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Colombia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

'''Men's 5.000 metres

William Roldan
* Qualification — 14:39.50 ( did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Carlos Grisales — 2:15.56 ( 11th place)

Julio Hernandez — 2:41.56 ( 102nd place)
Women's Javelin Throw Zuleima Aramendiz Mejia
* Qualification — 54.24m ( did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Inglandini Gonzalez — 2:35.45 22nd place)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Beibis Mendoza

First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (Canada), 12-1

Second Round — Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 6-18
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Daniel Reyes

First Round — Defeated Tebebu Behonen (Ethiopia), 16-2

Second Round — Defeated Khaled Falah (Syria), 15-13

Quarter Finals — Lost to Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 13-13 (referee decision)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
Marcos Verbal

First Round — Lost to Hicham Nafil (Morocco), 3-16
Men's Light Welterweight
Dario Esalas

First Round — Lost to Jervy Le Gras (Seychelles), 12-26

Cycling

Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
Duban Ramirez

* Final — 1:11:18 ( 29th place)

Javier Zapata

* Final — 1:15:09 ( 37th and last place)
Women's Individual Road Race
Maritza Corredor

* Final — did not finish ( no ranking)
Women's Individual Time Trial
Maritza Corredor

* Final — 42:06 ( 24th and last place)

Track Competition
Men's Points Race Marlon Perez
* Final — did not finish ( no ranking)

Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Jhon Arias Sanchez
* Final — 2:42:04 ( 23th place)
Juan Arias Acosta
* Final — 2:50:44 ( 34th place)

Swimming
Men's 400m Freestyle
Alejandro Bermudez

Heat – 3:57.45
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Mauricio Moreno

Heat – 1:05.22
Men's 100m Butterfly
Diego Perdomo

Heat – 55.08
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Alejandro Bermudez

Heat – 4:27.97

B-Final – 4:26.64 ( 13th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke'''

Isabel Ceballos

Heat – 2:36.94

References

Official Olympic Reports

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