Colombia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with competitors taking part in track and field, table tennis and wheelchair basketball. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympic Games, except 1984, but has never entered the Winter Paralympic Games.Colombia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Colombians have won a total of 75 medals: 13 gold, 22 silver and 40 bronze, in swimming, athletics, cycling, powerlifting and boccia.

History Pedro Mejía won the country's first medals when he took a gold and a bronze in swimming in 1980. His winning time of 1:27.88 in the final of the 100m breaststroke, D category, set a new world record. Colombia had to wait 28 years for its next two medals, which both came in the 2008 Games. Elkin Serna ran the men's marathon in 2:31:16 in the T12 category for athletes with severe visual disability, finishing less than a minute behind Chinese athlete Qi Shun's world record time of 2:30:32, and took silver. Moisés Fuentes won bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke in the SB4 category.Colombia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

The 2020 Summer Paralympics represented the best performance by the Colombian committee, with a total amount of 24 medals won.

Medals

Medals at the Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1960 Rome Did Not Participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 11 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Arnhem 11 1 0 1 2 31 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Did Not Participate 1988 Seoul 17 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 6 0 0 0 0 – 1996 Atlanta 2 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 3 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 5 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 12 0 1 1 2 60 2012 London 39 0 2 0 2 61 2016 Rio de Janeiro 39 2 5 10 17 37 2020 Tokyo 61 3 7 14 24 37 2024 Paris 74 7 7 14 28 19 Total 13 22 40 75 59

Medals at Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Örnsköldsvik 1976 Did Not Participate Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022 Milano Cortina 2026 Total 0 0 0 0 −

Medals by Summer Sport

List of Medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event Pedro Mejía 1980 Arnhem Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke D Pedro Mejía 1980 Arnhem Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke C-D 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's Marathon T12 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 2012 London Athletics Men's Marathon T12 2012 London Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's Javelin throw F34 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S7 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's Javelin throw F38 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 100 m T36 Women's Relay Team Marcela GonzálezSonia Luna RodríguezYesenia RestrepoMaritza Arango Buitrago 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m T11-T13 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S7 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cycling Men's Road race T1–2 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's Shot put F34 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cycling Men's Individual pursuit C4 Weiner Díaz 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 400 m T38 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cycling Men's Individual pursuit C5 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 1500 m T11 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM6 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's shot put F41 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres T38 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 2020 Tokyo Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 400 metres T11 2020 Tokyo Powerlifting Men's 97 kg 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly S7 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's discus throw F11 José Lemos 2024 Paris Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 Érica Castaño 2024 Paris Athletics Women's discus throw F55 Karen Palomeque 2024 Paris Athletics Women's 100 metres T38 Jhon Obando 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 400 metres T20 Edilson ChicaLeidy Chica 2024 Paris Boccia Mixed pairs BC4 Mauricio Valencia 2024 Paris Athletics Men's shot put F34 Karen Palomeque 2024 Paris Athletics Women's 400 metres T38 Edilson Chica 2024 Paris Boccia Men's individual BC4 Nelson Crispín 2024 Paris Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 Mauricio Valencia 2024 Paris Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 Carlos Serrano Zárate 2024 Paris Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 Men's 50 metre butterfly S7 Carlos Serrano Zárate 2024 Paris Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 Juan Campas 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 100 metres T38 Darian Faisury Jiménez 2024 Paris Athletics Women's 100 metres T38 Leidy Chica 2024 Paris Boccia Women's individual BC4 Juan Campas 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 400 metres T38 Diego Meneses 2024 Paris Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 José Lemos 2024 Paris Athletics Men's long jump T38 Buinder Bermúdez 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 Karen Palomeque 2024 Paris Athletics Women's long jump T38 Paula Ossa 2024 Paris Cycling Women's road race C4–5 Xiomara Saldarriaga 2024 Paris Athletics Women's discus throw F38 Juan José Betancourt Quiroga 2024 Paris Cycling Men's road race T1–2 2024 Paris Powerlifting Men's 97 kg Jhon Obando 2024 Paris Athletics Men's long jump T20

See also Colombia at the Olympics Colombia at the Youth Olympics Colombia at the Pan American Games

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