Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Mexico at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	24 (21 men and 3 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Joaquín Capilla
Medals ; Ranked 23rd	Gold1Silver0Bronze1Total2
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Last updated April 06, 2025

Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Joaquín Capilla	Diving	10 m platform	6 December
Bronze	Joaquín Capilla	Diving	3 m springboard	1 December

Athletics

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
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
René Ahumada	100 m	11.26	5	did not advance
René Ahumada	200 m	21.96	3	did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Magdaleno Cano	Men's individual road race	5:53:40	9
Felipe Liñán		did not finish
Francisco Lozano		did not finish
Rafael Vaca		did not finish
Magdaleno Cano Felipe Liñán Francisco Lozano Rafael Vaca	Men's team road race	did not finish

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Juan Botella	3 m springboard	78.27	9 Q	49.05	12	127.32	10
Joaquín Capilla	3 m springboard	90.24	1 Q	60.45	3	150.69
Juan Botella	10 m platform	69.39	12 Q	56.06	10	125.45	10
Alberto Capilla		74.18	7 Q	58.56	9	132.74	9
Joaquín Capilla		78.68	2 Q	73.76	2	152.44

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Benito Ramos	Men's foil	—			2	4	6	did not advance
Luis Jiménez	Men's épée	0	6	7	did not advance
Benito Ramos	Men's sabre	1	4	4 Q	0	5	7	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Pilar Roldán	Women's foil	4	3	4 Q	—			1	4	6	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1956.

Individual

Team

José Pérez
Antonio Almada
David Romero

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge Roesler	Single sculls	8:24.3	4 R	did not finish		—		did not advance

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Alfonso Castañeda	25 m rapid fire pistol	571	11
Rodolfo Flores	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	19
Rodolfo Flores	50 metre pistol	507	26
Raúl Ibarra	50 metre pistol	533	15

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Ocampo	200 m butterfly	2:41.4	6	—		did not advance
Eulalio Ríos Alemán	200 m butterfly	2:28.1	3 Q	—		2:27.3	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Blanca Barrón	100 m freestyle	1:09.5	5	did not advance
Gilda Aranda	400 m freestyle	5:24.2	6	—		did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Guillermo Balboa	−67.5 kg	92.5	17	100	=11	127.5	=15	320	17

Wrestling

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final	Points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank
Mario Tovar González	–67 kg	Tanaquin (PHI) W^F	Ashraf (PAK) W 2-1 ^D	Evans (USA) L 3-0 ^D	Kasahara (JPN) L^F	did not advance

References

↑ "Mexico at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2010.

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v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)