Colombia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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
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)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Colombia in 2000.
Men's épée
Mauricio Rivas
Women's épée
Ángela María Espinosa
Shooting
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)
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Women's Competition:
Maria Morales – 2:13:43.38 (→ 37th place)
Weightlifting
Men
Women
Wrestling
See also
Sports in Colombia
Colombia at the 1999 Pan American Games
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics