Sporting event delegation
Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | MEX |
NOC | Mexican Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Mexico City | |
Competitors | 275 (233 men and 42 women) in 20 sports |
Flag bearer | David Bárcena |
Medals Ranked 15th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.
Medalists
Further information: 1968 Summer Olympics medal tableMexico won a total of 9 medals (3 of each) which is to date the fewest medals won by a host nation at a Summer Olympics. This is nevertheless the highest number of both gold and overall medals that Mexico has ever won at an Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Ricardo Delgado | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 26 October |
Gold | Antonio Roldán | Boxing | Men's featherweight | 26 October |
Gold | Felipe Muñoz | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 22 October |
Silver | José Pedraza | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk | 14 October |
Silver | Pilar Roldán | Fencing | Women's foil | 20 October |
Silver | Álvaro Gaxiola | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 26 October |
Bronze | Agustín Zaragoza | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 24 October |
Bronze | Joaquín Rocha | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | 24 October |
Bronze | Maria Teresa Ramírez | Swimming | Women's 800 m freestyle | 24 October |
Athletics
Further information: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- Men
- Track and road events
Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Félix Bécquer | 100 m | 10.72 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Miguel Angel González | 10.59 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
Miguel Angel González | 200 m | 21.31 | 4 Q | 21.57 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Melesio Piña | 400 m | 46.81 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Roberto Silva | 800 m | 1:50.4 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
José Neri | 1500 m | 3:47.88 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Juan Máximo Martínez | 5000 m | 14:20.0 | 2 Q | — | 14:10.8 | 4 | |||
Juan Máximo Martínez | 10,000 m | — | 29:35.0 | 4 | |||||
Alejandro Sánchez | 400 m hurdles | 51.6 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
Pedro Miranda | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.95 | 11 | — | did not advance | ||||
Félix Bécquer Galdino Flores Miguel Angel González Enrique Labadie |
4 × 100 m relay | 40.0 | 7 | — | did not advance | ||||
Carlos Castro Salvador Medina Melesio Piña Francisco Sardo |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.19 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
José García | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Pablo Garrido | — | 2:35:47 | 26 | ||||||
Alfredo Peñaloza | — | 2:29:48 | 13 | ||||||
Eladio Campos | 20 km walk | — | 1:41:52 | 20 | |||||
José Oliveros | — | 1:38:17 | 13 | ||||||
José Pedraza | — | 1:34:00.0 | |||||||
Pablo Colín | 50 km walk | — | 5:01:30.0 | 25 | |||||
Ismael Hernández | — | 5:56:09.2 | 27 | ||||||
José Pedraza | — | 4:37:51.4 | 8 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Galdino Flores | Long jump | 7.59 | 21 | Did not advance |
- Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Points | Rank |
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Roberto Carmona Botella | 10.9 | 6.92 | 14.37 | 1.70 | 50.5 | DNF |
- Women
- Track and road events
Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Esperanza Girón | 100 m | 12.2 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Esperanza Girón | 200 m | 25.3 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Enriqueta Basilio | 400 m | 55.6 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Enriqueta Basilio | 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Enriqueta Basilio Esperanza Girón Alma Rosa Martínez Mercedes Román |
4 × 100 m relay | 47.0 | 7 | — | Did not advance |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mercedes Román | Long jump | 5.75 | 20 | Did not advance |
- Combined events – Pentathlon
Athlete | Event | 80H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200 m | Points | Rank |
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Mercedes Román | Result | 11.3 | 10.08 | NM | 5.71 | 24.6 | 3604 | 31 |
Points | 995 | 719 | 0 | 922 | 968 |
Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Summary
Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||||||
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Mexico men's | Men's tournament | South Korea W 75–62 |
Cuba W 76–75 |
Brazil L 53–60 |
Morocco W 86–38 |
Bulgaria W 73–63 |
Soviet Union L 62–82 |
Poland W 68–63 |
3 | 5th-8th place semifinal Spain W 73–72 |
5th place final Poland W 75–65 |
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Team roster
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Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 642 | 408 | +234 | 14 | Semifinals |
2 | Brazil | 7 | 6 | 1 | 561 | 418 | +143 | 13 | |
3 | Mexico | 7 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 443 | +50 | 12 | 5th–8th classification round |
4 | Poland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 473 | 504 | −31 | 11 | |
5 | Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 10 | 9th–12th classification round |
6 | Cuba | 7 | 2 | 5 | 514 | 532 | −18 | 9 | |
7 | South Korea | 7 | 1 | 6 | 453 | 530 | −77 | 8 | 13th–16th classification round |
8 | Morocco | 7 | 0 | 7 | 355 | 634 | −279 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
13 October 1968 (1968-10-13) |
Mexico | 75–62 | South Korea |
Scoring by half: 39–27, 36–35 | ||
Pts: Raga 19 | Pts: Dong-pa 24 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Ervin Kassai (HUN) |
14 October 1968 (1968-10-14) |
Mexico | 76–75 | Cuba |
Scoring by half: 35–29, 41–46 | ||
Pts: Raga 33 | Pts: García 21 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Theodor Schober (FRG) |
15 October 1968 (1968-10-15) |
Mexico | 53–60 | Brazil |
Scoring by half: 42–15, 44–23 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 25 | Pts: Mimun 14 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Wayne Lichty (USA) |
16 October 1968 (1968-10-16) |
Mexico | 86–38 | Morocco |
Scoring by half: 37–13, 31–14 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 14 | Pts: Soroudi 10 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Calvin Pacheco (POR), Elio Luglini (ITA) |
18 October 1968 (1968-10-18) |
Mexico | 73–63 | Bulgaria |
Scoring by half: 33–36, 40–27 | ||
Pts: Raga 30 | Pts: Dimov 20 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA) |
19 October 1968 (1968-10-19) |
Mexico | 62–82 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 25–45, 37–37 | ||
Pts: Guzmán 20 | Pts: Paulauskas 17 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA) |
20 October 1968 (1968-10-20) |
Mexico | 68–63 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 40–28, 28–35 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 20 | Pts: Łopatka 31 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Santiago Fernández (ESP) |
5th-8th place semifinal
22 October 1968 (1968-10-22) |
Mexico | 73–72 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 31–3, 42–41 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 24 | Pts: Luyk 32 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Attendance: 30,000 Referees: Anatoly Kokorev (URS), Wayne Lichty (USA) |
5th place final
23 October 1968 (1968-10-23) |
Mexico | 75–65 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 43–23, 32–42 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 19 | Pts: Trams 19 |
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Anatoly Kokorev (URS) |
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAthlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Alberto Morales | Light flyweight | — | Udella (ITA) W 3-2 |
Englmeier (GDR) W RSC |
Yong-ju (KOR) L 2-3 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Ricardo Delgado | Flyweight | — | Bye | McCarthy (IRL) W 5-0 |
Nakamura (JPN) W 5-0 |
De Oliveira (BRA) W 5-0 |
Olech (POL) W 5-0 |
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Roberto Cervantes | Bantamweight | Bye | Gałązka (POL) W 5-0 |
Casco (ARG) W DSQ |
Mukwanga (UGA) L 1-4 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Antonio Roldán | Featherweight | — | Abdel (SUD) W 5-0 |
Tracey (IRL) W 4-1 |
Plotnikov (URS) W 3-1 |
Waruinge (KEN) W 3-2 |
Robinson (USA) W DSQ |
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José Antonio Duran | Lightweight | Bye | Azzaro (FRA) W RSC |
Pilichev (BUL) L 1-4 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Jaime Lozano | Light welterweight | Bye | Lawson (GHA) W 5-0 |
Tiepold (GDR) L 0-5 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Alfonso Ramírez | Welterweight | Bye | Scano (ITA) W 3-2 |
Oikonomakos (GRE) W 4-1 |
Musalimov (URS) L 0-5 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
José Cebreros | Light middleweight | — | El-Nahas (EGY) L K0 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
Agustín Zaragoza | Light middleweight | — | Bye | Wright (JAM) W 5-0 |
Hejduk (TCH) W 4-1 |
Kiselyov (URS) L RSC |
Did not advance | |
Enrique Villarreal | Light heavyweight | — | Bye | Ayinla (NGR) L RSC |
Did not advance | 17 | ||
Joaquín Rocha | Heavyweight | — | Ray (GHA) W 4-1 |
Lubbers (NED) W 3-2 |
Čepulis (URS) L RSC |
Did not advance |
Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAthlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Felipe Ojeda | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:47.3 | 6 SF | — | 4:43.20 | 4 | did not advance | ||
Juan Martínez Félix Altamirano |
Men's C-2 1000 m | 4:11.9 | 4 SF | — | 4:15.01 | 1 QF | 4:15.24 | 4 | |
Fidel Santander | Men's K-1 1000 m | 4:28.8 | 7 R | 4:30.09 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Alonso Heinze Jerónimo Gómez |
Men's K-2 1000 m | 4:09.9 | 4 R | 4:11.57 | 5 | did not advance | |||
Carlos Graeff Luis Lozano Roberto Heinze Carlos Prendes |
Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:37.0 | 5 R | 3:36.90 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Ann Margarit Henningsen | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:18.2 | 7 SF | — | 2:21.39 | 7 | did not advance | ||
Ann Margarit Henningsen Angelica Zawadzki |
Women's K-2 500 m | 2:15.3 | 6 SF | — | 2:10.11 | 5 | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsRoad
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Gabriel Cuéllar | Men's individual road race | Did not finish | |
Heriberto Díaz | 4:47:59 | 36 | |
Agustín Juárez | 4:46:32 | 27 | |
Jesús Sarabia | 4:51:5 | 43 | |
Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Roberto Brito Radamés Treviño |
Men's team time trial | 2:16:8.44 | 10 |
Track
Sprint
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | 1/8 finals | Repechage 3 heats | Repechage 3 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Arturo García | Men's sprint | Jansen (NED) L |
Lovell (CAN) Guaves (PHI) L |
Did not advance | ||||||||
José Mercado | Johnson (AUS) L |
Reece (BAR) W 11.27 |
Kučírek (TCH) Barnett (GBR) L |
King (TTO) Alsop (GBR) L |
Did not advance | |||||||
Guillermo Mendoza Julio Munguía |
Men's tandem | Morelon (FRA) / Trentin (FRA) L |
Bodnieks (URS) / Tselovalnikov (URS) Reyes (CUB) / Váldez (CUB) L |
— | Did not advance |
- Pursuit
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results |
Opponent Results |
Opponent Results |
Rank | ||
Radamés Treviño | Men's individual pursuit | 4:44.12 | 7 Q | Bylsma (AUS) L 4:42.40 |
Did not advance | ||
Heriberto Díaz Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Radamés Treviño |
Men's team pursuit | 4:30.78 | 15 | Did not advance |
- Time trail
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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José Mercado | Men's time trial | 1:07.97 | 21 |
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Men
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Luis Niño | 3 m springboard | 99.13 | 6 Q | 56.58 | 3 | 155.71 | 4 |
José Robinson | 91.45 | 13 | Did not advance | ||||
Jorge Telch | 90.68 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||
Álvaro Gaxiola | 10 m platform | 103.33 | 2 Q | 51.16 | 4 | 154.49 | |
Luis Niño | 93.66 | 6 Q | 47.50 | 7 | 141.16 | 7 | |
José Robinson | 91.16 | 11 Q | 52.46 | 3 | 143.62 | 5 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Bertha Baraldi | 3 m springboard | 80.47 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
Bertha Baraldi | 10 m platform | 47.74 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
Dora Hernández | 46.96 | 16 | Did not advance |
Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics14 fencers, 9 men and 5 women, represented Mexico in 1968.
Football
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer OlympicsGymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsHockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer OlympicsThree male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.
- Individual
- Team
- Eduardo Olivera
- David Bárcena
- Eduardo Tovar
Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsSailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsShooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer OlympicsEleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1968.
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Men
- Women
Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Lost to Peru (2-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
- Lost to Poland (2-3)
- Lost to South Korea (0-3)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0) → Seventh place
- Team Roster
Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to East Germany (4:12)
- Lost to Netherlands (1:8)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (0:9)
- Lost to Italy (5:10)
- Defeated Greece (11:8)
- Lost to Japan (3:6)
- Tied with United Arab Republic (3:3)
- Classification Matches
- 9th/12th place: Lost to West Germany (3:6)
- 11th/12th place: Defeated Japan (5:4) → Eleventh place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsReferences
- "Mexico at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
External links
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Mexico hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics. |