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Colombia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Colombia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Results by event
Athletics
'''Men's 100 metres
Jimmy Sierra* Round 1 — 10.8 s
Men's 200 metres Pedro Grajales* Round 1 — 21.0 s
Men's 400 metres Pedro Grajales* Round 1 — 46.7 s
* Round 2 — 46.5 s
Men's 10,000 metresAlvaro Mejia — 30:10.6 min ( 10th place)
Men's 10,000 metresHernan Barreneche — DNS ( no ranking)
Men's 110 metres hurdles Hernando Arrechea* Round 1 — 14.0 s
Cycling
1000 metres time trialJorge Hernandez — 1:09.24 min ( 25th place)
Sprint Jaime Galeano* Round 1 — 2nd in heat ( advanced to repechage)
* Repechage — 3rd in heat ( did not advance)
Hector Urrego* Round 1 — 2nd in heat ( advanced to repechage)
* Repechage — 3rd in heat ( did not advance)
Individual pursuit Martin Rodriguez* Qualification — 4:45.38 min
Team pursuit Luis Saldarriaga, Mario Vanegas, Severo Hernandez, Martin Rodriguez* Qualification — 4:31.98 min ( did not advance)
Road raceMartin Rodriguez — 4:43:58.49 hrs ( 9th place)
Alvaro Pachon — 4:44:13.10 hrs ( 15th place)
Pedro Sanchez — 4:46:37.94 hrs ( 30th place)
Miguel Samaca — DNF ( no ranking)
Diving
Men's 3 metre springboardRoque Barjum ( 24th place)
Women's 3 metre springboardMartha Manzano ( 22nd place)
Men's 10 metre platformDiego Henao ( 32nd place)
Football (soccer)
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 Hernandez
* ( 3.) Luis Soto
* ( 4.) Oscar Munoz
* ( 5.) Dario Lopez
* ( 6.) Joaquin Pardo
* ( 7.) Pedro Ospina
* ( 8.) German 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 — 59.0 s
Ricardo Gonzalez* Heats — 57.0 s
Women's 100 metres freestyle Patricia Olano* Heats — 1:05.3 min
Men's 200 metres freestyle Federico Sicard* Heats — 2:11.1 min
Ricardo Gonzalez* Heats — 2:05.8 min
Julio Arango* Heats — 2:03.1 min
Women's 200 metres freestyle Patricia Olano* Heats — 2:25.1 min
Men's 400 metres freestyle Julio Arango* Heats — 4:25.8 min
Women's 400 metres freestyle Patricia Olano* Heats — 5:01.8 min
Olga De Angulo* Heats — 5:08.6 min
Women's 800 metres freestyle Patricia Olano* Heats — 10:44.1 min
Olga De Angulo* Heats — 10:40.5 min
Men's 1500 metres freestyle Julio Arango* Heats — 11:53.1 min
Tomas Becerra* Heats — DNS ( no ranking)
Men's 100 metres breaststroke Ivan Gonima* Heats — 1:15.1 min
Men's 200 metres breaststroke Ivan Gonima* Heats — 2:45.0 min
Men's 100 metres butterfly Tomas Becerra* Heats — 1:02.2 min
Women's 100 metres butterfly Carmen Gomez* Heats — 1:14.7 min
Men's 200 metres butterfly Tomas Becerra* Heats — 2:16.8 min
Women's 200 metres butterfly Carmen Gomez* Heats — 2:44.7 min
Women's 200 metres individual medley Nelly Syro* Heats — 2:55.7 min
Olga De Angulo* Heats — 2:48.7 min
Men's 400 metres individual medley Tomas Becerra* Heats — 5:09.7 min
Women's 400 metres individual medley Olga De Angulo* Heats — 6:00.6 min
Patricia Olano* Heats — 5:52.6 min
Nelly Syro* Heats — 6:13.1 min
Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay Julio Arango, Federico Sicard, Tomas Becerra, Ricardo Gonzalez* Heats — 3:51.5 min
Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay''' Tomas Becerra, Federico Sicard, Ricardo Gonzalez, Julio Arango* Heats — 8:26.7 min
See also
Sports in Colombia
References
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