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. [1]
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 |
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Galdino Flores | Long jump | 7.59 | 21 | Did not advance |
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 |
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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mercedes Román | Long jump | 5.75 | 20 | Did not advance |
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 |
Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||||||
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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
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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 |
19 October 1968 |
Mexico | 62–82 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 25–45, 37–37 | ||
Pts: Guzmán 20 | Pts: Paulauskas 17 |
20 October 1968 |
Mexico | 68–63 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half:40–28, 28–35 | ||
Pts: Guerrero 20 | Pts: Łopatka 31 |
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
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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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 |
Athlete | 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
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 |
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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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 | 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 |
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 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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José Mercado | Men's time trial | 1:07.97 | 21 |
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 |
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 |
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