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Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Colombia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
The Colombian Olympic Committee sent a 51-member delegation to Greece. Although most of the athletes had uneventful participations, weightlifter Mabel Mosquera won the bronze medal for Colombia, while cyclist Maria Luisa Calle originally finished in the bronze medal position but was later disqualified under the strict liability rule after she tested positive for Heptaminol, a prohibited stimulant. However this proved to be a false positive due to isometheptene presence in an analgesic prescribed during the competition. The bronze medal was returned to Calle on November 23, 2005.
Medals
Bronze
Mabel Mosquera — Weightlifting, Women's 53 kg
Maria Luisa Calle — Cycling, Women's Points Race
Results by event
Athletics
'''Women's 100 metre Hurdles:
Melisa Murillo — Round 1, 11.67 s (did not advance)
Men's 110 metre hurdles:Paulo Villar — Round 1: 13.44 s (NR), Round 2: 14.03 s
Women's 200 metres:Digna Murillo — Round 1: 22.98 s, Round 2: 23.19 s
Women's 4x100 metres Relay:Norma Gonzalez, Digna Murillo, Felipa Palacios, and Melisa Murillo — Round 1: 43.30 s (10th place)
Men's Marathon:Jose Alirio Carrasco — 2:21:14 (43rd place)
Juan Carlos Cardona — 2:22:49 (51st place)
Men's 20 km Walk:Luis Fernando Lopez — 1:26:34 (24th place)
Women's 20 km Walk:Sandra Zapata — 1:42:22 (46th place)
Women's High Jump:Caterine Ibarguen — Round 1: 1.85 metres
Women's Javelin:Zuleima Aramendiz — Round 1: 59.94 metres
Boxing
Colombia sent five boxers to Athens. Three lost their first matches, while two won once before being defeated. Juan Camilo Novoa was the most successful, as he made it to the quarterfinals after having a bye in his first round and winning his bout in the round of 16.
Light Flyweight (48kg)Carlos Jose Tamara
Round of 32 — Defeated Redouane Bouchtouk of Morocco, 48-25
Round of 16 — Lost to Alfonso Pinto of Italy, 49-35
Flyweight (51kg)Oscar Escandon
Round of 32 — Bye
Round of 16 — Lost to Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany, 25-15
Featherweight (57kg)Likar Ramos Concha
Round of 32 — Lost to Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 32-18
Lightweight (60kg)Jose David Mosquera
Round of 32 — Lost to Vicente Escobedo of United States, outscored
Welterweight (69kg)Juan Camilo Novoa
Round of 32 — Bye
Round of 16 — Defeated Vilmos Balog of Hungary, 33-24
Quarterfinal — Lost to Kim Jung Joo of Korea, 25-23
Cycling
Road cycling
Men's Road Race:Santiago Botero — 31st place, 5:41:56
Luis Felipe Laverde Jiminez — 36th place, 5:41:56
Victor Hugo Pena Grisales — did not finish
Marlon Alirio Perez Arango — did not finish
Men's Time Trial:Santiago Botero — 8th place, 59:04.76
Victor Hugo Pena Grisales — 15th place, 1:00.09.89
Track cycling
Calle Williams was disqualified, and stripped of her bronze medal, from the points race after she tested positive for heptaminol. She had originally scored 12 points, putting her in third place. The revision of the case was favourable to Calle Williams, and in October, 2005, she regained her medal.
Women's Individual Pursuit:Maria Luisa Calle — qualifying round, 9th place
Men's Time Trial:Wilson Meneses Guitierrez — 13th place, 1:03.614
Women's Points Race:Maria Luisa Calle Williams — disqualified
Men's Madison:Leonardo Duque and Jose Rodolfo Serpa — 16th place, 3 points (-2 laps)
Diving
Men's 3 metres Springboard:Juan Guillermo Uran Salazar — Prelim: 344.40 (31st place)
Men's 10 metres Platform:Juan Guillermo Uran Salazar — final, 12th place
Equestrian
Individual Dressage:Cesar Parra riding Galant du Serein — first round, 46th place
Fencing
Women's Epee Individual:Angela Maria Espinosa Toro — defeated in round of 32
Gymnastics
Men's Artistic:Jorge Giraldo — did not advance in any exercise
Judo
Men's 81 kg:Mario Antonio Valles Velasquez — defeated in round of 32
Men's 100+ kg:Sergio Andres Camacho Redondo — defeated in round of 32
Women's 48 kg:Lisseth Orozco — defeated in round of 1078
Triathlon
Women's Individual Competition:'''Fiorella D'Croz Brusatin — 2:21:03.46 ( 42nd place)
Officials
President: Andres Botero Phillipsbourne
Secretary General: Alberto Ferrer Vargas
See also
Sports in Colombia
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