| Colombia at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | COL |
| NOC | Colombian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 40 (34 men and 6 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jorge Molina [1] |
| Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Colombia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 40 competitors, 34 men and 6 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Jorge Julio Rocha | Boxing | Bantamweight | 29 September |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [3]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cycling | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Equestrian | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Fencing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Judo | 3 | – | 3 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | – | 3 |
| Wrestling | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pedro Ortiz | 10,000 metres | 29:08.25 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Marathon | — | 2:23:34 | 39 | ||
| Héctor Moreno | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:27:06 | 33 | |
| Querubín Moreno | — | DNF | |||
| Héctor Moreno | 50 kilometres walk | — | 4:01:31 | 30 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Amparo Caicedo | 100 metres | 11.59 | 28 q | 11.65 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
| Norfalia Carabalí | 200 metres | 23.78 | 31 Q | 23.96 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| Ximena Restrepo | 24.00 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Norfalia Carabalí | 400 metres | 53.27 | 24 Q | 51.76 | 11 Q | 52.65 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Ximena Restrepo | 4 × 100 metres relay | 45.46 | 16 q | — | DNS | Did not advance | |||
| Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Ximena Restrepo | 4 × 400 metres relay | DQ | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| María Isabel Urrutia | Shot put | 15.13 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Discus throw | 53.82 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Simon Morales | Flyweight |  Segawa (JPN)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jorge Eliécer Julio | Bantamweight |  Hormillosa (PHI)W RSC R3 |  Nieves (PUR)W 5–0 |  Breitbarth (GDR)W 4–1 | Matsushima (JPN) W 5–0 |  Hristov (BUL)L 2–3 | Did not advance | |
Seven cyclists, all men, represented Colombia in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Carlos Arias | Road race | 4:32:56 | 31 |
| Dubán Ramírez | 4:32:56 | 67 | |
| Nelson Rodríguez | 4:32:56 | 48 | |
| Ángel Noé Alayón Pedro Bonilla Orlando Castillo Julio Cesar Rodríguez | Team time trial | 2:10:34.3 | 21 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| María Paula Bernal | Armagnac | Individual | 978 | 53 | Did not advance | |
| Héctor Rodríguez | El Sahib | 1229 | 38 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Juan Carlos García | Buenos Aires | Individual | 12.00 | 61 | 38.00 | 37 | 50.00 | 50 | Did not advance | |||||
| Manuel Torres | Zalme | 32.00 | 43 | 35.50 | 39 | 67.50 | 39 Q | 35.75 | 36 | Did not advance | ||||
Five fencers, all men, represented Colombia in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 3 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Juan Miguel Paz | Men's épée |  Vánky (SWE)L 3–5 |  Pásztor (HUN)W 5–4 |  Du (CHN)W 5*–5 |  Chouinard (CAN)L 4–5 | 3 Q |  Gaille (SUI)L 3–5 |  Reznichenko (URS)L 2–5 |  Machado (BRA)L 3–5 |  Lee (KOR)W 5–2 | 4 Q |  Riboud (FRA)L 1–5 |  Kardolus (NED)L 2–5 |  Cuomo (ITA)L 4–5 | Kolczonay (HUN) L 4–5 |  Al-Hamar (KUW)W 5–1 | 5 |
| Joaquín Pinto |  Gerull (FRG)L 4–5 | Bergström (SWE) L 3–5 | Kolczonay (HUN) W 5–4 |  Pereira (ESP)L 4–5 | 4 Q | Srecki (FRA) L 4–5 | Pásztor (HUN) L 1–5 | Lee (KOR) L 1–5 |  Davidson (AUS)W 5–4 | 4 Q | Kühnemund (GDR) L 0–5 |  Gadomski (POL)L 4–5 | Machado (BRA) L 2–5 | Ganeff (NED) L 1–5 |  Llewellyn (GBR)W 5–4 | 6 | |
| Mauricio Rivas | Srecki (FRA) L 4–5 |  Turiace (ARG)W 5–0 | Al-Hamar (KUW) W 5–1 | Driessen (NED) W 5–3 | 2 Q |  Trevor (USA)L 0–5 |  Joos (BEL)L 2–5 |  Nagele (AUT)W 5–0 |  Durão (POR)W 5–2 | 3 Q | Bergström (SWE) L 2–5 | Strohmeyer (AUT) L 3–5 | Tishko (URS) W 5–3 | Trevor (USA) W 5–4 | Siess (POL) L 4–5 | 4 Q | |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||||||||
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mauricio Rivas | Men's épée | Srecki (FRA) W 10–6 | Gadomski (POL) W 10–5 | Reznichenko (URS) L 5–10 | Bye | Schmitt (FRG) L 2–10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Oscar Arango William González Juan Miguel Paz Joaquín Pinto Mauricio Rivas | Men's épée | Switzerland L 7–8 |  Hong Kong W 9–2 | — | 2 Q | South Korea L 4–9 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||||
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Eduardo Landazury | 65 kg | Bye | Au (HKG) W Yuko | Bujkó (HUN) L Ippon | Did not advance | ||||||
| Luis Ochoa | 78 kg | Bye | González (ESP) L Ippon | Did not advance | |||||||
| William Medina | 86 kg |  Bessi (MON)W Ippon |  Chibani (ALG)L Waza-ari | Did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Alfredo González | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 26 | Did not advance | |
| Bernardo Tobar | 10 m air pistol | 573 | 29 | Did not advance | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | 593 | 7 Q | 690 | 6 | |
| 50 m pistol | 552 | 29 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Jorge Molina | Skeet | 142 | 38 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final A/B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pablo Restrepo | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.43 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:19.58 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Oscar Penagos | 56 kg | 105.0 | 12 | 132.5 | 16 | 237.5 | 17 |
| Tolentino Murillo | 60 kg | 120.0 | 7 | 140.0 | 9 | 260.0 | 8 |
| John Salazar | 110.0 | 11 | 150.0 | 5 | 260.0 | 9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Víctor Capacho | 48 kg |  Al-Faraj (SYR)L fall | Goun (KOR) L 1–2 | Did not advance | — | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| William Delgado | 48 kg |  Zeinalnia (IRI)L 0–17 |  Adekunle (NGR)W 8–6 |  Şükrüoğlu (TUR)L 6–9 | Did not advance | — | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Oscar Muñoz | 52 kg |  Elimu (KEN)W fall |  Minati (IRQ)W 8–1 |  Singh (IND)L 6–12 | Kim (KOR) L 4–12 | Did not advance | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Javier Rincon | 62 kg | Küng (SUI) L fall | Helmdach (FRG) L 0–4 | Did not advance | 10 | Did not advance | |||||
Mexico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 83 competitors, 66 men and 17 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.
Brazil competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 160 competitors, 127 men and 33 women, took part in 106 events in 21 sports. Brazilians conquered 6 medals in Seoul, but only one gold medal.
Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held from 17 September to 2 October 1988. 328 competitors, 223 men and 105 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports. Most Canadians remember these Olympics for Ben Johnson, who won the gold medal and set a world record in the men's 100 metres, before being disqualified and his record deleted after he tested positive for stanozolol.
Poland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Poland returned to the Summer Olympic Games after having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics. 143 competitors, 111 men and 32 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.
Slovenia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia. 35 competitors, 29 men and 6 women, took part in 34 events in 12 sports.
Egypt competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 49 competitors, 48 men and 1 woman, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.
Chile competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 17 competitors, 16 men and 1 woman, took part in 14 events in 6 sports.
Venezuela competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 39 competitors, 34 men and 5 women, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.
Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria ranked 5th overall by medal count with 35 medals won. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Jamaica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 35 competitors, 24 men and 11 women, took part in 22 events in 5 sports.
Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent country at the Summer Olympic Games. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988. 34 competitors, 25 men and 9 women, took part in 31 events in 13 sports.
Aruba competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Previously, Aruba was part of Netherlands Antilles, Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1986. Eight competitors, four men and four women, took part in ten events in five sports.
Antigua and Barbuda competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Fifteen competitors, twelve men and three women, took part in nineteen events in four sports.
Bolivia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seven competitors, six men and one woman, took part in twelve events in six sports.
Sierra Leone competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in fourteen events in four sports.
The Cayman Islands competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Eight competitors, seven men and one woman, took part in seven events in two sports.
Barbados competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, sixteen men and one woman, took part in twenty events in seven sports.
Guatemala competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 28 competitors, 25 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.
Ecuador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the nation's sixth Olympics appearance, since it first competed at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris. Thirteen competitors, ten men and three women, took part in fifteen events in six sports.
Guyana competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. A total of eight athletes, seven men and one woman, competed for the nation in three sports.
