Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg
IOC code MEX
NOC Mexican Olympic Committee
Website www.soycom.org  (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors69 (63 men and 6 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Pilar Roldán
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mexico competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 69 competitors, 63 men and 6 women, took part in 54 events in 14 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Juan Botella Diving 3 m springboard 29 August

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Santiago Plaza 100 m 10.83 Q10.87did not advance
Santiago Plaza 200 m 22.04did not advance
Jorge Terán 400 m 9:38.010did not advance
Alfredo Tinoco 3000 m steeplechase 49.66did not advance
Rodolfo Mijares
Santiago Plaza
Roberto Procel
Jorge Terán
4 x 100 m relay did not startdid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Roberto Procel Long jump 7.2324did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete100 mLJSPHJ400 m110HDTPVJT1500 mPointsRank
Rodolfo Mijares 11.36.2010.591.6550.517.337.553.4043.364:49.3541321
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Sebastiana Alvarado 800 m did not startdid not advance

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Ten cyclists, all men, represented Mexico in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRank
Juan Botella 3 m springboard 60.663 Q46.301106.963 Q55.344162.30Bronze medal icon.svg
Álvaro Gaxiola 54.896 Q39.78894.676 Q55.753150.424
10 m platform 49.3020Did not advance
Roberto Madrigal 52.0310 Q43.85495.886 Q56.983152.864
Women
AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRank
María Teresa Adames 3 m springboard 42.0017Did not advance
10 m platform 49.5413Did not advance

Fencing

Eight fencers, seven men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1960.

Individual
Team

Rowing

Mexico had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960. [2]

Men's coxless pair

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Mexico in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jorge Escalante 100 m freestyle 57.6=16 Q59.024Did not advance
Raúl Guzmán 400 m freestyle 4:42.226Did not advance
Mauricio Ocampo 4:35.313Did not advance
Alfredo Guzmán 1500 m freestyle 19:11.121Did not advance
Mauricio Ocampo 18:29.013Did not advance
Alejandro Gaxiola 100 m backstroke 1:05.9=20Did not advance
Enrique Rabell 1:08.029Did not advance
Eulalio Ríos 200 m butterfly 2:22.79 Q2:24.210Did not advance
Raúl Guzmán
Alfredo Guzmán
Jorge Escalante
Mauricio Ocampo
4 × 200 m freestyle 8:50.414Did not advance
Alejandro Gaxiola
Enrique Rabell
Mauricio Ocampo
Jorge Escalante
4 × 100 m medley 4:23.112Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Blanca Barrón 100 m freestyle 1:07.926Did not advance
María Luisa Souza 1:08.428Did not advance
Blanca Barrón 400 m freestyle 5:26.420Did not advance
María Luisa Souza 5:21.317Did not advance
Silvia Belmar 100 m butterfly 1:16.517Did not advance
Eulalia Martínez 1:17.919Did not advance
Eulalia Martínez
Silvia Belmar
Blanca Barrón
María Luisa Souza
4 × 100 m freestyle 4:43.111Did not advance

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Mexico at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjedre, Arild; Hejimans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mexico Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.