Colombia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 49 competitors, 46 men and 3 women, took part in 31 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Colombia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Archery

After missing the 1988 archery competition, Colombia returned for its second Olympic tournament in 1992. This time, the nation sent a female archer. She fared no better than Juan Echavarria had eight years earlier.

Colombia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition: Maria Echavarria – Ranking Round, 55th place (0-0)

Colombia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

Herder Vázquez

Heat — 14:06.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Herder Vázquez

Heat — 30:07.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Carlos Grisales — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

Héctor Moreno — 1:26:23 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400 metres

Ximena Restrepo

Norfalia Carabalí

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Fernando Retayud First Round — Lost to Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (MGL), 2:8

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Jesús Pérez First Round — Lost to Philippe Wartelle (FRA), 5:12

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Edwin Cassiani First Round — Lost to Héctor Vinent (CUB), 4:27

Cycling

Eight male cyclists represented Colombia in 1992.

Men's road race

José Robles

Héctor Palacio

Libardo Niño

Men's sprint

Jhon González

Men's 1 km time trial

José Velásquez

Men's individual pursuit

Alberny Vargas

Men's team pursuit

Esteban López

Fernando Sierra

Alberny Vargas

José Velásquez

Men's points race

José Velásquez

Equestrianism

Mixed Individual Jumping

Juan Carlos García

Manuel Guillermo Torres

Hugo Gamboa

Mixed Team Jumping

Juan Carlos García

Manuel Guillermo Torres

Hugo Gamboa

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Colombia in 1992.

Men's épée

Mauricio Rivas

Juan Miguel Paz

Football

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (group C) Lost to Spain (0-4) Drew with Qatar (1-1) Lost to Egypt (3-4) → Did not advance Team Roster ( 1.) Miguel Angel Calero ( 2.) Jorge Bermudez ( 3.) Robeiro Moreno ( 4.) José Santa ( 5.) Victor Hugo Marulanda ( 6.) Hermán Gaviria ( 7.) Faustino Asprilla ( 8.) John Lozano ( 9.) Iván Valenciano (10.) Víctor Pacheco (11.) Carlos Alberto Uribe (12.) Faryd Mondragón (13.) Geovanis Cassiani (14.) John Perez (15.) Víctor Aristizábal (16.) Gustavo Restrepo (17.) John Jairo Mejia (18.) Diego Osorio (19.) Jairo Zulbarán (20.) Omar Cañas Head coach: Hernan Dario Gomez

Shooting

Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres

Bernardo Tovar

Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres

Bernardo Tovar

Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres

Bernardo Tovar

Men's Running Target, 10 metres

Hernando Barrientos

Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle

Alejandro Bermúdez

Heat — 4:01.66 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Alejandro Bermúdez

Heat — 16:01.77 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Alejandro Bermúdez

Heat — 2:04.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Alejandro Bermúdez

Heat — 4:33.87 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Weightlifting

Men's Featherweight

José Horacio Villegas

Roger Berrio

Men's Lightweight

Eyne Acevedo

Men's Middleweight

Álvaro Velasco

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle Welterweight

Romelio Salas

See also

Colombia at the 1991 Pan American Games

Sports in Colombia

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database

Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992

Olympics