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Colombia at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Colombia at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	44 (25 men and 19 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	María Isabel Urrutia
Medals; Ranked 50th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1] 44 competitors, 25 men and 19 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	María Isabel Urrutia	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg

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

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Nelson Castro	– 56 kg	110.0	115.0	~~117.5~~	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0	260.0	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
María Isabel Urrutia	– 75 kg	105.0	~~110.0~~	110.0	132.5	135.0	~~137.5~~	245.0
Carmenza Delgado	+ 75 kg	110.0	~~115.0~~	115.0	140.0	145.0	~~147.5~~	260.0	4

Wrestling

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
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

^ "Colombian Urrutia Wins Weightlifting". Associated Press. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Colombia at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2015.