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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

|-

| || || Athletics || Women's 400 metres||August 5

|}

Competitors

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

|-

| align=left|Archery

| 0 || 1 || 1

|-

| align=left|Athletics

| 3 || 2 || 5

|-

| align=left|Boxing

| 3 || – || 3

|-

| align=left|Cycling

| 8 || 0 || 8

|-

| align=left|Equestrian

| 3 || 0 || 3

|-

| align=left|Fencing

| 2 || 0 || 2

|-

| align=left|Football

| 19 || – || 19

|-

| align=left|Shooting

| 2 || 0 || 2

|-

| align=left|Swimming

| 1 || 0 || 1

|-

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 4 || – || 4

|-

| align=left|Wrestling

| 1 || – || 1

|-

! Total || 46 || 3 || 49

|}

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Echavarria – Ranking Round, 55th place (0-0)

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

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database