Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 59 competitors, 55 men and 4 women, took part in 39 events in 8 sports.

Silver

 * Helmut Bellingrodt &mdash; Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

Bronze

 * Clemente Rojas &mdash; Boxing, Men's Featherweight
 * Alfonso Pérez &mdash; Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Prudencio Cardona
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Rafael Carbonell (CUB), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Calixto Pérez
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Martin Vargas (CHL), 5:0
 * Third Round &mdash; Defeated Tim Dement (USA), 5:0
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
 * Bonifacio Avila
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), TKO-2

Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1972.


 * Individual road race
 * Miguel Samacá &mdash; 9th place
 * Fernando Cruz &mdash; 26th place
 * Juan Morales &mdash; 66th place
 * Fabio Acevedo &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Team time trial
 * Fabio Acevedo
 * Fernando Cruz
 * Henry Cuevas
 * Miguel Samacá


 * Sprint
 * Jairo Díaz
 * Carlos Galeano


 * 1000m time trial
 * Jairo Rodríguez
 * Final &mdash; 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)


 * Tandem
 * Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narváez → 14th place


 * Individual pursuit
 * Luis Díaz

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
 * Salim Barjum &mdash; 310.86 points (→ 26th place)

Men's 10m Platform
 * Diego Henao &mdash; 264.27 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Team Competition

 * Preliminary Round (Group D)
 * Lost to 🇵🇱 poland (1-5)
 * Lost to (1-6)
 * Defeated 🇬🇭 ghana (3-1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all
 * Team Roster
 * Armando Acosta
 * Henry Caicedo
 * Álvaro Calle
 * Ernesto Díaz
 * Fabio Espinosa
 * Domingo González
 * Dumas Guette
 * Carlos Lugo
 * Gerardo Moncada
 * Luis Montano
 * Jaime Morón
 * Willington Ortiz
 * Silvio Quintero
 * Vicente Revellón
 * Rafael Reyes
 * Antonio Rivas
 * Orlando Rivas
 * Álvaro Santamaría
 * Ángel Torres

Shooting
Ten male shooters represented Colombia in 1972.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Luis Colina
 * Guillermo Martínez


 * 50 m pistol
 * Gilberto Fernández
 * Jorge Henao


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Jaime Callejas
 * Alfonso Rodríguez


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Alfonso Rodríguez
 * Jaime Callejas


 * 50 m running target
 * Helmut Bellingrodt
 * Hanspeter Bellingrodt


 * Skeet
 * Gerardo González
 * Manuel González