Colombia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Colombia IOC code  COL NOC Comité Olímpico Colombiano Website www.coc.org.co (Spanish)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	40 (34 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Jorge Enrique Molina
Medals Rank: 46	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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Colombia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 40 competitors, 34 men and 6 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Bronze

• Jorge Julio Rocha — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Pedro Ortiz
  • First Round — 29:08.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Pedro Ortiz
  • Final — 2:23.34 (→ 39th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Hector Moreno
  • Final — 1:27.06 (→ 33rd place)
• Querubín Moreno
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Hector Moreno
  • Final — 4:01.31 (→ 30th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Amparo Caicedo
  • First Round — 11.59
  • Quarter-Finals — 11.65 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 metres

• Norfalia Carabali
  • First Round — 23.78
  • Quarter-Finals — 23.96 (→ did not advance)
• Ximena Restrepo
  • First Round — 24.00 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Norfalia Carabali
  • First Round — 53.27
  • Quarter-Finals — 51.76
  • Semi-Finals — 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4×100 metres Relay

• Amparo Caicedo, Norfalia Carabali, Olga Escalante, and Ximena Restrepo
  • First Round — 45.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

• Olga Escalante, Norfalia Carabali, Amparo Caicedo, and Ximena Restrepo
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

• María Isabel Urrutia
  • Qualification — 53.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• María Isabel Urrutia
  • Qualification — 15.13m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Simon Morales
  • First Round — Lost to Setsuo Segawa (JPN), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Jorge Julio Rocha → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Michael Hormillosa (PHI), RSC-3
  • Second Round — Defeated Felix Nieves (PUR), 5:0
  • Third Round — Defeated René Breitbarth (GDR), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Katsuyoki Matsushima (JPN), 3:2
  • Semifinals — Lost to Aleksandar Khristov (BUL), 2:3

Cycling

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Colombia in 1988.

Men's épée

• Mauricio Rivas
• Juan Miguel Paz
• Joaquin Pinto

Men's team épée

• Oscar Arango, William González, Juan Miguel Paz, Joaquin Pinto, Mauricio Rivas

Judo

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Pablo Restrepo
  • Heat — 1:04.43 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Pablo Restrepo
  • Heat — 2:19.58 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

• Sports in Colombia
• Colombia at the 1987 Pan American Games

References

1. "Colombia at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-17.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database