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1932 Summer Olympics
Marathon, Men Jorge Perry DNF

1936 Summer Olympics
100 metres, Men José Domingo Sánchez 5 h3 r1/4
Campo Elías Gutiérrez 6 h4 r1/4
200 metres, Men Campo Elías Gutiérrez DNS
José Domingo Sánchez DNS
400 metres, Men José Domingo Sánchez DNS
1,500 metres, Men Emilio Torres 11 h3 r1/2
5,000 metres, Men Hernando Navarrete 12 h3 r1/2
Hugo Acosta DNS
Emilio Torres DNS
10,000 metres, Men Jorge Perry DNS
Marathon, Men Jorge Perry DNS
High Jump, Men Pedro del Vecchio DNS
Long Jump, Men Pedro del Vecchio DNS
Triple Jump, Men Pedro del Vecchio AC r1/2
Javelin Throw, Men Campo Elías Gutiérrez 28 r1/2
Decathlon, Men Pedro del Vecchio DNS

1948 Summer Olympics
400 metres, Men Jaime Aparicio 4 h2 r1/4
Mario Rosas 4 h3 r1/4
400 metres Hurdles, Men Jaime Aparicio 4 h1 r1/3
Mario Rosas 5 h4 r1/3

1956 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Carlos Sierra DNS
400 metres, Men Jaime Aparicio 5 h2 r1/4
Ruben Guevara DNS
Alfonso Muñoz DNS
110 metres Hurdles, Men Guillermo Zapata 6 h1 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men Jaime Aparicio 3 h3 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Colombia 6 h2 r1/2
Carlos Sierra • Guillermo Zapata • Alfonso Muñoz • Jaime Aparicio

1964 Summer Olympics
100 metres, Men Francisco Gutiérrez 6 h7 r1/4
200 metres, Men Pedro Grajales 7 h3 r2/4
Francisco Gutiérrez 6 h1 r1/4
400 metres, Men Pedro Grajales 6 h4 r2/4
800 metres, Men José Gregorio Neira 7 h3 r1/3
1,500 metres, Men José Gregorio Neira DNS
5,000 metres, Men Álvaro Mejía 13 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Álvaro Mejía DNS

1968 Summer Olympics
100 metres, Men Jimmy Sierra 7 h3 r1/4
200 metres, Men Pedro Grajales 7 h4 r2/4
400 metres, Men Pedro Grajales 8 h4 r2/4
5,000 metres, Men Álvaro Mejía DNS
10,000 metres, Men Álvaro Mejía 10
Marathon, Men Hernán Barreneche DNS
110 metres Hurdles, Men Hernando Arrechea 5 h2 r1/3

1972 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Jimmy Sierra 5 h1 r2/4
400 metres, Men Jimmy Sierra DNS
10,000 metres, Men Domingo Tibaduiza 12 h3 r1/2
Marathon, Men Hernán Barreneche 29
Álvaro Mejía 48
Víctor Mora 52
100 metres, Women Juana Mosquera 8 h4 r2/4
200 metres, Women Juana Mosquera 6 h2 r2/4
400 metres, Women Elsy Rivas 7 h6 r1/4

1976 Summer Olympics
5,000 metres, Men Domingo Tibaduiza 8 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Domingo Tibaduiza 10 h2 r1/2
Víctor Mora 11 h1 r1/2
Marathon, Men Jairo Cubillos 48
Rafael Mora DNF
400 metres Hurdles, Men Jesús Villegas AC h4 r1/3
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Ernesto Alfaro 19
Rafael Vega 31

1980 Summer Olympics
10,000 metres, Men Domingo Tibaduiza AC h2 r1/2
Marathon, Men Domingo Tibaduiza 17
Luis Barbosa 34
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Enrique Peña 17
Ernesto Alfaro 19
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Enrique Peña 14
Ernesto Alfaro 15

1984 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Manuel Ramírez 4 h7 r1/4
400 metres, Men Manuel Ramírez 4 h3 r1/4
800 metres, Men Manuel Ramírez DNS
10,000 metres, Men Domingo Tibaduiza 11 h3 r1/2
Marathon, Men Domingo Tibaduiza DNF
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men José Querubín Moreno 9
Héctor Moreno 12
Francisco Vargas 18
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men José Querubín Moreno DNF

1988 Summer Olympics
10,000 metres, Men Pedro Ortiz 14 h1 r1/2
Marathon, Men Pedro Ortiz 39
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Héctor Moreno 33
José Querubín Moreno DNF
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Héctor Moreno 30
100 metres, Women Amparo Caicedo 8 h2 r2/4
200 metres, Women Norfalia Carabalí 8 h3 r2/4
Ximena Restrepo 5 h1 r1/4
400 metres, Women Norfalia Carabalí 8 h2 r3/4
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Colombia 5 h1 r1/3
Amparo Caicedo • Norfalia Carabalí • Olga Escalante • Ximena Restrepo • Elia Mera (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women Colombia AC h2 r1/2
Olga Escalante • Norfalia Carabalí • Amparo Caicedo • Ximena Restrepo • Elia Mera (DNS)
Shot Put, Women María Isabel Urrutia 21 r1/2
Discus Throw, Women María Isabel Urrutia 17 r1/2

1992 Summer Olympics
5,000 metres, Men Herder Vásquez 9 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Herder Vásquez 22 h2 r1/2
Marathon, Men Carlos Grisales DNF
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Héctor Moreno 9
400 metres, Women Ximena Restrepo 3 Bronze
Norfalia Carabalí 5 h2 r3/4

1996 Summer Olympics
5,000 metres, Men William Roldán 10 h1 r1/3
10,000 metres, Men Herder Vásquez 20 h1 r1/2
Marathon, Men Carlos Grisales 11
Julio Hernández 102
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Héctor Moreno DNF
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Héctor Moreno 16
High Jump, Men Gilmar Mayo 21 r1/2
100 metres, Women Zandra Borrero 5 h5 r1/4
Mirtha Brock 7 h3 r1/4
200 metres, Women Patricia Rodríguez 6 h4 r2/4
Felipa Palacios 7 h3 r1/4
400 metres, Women Ximena Restrepo AC h4 r1/4
Marathon, Women Iglandini González 22
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Colombia 4 h1 r1/2
Mirtha Brock • Felipa Palacios • Patricia Rodríguez • Zandra Borrero
Javelin Throw, Women Zuleima Araméndiz 28 r1/2

2000 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Jimmy Pino 6 h6 r1/4
Marathon, Men José Alirio Carrasco DNF
High Jump, Men Gilmar Mayo =23 r1/2
200 metres, Women Felipa Palacios 4 h1 r3/4
400 metres, Women Norma González 5 h3 r1/4
Marathon, Women Iglandini González 40
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Colombia 8 h2 r2/3
Melisa Murillo • Ximena Restrepo • Mirtha Brock • Felipa Palacios • Digna Murillo
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women Colombia DNS
Javelin Throw, Women Sabina Moya 34 r1/2

2004 Summer Olympics
Marathon, Men José Alirio Carrasco 43
Juan Carlos Cardona 51
110 metres Hurdles, Men Paulo Villar 8 h3 r2/4
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Luis Fernando López 24
100 metres, Women Melisa Murillo 5 h3 r1/4
200 metres, Women Digna Murillo 4 h2 r2/4
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Colombia 5 h1 r1/2
Melisa Murillo • Felipa Palacios • Digna Murillo • Norma González • Darlenis Obregón (DNS) • Patricia Rodríguez (DNS)
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Sandra Zapata 46
High Jump, Women Caterine Ibargüen 30 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Zuleima Araméndiz 17 r1/2

2008 Summer Olympics
100 metres, Men Daniel Grueso 8 h2 r2/4
200 metres, Men Daniel Grueso 7 h2 r1/4
400 metres, Men Geiner Mosquera 7 h5 r1/3
Marathon, Men Juan Carlos Cardona 43
110 metres Hurdles, Men Paulo Villar 8 h1 r3/4
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Luis Fernando López 9
James Rendón 31
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Rodrigo Moreno 34
100 metres, Women Yomara Hinestroza 7 h3 r2/4
200 metres, Women Darlenis Obregón 7 h2 r2/4
800 metres, Women Rosibel García 5 h1 r2/3
Marathon, Women Bertha Sánchez 62
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Sandra Zapata 34
Hammer Throw, Women Eli Johana Moreno 34 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Zuleima Araméndiz 38 r1/2

2010 Summer Youth Olympics
10,000 metres Race Walk, Boys Éider Arévalo DQ
400 metres, Girls Janeth Largacha 13

2012 Summer Olympics
100 metres, Men Isidro Montoya 6 h1 r2/4
800 metres, Men Rafith Rodríguez 4 h6 r1/3
Marathon, Men Juan Carlos Cardona 83
110 metres Hurdles, Men Paulo Villar 7 h2 r2/3
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Éider Arévalo 20
James Rendón 27
Luis Fernando López DQ
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Fredy Hernández 30
High Jump, Men Wanner Miller =8
Javelin Throw, Men Dayron Márquez 25 r1/2
100 metres, Women Yomara Hinestroza 7 h3 r2/4
200 metres, Women Norma González 7 h4 r1/3
400 metres, Women Yenifer Padilla AC h7 r1/3
800 metres, Women Rosibel García 3 h1 r2/3
Marathon, Women Érika Abril 50
Yolanda Caballero DQ
100 metres Hurdles, Women Brigith Merlano 4 h4 r1/3
Lina Flórez 6 h3 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Women Princesa Oliveros 6 h3 r1/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Women Ángela Figueroa 13 h2 r1/2
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Colombia 5 h2 r1/2
Yomara Hinestroza • Norma González • Darlenis Obregón • Eliecith Palacios
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Sandra Arenas 29
Ingrid Hernández 31
Arabelly Orjuela 40
Long Jump, Women Caterine Ibargüen DNS
Triple Jump, Women Caterine Ibargüen 2 Silver
Shot Put, Women Sandra Lemos 25
Hammer Throw, Women Eli Johana Moreno 13
Javelin Throw, Women Flor Ruiz 30

2014 Summer Youth Olympics
100 metres, Boys Sergio Becerra 13
400 metres, Boys Harol Maturana 17
110 metres Hurdles, Boys Joshuan Berríos DQ
Javelin Throw, Boys Luis Ibargüen 15
100 metres, Girls Evelyn Rivera 10
400 metres, Girls Astrid Balanta 15
1,500 metres, Girls Maryie Rivera 15
100 metres Hurdles, Girls Dayanna Ramos 15
Pole Vault, Girls Giseth Montaño DNF
Triple Jump, Girls Nhayila Rentería 8
Hammer Throw, Girls Mayra Gaviria 11

2016 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Bernardo Baloyes 8 h2 r1/3
400 metres, Men Diego Palomeque 6 h6 r1/3
800 metres, Men Rafith Rodríguez 5 h2 r1/3
Marathon, Men Andrés Ruiz 78
Gerard Giraldo 87
Diego Colorado 124
110 metres Hurdles, Men Yeison Rivas 2 h6 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Colombia 6 h1 r1/2
Anthony Zambrano • Diego Palomeque • Carlos Lemos • Jhon Perlaza
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Esteban Soto 9
Éider Arévalo 15
Luis Fernando López 29
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Jorge Armando Ruiz 17
José Leonardo Montaña DNF
James Rendón DQ
Triple Jump, Men Jhon Murillo 5
Discus Throw, Men Mauricio Ortega 18 r1/2
100 metres, Women Eliecith Palacios 5 h3 r2/4
Evelyn Rivera 6 h2 r2/4
1,500 metres, Women Muriel Coneo 10 h2 r1/3
Marathon, Women Angie Orjuela 43
Érika Abril 73
Kellys Arias DNF
100 metres Hurdles, Women Brigith Merlano 5 h3 r1/3
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Sandra Arenas 32
Yeseida Carrillo 38
Sandra Galvis DNF
Triple Jump, Women Caterine Ibargüen 1 Gold
Yosiry Urrutia 20 r1/2
Shot Put, Women Sandra Lemos 31 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Flor Ruiz 9
Heptathlon, Women Evelis Aguilar 15

2018 Summer Youth Olympics
200 metres, Boys Sebastián Canchila 22
Triple Jump, Boys Manuel Cuesta 14
Hammer Throw, Boys Luis Ochoa 11
5,000 metres Race Walk, Boys Cristián Rojas 9
100 metres, Girls Shary Vallecilla =11
200 metres, Girls Angie González 7
100 metres Hurdles, Girls Daniela Mena DNS
400 metres Hurdles, Girls Valeria Cabezas 1 Gold
Pole Vault, Girls Karen Bedoya 11
Hammer Throw, Girls Carolina Ulloa 15
Javelin Throw, Girls Luceris Suárez 12

2020 Summer Olympics
200 metres, Men Bernardo Baloyes DNS
400 metres, Men Anthony Zambrano 2 Silver
Jhon Perlaza 6 h2 r1/3
Marathon, Men Jeisson Suárez 15
Iván González DNF
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Carlos San Martín 12 h1 r1/2
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Colombia 8 h2 r1/2
Anthony Zambrano (DNS) • Jhon Perlaza • Diego Palomeque • Raúl Mena • Jhon Alexander Solís
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Esteban Soto 14
Éider Arévalo 18
Jhon Alexander Castañeda 27
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men José Leonardo Montaña 11
Jorge Armando Ruiz 13
Diego Pinzón 18
Discus Throw, Men Mauricio Ortega 7
Marathon, Women Angie Orjuela 55
400 metres Hurdles, Women Melissa González 6 h3 r2/3
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Sandra Arenas 2 Silver
Sandra Galvis 25
Triple Jump, Women Caterine Ibargüen 10
Yosiry Urrutia 27 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women María Lucelly Murillo 28 r1/2
Heptathlon, Women Evelis Aguilar 14