# Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The country sent 68 athletes to compete in 15 sports (archery, athletics, boxing, rowing, cycling, equestrian, artistic gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, taekwondo, and table tennis), making this Colombia's largest ever delegation to the Olympics.
Originally, Colombia left Beijing with two medals, a silver and a bronze won by weightlifter Diego Salazar and wrestler Jackeline Rentería respectively. Weightlifter Leydi Solís originally finished fourth, but was promoted to a silver medal after both gold and bronze medalist of the 69 kg category were disqualified following a positive anti-doping test of their respective 2008 samples. She received her medal in december 2017.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Diego Salazar | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg | August 11 |
| Silver | Leydi Solís | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | August 13 |
| Bronze | Jackeline Rentería | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 55 kg | August 16 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66,7% |
| Male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33,3% |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 100% |

## Archery

Colombia sent archers to the Olympics for the third time and first since 1992; the nation sought its first Olympic medal in the sport. Colombia qualified a full team of three women by placing ninth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Archery Championships (because host China took seventh, nine teams were taken instead of the usual eight). The team that Colombia sent to the Olympics was the same that competed at the Worlds: Sigrid Romero, Ana Rendón, and Natalia Sánchez.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ana Rendón | Women's individual | 647 | 10 | Tonetta (ITA) W 106 (10)–106 (9) | Dagbaeva (RUS) W 110–106 | Lorig (USA) L 95–107 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sigrid Romero | Women's individual | 551 | 62 | Joo H-J (KOR) L 98–108 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalia Sánchez | Women's individual | 643 | 18 | Muliuk (BLR) L 101–104 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Rendón Sigrid Romero Natalia Sánchez | Women's team | 1841 | 10 | — | — | Japan (JPN) (7) L 206–199 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Juan Carlos Cardona | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:21:57 | 43 |
| Daniel Grueso | 100 m | 10.35 | 4 q | 10.37 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Grueso | 200 m | 21.15 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Fernando López | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:20:59 | 9 |
| Rodrigo Moreno | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:03:52 | 34 |
| Geiner Mosquera | 400 m | 46.59 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Rendón | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:24:41 | 31 |
| Paulo César Villar | 110 m hurdles | 13.37 | 1 Q | 13.46 | 3 Q | 13.85 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rosibel García | 800 m | 2:01.98 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:59.38 NR | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yomara Hinestroza | 100 m | 11.39 | 4 q | 11.66 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darlenys Obregón | 200 m | 23.33 | 5 q | 23.40 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bertha Sánchez | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:47:02 | 62 |
| Sandra Zapata | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:36:18 | 35 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Zuleima Aramendiz | Javelin throw | 54.71 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Johana Moreno | Hammer throw | 64.66 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Colombia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Romero and Pérez qualified at the world championships. Álvarez, Julio Blanco, and Rivas qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jonatan Romero | Bantamweight | Mesbahi (MAR) L 3–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darley Pérez | Lightweight | Bye | Talasbayev (KGZ) W 15–4 | Tishchenko (RUS) L 5–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eleider Álvarez | Light heavyweight | Bye | Jeffries (GBR) L 5–5$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Deivi Julio Blanco | Heavyweight | — | M'Bumba (FRA) L 5–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Óscar Rivas | Super heavyweight | — | Pulev (BUL) W 11–5 | Cammarelle (ITA) L 5–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Santiago Botero | Men's road race | 6:24:01 | 7 |
| Santiago Botero | Men's time trial | 1:06:35 | 25 |
| José Serpa | Men's road race | 6:26:27 | 41 |
| Rigoberto Urán | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Carlos Alzate | Men's individual pursuit | 4:35.154 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Luisa Calle | Women's individual pursuit | 3:41.175 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Esteban Arango Arles Castro Juan Pablo Forero Jairo Pérez | Men's team pursuit | 4:11.397 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| María Luisa Calle | Women's points race | 13 | 0 | 4 |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Héctor Páez | Men's cross-country | 2:06:46 | 26 |

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Augusto Castro | Men's BMX | 36.301 | 7 | 14 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrés Jiménez | Men's BMX | 36.339 | 9 | 11 | 4 Q | 13 | 4 Q | 39.137 | 4 |
| Sergio Salazar | Men's BMX | 36.145 | 6 | 15 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Juan Urán | 3 m springboard | 443.05 | 14 Q | 468.90 | 9 Q | 454.60 | 10 |
| Juan Urán | 10 m platform | 418.00 | 18 Q | 436.10 | 12 Q | 414.80 | 11 |
| Víctor Ortega Juan Urán | 10 m synchronized platform | — | — | — | — | 423.66 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Diana Pineda | 3 m springboard | 268.85 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Manuel Torres | Chambacunero | Individual | 21 | 72 Q | 22 | 43 | 63 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 43 | 63 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Jorge Hugo Giraldo | All-around | 14.200 | 13.350 | 13.950 | 15.150 | 14.025 | 13.975 | 84.650 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Natalia Sánchez | All-around | 13.000 | 14.150 | 13.175 | 13.825 | 54.150 | 53 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mario Valles | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Anthony (AUS) W 1010–0000 | Gontiuk (UKR) L 0001–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Denanyoh (TOG) W 0100–0001 | Burton (GBR) L 0001–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuri Alvear | Women's −70 kg | — | Zhanzunova (KAZ) W 1000–0000 | Hernández (CUB) L 0100–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Scapin (ITA) W 1000–0010 | Iglesias (ESP) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rodrigo Ideus | Single sculls | 7:56.85 | 5 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 7:29.71 | 2 FE | 7:18.61 | 27 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Santiago Grillo | RS:X | 30 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 35 | DNF | 31 | 34 | EL | 293 | 35 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Diego Duarte Delgado | Skeet | 106 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Camilo Becerra | 50 m freestyle | 22.93 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camilo Becerra | 100 m butterfly | 54.27 | 53 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julio Galofre | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.62 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Pinzón | 100 m backstroke | 55.11 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Pinzón | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.11 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Pinzón | 200 m butterfly | 1:59.47 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Pinzón | 200 m individual medley | 2:02.28 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Pinzón | 400 m individual medley | 4:22.31 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carolina Colorado Henao | 50 m freestyle | 26.11 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carolina Colorado Henao | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.19 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carolina Colorado Henao | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.06 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erika Stewart | 200 m individual medley | 2:18.54 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paula Medina | Women's singles | Zhang M (CAN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Gladys Mora | Women's −49 kg | Yang S-C (TPE) L (−1)–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Doris Patiño | Women's −57 kg | Calabrese (ITA) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sergio Rada | −56 kg | 112 | 14 | 140 | 12 | 252 | 12 |
| Diego Salazar | −62 kg | 138 | 2 | 167 | 2 | 305 | |
| Óscar Figueroa | −62 kg | 128 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Edwin Mosquera | −69 kg | 134 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Luis Miguel Pineda | −69 kg | 132 | 19 | 167 | 15 | 299 | 15 |
| Carlos Andica | −85 kg | 155 | 12 | 201 | 8 | 356 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Mercedes Pérez | −63 kg | 97 | 8 | 120 | 8 | 217 | 8 |
| Tulia Medina | −69 kg | 106 | 4 | 124 | 6 | 230 | 6 |
| Leydi Solís | −69 kg | 105 | 5 | 135 | 3 | 240 | |
| Ubaldina Valoyes | −75 kg | 110 | 6 | 134 | 8 | 244 | 7 |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fredy Serrano | −55 kg | Bye | Dabbaghi (IRI) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Jarlis Mosquera | −84 kg | Bye | Danko (UKR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jackeline Rentería | −55 kg | Amri (TUN) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Van Dusen (USA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Xu L (CHN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Bye | Bye | Pavăl (ROU) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | |