Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | COL |
NOC | Colombian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 104 in 18 sports |
Flag bearers | Mariana Pajón (opening and closing) |
Medals Ranked 38th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Colombia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Olympics, having not competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Comité Olímpico Colombiano sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record by having more than a quarter more athletes than represented Colombia in Beijing. A total of 104 athletes, 48 men and 56 women, competed in 18 sports. Women's football was the only team-based sport in which Colombia was represented in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in fencing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo and triathlon.
This was Colombia's most successful Olympics (until Rio 2016), winning a total of eight medals (one gold, three silver, and four bronze). BMX rider and world champion Mariana Pajón, who was Colombia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, won the nation's first gold medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Freestyle wrestler Jackeline Rentería became the first Colombian female athlete to claim two Olympic medals, while triple jumper Caterine Ibargüen won the nation's second medal in the track and field after 20 years. Other notable accomplishments included the nation's first ever Olympic medals in road cycling, judo and taekwondo.
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Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Athletics | 11 | 20 | 31 |
Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Cycling | 12 | 5 | 17 |
Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Football | 0 | 18 | 18 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tennis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Wrestling | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 46 | 58 | 104 |
Colombia has qualified for the following events
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Daniel Pineda | Men's individual | 664 | 32 | Wang C-p (TPE) (33) L 0–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Ana María Rendón | Women's individual | 657 | 12 | Grandal (ESP) (53) L 2–6 | Did not advance |
Colombian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [1] [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Éider Arévalo | 20 km walk | — | 1:22:00 | 20 | |||||
Juan Carlos Cardona | Marathon | — | 2:40:13 | 83 | |||||
Fredy Hernández | 50 km walk | — | 3:56:00 | 33 | |||||
Luis Fernando Lopez | 20 km walk | — | DSQ | ||||||
Isidro Montoya | 100 m | Bye | 10.54 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Diego Palomeque | 400 m | Excluded (for doping test)* | |||||||
James Rendón | 20 km walk | — | 1:22:54 | 28 | |||||
Rafith Rodríguez | 800 m | 1:47.70 | 4 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Paulo César Villar | 110 m hurdles | 13.55 | 5 q | — | 13.63 | 7 | Did not advance |
* Palomeque was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone. [3]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Wanner Miller | High jump | 2.26 | =12 q | 2.25 | 9 |
Dayron Márquez | Javelin throw | 77.59 | 26 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Erika Abril | Marathon | — | 2:33:33 | 51 | |||||
Sandra Arenas | 20 km walk | — | 1:33:21 | 32 | |||||
Yolanda Caballero | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Ángela Figueroa | 3000 m steeplechase | 10:25.60 | 15 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Lina Flores | 100 m hurdles | 13.17 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Rosibel García Mena | 800 m | 2:01.30 | 3 Q | — | 2:00.16 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Norma González | 200 m | 23.46 | 7 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Íngrid Hernández | 20 km walk | — | 1:33:34 | 34 | |||||
Yomara Hinestroza | 100 m | Bye | 11.56 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Briggite Merlano | 100 m hurdles | 13.21 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Princesa Oliveros | 400 m hurdles | 58.95 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Arabelly Orjuela | 20 km walk | — | 1:35:05 | 43 | |||||
Jennifer Padilla | 400 m | DSQ | — | Did not advance | |||||
Nelcy Caicedo Norma González Yomara Hinestroza Alejandra Idrobo Darlenis Obregón Eliecith Palacios | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.21 | 5 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Sandra Lemos | Shot put | 16.50 | 28 | Did not advance | |
Caterine Ibargüen | Triple jump | 14.42 | 4 Q | 14.80 | |
Johana Moreno | Hammer throw | 68.53 | 18 | Did not advance | |
Flor Denis Ruíz | Javelin throw | 54.34 | 32 | Did not advance |
Colombia has qualified boxers in the following events.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Eduar Marriaga | Lightweight | Arias (DOM) L 8–17 | Did not advance | ||||
César Villarraga | Light welterweight | Iglesias (CUB) L 9-20 | Did not advance | ||||
Jeysson Monrroy | Light heavyweight | Rouzbahani (IRI) L 10–12 | Did not advance |
Colombia has so far qualified cyclists for the following events
Colombia has qualified three places in the men's road race, subsequently filled by Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, and Rigoberto Urán. [4] Urán only competed in Beijing before, but was unable to finish the race. [5] [6] The route for the race was 250 km (155.3 mi) in length and included nine climbs of the famous Box Hill. [7] A large breakaway – which at its peak contained 32 riders – formed off the front of the peloton early on in the race. [8] No Colombians were part of the initial move, but Henao and Urán joined later on in the race. The peloton, led by the Great Britain Team, kept the breakaway relatively closer for the latter 100 km (62.1 mi) of the race. [8] As the race reached its end, however, the peloton could not close the gap to the large leading breakaway. [8] Clearly, the breakaway would contain the eventual winner, and as the breakaway went under 10 km (6.2 mi) to go in the race, the riders began to attack. [8] Urán and Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov were the first two riders to mount a sizeable distance between the main breakaway and themselves. As Urán and Vinokourov worked together to stay away, the main breakaway did not work collectively to pull back the two leading riders. [8] With 200 meters left in the race, Urán swept across to the left side of the road until Vinokourov's attack became good enough to win the race. Urán, however, crossed the line in second place, earning him the silver medal. [8] Sergio Henao crossed the line in sixteenth place with the main breakaway, while the other Colombian Fabio Duarte did not finish the course. [8]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Fabio Duarte | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Men's time trial | 57:34:20 | 35 | |
Sergio Henao | Men's road race | 5:46:05 | 16 |
Rigoberto Urán | 5:45:57 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
Juliana Gaviria | Women's sprint | 11.376 63.291 | 13 | Guerra (CUB) L | Hansen (NZL) Gnidenko (RUS) L | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
Juliana Gaviria Diana García | Women's team sprint | 34.870 51.620 | 10 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | ||
Juan Esteban Arango Edwin Ávila Arles Castro Weimar Roldán Kevin Ríos | Men's team pursuit | 4:03.712 | 7 Q | Spain (ESP) 4:05.485 | 8 | Netherlands (NED) 4:04.772 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
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Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
Fabián Puerta | Men's keirin | 3 R | 5 | Did not advance | 15 |
Juliana Gaviria | Women's keirin | 4 R | 6 | Did not advance | 17 |
Athlete | Event | Flying lap | Points race | Elimination race | Individual pursuit | Scratch race | Time trial | Total points | Rank | ||||
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Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
Juan Esteban Arango | Men's omnium | 13.469 | 8 | −18 | 17 | 13 | 4:25.477 | 4 | 11 | 1:03.793 | 7 | 60 | 10 |
María Luisa Calle | Women's omnium | 15.559 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3:40.349 | 7 | 11 | 37.937 | 18 | 76 | 16 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Leonardo Páez | Men's cross-country | 1:36:02 | 28 |
Laura Abril | Women's cross-country | Did not finish |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Andrés Jiménez | Men's BMX | 38.445 | 5 | 17 | 4 q | 12 | 4 Q | 53.377 | 6 |
Carlos Oquendo | 38.775 | 14 | 21 | 4 q | 11 | 4 Q | 38.251 | ||
Mariana Pajón | Women's BMX | 38.787 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 Q | 37.706 |
Colombia has qualified in the following events.
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Sebastián Villa | 3 m springboard | 414.90 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
Víctor Ortega | 10 m platform | 450.60 | 13 Q | 439.55 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Sebastián Villa | 419.25 | 22 | Did not advance |
Colombia has qualified two individual quota places through the 2011 Pan American Games
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | Total | ||||||||||||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round A | Round B | |||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Daniel Bluman | Sancha | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 1 | 1 | =13 Q | 4 | 5 | =7 Q | 4 | =11 Q | 9 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 20 |
Rodrigo Diaz | Royal Vincken | 1 | =33 Q | 10 | 11 | 53 | Did not advance | 11 | 53 |
Colombia has qualified 1 fencer.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia | Individual foil | Bye | Golubystkyi (GER) L 9–14 | Did not advance |
The Colombian women's football team are qualified for the event. [9]
Head coach: Ricardo Rozo
Colombia named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament. [10] [11]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Colombia | 0–2 | North Korea |
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Report | Kim Song-hui 39', 85' |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Jorge Hugo Giraldo | All-around | 13.400 | 12.166 | 14.933 | 15.466 | 13.633 | 13.500 | 83.098 | 33 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Jessica Gil | All-around | 13.533 | 12.633 | 12.266 | 13.066 | 51.498 | 42 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yadinis Amaris | Women's −57 kg | Bye | Malloy (USA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | ||||
Yuri Alvear | Women's −70 kg | Portela (BRA) W 1100–0000 | Moreira (ANG) W 0100–0001 | Décosse (FRA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Sraka (SLO) W 0100–0001 | Chen F (CHN) W 0011–0001 |
Colombia has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Santiago Grillo | RS:X | 35 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 36 | DNF | 31 | EL | 302 | 37 | |
Andrey Quintero | Laser | 40 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 37 | EL | 325 | 40 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Colombia has qualified 1 shooter
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Danilo Caro | Trap | 115 | 29 | Did not advance |
Colombia has qualified one athlete so far to compete in swimming by making the A standard. Another athlete completed its nation's full roster by achieving their respective Olympic Selection time (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [15] [16]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mateo de Angulo | 400 m freestyle | 3:57.76 | 26 | — | Did not advance | ||
Omar Pinzón | 100 m backstroke | 55.37 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
200 m backstroke | 1:58.20 | 15 Q | 1:58.99 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
200 m butterfly | 2:02.32 | 34 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Carolina Colorado Henao | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.81 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
200 m backstroke | 2:13.64 | 27 | Did not advance |
Colombia qualified one athlete.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Paula Medina | Women's singles | Bye | Bilenko (UKR) L 1–4 | Did not advance |
Colombia has qualified 1 man.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Óscar Muñoz | Men's −58 kg | El-Yamine (ALG) W 1–8 | Al-Kubati (YEM) W 14–2 PTG | González (ESP) L 13–4 | Bye | Karaket (THA) W 4–6 | Did not advance |
Colombia has qualified four tennis players.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Alejandro Falla | Men's singles | Federer (SUI) L 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Santiago Giraldo | Harrison (USA) W 7–5, 6–3 | Darcis (BEL) L 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Juan Sebastián Cabal Santiago Giraldo | Men's doubles | — | Čilić / Dodig (CRO) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||
Mariana Duque | Women's singles | Kirilenko (RUS) L 0–6, 1–1r | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
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Carlos Quinchara | Men's | 18:02 | 0:47 | 59:37 | 0:31 | 35:13 | 1:54:10 | 53 |
Colombia has qualified 4 men and 4 women. [17]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Carlos Berna | −56 kg | 118 | 10 | 150 | 7 | 268 | 8 |
Sergio Rada | 118 | 10 | 151 | 6 | 269 | 7 | |
Óscar Figueroa | −62 kg | 140 | 3 | 177 | 1 | 317 | |
Doyler Sánchez | −69 kg | 138 | 14 | 170 | 13 | 308 | 14 |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Rusmeri Villar | −53 kg | 87 | 7 | 108 | 8 | 195 | 6 |
Jackelin Heredia | −58 kg | 100 | 9 | 125 | 9 | 225 | 10 |
Lina Rivas | 103 | 4 | DNF | 103 | DNF | ||
Ubaldina Valoyes | −69 kg | 111 | 3 | 135 | 4 | 246 |
Colombia has qualified three quota place.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Carolina Castillo | −48 kg | Otgontsetseg (MGL) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | 11 | |||||
Jackeline Rentería | −55 kg | Bye | Kum O-H (PRK) W 3–1 PP | Antes (ECU) W 3–1 PP | Verbeek (CAN) L 0–3 PO | Bye | Lazareva (UKR) W 3–1 PP | ||
Ana Talia Betancur | −72 kg | Bye | Unda (ESP) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | 17 |
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