    Men

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Colombia has qualified one athlete so far to compete in swimming by making the A standard. Another athlete completed its nation's full roster by achieving their respective Olympic Selection time (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[9]

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Mateo de Angulo400 m freestyle3:57.7626Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Omar Pinzón100 m backstroke55.3732Did not advance
    200 m backstroke1:58.2015 Q1:58.9916Did not advance
    200 m butterfly2:02.3234Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Carolina Colorado Henao100 m backstroke1:01.8128Did not advance
    200 m backstroke2:13.6427Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia qualified one athlete.

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified 1 man.

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified four tennis players.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Alejandro Fallaalign=left rowspan=2Men's singles
    L 3–6, 7–5, 3–6    		Did not advance
    Santiago Giraldo
    W 7–5, 6–3
    L 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Juan Sebastián Cabal
    Santiago Giraldo    		Men's doubles
    L 3–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Mariana DuqueWomen's singles
    L 0–6, 1–1r    		Did not advance

    Triathlon

    See main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified 4 men and 4 women.[10]

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Carlos Bernaalign=left rowspan=2−56 kg1181015072688
    Sergio Rada1181015162697
    Óscar Figueroa−62 kg14031771317
    Doyler Sánchez−69 kg138141701330814
    Women
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Rusmeri Villar−53 kg87710881956
    Jackelin Herediaalign=left rowspan=2−58 kg1009125922510
    Lina Rivas1034120103
    Ubaldina Valoyes−69 kg11131354246

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Colombia has qualified three quota place.

    Key
    Women's freestyle
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Carolina Castillo−48 kg
    L 0–3     		Did not advance11
    Jackeline Rentería−55 kg
    W 3–1
    W 3–1
    L 0–3
    W 3–1
    Ana Talia Betancur−72 kg
    L 0–3     		Did not advance17

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    2. Web site: IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING DIEGO PALOMEQUE ECHAVARRIA. IOC. 2012-09-17. 2012-08-12. PDF.
    3. Web site: London 2012 Olympic Games: Men's road race start list. 23 July 2012. cyclingweekly.co.uk. 29 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120806002742/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534036/london-2012-olympic-games-men-s-road-race-start-list.html. 6 August 2012. dead.
    4. Web site: Cycling – Men's Road Race Final Results. Cycling News. 9 August 2008. 26 July 2010.
    5. Web site: London Olympics: Colombia's Uran Grabs Silver in Men's Road Race | Fox News Latino . Latino.foxnews.com . 29 July 2012.
    6. Web site: Olympic Cycling – Road – Information, History, Rules. London 2012. 13 July 2012. 9 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121209131139/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/about/. dead.
    7. News: Vinokourov wins Olympic gold medal . 28 July 2012 . 1 . CyclingNews . 28 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120731030608/http://www.cyclingnews.com/2012-olympic-games/olympic-mens-road-race/results . 31 July 2012 .
    8. Web site: Colombia secure historic qualification. https://web.archive.org/web/20110625051003/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/newsid=1338562/index.html. dead. June 25, 2011. FIFA. 15 June 2011.
    9. Web site: Swimming World Rankings . FINA . 8 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 . 6 January 2011 .
    10. http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-11954078.html El tiempo newspaper -

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