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.
Helmut Bellingrodt — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target
Clemente Rojas — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Alfonso Pérez — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
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
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
Men's 3m Springboard
Salim Barjum — 310.86 points (→ 26th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Diego Henao — 264.27 points (→ 26th place)
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
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
