Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

| || Bernardo Segura || Athletics ||Men's 20 km walk ||

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| align=left|Archery

| 2 || 1 || 3

| align=left|Athletics

| 11 || 4 || 15

| align=left|Beach volleyball

| 0 || 2 || 2

| align=left|Boxing

| 8 || – || 8

| align=left|Canoeing

| 2 || 4 || 6

| align=left|Cycling

| 7 || 2 || 9

| align=left|Diving

| 3 || 2 || 5

| align=left|Equestrian

| 5 || 0 || 5

| align=left|Football

| 14 || 0 || 14

| align=left|Judo

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Modern pentathlon

| 2 || – || 2

| align=left|Rowing

| 0 || 2 || 2

| align=left|Sailing

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Shooting

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Swimming

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Synchronized swimming

| – || 9 || 9

| align=left|Table tennis

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Tennis

| 2 || 1 || 3

| align=left|Wrestling

| 7 || – || 7

! Total || 71 || 27 || 98

Archery

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final /

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Andrés Anchondo

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's individual

|653

|29

| W 158–157

| W 156–154

| L 158–159

| colspan="3" |Did not advance

|16

|- align=center

|align=left|Adolfo González

|636

|52

| L 154–155

| colspan="5" |Did not advance

|51

|- align=center

|align=left|Marisol Bretón

|align=left|Women's individual

|638

|29

| W 142–139

| L 157–158

| colspan="4" |Did not advance

|18

Athletics

;Track & road events

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Cárdenas

|align=left|400 m

|45.85

|3Q

|45.33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Armando Quintanilla

|align=left|5000 m

|colspan=2|Did not start

|colspan=2

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Martín Pitayo

|align=left rowspan=2|10,000 m

|30:32.20

|19

|colspan=2

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Armando Quintanilla

|28:27.28

|8 Q

|colspan=2

|28:09.46

|11

|-align=center

|align=left|Dionicio Cerón

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=4

|2:16:48

|15

|-align=center

|align=left|Benjamín Paredes

|colspan=4

|2:14:55

|-align=center

|align=left|Germán Silva

|colspan=4

|2:14:29

|-align=center

|align=left|Daniel García

|align=left rowspan=3|20 km walk

|colspan=4

|1:24:10

|19

|-align=center

|align=left|Bernardo Segura

|colspan=4

|1:20:23

|-align=center

|align=left|Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

|colspan=4

|colspan=2|

|-align=center

|align=left|Daniel García

| rowspan="3" align="left" |50 km walk

|colspan=4

|4:19:00

|44

|-align=center

|align=left|Germán Sánchez

|colspan=4

|3:57:47

|18

|-align=center

|align=left|Ignacio Zamudio

|colspan=4

|3:46:07

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|María del Carmen Díaz

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=4

|2:37:14

|33

|-align=center

|align=left|Adriana Fernández

|colspan=4

|2:44:23

|51

|-align=center

|align=left|Guadaloupe Loma

|colspan=4

|2:41:56

|43

|-align=center

|align=left|Graciela Mendoza

|align=left|10 km walk

|colspan=4

|45:13

|18

Boxing

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Jesús Martínez

|align=left|Light heavyweight

| W 15–4

| L 1–8

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Martín Castillo

|align=left|Flyweight

| L 7–13

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Samuel Álvarez

|align=left|Bantamweight

| L

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Francisco Martínez

|align=left|Lightweight

| L 1-15

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Carlos Martínez

|align=left|Light welterweight

| L 3-25

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Jesús Flores

|align=left|Welterweight

| L 7-12

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Juan Pablo López

|align=left|Middleweight

| L

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

|-align=center

|align=left|Julio César González

|align=left|Light heavyweight

| L

|colspan="4" |Did not advance

|17

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Quarterfinals

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Roberto Heinze Flamand Ralph Heinze

|align=left|Men's K-2 500 m

|1:36.918

|4 R

|1:42.848

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Quarterfinals

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Erika Duron

|align=left|Women's K-1 500 m

|1:58.884

|6 R

|2:02.847

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Renata Hernández Sandra Rojas

|align=left|Women's K-2 500 m

|1:51.252

|7 R

|1:55.801

|5 SF

|1:52.053

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Erika Duron Renata Hernández Sandra Rojas Itzel Reza

|align=left|Women's K-4 500 m

|1:45.215

|colspan=2

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage

Cycling

Road

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Irving Aguilar

|align=left|Road race

|5:05:39

|117

|-align=center

|align=left|Domingo González

|align=left|Road race

|colspan=2|

|-align=center

|align=left|Eduardo Graciano

|align=left|Road race

|4:56:49

|71

|-align=center

|align=left|Adan Juárez

|align=left|Road race

|colspan=2|

|-align=center

|align=left|Eduardo Uribe

|align=left|Road race

|4:56:51

|90

|-align=center

|align=left|Jesús Zárate

|align=left|Time trial

|1:11:42

|30

Track

;Sprint

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Round 1

!Repechage

!Round 2

!Repechage 2

!Round of 16

!Repechage 3

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time Speed (km/h)

!Rank

!Opposition Time Speed (km/h)

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Nancy Contreras

|align=left|Women's sprint

|11.992

|14

|colspan=10|Did not advance

;Points race

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Laps

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Marco Zaragoza

|align=left|Men's points race

|colspan=3|

|-align=center

|align=left|Belem Guerrero

|align=left|Women's points race

|±0 laps

|11

Diving

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Fernando Platas

|align=left rowspan=2|3 metre springboard

|382.83

|8 Q

|600.45

|8 Q

|619.98

|-align=center

|align=left|Joel Rodríguez

|296.91

|30

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Alberto Acosta

|align=left rowspan=2|10 metre platform

|322.47

|22

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Fernando Platas

|392.31

|8 Q

|570.21

|7 Q

|603.03

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|María José Alcalá

|align=left rowspan=2|3 metre springboard

|257.01

|12 Q

|450.63

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|María Elena Romero

|252.84

|13 Q

|440.19

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|María José Alcalá

|align=left|10 metre platform

|252.36

|13 Q

|400.35

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Grand Prix

!colspan="3"|Grand Prix Special

!colspan="2"|Grand Prix Freestyle

!colspan="2"|Overall

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Total

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Joaquin Orth

|align=left|Bellini

|align=left|Individual

|60.72

|39

|colspan=7|Did not advance

Jumping

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="6"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Round 3

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Total

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Antonio Chedraui

|align=left|Elastique

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|4.00

|14

|20.00

|65

|8.00

|31

|32.00

|50

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Jaime Guerra

|align=left|Risueno

|4.00

|14

|9.50

|41

|4.00

|14

|17.50

|26

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Madariaga

|align=left|Genius

|0.50

|20.00

|65

|16.25

|61

|36.75

|54

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Alfonso Romo

|align=left|Flash

|27.75

|75

|12.00

|42

|8.00

|31

|47.75

|60

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Antonio Chedraui Jaime Guerra José Madariaga Alfonso Romo]

|align=left|See above

|align=left rowspan=4|Team

|colspan=8

|41.50

|17

|20.00

|11

|61.50

|14

Football

Summary

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Score

!Rank

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Mexico men's

|align=left|Men's tournament

| W 1–0

| D 0–0

| D 1–1

|1 Q

| L 0–2

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Men's tournament

;Team roster

Head coach: Carlos de los Cobos

;Group play

----

;Quarterfinal

Judo

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 64

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=3|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Ricardo Acuña

|align=left|–60 kg

| W

| L

|Did not advance

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Arturo Gutiérrez

|align=left|–95 kg

| L

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=3|Shooting (Air pistol)

!colspan=3|Fencing (épée one touch)

!colspan=3|Swimming (300 m freestyle)

!colspan=3|Riding (show jumping)

!colspan=3|Running (4000 m)

!rowspan=2|Total points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!MP Points

!Results

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!Penalties

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP Points

|-align=center

|align=left|Horacio de la Vega

|align=left rowspan=2|Individual

|177

|14

|1060

|12–19

|25

|700

|3:17.92

|1292

|180

|24

|920

|13:05.327

|13

|1210

|5182

|23

|-align=center

|align=left|Sergio Salazar

|170

|25

|976

|18–13

|880

|3:20.04

|13

|1272

|108

|15

|992

|12:46.940

|1267

|5387

Rowing

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Ana Sofía Soberanes Andrea Boltz

|align=left|Lightweight double sculls

|8:00.92

|5 R

|7:18.31

|4 FC

|colspan=2

|7:46.57

|14

Sailing

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=9|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|-align=center

|align=left|Pedro Silveira

|align=left|Mistral One Design

|33

|<s>35</s>

|28

|19

|32

|31

|30

|204

|34

;Open

;Fleet racing

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!10

!11

|-align=center

|align=left|Antonio Goeters

|align=left|Laser

|34

|38

|<s>42</s>

|30

|<s>43</s>

|36

|17

|24

|23

|33

|30

|265

|33

Shooting

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Fernández

|align=left|Trap

|118

|31

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Swimming

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Carlos Arena

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|57.40

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 m backstroke

|2:05.96

|30

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Jesús González

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|54.94

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Technical

!colspan=2|Free

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|align=left|Wendy Aguilar Olivia González Lilián Leal Ingrid Reich Aline Reich Patricia Vila Ariadna Medina Berenice Guzmán Erika Leal-Ramirez

|align=left|Team

|33.04

|60.796

|93.836

Table tennis

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="4"|Group Stage

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Opposition Result

!Rank

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Guillermo Muñoz

|align=left|Singles

| L 0–2

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Tennis

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Hernández

|align=left rowspan=2|Singles

| L 3–6, 6–2, 6–8

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Óscar Ortiz

| W 6–2, 6–2

| L 1–6, 65–7

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz

|align=left|Doubles

| L 2–6, 2–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Angélica Gavaldón

|align=left|Singles

| W 6–1, 3–6, 6–2

| L 4–6, 0–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!First round

!Second round

!Third round

!Fourth round

!colspan=5|Elimination

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Mayra Huerta Velia Eguiluz

|align=left|Women's

| L 11–15

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 5–15

|colspan=7|Did not advance

Wrestling

;Greco-Roman

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=5|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Enrique Aguilar

|align=left|–48 kg

| L 0–11

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 0–10

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Armando Fernández

|align=left|–57 kg

| L 0–12

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W 7–3

| L 0–12

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Rodolfo Hernández

|align=left|–74 kg

| L 0–10

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L Fall

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Guillermo Díaz

|align=left|–130 kg

| L 0–10

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 2–4

|colspan=6|Did not advance

;Freestyle

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=5|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

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!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Filiberto Fernández

|align=left|–48 kg

| L 0–11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| L 0–10

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Víctor Rodríguez

|align=left|–52 kg

| L Fall

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 0–2

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Felipe Guzmán

|align=left|–74 kg

| L 0–11

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 0–12

|colspan=6|Did not advance

References

sports-reference

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Jumping

Football

Summary

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Wrestling

See also

References