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Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Colombia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medals

Silver

Helmut Bellingrodt — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

Bronze

Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Alfonso Perez — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Results by event

Boxing

'''Men's Light Flyweight

Prudencio Cardona

* First Round — Lost to Rafael Carbonell (CUB), 0:5
Men's Flyweight
Calixto Perez

* 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
Bonifacio Avila

* First Round — Bye

* Second Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), TKO-2

Cycling

Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race
Miguel Samaca — 9th place

Fernando Cruz — 26th place

Juan de Dios — 66th place

Fabio Acevedo — did not finish ( no ranking)

Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Jairo Rodriguez

* Final — 1:10.86 ( 23rd place)
Men's Tandem
Jairo Diaz and Rafael Narvaez 14th place

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 (1-5)

* Lost to (1-6)

* Defeated (3-1) did not advance, 10th place over-all

Team Roster

* Armardo Acosta

* Henry Caicedo

* Alvaro Calle

* Ernesto Diaz

* Fabio Espinosa

* Domingo Gonzalez

* Dumas Guette

* Carlos Lugo

* Gerardo Moncada

* Luis Montano

* Jaime Moron

* Willington Palacios

* Silvio Quintero

* Vicente Revellon

* Rafael Reyes

* Antonio Rivas

* Orlando Rivas

* Alvaro Santamaria

* Angel Torres

References

Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database

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