Colombia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 5 sports.^[2] They did not win any medals.

Colombia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors	43 (38 men, 5 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ricardo González[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Jimmy Sierra
  • Round 1 — 10.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Pedro Grajales
  • Round 1 — 21.0 s (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Pedro Grajales
  • Round 1 — 46.7 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)
  • Round 2 — 46.5 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Álvaro Mejía — 30:10.6 min (→ 10th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Hernán Barreneche — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Hernando Arrechea
  • Round 1 — 14.0 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1968.

1000m time trial

• Jorge Hernández — 1:09.24 min (→ 25th place)

Sprint

• Jaime Galeano
  • Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)
• Héctor Urrego
  • Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)

Individual pursuit

• Martín Rodríguez
  • Qualification — 4:45.38 min (→ 9th in trial, did not advance)

Team pursuit

• Luis Saldarriaga, Mario Vanegas, Severo Hernández, Martín Rodríguez
  • Qualification — 4:31.98 min (→ did not advance)

Individual road race

• Martín Rodríguez — 4:43:58.49 hrs (→ 9th place)
• Álvaro Pachón — 4:44:13.10 hrs (→ 15th place)
• Pedro Sánchez — 4:46:37.94 hrs (→ 30th place)
• Miguel Samaca — DNF (→ no ranking)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 metre springboard

• Roque Barjum (→ 24th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard

• Martha Manzano (→ 22nd place)

Men's 10 metre platform

• Diego Henao (→ 32nd place)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Colombia – Mexico 0-1
  • Colombia – Guinea 2-3
  • Colombia – France 2-1
  • → 3rd in group, did not advance
• Team roster
  • ( 1.) Otoniel Quintana
  • ( 2.) Gabriel Hernández
  • ( 3.) Luis Soto
  • ( 4.) Oscar Muñoz
  • ( 5.) Darío López
  • ( 6.) Joaquín Pardo
  • ( 7.) Pedro Ospina
  • ( 8.) Germán Gonzalez
  • ( 9.) Alfredo Arango
  • (10.) Norman Ortiz
  • (11.) Gustavo Santa
  • (12.) Ramiro Viafara
  • (13.) Alberto Escobar
  • (14.) Gabriel Berdugo
  • (15.) Javier Tamayo
  • (16.) Alfonso Jaramillo
  • (17.) Fabio Mosquera

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres freestyle

• Federico Sicard
  • Heats — 59.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Ricardo González
  • Heats — 57.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle

• Patricia Olano
  • Heats — 1:05.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle

• Federico Sicard
  • Heats — 2:11.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Ricardo González
  • Heats — 2:05.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Julio Arango
  • Heats — 2:03.1 min (→ 2nd in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres freestyle

• Patricia Olano
  • Heats — 2:25.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres freestyle

• Julio Arango
  • Heats — 4:25.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle

• Patricia Olano
  • Heats — 5:01.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Olga de Angulo
  • Heats — 5:08.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)

Women's 800 metres freestyle

• Patricia Olano
  • Heats — 10:44.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
• Olga de Angulo
  • Heats — 10:40.5 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle

• Julio Arango
  • Heats — 11:53.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
• Tomás Becerra
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 metres breaststroke

• Ivan Gonima
  • Heats — 1:15.1 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

• Ivan Gonima
  • Heats — 2:45.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

• Tomás Becerra
  • Heats — 1:02.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly

• Carmen Gómez
  • Heats — 1:14.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres butterfly

• Tomás Becerra
  • Heats — 2:16.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres butterfly

• Carmen Gómez
  • Heats — 2:44.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres individual medley

• Nelly Syro
  • Heats — 2:55.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Olga de Angulo
  • Heats — 2:48.7 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres individual medley

• Tomás Becerra
  • Heats — 5:09.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres individual medley

• Olga de Angulo
  • Heats — 6:00.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Patricia Olano
  • Heats — 5:52.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Nelly Syro
  • Heats — 6:13.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay

• Julio Arango, Federico Sicard, Tomás Becerra, Ricardo González
  • Heats — 3:51.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay

• Tomás Becerra, Federico Sicard, Ricardo González, Julio Arango
  • Heats — 8:26.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

See also

• Sports in Colombia