Colombia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Colombia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.^[1]

Colombia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	COL
NPC	Colombian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.cpc.org.co (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	12 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Elkin Serna	Athletics	Men's marathon T12
Bronze	Moisés Fuentes	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elkin Serna	T12	10000m	—		32:39.24	4
		Marathon	—		2:31:16

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Luis Chacon	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:56:17	19
	Men's road time trial LC2	35:56.74	6
Kennedy Jacome	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	2:00:34	22
	Men's road time trial LC1	39:09.37	14
Carlos Arciniegas Juan Carreno (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	DNS
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	36:08.97	16

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Luis Chacon	Men's individual pursuit LC2	5:15.15	7	did not advance
	Men's time trial LC2	—				1:16.92	9
Kennedy Jacome	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:16.90	14	did not advance
	Men's time trial LC1	—				1:14.69	11
Carlos Arciniegas Juan Carreno (pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:47.730	12	did not advance
	Men's sprint B&VI 1-3	11.502	7	Demery (AUS) /  Hopkins (AUS)	L 0-2	7/8th place matches  Nattkemper (ARG) /  Ferrari (ARG) W 11.627	7
	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	—				1:08.867	11

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juan Pablo Castellanos	Men's 60kg	Hirose (JPN) L 0000–1010	did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jainer Cantillo	60kg	160.0	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Moisés Fuentes	S5	100m freestyle	1:30.90	9	did not advance
	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:41.99	3 Q	1:42.04
Miguel Otero	S12	100m butterfly	1:16.99	13	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Naiver Ramos	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:20.93	8 Q	2:28.28	8

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eliecer Oquendo	Men's singles	Li B (CHN) L 5-7, 6-3, 4-6	did not advance
Johana Martínez	Women's singles	—	Sevenans (BEL) L 0-6, 0-6	did not advance

See also

• Colombia at the Paralympics
• Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee