Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Mexico at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors	275 (233 men and 42 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	David Bárcena
Medals ; Ranked 15th	Gold3Silver3Bronze3Total9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated February 11, 2023

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.^[1]

Medalists

Mexico 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
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

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
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Félix Bécquer	100 m	10.72	7	Did not advance
Miguel Angel González	100 m	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
Athlete	Event	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
Roberto Carmona	10.9	6.92	14.37	1.70	50.5	DNF

Women Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	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
Athlete	Event	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
Mercedes Román	Result	11.3	10.08	NM	5.71	24.6	3604	31
Mercedes Román	Points	995	719	0	922	968	3604	31

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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	5

Team roster

Mexico men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height
11	Alejandro Guzmán	22 – (1945-12-08)8 December 1945	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
8	Antonio Ayala	21 – (1947-02-02)2 February 1947	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
5	Arturo Guerrero	20 – (1948-08-30)30 August 1948	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
12	Carlos Quintanar	29 – (1939-06-02)2 June 1939	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
6	Fernando Tiscareño	23 – (1945-08-12)12 August 1945	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
14	John Hatch	21 – (1947-01-04)4 January 1947	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
10	Luis Grajeda	31 – (1937-06-21)21 June 1937	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
15	Manuel Raga	24 – (1944-03-15)15 March 1944	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
12	Miguel Arellano	27 – (1941-02-10)10 February 1941	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
13	Óscar Asiáin	19 – (1949-02-21)21 February 1949	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
14	Rafael Heredia	31 – (1937-02-19)19 February 1937	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
15	Rico Pontvianne	24 – (1943-11-20)20 November 1943	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Head coach

Lester Lane

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 13 October 1968

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	642	408	+234	14	Semifinals
2	Brazil	7	6	1	561	418	+143	13	Semifinals
3	Mexico	7	5	2	493	443	+50	12	5th–8th classification round
4	Poland	7	4	3	473	504	−31	11	5th–8th classification round
5	Bulgaria	7	3	4	456	478	−22	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Cuba	7	2	5	514	532	−18	9	9th–12th classification round
7	South Korea	7	1	6	453	530	−77	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Morocco	7	0	7	355	634	−279	7	13th–16th classification round

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIBA archive
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alberto Morales	Light flyweight	—	Udella (ITA) W 3-2	Englmeier (GDR) WRSC	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
Roberto Cervantes	Bantamweight	Bye	Gałązka (POL) W 5-0	Casco (ARG) WDSQ	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) WDSQ
José Antonio Duran	Lightweight	Bye	Azzaro (FRA) WRSC	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) LK0	Did not advance				17
Agustín Zaragoza	Light middleweight	—	Bye	Wright (JAM) W 5-0	Hejduk (TCH) W 4-1	Kiselyov (URS) LRSC	Did not advance
Enrique Villarreal	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Ayinla (NGR) LRSC	Did not advance			17
Joaquín Rocha	Heavyweight	—		Ray (GHA) W 4-1	Lubbers (NED) W 3-2	Čepulis (URS) LRSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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
Athlete	Event	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Arturo García	Men's sprint	Jansen (NED) L	Lovell (CAN) Guaves (PHI) L	Did not advance
José Mercado	Men's sprint	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
Athlete	Event	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
José Mercado	Men's time trial	1:07.97	21

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.

Individual

Team

Eduardo Olivera
David Bárcena
Eduardo Tovar

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1968.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Skeet

Swimming

Volleyball

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

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

Wrestling

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References

↑ "Mexico at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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