Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Colombia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Colombia.svg
IOC code COL
NOC Colombian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpicocol.co  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors70 in 18 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Caterine Ibargüen
Yuberjen Martínez
Flag bearer (closing) Ingrit Valencia
Medals
Ranked 66th
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of Helsinki 1952.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Luis Javier Mosquera Weightlifting Men's 67 kg 25 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mariana Pajón Cycling Women's BMX racing 30 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anthony Zambrano Athletics Men's 400 metres 5 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sandra Arenas Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Carlos Ramírez Cycling Men's BMX racing 30 July
Medals by sport
SportGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Athletics 0202
Cycling 0112
Weightlifting 0101
Total0415
Medals by gender
GenderGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotalPercentage
Female020240%
Male021360%
Mixed00000%
Total0415100%

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Artistic swimming 22
Athletics 17926
Boxing 426
Cycling 729
Diving 303
Equestrian 101
Fencing 011
Golf 112
Gymnastics 101
Judo 011
Shooting 101
Skateboarding 101
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 112
Tennis 314
Weightlifting 213
Wrestling 303
Total472370

Archery

One Colombian archer secured an Olympic place in the women's individual recurve by advancing to the semifinal match, as the highest-ranked athlete not already qualified, at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. [2] Another Colombian archer scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of three available spots in the men's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey, Mexico. [3]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Daniel Pineda Men's individual 63958Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Sx  (CHN)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Valentina Acosta Women's individual 62750Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Bettles  (GBR)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Daniel Pineda
Valentina Acosta
Mixed team 126626Did not advance

Artistic swimming

Colombia fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing ninth and securing the last of the eight available spots at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain. [4]

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Estefanía Álvarez
Mónica Arango
Duet 82.05261881.9667164.019318Did not advance

Athletics

Colombian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [5] [6]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Bernardo Baloyes 200 m DNSDid not advance
Jhon Perlaza 400 m 46.556Did not advance
Anthony Zambrano 44.871 Q43.93 AR 2 Q44.08Silver medal icon.svg
Carlos San Martín 3000 m steeplechase 8:33.4712Did not advance
Carlos Lemos
Diego Palomeque
Raúl Mena
Jhon Perlaza
Jhon Solís
Anthony Zambrano
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.208Did not advance
Iván Darío González Marathon DNF-
Jeison Suárez 2:13:2915
Éider Arévalo 20 km walk 1:24:1018
Jhon Castañeda 1:26:4127
Manuel Esteban Soto 1:23:3214
José Leonardo Montaña 50 km walk 3:53:5011
Diego Pinzón 3:57:5418
Jorge Armando Ruiz 3:55:3013
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Melissa Gonzalez 400 m hurdles 55.32 NR 2 Q57.476Did not advance
Angie Orjuela Marathon 2:40:0455
Sandra Arenas 20 km walk 1:29:37Silver medal icon.svg
Yeseida Carrillo DNF
Sandra Galvis 1:35:3625
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mauricio Ortega Men's discus throw 64.496 q64.087
Caterine Ibargüen Women's triple jump 14.377 q14.2510
Yosiris Urrutia 13.1627Did not advance
María Lucelly Murillo Women's javelin throw 54.9827Did not advance
Combined events – Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Evelis Aguilar Result13.891.6813.4224.056.2944.852:10.456214 SB 14
Points994830755976940761958

Boxing

Colombia entered six boxers (four men and two women) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Rio 2016 Olympians Ceiber Ávila (men's featherweight), Jorge Vivas (men's light heavyweight), and medalists Yuberjen Martínez (men's flyweight) and Ingrit Valencia (women's flyweight), along with two rookies (Salcedo and Arias), finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places on the Colombian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yuberjen Martínez Men's flyweight Flag of Botswana.svg  Mahommed  (BOT)
 W 0–5 
Flag of India.svg  Panghal  (IND)
 W 1–4 
Flag of Japan.svg  Tanaka  (JPN)
 L 1–4 
Did not advance
Ceiber Ávila Men's featherweight Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Al-Wadi  (JOR)
W 0–5
Flag of Zambia.svg  Mulenga  (ZAM)
W 3–2
Flag of Ghana.svg  Takyi  (GHA)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Jorge Vivas Men's light heavyweight Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Whittaker  (GBR)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Cristian Salcedo Men's super heavyweight ByeFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Peró  (CUB)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Ingrit Valencia Women's flyweight ByeFlag of India.svg  Kom  (IND)
W 3–2
Flag of Japan.svg  Namiki  (JPN)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Yeni Arias Women's featherweight ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Petrova  (BUL)
W 3–2
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Petecio  (PHI)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Colombia entered a squad of six riders (five men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [8]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Esteban Chaves Men's road race 6:15:3845
Sergio Higuita 6:21:4681
Nairo Quintana 6:21:4669
Rigoberto Urán Men's road race 6:06:338
Men's time trial 57:18.698
Paula Patiño Women's road race 3:55:1522

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Colombia entered one rider to compete in the men's sprint and keirin based on his final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
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)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Kevin Quintero Men's sprint 9.626
74.797
16Flag of Japan.svg  Wakimoto  (JPN)
L
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Awang  (MAS)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Mitchell  (NZL)
L
Did not advance
Keirin
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
RankRankRankRankRank
Kevin Quintero Men's keirin 3 R2 Q1 Q6 FB11

BMX

Colombian riders qualified for three quota places (two men and one woman) in the BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish for men and sixth for women in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of 1 June 2021. [9] [10]

AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankResultRank
Vincent Pelluard Men's race 144 Q176Did not advance10
Carlos Ramírez 113 Q102 Q40.572Bronze medal icon.svg
Mariana Pajón Women's race 31 Q82 Q44.448Silver medal icon.svg

Diving

Colombia entered three divers into the Olympic competition by virtue of a top twelve finish in the men's springboard at the 2019 FINA World Championships and by winning the gold medal in the same event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

AthleteEventPreliminary [11] [12] Semifinal [13] [14] Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Sebastián Morales Men's 3 m springboard 400.8515 Q324.9518Did not advance
Daniel Restrepo 411.5014 Q329.3017Did not advance
Sebastian Villa Men's 10 m platform 407.3010 Q341.4018Did not advance

Equestrian

Colombia entered one equestrian rider into the Olympic competition by finishing among the top ten and securing the second of four available slots in the individual jumping at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. [15]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Roberto Terán Dez' Ooktoff Individual 9=47Did not advance

Fencing

Colombia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at her third consecutive Games, Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia claimed a spot in the women's foil as the top-ranked fencer vying for qualification from the Americas in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. [16]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia Women's foil ByeRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Zagidullina  (ROC)
L 8–15
Did not advance

Golf

Colombia entered two golfers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Sebastián Muñoz (world no. 67) and Rio 2016 Olympian Mariajo Uribe (world no. 306) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings. [17] [18]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Sebastián Muñoz Men's 67696667269−15=4
Mariajo Uribe Women's 73777070290+6=49

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Colombia qualified one gymnast for the men's trampoline by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Ángel Hernández Men's 105.9309Did not advance

Judo

Colombia qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Set to compete at her fourth straight Games, London 2012 bronze medalist Yuri Alvear accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [19] She was forced to withdraw due to an injury. [20]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luz Álvarez Women's –48 kg Flag of Israel.svg  Rishony  (ISR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

Colombia granted an invitation from ISSF to send Bernardo Tobar Prado in the men's rapid fire pistol to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021. [21]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Bernardo Tobar Prado Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 54626Did not advance

Skateboarding

Colombia entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Jhancarlos González was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's street based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021. [22]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Jhancarlos González Men's street 23.5715Did not advance

Swimming

Colombia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [23]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jorge Murillo Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:00.6231Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:13.4630Did not advance
Isabella Arcila Women's 50 m freestyle 25.4127Did not advance
Women's 100 m backstroke 1:02.2832Did not advance

Taekwondo

Colombia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Jefferson Ochoa (men's 58 kg) and 2019 Pan American Games bronze medalist Andrea Ramirez (women's 49 kg), secured the spots on the Colombian squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica. [24]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jefferson Ochoa Men's −58 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Hadipour  (IRI)
L 22–19
Did not advance
Andrea Ramírez Women's −49 kg ByeCivil ensign of Croatia.svg  Tomić  (CRO)
W 25–5
Flag of Turkey.svg  Yıldırım  (TUR)
L 30–31
Did not advance

Tennis

Colombia entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah qualified directly for the men's doubles by virtue of their combined top 10 placement in the ATP World Rankings of 14 June 2021. Following the consequent withdrawals of several tennis players, Daniel Elahi Galán (world no. 111) and Camila Osorio (world no. 94) filled the available slots allocated by the original entrants in their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings of June 14, 2021. [25]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Daniel Elahi Galán Men's singles Flag of Egypt.svg  Safwat  (EGY)
W 7–5, 6–1
Flag of Germany.svg  Zverev  (GER)
L 6–2, 6–2
Did not advance
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
Men's doubles Flag of Spain.svg  Carreño /
Davidovich  (ESP)
W 6–2, 6–4
Flag of Austria.svg  Marach /
Oswald  (AUT)
W 6–4, 6–1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Daniell /
Venus  (NZL)
L 3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Did not advance
Camila Osorio Women's singles Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Golubic  (SUI)
L 4–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Colombia entered three weightlifters (two men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 bronze medalist Luis Javier Mosquera (men's 67 kg) and rookie Brayan Rodallegas (men's 81 kg), with Mercedes Pérez (women's 64 kg) going to her third straight Games on the women's side, secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking. [26] [27]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Luis Javier Mosquera Men's −67 kg 151 AM 11802331 AM Silver medal icon.svg
Brayan Rodallegas Men's −81 kg 163419653595
Mercedes Pérez Women's –64 kg 101612652274

Wrestling

Colombia qualified three wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle 86 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while two more licenses were awarded to Colombian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 57 kg and men's Greco-Roman 67 kg, respectively, at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada. [28] [29] [30]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Óscar Tigreros Men's −57 kg Flag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
L 1–4 ST
Did not advanceFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Vangelov  (BUL)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance10
Carlos Izquierdo Men's −86 kg Flag of San Marino.svg  Amine  (SMR)
L 1–4 SP
Did not advance12
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Julián Horta Men's −67 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Reza  (IRI)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advanceFlag of Germany.svg  Stäbler  (GER)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance17

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