In this article, we are going to explore the impact of Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics on today's society. Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent times, as it has generated conflicting opinions and has aroused the interest of a wide spectrum of the population. Throughout this article, we will analyze different aspects related to Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, from its origin to its influence in different areas of daily life. Likewise, we will examine different perspectives and studies that shed light on Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the aim of providing a comprehensive view of this phenomenon that is so relevant today.
Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | COL |
NOC | Colombian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 61 in 13 sports |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Colombia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics except for Helsinki 1952.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Athletics | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Boxing | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cycling | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 1 |
Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Football | 0 | 18 | 18 |
Gymnastics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 22 | 38 | 61 |
Four Colombian archers have qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's recurve and women's individual by virtue of their respective result at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile; and 2024 Pan American Championships in Medellín, Colombia.
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Colombian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Ronal Longa | 100 m | — | |||||||
Éider Arévalo | 20 km walk | — |
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Angie Orjuela | Marathon | — | |||||||
Sandra Arenas | 20 km walk | — |
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Natalia Linares | Long jump | ||||
Flor Ruiz | Javelin throw |
Colombia entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Yeni Arias (women's bantamweight), Valeria Arboleda (women's featherweight) and Angie Valdés (women's lightweight) qualified themself to Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Later on, Yilmar González (men's featherweight) and Ingrit Valencia (women's flyweight) qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning quota bouts round, through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
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Yilmar González | Featherweight |
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Ingrit Valencia | Flyweight | ||||||
Yeni Arias | Bantamweight | ||||||
Valeria Arboleda | Featherweight | ||||||
Angie Valdés | Lightweight |
Colombian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota, United States.
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C-1 200 m |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Colombia entered three road cyclists (two male and one female). Colombia qualified two male and one female through the UCI Nation Ranking.
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Colombia entered four riders for the following events, based on the nations performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.
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Kevin Quintero | Men's sprint | ||||||||||||
Martha Bayona | Women's sprint | ||||||||||||
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Kevin Quintero | Men's keirin | |||||
Martha Bayona | Women's keirin | |||||
Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total | |||||
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Men's omnium |
Colombia secured two quotas in the men's springboard event, by virtue of his top twelve result at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan and 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Daniel Restrepo | 3 m springboard | ||||||
Luis Uribe |
Colombia entered one jumping rider into the games, by virtue of top three nations performances in individual jumping events, not yet qualified, at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
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Colombia women's | Women's tournament |
Colombia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Bucaramanga.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colombia entered one male fencer into the Olympic competition. Jhon Édison Rodríguez secured his quota places in men's épée events, after nominated as the highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
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Jhon Édison Rodríguez | Épée |
Colombia entered two gymnasts (one female and one male) into the games. Luisa Blanco secured her spots directly for the games, by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, Ángel Barajas secured a quota place by virtue of becoming the highest eligible gymnast in men's parallel bars, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG World Cup series.
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F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Ángel Barajas | All-around |
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Luisa Blanco | All-around |
Colombia qualified one gymnast for the men's trampoline competition at Paris 2024 through the World Cup Series ranking.
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Ángel Hernández | Men's |
Colombia qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | QF | SF1 | SF2 | SF3 | SF4 | SF5 | SF6 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | M* | ||||
Formula Kite | — | — |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Colombia entered four weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Yenny Álvarez (women's 59 kg), Mari Sánchez (women's 71 kg), Luis Javier Mosquera (men's 73 kg) and Yeison López (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in her weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Luis Javier Mosquera | −73 kg | ||||||
Yeison López | −89 kg |
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Yenny Álvarez | −59 kg | ||||||
Mari Sánchez | −71 kg |
Colombia qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Tatiana Rentería qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Meanwhile, the others wrestler qualified for Paris 2024 qualified for the games after advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Alisson Cardozo | Women's −50 kg | ||||||
Tatiana Rentería | Women's −76 kg |
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Jair Cuero | Men's −77 kg | ||||||
Carlos Muñoz | Men's −87 kg |