Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

### Silver

* Helmut Bellingrodt — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

### Bronze

* Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Alfonso Pérez — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* Prudencio Cardona
   * First Round — Lost to Rafael Carbonell (CUB), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

* Calixto Pérez
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Defeated Martin Vargas (CHL), 5:0
   * Third Round — Defeated Tim Dement (USA), 5:0
   * Quarterfinals — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

* Bonifacio Avila
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), TKO-2

## Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1972.

### Individual road race

* Miguel Samacá — 9th place
* Fernando Cruz — 26th place
* Juan Morales — 66th place
* Fabio Acevedo — 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 — 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)

### Tandem

* Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narváez → 14th place

### Individual pursuit

* Luis Díaz

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Salim Barjum — 310.86 points (→ 26th place)

Men's 10m Platform

* Diego Henao — 264.27 points (→ 26th place)

## Football

### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group D)
   * Lost to Poland (1-5)
   * Lost to East Germany (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
