# Colombia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 5 sports. They did not win any medals.

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Jimmy Sierra
** Round 1 — 10.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
* Pedro Grajales
** Round 1 — 21.0 s (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
* Pedro Grajales
** Round 1 — 46.7 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)
** Round 2 — 46.5 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
* Álvaro Mejía — 30:10.6 min (→ 10th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
* Hernán Barreneche — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
* Hernando Arrechea
** Round 1 — 14.0 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

## Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1968.

### 1000m time trial

* Jorge Hernández — 1:09.24 min (→ 25th place)

### Sprint

* Jaime Galeano
** Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
** Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)
* Héctor Urrego
** Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
** Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)

### Individual pursuit

* Martín Rodríguez
** Qualification — 4:45.38 min (→ 9th in trial, did not advance)

### Team pursuit

* Luis Saldarriaga, Mario Vanegas, Severo Hernández, Martín Rodríguez
** Qualification — 4:31.98 min (→ did not advance)

### Individual road race

* Martín Rodríguez — 4:43:58.49 hrs (→ 9th place)
* Álvaro Pachón — 4:44:13.10 hrs (→ 15th place)
* Pedro Sánchez — 4:46:37.94 hrs (→ 30th place)
* Miguel Samaca — DNF (→ no ranking)

## Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard
* Roque Barjum (→ 24th place)
Women's 3 metre springboard
* Martha Manzano (→ 22nd place)
Men's 10 metre platform
* Diego Henao (→ 32nd place)

## Football

Men's team competition
* Preliminary round (Group A)
** Colombia – Mexico 0-1
** Colombia – Guinea 2-3
** Colombia – France 2-1
** → 3rd in group, did not advance
* Team roster
** ( 1.) Otoniel Quintana
** ( 2.) Gabriel Hernández
** ( 3.) Luis Soto
** ( 4.) Oscar Muñoz
** ( 5.) Darío López
** ( 6.) Joaquín Pardo
** ( 7.) Pedro Ospina
** ( 8.) Germán Gonzalez
** ( 9.) Alfredo Arango
** (10.) Norman Ortiz
** (11.) Gustavo Santa
** (12.) Ramiro Viafara
** (13.) Alberto Escobar
** (14.) Gabriel Berdugo
** (15.) Javier Tamayo
** (16.) Alfonso Jaramillo
** (17.) Fabio Mosquera

## Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle
* Federico Sicard
** Heats — 59.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Ricardo González
** Heats — 57.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 100 metres freestyle
* Patricia Olano
** Heats — 1:05.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres freestyle
* Federico Sicard
** Heats — 2:11.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Ricardo González
** Heats — 2:05.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Julio Arango
** Heats — 2:03.1 min (→ 2nd in heat, did not advance)
Women's 200 metres freestyle
* Patricia Olano
** Heats — 2:25.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 400 metres freestyle
* Julio Arango
** Heats — 4:25.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 400 metres freestyle
* Patricia Olano
** Heats — 5:01.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Olga de Angulo
** Heats — 5:08.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)
Women's 800 metres freestyle
* Patricia Olano
** Heats — 10:44.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
* Olga de Angulo
** Heats — 10:40.5 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres freestyle
* Julio Arango
** Heats — 11:53.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
* Tomás Becerra
** Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 100 metres breaststroke
* Ivan Gonima
** Heats — 1:15.1 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
* Ivan Gonima
** Heats — 2:45.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 100 metres butterfly
* Tomás Becerra
** Heats — 1:02.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 100 metres butterfly
* Carmen Gómez
** Heats — 1:14.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres butterfly
* Tomás Becerra
** Heats — 2:16.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 200 metres butterfly
* Carmen Gómez
** Heats — 2:44.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 200 metres individual medley
* Nelly Syro
** Heats — 2:55.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Olga de Angulo
** Heats — 2:48.7 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 400 metres individual medley
* Tomás Becerra
** Heats — 5:09.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 400 metres individual medley
* Olga de Angulo
** Heats — 6:00.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Patricia Olano
** Heats — 5:52.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Nelly Syro
** Heats — 6:13.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
* Julio Arango, Federico Sicard, Tomás Becerra, Ricardo González
** Heats — 3:51.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay
* Tomás Becerra, Federico Sicard, Ricardo González, Julio Arango
** Heats — 8:26.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)