Colombia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 5 sports.
Men's 100 metres
Jimmy SierraRound 1 — 10.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)Men's 200 metres
Pedro GrajalesRound 1 — 21.0 s (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Men's 400 metres
Pedro GrajalesRound 1 — 46.7 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)Round 2 — 46.5 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Álvaro Mejía — 30:10.6 min (→ 10th place)Men's 10,000 metres
Hernán Barreneche — DNS (→ no ranking)Men's 110 metres hurdles
Hernando ArrecheaRound 1 — 14.0 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Ten cyclists represented Colombia in 1968.
1000m time trialJorge Hernández — 1:09.24 min (→ 25th place)SprintJaime GaleanoRound 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)Héctor UrregoRound 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)Individual pursuitMartín RodríguezQualification — 4:45.38 min (→ 9th in trial, did not advance)Team pursuitLuis Saldarriaga, Mario Vanegas, Severo Hernández, Martín RodríguezQualification — 4:31.98 min (→ did not advance)Individual road raceMartín Rodríguez — 4:43:58.49 hrs (→ 9th place)Álvaro Pachón — 4:44:13.10 hrs (→ 15th place)Pedro Sánchez — 4:46:37.94 hrs (→ 30th place)Miguel Samaca — DNF (→ no ranking)Men's 3 metre springboard
Roque Barjum (→ 24th place)Women's 3 metre springboard
Martha Manzano (→ 22nd place)Men's 10 metre platform
Diego Henao (→ 32nd place)Men's team competition
Preliminary round (Group A)Colombia – Mexico 0-1Colombia – Guinea 2-3Colombia – France 2-1→ 3rd in group, did not advanceTeam roster( 1.) Otoniel Quintana( 2.) Gabriel Hernández( 3.) Luis Soto( 4.) Oscar Muñoz( 5.) Darío López( 6.) Joaquín Pardo( 7.) Pedro Ospina( 8.) Germán Gonzalez( 9.) Alfredo Arango(10.) Norman Ortiz(11.) Gustavo Santa(12.) Ramiro Viafara(13.) Alberto Escobar(14.) Gabriel Berdugo(15.) Javier Tamayo(16.) Alfonso Jaramillo(17.) Fabio MosqueraMen's 100 metres freestyle
Federico SicardHeats — 59.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)Ricardo GonzálezHeats — 57.0 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)Women's 100 metres freestyle
Patricia OlanoHeats — 1:05.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)Men's 200 metres freestyle
Federico SicardHeats — 2:11.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Ricardo GonzálezHeats — 2:05.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Julio ArangoHeats — 2:03.1 min (→ 2nd in heat, did not advance)Women's 200 metres freestyle
Patricia OlanoHeats — 2:25.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Men's 400 metres freestyle
Julio ArangoHeats — 4:25.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Women's 400 metres freestyle
Patricia OlanoHeats — 5:01.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Olga De AnguloHeats — 5:08.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)Women's 800 metres freestyle
Patricia OlanoHeats — 10:44.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Olga De AnguloHeats — 10:40.5 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Men's 1500 metres freestyle
Julio ArangoHeats — 11:53.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Tomás BecerraHeats — DNS (→ no ranking)Men's 100 metres breaststroke
Ivan GonimaHeats — 1:15.1 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Ivan GonimaHeats — 2:45.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)Men's 100 metres butterfly
Tomás BecerraHeats — 1:02.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)Women's 100 metres butterfly
Carmen GómezHeats — 1:14.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Men's 200 metres butterfly
Tomás BecerraHeats — 2:16.8 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)Women's 200 metres butterfly
Carmen GómezHeats — 2:44.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Women's 200 metres individual medley
Nelly SyroHeats — 2:55.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Olga De AnguloHeats — 2:48.7 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)Men's 400 metres individual medley
Tomás BecerraHeats — 5:09.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Women's 400 metres individual medley
Olga De AnguloHeats — 6:00.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Patricia OlanoHeats — 5:52.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Nelly SyroHeats — 6:13.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
Julio Arango, Federico Sicard, Tomás Becerra, Ricardo GonzálezHeats — 3:51.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay
Tomás Becerra, Federico Sicard, Ricardo González, Julio ArangoHeats — 8:26.7 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
