# Colombia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Colombia won its first ever gold medal at these Olympic games. 44 competitors, 25 men and 19 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | María Isabel Urrutia | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg | 20 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Boxing | 3 | – | 3 |
| Cycling | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Diving | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Swimming | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Triathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 19 | 44 |

## Athletics
### Men's Competition

Men's 200m
* Jimmy Pino
** Round 1 – 21.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Gilmar Mayo
** Qualifying – 2.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon
* José Alirio Carrasco
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Women's Competition

Women's 200m
* Felipa Palacios
** Round 1 – 23.08
** Round 2 – 23.19
** Semifinal – 23.11 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m
* Norma González
** Round 1 – 53.34 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m
* Mirtha Brock, Digna Luz Murillo, Melisa Murillo, Felipa Palacios, Ximena Restrepo
** Round 1 – 44.08
** Semifinal – 44.37 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
* Sabina Moya
** Qualifying – 49.16 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
* Iglandini González
** Final – 2:47:26 (→ 40th place)

## Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Andrés Ledesma
** Round 1 – Lost to Somluck Kamsing of Thailand (→ did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* José Leonardo Cruz
** Round 1 – Defeated Giovanni Michael Frontin of Mauritius
** Round 2 – Lost to Almazbek Raimkulov of Kyrgyzstan (→ did not advance)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Francisco Calderón
** Round 1 – Bye
** Round 2 – Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia (→ did not advance)

## Cycling
### Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Mountain Bike
* Diego Garavito
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Mountain Bike
* Flor Marina Delgadillo
** Final – 2:03:17.10 (→ 24th place)

### Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial
* Víctor Hugo Peña
** Final – 1:01:10 (→ 24th place)
Men's Road Race
* Ruber Marín
** Final – 5:30:46 (→ 31st place)
* Santiago Botero
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Jhon García
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Fredy Gonzalez
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Víctor Hugo Peña
** Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Track Cycling
#### Men's Competition

Men's Point Race
* Marlon Pérez
** Points – 0
** Laps Down – 2 (→ 21st place)

#### Women's Competition

Women's Individual Pursuit
* María Luisa Calle
** Qualifying – 03:44.395 (→ did not advance)
Women's Point Race
* María Luisa Calle
** Points – 2 (→ 11th place)

## Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
* Juan Urán
** Preliminary – 308.1 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 10 Metre Platform
* Juan Urán
** Preliminary – 333.93 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
* Diana Pineda
** Preliminary – 220.68 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

## Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Colombia in 2000.

### Men's épée

* Mauricio Rivas

### Women's épée

* Ángela María Espinosa

## Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Camilo Becerra
** Preliminary Heat – 23.63 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Fernando Jácome
** Preliminary Heat – 52.24 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Fernando Jácome
** Preliminary Heat – 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Germán Martínez
** Preliminary Heat – 59.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke
* Alejandro Bermúdez
** Preliminary Heat – 02:03.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Alejandro Bermúdez
** Preliminary Heat – 04:29.42 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
* Isabel Ceballos
** Preliminary Heat – 01:11.90 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Isabel Ceballos
** Preliminary Heat – 02:34.09 (→ did not advance)

## Triathlon

Women's Competition:
* Maria Morales – 2:13:43.38 (→ 37th place)

## Weightlifting

Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Nelson Castro | – 56 kg | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 260.0 | 11 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| María Isabel Urrutia | – 75 kg | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 245.0 | |
| Carmenza Delgado | + 75 kg | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 260.0 | 4 |