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Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	147 in 23 sports
Flag bearers	Yuri Alvear (opening) Ingrit Valencia (closing)
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 8
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Colombia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Colombian Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Colombiano) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games, with 147 athletes, 74 men and 73 women, competing across 23 sports.

Colombia returned home from Rio de Janeiro with a total of eight medals (three gold, two silver, and three bronze), marking the nation's most successful outcome in Summer Olympic history based on the gold medal count. Moreover, it matched the overall medal tally from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Two of these medals were awarded to the Colombian team in BMX cycling, boxing, and weightlifting, and one each in athletics and judo.

The nation's most significant highlight of the Games came from BMX rider Mariana Pajón, who successfully defended her title in the women's race and set a record as the first Colombian to receive two Olympic gold medals. Apart from Pajón, triple jumper Caterine Ibargüen, and weightlifting veteran Óscar Figueroa also helped the Colombians bring home more golds from Rio de Janeiro than ever before, with Figueroa becoming the first male from his country to top the podium at his fourth and final Olympics.

Boxers Yuberjen Martínez (men's light flyweight) and Ingrit Valencia (women's flyweight) brought home medals in their signature sport, last achieved at the 1988. Judoka and triple world titlist Yuri Alvear joined Pajon and freestyle wrestler Jackeline Rentería as the only Colombian women to win two Olympic medals, with a silver medal in the women's 70 kg division. The remaining medals went to BMX rider Carlos Ramírez in the men's race, and weightlifter Luis Javier Mosquera, who received the bronze in the men's 69 kg, following the disqualification of Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov over a doping offense.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Óscar Figueroa Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 8 August  Gold Caterine Ibargüen Athletics Women's triple jump 14 August  Gold Mariana Pajón Cycling Women's BMX 19 August  Silver Yuri Alvear Judo Women's 70 kg 10 August  Silver Yuberjen Martínez Boxing Men's light flyweight 14 August  Bronze Luis Javier Mosquera Weightlifting Men's 69 kg 9 August  Bronze Ingrit Valencia Boxing Women's flyweight 18 August  Bronze Carlos Ramírez Cycling Men's BMX 19 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Cycling 1 0 1 2 Weightlifting 1 0 1 2 Athletics 1 0 0 1 Boxing 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 1 0 1 Total 3 2 3 8 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 2 1 1 4 50% Male 1 1 2 4 50% Mixed 0 0 0 0 0% Total 3 2 3 8 100%

Competitors

The Colombian Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Colombiano) confirmed a team of 147 athletes, 74 men and 73 women, to compete across 23 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, breaking its previous record of 104 athletes set in London four years earlier.

Football (for both men and women) and women's rugby sevens were the only team-based sports in which Colombia qualified for the Games, with the men's football squad returning to the Olympic tournament for the first time in 24 years. For individual-based sports, Colombia marked its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games) and synchronized swimming.

Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the Colombian team by an individual sport, with 34 entries. There was a single competitor each in golf, sailing, shooting, and table tennis.

Eight of the nation's Olympic medalists from London 2012 returned, including defending champion Mariana Pajón in the women's BMX race, triple jumper Caterine Ibargüen, weightlifter and four-time Olympian Óscar Figueroa (men's 69 kg), judoka and triple world titleist Yuri Alvear (women's 70 kg), BMX rider Carlos Oquendo, professional road cyclist Rigoberto Urán, taekwondo fighter Óscar Muñoz (men's 58 kg), and freestyle wrestler Jackeline Rentería, who became the first Colombian woman in history to earn two Olympic medals. 50-year-old trap shooter Danilo Caro headlined the full roster of Colombian athletes by competing at his record fifth Olympics. Along with Figueroa, three Colombian athletes also vied for their fourth consecutive appearance, including race walker Luis Fernando López, backstroke swimmer Omar Pinzón, and weightlifter Ubaldina Valoyes (women's 75 kg).

18-year-old relay track sprinter Anthony Zambrano was Colombia's youngest competitor, with show jumper René Lopez rounding out the field as the oldest competitor (aged 52). Artistic gymnast Jossimar Calvo was initially selected through a nationwide online text-message voting to carry the Colombian flag, but forced to decline the honor due to his competition schedule on the first day of the Games. Instead, Alvear, who entered the Games with a bronze medal from London 2012 and three world titles, took over Calvo's spot at the last minute to lead the Colombian team at the opening ceremony.

Archery

Three Colombian archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Another Colombian archer also qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the same tournament.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrés Pila	Men's individual	654	43	Mohamad (MAS) L 0–6	Did not advance
Carolina Aguirre	Women's individual	605	52	Sartori (ITA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Ana Rendón		641	18	Bjerendal (SWE) L 2–6	Did not advance
Natalia Sánchez		609	48	Perova (RUS) L 5–6	Did not advance
Carolina Aguirre Ana Rendón Natalia Sánchez	Women's team	1855	10	—		India (IND) L 3–5	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Colombian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

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

Men

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jhon Murillo	Men's triple jump	16.78	8 q	17.09 NR	5
Mauricio Ortega	Men's discus throw	61.62	18	Did not advance
Caterine Ibargüen	Women's triple jump	14.52	1 Q	15.17
Sandra Lemos	Women's shot put	16.46	31	Did not advance
Flor Ruiz	Women's javelin throw	62.32	9 q	61.54	9
Yosiris Urrutia	Triple jump	13.95	20	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Boxing

Colombia has entered five boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Yuberjen Martinez, Jorge Vivas, and Ingrit Valencia had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Juan Carlos Carrillo and Ceiber Ávila rounded out the Colombian roster at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuberjen Martínez	Men's light flyweight	Lourenço (BRA) W 3–0	Ladon (PHI) W 3–0	Carmona (ESP) W 2–1	Argilagos (CUB) W 2–1	Dusmatov (UZB) L 0–3
Ceiber Ávila	Men's flyweight	Bye	Emigdio (MEX) W 3–0	Aloyan (RUS) L 0–3	Did not Advance
Jorge Vivas	Men's middleweight	Ntsengue (CMR) L 1–2	Did not Advance
Juan Carlos Carrillo	Men's light heavyweight	Adylbek Uulu (KGZ) W 3–0	Bauderlique (FRA) L 0–3	Did not Advance
Ingrit Valencia	Women's flyweight	—	Mbougnade (CAF) W TKO	Laopeam (THA) W 3–0	Ourahmoune (FRA) L 1–2	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Colombian riders qualified for a maximum of five quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 5 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour. One additional spot was awarded to the Colombian cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings. The men's road cycling team, headlined by world no. 5 rider Nairo Quintana and London 2012 silver medalist Rigoberto Urán, were named to the Olympic roster on 17 April 2016. However, Quintana stepped back, admitting that he decided to focus on the upcoming Vuelta a España instead.

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Colombian riders have accumulated five spots in both the men's and women's sprint, men's and women's keirin, and men's omnium, by virtue of their final individual Olympic rankings in those events. The full track cycling team was named to the Colombian roster for the Games on 6 July 2016.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Fabián Puerta	Men's sprint	9.981 72.137	16 Q	Glaetzer (AUS) L	Sarnecki (POL)  Pervis (FRA) W 10.272 70.093	Kenny (GBR) L	Xu C (CHN)  Webster (NZL) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Webster (NZL)  Levy (GER)  Hoogland (NED) L	10
Santiago Ramírez		10.199 70.595	23	Did not advance
Juliana Gaviria	Women's sprint	11.505 62.581	24	Did not advance

Keirin

Omnium

Mountain biking

Colombia has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, by virtue of a top two national finish, not yet qualified, at the Pan American Championships.

BMX

Colombian riders qualified for two men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's seventh-place finish for men and fourth for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. Reigning Olympic champion Mariana Pajón, London 2012 bronze medalist Carlos Oquendo, and rookie Carlos Ramírez were named to the Colombian team at the conclusion of the World Championships on 29 May 2016.

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Carlos Oquendo	Men's BMX	35.341	14	9	2 Q	14	6	Did not advance
Carlos Ramírez		35.423	19	11	4 Q	11	3 Q	35.517
Mariana Pajón	Women's BMX	34.508	1	—		3	1 Q	34.093

Diving

Colombian divers qualified for three individual spots at the Olympics by virtue of a top 18 finish respectively at the 2016 FINA World Cup series.

Equestrian

Colombia has entered two riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top six individual finish at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Jumping

Fencing

Colombia has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia had claimed an Olympic spot in the women's foil as the highest-ranked fencer from America outside the world's top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Meanwhile, Jhon Edison Rodríguez rounded out the Colombian roster as the sole winner of the men's épée at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jhon Édison Rodríguez	Men's épée	Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–7	Imre (HUN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia	Women's foil	Bye	Mohamed (HUN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Colombia men's football team qualified for the Olympics with a 2–1 victory over the United States at the second leg of the CONCACAF-CONMEBOL play-off, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback for the first time after 24 years.

Team roster

The following is the Colombia squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July. Andrés Rentería withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Arley Rodríguez.

Head coach: Carlos Restrepo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Cristian Bonilla	(1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Atlético Nacional
2	2DF	William Tesillo*	(1990-02-02)2 February 1990 (aged 26)	2	0	Santa Fe
3	2DF	Deivy Balanta	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Junior
4	2DF	Deiver Machado	(1993-09-02)2 September 1993 (aged 22)	3	0	Millonarios
5	2DF	Felipe Aguilar	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 23)	2	0	Atlético Nacional
6	3MF	Jefferson Lerma	(1994-10-25)25 October 1994 (aged 21)	2	0	Levante
7	4FW	Arley Rodríguez	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Atlético Nacional
8	4FW	Dorlan Pabón*	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 28)	2	0	Monterrey
9	4FW	Miguel Borja	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 23)	2	0	Atlético Nacional
10	4FW	Teófilo Gutiérrez* (c)	(1985-05-17)17 May 1985 (aged 31)	2	1	Sporting CP
11	4FW	Harold Preciado	(1994-06-01)1 June 1994 (aged 22)	4	1	Deportivo Cali
12	3MF	Andrés Felipe Roa	(1993-05-25)25 May 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Deportivo Cali
13	2DF	Helibelton Palacios	(1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Deportivo Cali
14	3MF	Sebastián Pérez	(1993-03-29)29 March 1993 (aged 23)	3	0	Atlético Nacional
15	3MF	Wilmar Barrios	(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 22)	5	0	Deportes Tolima
16	3MF	Kevin Balanta	(1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 19)	4	0	Deportivo Cali
17	2DF	Cristian Borja	(1993-02-18)18 February 1993 (aged 23)	7	0	Santa Fe
18	1GK	Luis Hurtado	(1994-01-24)24 January 1994 (aged 22)	2	0	Deportivo Cali
19	2DF	Juan Sebastián Quintero	(1995-03-23)23 March 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Deportivo Cali

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Sweden	2–2	Colombia
Ishak 43' Ajdarević 62'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 17' Pabón 75' (pen.)

Japan	2–2	Colombia
Asano 67' Nakajima 74'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 59' Fujiharu 65' (o.g.)

Colombia	2–0	Nigeria
Gutiérrez 4' Pabón 63' (pen.)	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Quarterfinal

Brazil	2–0	Colombia
Neymar 12' Luan Vieira 83'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Women's tournament

Colombia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second behind Brazil at the 2014 Copa América Femenina in Ecuador.

Team roster

Head coach: Fabián Taborda

Colombia named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament, which was announced on 14 July 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08)8 November 1994 (aged 21)	5	0	University of Miami
2	3MF	Carolina Arbeláez	(1995-03-08)8 March 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	Formas Íntimas
3	3MF	Natalia Gaitán (captain)	(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 25)	39	4	Valencia CF
4	3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 27)	33	3	Formas Íntimas
5	2DF	Isabella Echeverri	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 22)	15	1	University of Toledo
6	2DF	Liana Salazar	(1992-09-16)16 September 1992 (aged 23)	13	0	Futuro Soccer
7	4FW	Ingrid Vidal	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 25)	54	11	CD Palmiranas
8	2DF	Mildrey Pineda	(1989-10-01)1 October 1989 (aged 26)	25	2	CD Palmiranas
9	2DF	Oriánica Velásquez	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 27)	41	2	Club Gol Star
10	3MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16)16 May 1996 (aged 20)	15	2	Club Gol Star
11	3MF	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25)25 December 1989 (aged 26)	44	20	Formas Íntimas
12	4FW	Nicole Regnier	(1995-02-28)28 February 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano
13	2DF	Ángela Clavijo	(1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 22)	19	0	Club Kamatsa
14	2DF	Nataly Arias	(1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 30)	58	6	Formas Íntimas
15	3MF	Tatiana Ariza	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 25)	38	8	Houston Aces
16	4FW	Lady Andrade	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 24)	45	9	Western New York Flash
17	2DF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02)2 September 1990 (aged 25)	42	0	Orsomarso S.C.
18	1GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03)3 March 1988 (aged 28)	39	0	F.C. Kiryat Gat

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

France	4–0	Colombia
C. Arias 2' (o.g.) Le Sommer 14' Abily 42' Majri 82'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Colombia	0–1	New Zealand
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Hearn 31'

Colombia	2–2	United States
Usme 26', 90'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Dunn 41' Pugh 59'

Golf

Colombia has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Mariajo Uribe (world no. 103) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Colombia has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. A Colombian male gymnast, whose name had yet to be determined, and Catalina Escobar had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Men

Women

Judo

Colombia had qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Yuri Alvear, a three time Olympian by the 2012 London Summer Olympics earning a bronze medal, was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016. Olympian Yadinis Amaris in the women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region, as the highest-ranked Colombian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yadinis Amaris	Women's −57 kg	Gjakova (KOS) L 000–100	Did not advance
Yuri Alvear	Women's −70 kg	Bye	Pérez (PUR) W 000–000 S	Bernabéu (ESP) W 100–000	Conway (GBR) W 010–000	Bye	Tachimoto (JPN) L 000–100

Rugby sevens

Women's tournament

The Colombia women's team qualified automatically based on their top finish at the 2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens.

Team roster

• The following is the Colombia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Laurent Palau

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	101	12	+89	8	Quarter-finals
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	48	43	+5	7
3	United States	3	1	1	1	67	24	+43	6
4	Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	137	−137	3

Australia	53–0	Colombia
Try: Williams 1' m Caslick (3) 3' c, 7' m, 8' c Tonegato 5' m Parry 7' m Beck (2) 10' c, 13' c Turner 12' m Con: Dalton (3/8) Etheridge (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

United States	48–0	Colombia
Try: Kelter (2) 1' c, 6' c Doyle 6' m Johnson (2) 7' m, 13' m Javelet 8' c Carlyle 11' c Fa'avesi 14' m Con: Kelter (2/3) Baravilala (2/3) Stephens (0/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Fiji	36–0	Colombia
Try: Daveau (2) 1' c, 3' m Tinai 5' c Roqica 7' m Riwai 9' c Nagasau 14' m Con: Tinai (2/4) Riwai (1/1) Tisolo (0/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Classification semifinal (9–12)

Brazil	24–0	Colombia
Try: Ramalho 3' m Teles (2) 6' c, 7' m Muhlbauer 9' c Con: Kochhann (2/4)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Eleventh place game

Colombia	10–22	Kenya
Try: S. Acevedo 1' m Medina 7' m Con: Lopera (0/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Okelo (2) 4' m, 11' c I. Otieno 9' m Masinde 14' m Con: Awino (1/3) Nziwa (0/1)

Sailing

Colombia has qualified a boat in the men's RS:X class by virtue of a top finish for Central & South America at the 2016 ISAF World Cup regatta in Miami, Florida, United States.

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Colombia has received a wildcard invitation from ISSF to send Danilo Caro, who will be going to his sixth Olympics, in the men's trap, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by 31 March 2016.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Colombian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

Synchronized swimming

Colombia has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their eleventh-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.

Table tennis

Colombia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Lady Ruano secured the Olympic spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top six finish at the 2016 Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lady Ruano	Women's singles	Bye	Vacenovská (CZE) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Colombia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Óscar Muñoz, and 2008 Olympian Doris Patiño secured the spots in the men's flyweight (58 kg) and women's lightweight category (57 kg) respectively by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Óscar Muñoz	Men's −58 kg	Bragança (POR) L 3–14	Did not advance
Doris Patiño	Women's −57 kg	Malak (EGY) L 0–13 PTG	Did not advance

Tennis

Colombia has entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah qualified directly for the men's doubles by virtue of their combined top 30 placement in the ATP World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. Meanwhile, Mariana Duque Mariño received a spare ITF Olympic place to compete in the women's singles, as the next highest-ranked eligible player, not yet qualified, in the WTA World Rankings, as a result of three players' withdrawal from the Games due to concerns on Zika virus.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Men's doubles	—	Herbert / Mahut (FRA) W 7–6, 6–3	Johnson / Sock (USA) L 4–6, 6–7	Did not advance
Mariana Duque Mariño	Women's singles	Kerber (GER) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Colombian weightlifters have qualified five men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Habib de las Salas	−56 kg	119	8	147	8	264	6
Óscar Figueroa	−62 kg	142	1	176	1	318
Edwin Mosquera	−69 kg	140	16	170	16	310	16
Luis Javier Mosquera		145	5	183	3	338	*
Andrés Caicedo	−77 kg	155	5	191	4	346	5

* Mosquera originally placed fourth behind initial bronze medalist Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan. Artykov was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance called strychnine. The bronze medal stripped from Artykov is reallocated to Mosquera.

Women

Wrestling

Colombia has qualified a total of five wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them had booked Olympic spots each in the women's freestyle (58 & 75 kg) at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Colombian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament.

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Izquierdo	−74 kg	Bye	Hasanov (AZE) L 0–4	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Muñoz	−75 kg	Bácsi (HUN) L 0–4	Did not advance						20

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carolina Castillo	−48 kg	Bye	Chov (CAM) W 4–0	Yankova (BUL) L 1–3	Did not advance				8
Jackeline Rentería	−58 kg	Bye	Sovero (PER) W 3–1	Ratkevich (AZE) L 1–3	Did not advance				8
Andrea Olaya	−75 kg	Bye	Gray (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance					15

See also

• Colombia at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Colombia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
• Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

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External links

• Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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