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                                                                      Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, Jill K. Conway, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of October, 2001.

                                                      /s/      Jill K. Conway
                                                      --------------------------
                                             Name:             Jill K. Conway






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                                                                      Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, Ronald E. Ferguson, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of October, 2001.

                                            /s/      Ronald E. Ferguson
                                            ------------------------------------
                                   Name:             Ronald E. Ferguson





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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, Ellen M. Hancock, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 17th day of October, 2001.

                                                 /s/      Ellen M. Hancock
                                                 -------------------------------
                                        Name:             Ellen M. Hancock





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                                                                      Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, David W. Johnson, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of October, 2001.

                                            /s/      David W. Johnson
                                            -----------------------------------
                                   Name:             David W. Johnson





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                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, Richard J. Kogan, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 17th day of October, 2001.

                                                   /s/      Richard J. Kogan
                                                   ----------------------------
                                          Name:             Richard J. Kogan





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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  I, Howard B. Wentz, Jr., do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Stephen C. Patrick and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my
behalf a Registration Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on
Form S-8, or other appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the
Colgate-Palmolive Company 1997 Stock Option Plan, of up to 37,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the foregoing Registration Statement and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of October, 2001.

                                             /s/      Howard B. Wentz, Jr.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                    Name:             Howard B. Wentz, Jr.





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