Colombia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The country sent 68 athletes to compete in 15 sports (archery, athletics, boxing, rowing, cycling, equestrian, artistic gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, taekwondo, and table tennis), making this Colombia's largest ever delegation to the Olympics."Colombia to send biggest Olympic delegation in history", Xinhua, May 30, 2008
Originally, Colombia left Beijing with two medals, a silver and a bronze won by weightlifter Diego Salazar and wrestler Jackeline Rentería respectively. Weightlifter Leydi Solís originally finished fourth, but was promoted to a silver medal after both gold and bronze medalist of the 69 kg category were disqualified following a positive anti-doping test of their respective 2008 samples. She received her medal in december 2017.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Diego Salazar Weightlifting Men's 62 kg August 11 Leydi Solís Weightlifting Women's 69 kg August 13 Jackeline Rentería Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg August 16
Medals by sportSport TotalWeightlifting 0 2 0 2Wrestling 0 0 1 1Total 0 2 1 3
Medals by genderGender TotalPercentageFemale 0 1 1 2 66,7%Male 0 1 0 1 33,3%Mixed 0 0 0 0 0% Total 0 2 1 3 100%
Archery
Colombia sent archers to the Olympics for the third time and first since 1992; the nation sought its first Olympic medal in the sport. Colombia qualified a full team of three women by placing ninth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Archery Championships (because host China took seventh, nine teams were taken instead of the usual eight). The team that Colombia sent to the Olympics was the same that competed at the Worlds: Sigrid Romero, Ana Rendón, and Natalia Sánchez.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAna RendónWomen's individual64710W 106 (10)–106 (9)W 110–106L 95–107Did not advanceSigrid Romero55162L 98–108Did not advanceNatalia Sánchez64318L 101–104Did not advanceAna RendónSigrid RomeroNatalia SánchezWomen's team184110colspan=2 (7)L 206–199Did not advance
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJuan Carlos CardonaMarathoncolspan=6 2:21:5743Daniel Grueso100 m10.354 q10.378Did not advance200 m21.157Did not advanceLuis Fernando López20 km walkcolspan=6 1:20:599Rodrigo Moreno50 km walkcolspan=6 4:03:5234Geiner Mosquera400 m46.597colspan=2 Did not advanceJames Rendón20 km walkcolspan=6 1:24:4131Paulo César Villar110 m hurdles13.371 Q13.463 Q13.858Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRosibel García800 m2:01.982 Qcolspan=2 1:59.38 5Did not advanceYomara Hinestroza100 m11.394 q11.667Did not advanceDarlenys Obregón200 m23.335 q23.407Did not advanceBertha SánchezMarathoncolspan=6 2:47:0262Sandra Zapata20 km walkcolspan=6 1:36:1835
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionZuleima AramendizJavelin throw54.7139Did not advanceJohana MorenoHammer throw64.6636Did not advance
Boxing
Colombia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Romero and Pérez qualified at the world championships.World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Álvarez, Julio Blanco, and Rivas qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJonatan RomeroBantamweightL 3–11Did not advanceDarley PérezLightweightW 15–4L 5–13Did not advanceEleider ÁlvarezLight heavyweightL 5–5+Did not advanceDeivi Julio BlancoHeavyweightL 5–11Did not advanceÓscar RivasSuper heavyweightW 11–5L 5–9Did not advance
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankSantiago BoteroMen's road race6:24:017Men's time trial1:06:3525José SerpaMen's road race6:26:2741Rigoberto UránDid not finish
Track Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankCarlos AlzateMen's individual pursuit4:35.15416Did not advanceMaría Luisa CalleWomen's individual pursuit3:41.17510Did not advanceJuan Esteban ArangoArles CastroJuan Pablo ForeroJairo PérezMen's team pursuit4:11.39710Did not advance
Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMaría Luisa CalleWomen's points race1304
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankHéctor PáezMen's cross-country2:06:4626
BMX AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRankAugusto CastroMen's BMX36.3017145Did not advanceAndrés Jiménez36.3399114 Q134 Q39.1374Sergio Salazar36.1456155Did not advance
Diving
Men AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJuan Urán3 m springboard443.0514 Q468.909 Q454.601010 m platform418.0018 Q436.1012 Q414.8011Víctor OrtegaJuan Urán10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 423.666
Women AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankDiana Pineda3 m springboard268.8520Did not advance
Equestrian
Show jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankManuel TorresChambacuneroIndividual2172 Q224363Did not advance4363
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankJorge Hugo GiraldoAll-around14.20013.35013.95015.15014.02513.97584.65042Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankNatalia SánchezAll-around13.00014.15013.17513.82554.15053Did not advance
Judo
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMario VallesMen's −81 kgW 1010–0000L 0001–0110Did not advanceW 0100–0001L 0001–0110Did not advanceYuri AlvearWomen's −70 kgW 1000–0000L 0100–1000 Did not advanceW 1000–0010L 0000–0001Did not advance
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankRodrigo IdeusSingle sculls7:56.855 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:29.712 FE7:18.6127 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Santiago GrilloRS:X30352931333535DNF3134EL29335 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankDiego Duarte Skeet10638Did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCamilo Becerra50 m freestyle22.9349Did not advance100 m butterfly54.2753Did not advanceJulio Galofre200 m freestyle1:50.6243Did not advanceOmar Pinzón100 m backstroke55.1126Did not advance200 m backstroke1:59.1118Did not advance200 m butterfly1:59.4730Did not advance200 m individual medley2:02.2830Did not advance400 m individual medley4:22.3121colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCarolina Colorado Henao50 m freestyle26.1138Did not advance100 m backstroke1:01.1919Did not advance100 m butterfly1:00.0638Did not advanceErika Stewart200 m individual medley2:18.5432Did not advance
Table tennis
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPaula MedinaWomen's singlesL 0–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGladys MoraWomen's −49 kgL (−1)–0Did not advanceDoris PatiñoWomen's −57 kgL 0–2Did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSergio Rada−56 kg112141401225212Diego Salazar−62 kg13821672305Óscar Figueroa128———Edwin Mosquera−69 kg134———Luis Miguel Pineda132191671529915Carlos Andica−85 kg15512201835610
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankMercedes Pérez−63 kg97812082178Tulia Medina−69 kg106412462306Leydi Solís10551353240Ubaldina Valoyes−75 kg110613482447
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFredy Serrano−55 kgL 1–3 Did not advance14Jarlis Mosquera−84 kgL 0–3 Did not advance19
Women's freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJackeline Rentería−55 kgW 5–0 W 3–1 L 0–5 colspan=2 W 5–0
See also Colombia at the 2007 Pan American Games Colombia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Colombia at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
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