Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. 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.
Originally, Colombia left Beijing with two medals, a silver and a bronze won by weightlifter
Diego Salazar and wrestler
Jackeline Rentería
Jackeline Rentería Castillo (born February 23, 1986 in Cali, Colombia) is a female wrestler from Colombia. She won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 ...
respectively. Weightlifter
Leydi Solís
Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda (born 17 February 1990) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Solís represented Colo ...
originally finished fourth, but was promoted to a silver medal after both gold and bronze 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.
Medalists
Archery
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
The 2007 World Archery Championships was the 44th edition of the event. It was held in Leipzig, Germany on 7–15 July 2007 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA).http://old.archery.org/EventResults/ResultSummary.aspx?e=27 ...
(because host China took seventh, nine teams were taken instead of the usual eight).
The team that Colombia sent to the Olympics was the same that competed at the Worlds:
Sigrid Romero
Sigrid Romero (born May 22, 1989 in Cali) is an athlete from Colombia who competes in archery.
Early life
Romero was born in Cali, Colombia, the daughter of Ramon Romero and Patricia Duque.
Her name in German means triumphal procession, in the b ...
,
Ana Rendón
Ana María Rendón Martínez (born March 10, 1986) is a Colombian recurve archer. She has competed in the Olympic Games three times and is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Games.
Career 2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olym ...
, and
Natalia Sánchez.
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Boxing
Colombia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Romero and Pérez qualified at the world championships.
[World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007]
Álvarez, Julio Blanco, and Rivas qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.
[2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
Cycling
Road
Track
;Pursuit
;Omnium
Mountain biking
BMX
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Show jumping
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Women
Judo
Rowing
;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
;Men
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
;Men
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Weightlifting
;Men
;Women
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Women's freestyle
See also
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Colombia at the 2007 Pan American Games
The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 July 2007 to 29 July 2007.
Medals
Gold
*Women's Team Competition: Ana María Rendón, Sigrid Romero and Natalia Sánchez
*Men's Middleweight (– 81 kg): Ele ...
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Colombia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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Colombia at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
References
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...