Colombia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Montreal
Competitors	35 (32 men and 3 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Helmut Bellingrodt[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Colombia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 7 sports.^[2]

Men's 5000 metres

• Tibaduiza Reyes
  • Heat — 13:49.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Víctor Mora
  • Heat — 30:26.57 (→ did not advance)
• Tibaduiza Reyes
  • Heat — 29:28.17 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

• Jesus Villegas Candelo
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Jairo Cubillog Rauirez — 2:29:04 (→ 48th place)
• Rafael Mora Zamora — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km walk

• Ernesto Alfaro Bermudez — 1:33:13 (→ 19th place)
• Rafael Vega Hernández — 1:37:27 (→ 31st place)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Virgilio Palomo
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Toshinori Koga (JPN), 0:5

Eleven cyclists represented Colombia in 1976.

Individual road race

• Álvaro Pachón — 4:49:01 (→ 22nd place)
• Luis Manrique — 4:49:01 (→ 23rd place)
• Miguel Samacá — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Abelardo Ríos — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Cristóbal Pérez
• Álvaro Pachón
• Luis Manrique
• Julio Rubiano

Sprint

• Julio Echevarry — 11th place

Individual pursuit

• José Jaime Galeano — 26th place

Team pursuit

• José Jaime Galeano
• Jorge Hernández
• Carlos Mesa
• Jhon Quiceno

• Sports in Colombia

• Official Olympic Reports