Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	59 (55 men and 4 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Alfonso Pérez
Medals Rank: 31	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Colombia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Silver

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

Bronze

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

Results by event

Boxing

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

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Miguel Samaca — 9th place
• Fernando Cruz — 26th place
• Juan de Dios — 66th place
• Fabio Acevedo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Jairo Rodríguez

• Final — 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)

Men's Tandem

• Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narvaez → 14th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Men's 10m Platform

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

Football

Men's Team Competition

• 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

• Armardo 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 María Torres

See also

• Sports in Colombia

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference