Colombia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Colombia
competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, Australia
. Colombia won its first ever gold medal at these Olympic Games.
Men's High Jump
Men's marathon
Women's 400m
Women's 4x100m
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's Marathon
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Women's Mountain Bike
Men's Road Race
Men's Point Race
Women's Individual Pursuit
Women's Point Race
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
Men's 10 Metre Platform
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
Men's 100m Freestyle
Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 100m Backstroke
Men's 200m Backstroke
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Triathlon
Women's Competition:
Women
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Colombia won its first ever gold medal at these Olympic Games.
Gold
- María Isabel UrrutiaMaría Isabel UrrutiaMaría Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships...
— WeightliftingWeightlifting at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-Participating nations:...
, Women's 75 kg
Men's Competition
Men's 200m- Jimmy Pino
- Round 1 — 21.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Gilmar MayoGilmar MayoGilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian record.-Achievements:-References:...
- 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 PalaciosFelipa PalaciosFelipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...
- 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 4x100m
- Mirtha BrockMirtha BrockMirtha Brock Forbes is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events during her career....
, Digna Luz Murillo, Melisa Murillo, Felipa PalaciosFelipa PalaciosFelipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...
, Ximena RestrepoXimena RestrepoXimena Restrepo Gaviria is a former Colombian sprinter. With the time of 49.64 seconds she won a bronze medal in 400 metres at the 1992 Olympic Games, Colombia's first athletics medal. This result is still a South American record, as is the case with her 200 metres time of 22.92 seconds, which she... - Round 1 — 44.08
- Semifinal — 44.37 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Sabina MoyaSabina MoyaSabina Moya Rivas is a retired female javelin thrower from Colombia. She set her personal best on May 12, 2002 in Guatemala City.-Achievements:-References:*...
- Qualifying — 49.16 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Iglandini GonzálezIglandini GonzálezIglandini de Jesús González Pardo long-distance runner from Colombia, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race . She set her personal best – and the Colombian national record – in the classic distance on March 3, 1996 in Los Angeles,...
- Final — 2:47:26 (→ 40th place)
BoxingBoxing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Andrés Ledesma
- Round 1 — Lost to Somluck KamsingSomluck KamsingSomluck Kamsing is a Thai boxer. His name is sometimes spelled as Somrak Khamsing.During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen...
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 SaitovOleg SaitovOleg Elekpayevich Saitov is a Russian boxer. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the...
of Russia (→ did not advance)
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 PeñaVíctor Hugo PeñaVíctor Hugo Peña Grisales is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. He is named after both his father Hugo and the more famous author Victor Hugo. He rides for the Rock Racing professional cycling team...
- Final — 1:01:10 (→ 24th place)
Men's Road Race
- Ruber MarínRuber MarínRuber Alveiro Marín Valencia is a Colombian cyclist who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 31st place)
- Santiago BoteroSantiago BoteroSantiago Botero Echeverry is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España...
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Jhon GarcíaJhon GarcíaJhon Freddy García Fería is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1999...
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Fredy GonzalezFredy GonzálezFreddy Excelino González Martínez , also known as Fredy González, is a Colombian road racing cyclist. He is a two-time winner of the maglia verde , awarded to the best cyclist in the King of the Mountains category in the Giro d'Italia . His victories came in the 2001 and 2003 races...
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Víctor Hugo PeñaVíctor Hugo PeñaVíctor Hugo Peña Grisales is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. He is named after both his father Hugo and the more famous author Victor Hugo. He rides for the Rock Racing professional cycling team...
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
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 CalleMaría Luisa CalleMaría Luisa Calle Williams is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for...
- Qualifying — 03:44.395 (→ did not advance)
Women's Point Race
- María Luisa CalleMaría Luisa CalleMaría Luisa Calle Williams is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for...
- Points — 2 (→ 11th place)
DivingDiving at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Juan UránJuan UránJuan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...
- Preliminary — 308.1 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 10 Metre Platform
- Juan UránJuan UránJuan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...
- Preliminary — 333.93 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Diana PinedaDiana PinedaDiana Isabel Pineda Zuletra is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo....
- Preliminary — 220.68 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
SwimmingSwimming at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Camilo BecerraCamilo BecerraCamilo Becerra is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
- Preliminary Heat — 23.63 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Fernando JácomeFernando JácomeFernando José Jácome Clavijo is a freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for his native country. There he ended up in 47th place in the Men's 100m Freestyle, clocking 52.24 in the preliminary heats, and in 34th place in the Men's 200m...
- Preliminary Heat — 52.24 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Fernando JácomeFernando JácomeFernando José Jácome Clavijo is a freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for his native country. There he ended up in 47th place in the Men's 100m Freestyle, clocking 52.24 in the preliminary heats, and in 34th place in the Men's 200m...
- Preliminary Heat — 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Germán MartínezGermán Martínez (swimmer)Germán Elberto Martínez Díaz is a backstroke swimmer from Colombia who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for his native country. There he ended up in 50th place in the Men's 100m Backstroke, clocking 59.94 in the preliminary heats.-References:*...
- Preliminary Heat — 59.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Alejandro BermúdezAlejandro BermúdezAlejandro Bermúdez Tamayo is a retired backstroke and medley swimmer from Colombia. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. His best result was the 13th place in the Men's 400 metres Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,...
- Preliminary Heat — 02:03.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Alejandro BermúdezAlejandro BermúdezAlejandro Bermúdez Tamayo is a retired backstroke and medley swimmer from Colombia. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. His best result was the 13th place in the Men's 400 metres Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,...
- Preliminary Heat — 04:29.42 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Isabel CeballosIsabel CeballosIsabel Cristina Ceballos Rojas is a female breaststroke swimmer from Colombia, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics; 1996 and 2000. Her best result was the 25th place in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
- Preliminary Heat — 01:11.90 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Isabel CeballosIsabel CeballosIsabel Cristina Ceballos Rojas is a female breaststroke swimmer from Colombia, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics; 1996 and 2000. Her best result was the 25th place in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
- Preliminary Heat — 02:34.09 (→ did not advance)
TriathlonTriathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsTriathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...
Women's Competition:
- Maria MoralesMaria MoralesMaria Carmenza Morales Rendón is an athlete from Colombia, who competes in triathlon. Morales competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took thirty-seventh place with a total time of 2:13:43.38.-References:*...
— 2:13:43.38 (→ 37th place)
Weightlifting
MenAthlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Nelson Castro | – 56 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event is the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass... |
110.0 | 115.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 260.0 | 11 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships... |
– 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg The Women's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the sixth weight class in women's weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-20 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre... |
105.0 | 110.0 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 245.0 | |||
Carmenza Delgado Carmenza Delgado Carmenza Delgado Castillo is a retired female weightlifter from Colombia. She twice competed for her native South American country at the Summer Olympics , finishing in fourth and ninth place. Delgado twice won a medal in the women's super-heavyweight division at the Pan American... |
+ 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest weight class in women's weightlifting competition, for competitors more than 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-22 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre... |
110.0 | 115.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 260.0 | 4 |