title: Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
text: # Colombia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  
  Colombia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 59 competitors, 55 men and 4 women, took part in 39 events in 8 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Helmut Bellingrodt — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  * Alfonso Pérez — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
  
  * Prudencio Cardona
     * First Round — Lost to Rafael Carbonell (CUB), 0:5
  
  Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
  
  * Calixto Pérez
     * First Round — Bye
     * Second Round — Defeated Martin Vargas (CHL), 5:0
     * Third Round — Defeated Tim Dement (USA), 5:0
     * Quarterfinals — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 2:3
  
  Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
  
  * Bonifacio Avila
     * First Round — Bye
     * Second Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), TKO-2
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1972.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Miguel Samacá — 9th place
  * Fernando Cruz — 26th place
  * Juan Morales — 66th place
  * Fabio Acevedo — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  
  ### Team time trial
  
  * Fabio Acevedo
  * Fernando Cruz
  * Henry Cuevas
  * Miguel Samacá
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Jairo Díaz
  * Carlos Galeano
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Jairo Rodríguez
     * Final — 1:10.86 (→ 23rd place)
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Jairo Díaz and Rafael Narváez → 14th place
  
  ### Individual pursuit
  
  * Luis Díaz
  
  ## Diving
  
  Men's 3m Springboard
  
  * Salim Barjum — 310.86 points (→ 26th place)
  
  Men's 10m Platform
  
  * Diego Henao — 264.27 points (→ 26th place)
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group D)
     * Lost to Poland (1-5)
     * Lost to East Germany (1-6)
     * Defeated Ghana (3-1) → did not advance, 10th place over-all
  * Team Roster
     * Armando Acosta
     * Henry Caicedo
     * Álvaro Calle
     * Ernesto Díaz
     * Fabio Espinosa
     * Domingo González
     * Dumas Guette
     * Carlos Lugo
     * Gerardo Moncada
     * Luis Montano
     * Jaime Morón
     * Willington Ortiz
     * Silvio Quintero
     * Vicente Revellón
     * Rafael Reyes
     * Antonio Rivas
     * Orlando Rivas
     * Álvaro Santamaría
     * Ángel Torres
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Ten male shooters represented Colombia in 1972.
  
  ### 25 m pistol
  
  * Luis Colina
  * Guillermo Martínez
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Gilberto Fernández
  * Jorge Henao
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Jaime Callejas
  * Alfonso Rodríguez
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Alfonso Rodríguez
  * Jaime Callejas
  
  ### 50 m running target
  
  * Helmut Bellingrodt
  * Hanspeter Bellingrodt
  
  ### Skeet
  
  * Gerardo González
  * Manuel González
  