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

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in Munich, West Germany. 59 competitors, 55 men and 4 women, took part in 39 events in 8 sports.

Medalists

Silver

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

Bronze

* Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight *

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— Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Prudencio Cardona ** First Round — Lost to

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(CUB), 0:5 Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Calixto Pérez ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated

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(CHL), 5:0 ** Third Round — Defeated

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(USA), 5:0 ** Quarterfinals — Lost to

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(BUL), 2:3 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

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** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Lost to

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(FRG), TKO-2

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1972. ; Individual road race *

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— 9th place * Fernando Cruz — 26th place * Juan Morales — 66th place * Fabio Acevedo — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

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* Fabio Acevedo * Fernando Cruz * Henry Cuevas *

;

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* 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

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 (1-5) ** Lost to (1-6) ** Defeated (3-1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all *Team Roster ** Armando Acosta **

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1954 births 2002 deaths Association football midfielders Colombian footballer ...

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** Dumas Guette ** Carlos Lugo ** Gerardo Moncada ** Luis Montano **

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** Silvio Quintero ** Vicente Revellón **

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** Antonio Rivas ** Orlando Rivas ** Álvaro Santamaría ** Ángel Torres

Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Colombia in 1972. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Luis Colina * Guillermo Martínez ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

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* Jorge Henao ; 50 m rifle, three positions *

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* Alfonso Rodríguez ; 50 m rifle, prone * Alfonso Rodríguez *

; 50 m running target * Helmut Bellingrodt *

Hanspeter Bellingrodt Hanspeter Bellingrodt (born 25 April 1943) is a Colombian former sports shooter. He finished fifteenth in the 50 metre running target event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and thirteenth in the 50 metre running target event at the 1976 Summer Olympi ...

; Skeet * Gerardo González * Manuel González

Swimming

Weightlifting

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 in Colombian sport