Colombia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Comité Olímpico Colombiano sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1972. A total of 53 athletes, 32 men and 21 women, took part in 18 sports. Ten Colombian athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including tennis player Fabiola Zuluaga in the women's singles, road cyclist Víctor Hugo Peña, and weightlifter Carmenza Delgado, who became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]
Colombia left Athens with a total of two Olympic bronze medals, which were both awarded to weightlifter Mabel Mosquera, and track cyclist María Luisa Calle in the women's points race.[2] Originally, Calle finished in the bronze medal position, but was later disqualified under a strict liability rule after she had been tested positive for the banned stimulant heptaminol, handing the medal over to U.S. cyclist Erin Mirabella. As a result of the International Olympic Committee's decision on November 23, 2005, the bronze medal was officially reinstated to Calle after this had been proven to be a false positive due to isometheptene presence in an analgesic prescribed during the competition.[3][4]
^"Carmenza va por el sueño de una presea" [Carmenza is going for the dream of a medal] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^"Mabel Mosquera quiere 'levantar' leyes para el deporte" [Mabel Mosquera desires to "lift" laws for sport] (in Spanish). El Tiempo (Colombia). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^Zalewski, Mark (29 October 2005). "Mirabella losing Athens bronze". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"Bronze medal for Maria Calle Williams". Olympics. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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