Colombia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 5 sports. They did not win any medals.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Jimmy Sierra
 * Round 1 &mdash; 10.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 * Pedro Grajales
 * Round 1 &mdash; 21.0 s (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres
 * Pedro Grajales
 * Round 1 &mdash; 46.7 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)
 * Round 2 &mdash; 46.5 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
 * Álvaro Mejía &mdash; 30:10.6 min (→ 10th place)

Men's 10,000 metres
 * Hernán Barreneche &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 metres hurdles
 * Hernando Arrechea
 * Round 1 &mdash; 14.0 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1968.


 * 1000m time trial
 * Jorge Hernández &mdash; 1:09.24 min (→ 25th place)


 * Sprint
 * Jaime Galeano
 * Round 1 &mdash; 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
 * Repechage &mdash; 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)
 * Héctor Urrego
 * Round 1 &mdash; 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
 * Repechage &mdash; 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)


 * Individual pursuit
 * Martín Rodríguez
 * Qualification &mdash; 4:45.38 min (→ 9th in trial, did not advance)


 * Team pursuit
 * Luis Saldarriaga, Mario Vanegas, Severo Hernández, Martín Rodríguez
 * Qualification &mdash; 4:31.98 min (→ did not advance)


 * Individual road race
 * Martín Rodríguez &mdash; 4:43:58.49 hrs (→ 9th place)
 * Álvaro Pachón &mdash; 4:44:13.10 hrs (→ 15th place)
 * Pedro Sánchez &mdash; 4:46:37.94 hrs (→ 30th place)
 * Miguel Samaca &mdash; DNF (→ no ranking)

Diving
Men's 3 metre springboard
 * Roque Barjum (→ 24th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard
 * Martha Manzano (→ 22nd place)

Men's 10 metre platform
 * Diego Henao (→ 32nd place)

Football
Men's team competition
 * Preliminary round (Group A)
 * Colombia – Mexico 0-1
 * Colombia – Guinea 2-3
 * Colombia – France 2-1
 * → 3rd in group, did not advance
 * Team roster
 * ( 1.) Otoniel Quintana
 * ( 2.) Gabriel Hernández
 * ( 3.) Luis Soto
 * ( 4.) Oscar Muñoz
 * ( 5.) Darío López
 * ( 6.) Joaquín Pardo
 * ( 7.) Pedro Ospina
 * ( 8.) Germán Gonzalez
 * ( 9.) Alfredo Arango
 * (10.) Norman Ortiz
 * (11.) Gustavo Santa
 * (12.) Ramiro Viafara
 * (13.) Alberto Escobar
 * (14.) Gabriel Berdugo
 * (15.) Javier Tamayo
 * (16.) Alfonso Jaramillo
 * (17.) Fabio Mosquera

Swimming
Men's 100 metres freestyle
 * Federico Sicard
 * Heats &mdash; 59.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
 * Ricardo González
 * Heats &mdash; 57.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle
 * Patricia Olano
 * Heats &mdash; 1:05.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle
 * Federico Sicard
 * Heats &mdash; 2:11.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Ricardo González
 * Heats &mdash; 2:05.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Julio Arango
 * Heats &mdash; 2:03.1 min (→ 2nd in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres freestyle
 * Patricia Olano
 * Heats &mdash; 2:25.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres freestyle
 * Julio Arango
 * Heats &mdash; 4:25.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle
 * Patricia Olano
 * Heats &mdash; 5:01.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Olga De Angulo
 * Heats &mdash; 5:08.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)

Women's 800 metres freestyle
 * Patricia Olano
 * Heats &mdash; 10:44.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
 * Olga De Angulo
 * Heats &mdash; 10:40.5 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle
 * Julio Arango
 * Heats &mdash; 11:53.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
 * Tomás Becerra
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 metres breaststroke
 * Ivan Gonima
 * Heats &mdash; 1:15.1 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke
 * Ivan Gonima
 * Heats &mdash; 2:45.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres butterfly
 * Tomás Becerra
 * Heats &mdash; 1:02.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly
 * Carmen Gómez
 * Heats &mdash; 1:14.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres butterfly
 * Tomás Becerra
 * Heats &mdash; 2:16.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres butterfly
 * Carmen Gómez
 * Heats &mdash; 2:44.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres individual medley
 * Nelly Syro
 * Heats &mdash; 2:55.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Olga De Angulo
 * Heats &mdash; 2:48.7 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres individual medley
 * Tomás Becerra
 * Heats &mdash; 5:09.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres individual medley
 * Olga De Angulo
 * Heats &mdash; 6:00.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Patricia Olano
 * Heats &mdash; 5:52.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
 * Nelly Syro
 * Heats &mdash; 6:13.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
 * Julio Arango, Federico Sicard, Tomás Becerra, Ricardo González
 * Heats &mdash; 3:51.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay
 * Tomás Becerra, Federico Sicard, Ricardo González, Julio Arango
 * Heats &mdash; 8:26.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)