# Colombia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Colombia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 48 competitors, 39 men and 9 women, took part in 44 events in 9 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Boxing | 4 | – | 4 |
| Cycling | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fencing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | – | 5 |
| Wrestling | 3 | – | 3 |
| Total | 39 | 9 | 48 |

## Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres
* William Roldán
** Qualification — 14:39.50 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
* Herder Vázquez
Men's Marathon
* Carlos Grisales — 2:15.56 (→ 11th place)
* Julio Hernández — 2:41.56 (→ 102nd place)
Men's 20 km Walk
* Héctor Moreno
Men's 50 km Walk
* Héctor Moreno — 3:54:57 (→ 16th place)
Men's High Jump
* Gilmar Mayo
Women's 100 metres
* Zandra Borrero
* Mirtha Brock
Women's 200 metres
* Patricia Rodríguez
* Felipa Palacios
Women's 400 metres
* Ximena Restrepo
** Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
* Iglandini González — 2:35.45 (→ 22nd place)
Women's 4×100 metres Relay
* Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios, Patricia Rodríguez, and Zandra Borrero
Women's Javelin Throw
* Zuleima Aramendiz
** Qualification — 54.24m (→ did not advance)

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Beibis Mendoza
** First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (Canada), 12-1
** Second Round — Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 6-18
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Daniel Reyes
** First Round — Defeated Tebebu Behonen (Ethiopia), 16-2
** Second Round — Defeated Khaled Falah (Syria), 15-13
** Quarter Finals — Lost to Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 13-13 (referee decision)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Marcos Verbal
** First Round — Lost to Hicham Nafil (Morocco), 3-16
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
* Dairo Esalas
** First Round — Lost to Jervy Le Gras (Seychelles), 12-26

## Cycling
### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* Ruber Marín
* Javier Zapata
* Óscar Giraldo
* Dubán Ramírez
* Raúl Montaña
Men's Individual Time Trial
* Dubán Ramírez
** Final — 1:11:18 (→ 29th place)
* Javier Zapata
** Final — 1:15:09 (→ 37th and last place)
Women's Individual Road Race
* Maritza Corredor
** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Individual Time Trial
* Maritza Corredor
** Final — 42:06 (→ 24th and last place)

### Track Competition

Men's Team Pursuit (4,000 metres)
* Jhon García
* Marlon Pérez
* Yovani López
* José Velásquez
Men's Points Race
* Marlon Pérez
** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country
* Jhon Arias
** Final — 2:42:04 (→ 23rd place)
* Juan Arias
** Final — 2:50:44 (→ 34th place)

## Equestrianism

Mixed Jumping Individual
* Manuel Guillermo Torres
* Alejandro Davila

## Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Colombia in 1996.

### Men's épée

* Mauricio Rivas
* Juan Miguel Paz

## Shooting

Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres
* Bernardo Tovar
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres
* Bernardo Tovar
Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres
* Bernardo Tovar
Men's Trap
* Danilo Caro

## Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle
* Alejandro Bermúdez
** Heat — 3:57.45 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Mauricio Moreno
** Heat — 1:05.22 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Diego Perdomo
** Heat — 55.08 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Alejandro Bermúdez
** Heat — 4:27.97
** B-Final — 4:26.64 (→ 13th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Isabel Ceballos
** Heat — 2:36.94 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

## Weightlifting

Men's Flyweight
* Juan Fernández
* Nelson Castro
Men's Featherweight
* Roger Berrio
Men's Middleweight
* Álvaro Velasco
Men's Heavyweight
* Deivan Valencia

## Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
* José Uber Escobar
Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
* Juan Diego Giraldo
Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
* José Manuel Restrepo