Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors	59 (55 men and 4 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Alfonso Pérez
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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]

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

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

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

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

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Men's 10m Platform

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

• Preliminary Round (Group D)
  • Lost to  Poland (1-5)
  • Lost to  East Germany (1-6)
  • Defeated  Ghana (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

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

• Sports in Colombia

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database