Colombia at the Olympics
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Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombia has only participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010.
Colombian athletes have won a total of 27 Olympic medals (five gold, eight silver and fourteen bronze) in eight different sports, with weightlifting and cycling as the most successful ones.
The Colombian Olympic Committee was created in 1936 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.
Colombia's most successful Olympic performances have been in weightlifting and cycling, with 6 medals, 2 gold in each.
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