Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mexico at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	97 in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Nancy Contreras
Medals ; Ranked 71st	Gold0Silver0Bronze1Total1
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Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Bernardo Segura	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk	26 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	1	3
Athletics	11	4	15
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	8	–	8
Canoeing	2	4	6
Cycling	7	2	9
Diving	3	2	5
Equestrian	5	0	5
Football	14	0	14
Judo	2	0	2
Modern pentathlon	2	–	2
Rowing	0	2	2
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Synchronized swimming	–	9	9
Table tennis	1	0	1
Tennis	2	1	3
Wrestling	7	–	7
Total	71	27	98

Archery

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrés Anchondo	Men's individual	653	29	Kivilo (EST) W 158–157	Chikarev (KAZ) W 156–154	Torres (FRA) L 158–159	Did not advance			16
Adolfo González	Men's individual	636	52	Yamamoto (JPN) L 154–155	Did not advance					51
Marisol Bretón	Women's individual	638	29	Di Blasi (ITA) W 142–139	Kim (KOR) L 157–158	Did not advance				18

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

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alejandro Cárdenas	400 m	45.85	3Q	45.33	5	Did not advance
Armando Quintanilla	5000 m	Did not start		—		Did not advance
Martín Pitayo	10,000 m	30:32.20	19	—		Did not advance
Armando Quintanilla	10,000 m	28:27.28	8 Q	—		28:09.46	11
Dionicio Cerón	Marathon	—				2:16:48	15
Benjamín Paredes		—				2:14:55	8
Germán Silva		—				2:14:29	6
Daniel García	20 km walk	—				1:24:10	19
Bernardo Segura		—				1:20:23
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez		—				DSQ
Daniel García	50 km walk	—				4:19:00	44
Germán Sánchez		—				3:57:47	18
Ignacio Zamudio		—				3:46:07	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
María del Carmen Díaz	Marathon	—				2:37:14	33
Adriana Fernández		—				2:44:23	51
Guadaloupe Loma		—				2:41:56	43
Graciela Mendoza	10 km walk	—				45:13	18

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Martínez	Light heavyweight	Biki (MAS) W 15–4	Masara (INA) L 1–8	Did not advance			9
Martín Castillo	Flyweight	Lunka (GER) L 7–13	Did not advance				17
Samuel Álvarez	Bantamweight	Olteanu (ROM) LRSC	Did not advance				17
Francisco Martínez	Lightweight	Strange (CAN) L 1-15	Did not advance				17
Carlos Martínez	Light welterweight	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 3-25	Did not advance				17
Jesús Flores	Welterweight	Baloch (PAK) L 7-12	Did not advance				17
Juan Pablo López	Middleweight	Erdei (HUN) LRSC	Did not advance				17
Julio César González	Light heavyweight	Jirov (KAZ) LRSC	Did not advance				17

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Heinze Flamand Ralph Heinze	Men's K-2 500 m	1:36.918	4 R	1:42.848	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erika Duron	Women's K-1 500 m	1:58.884	6 R	2:02.847	6	Did not advance
Renata Hernández Sandra Rojas	Women's K-2 500 m	1:51.252	7 R	1:55.801	5 SF	1:52.053	9	Did not advance
Erika Duron Renata Hernández Sandra Rojas Itzel Reza	Women's K-4 500 m	1:45.215	8	—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Irving Aguilar	Road race	5:05:39	117
Domingo González	Road race	DNF
Eduardo Graciano	Road race	4:56:49	71
Adan Juárez	Road race	DNF
Eduardo Uribe	Road race	4:56:51	90
Jesús Zárate	Time trial	1:11:42	30

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Nancy Contreras	Women's sprint	11.992	14	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank
Marco Zaragoza	Men's points race	DNF
Belem Guerrero	Women's points race	±0 laps	4	11

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fernando Platas	3 metre springboard	382.83	8 Q	600.45	8 Q	619.98	8
Joel Rodríguez	3 metre springboard	296.91	30	Did not advance
Alberto Acosta	10 metre platform	322.47	22	Did not advance
Fernando Platas	10 metre platform	392.31	8 Q	570.21	7 Q	603.03	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
María José Alcalá	3 metre springboard	257.01	12 Q	450.63	13	Did not advance
María Elena Romero	3 metre springboard	252.84	13 Q	440.19	17	Did not advance
María José Alcalá	10 metre platform	252.36	13 Q	400.35	17	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Joaquin Orth	Bellini	Individual	60.72	39	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Antonio Chedraui	Elastique	Individual	4.00	14	20.00	65	8.00	31	32.00	50	Did not advance
Jaime Guerra	Risueno		4.00	14	9.50	41	4.00	14	17.50	26	Did not advance
José Madariaga	Genius		0.50	9	20.00	65	16.25	61	36.75	54	Did not advance
Alfonso Romo	Flash		27.75	75	12.00	42	8.00	31	47.75	60	Did not advance
Antonio Chedraui Jaime Guerra José Madariaga Alfonso Romo]	See above	Team	—	41.50	17	20.00	11	61.50	14

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	Italy W 1–0	South Korea D 0–0	Ghana D 1–1	1 Q	Nigeria L 0–2	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Carlos de los Cobos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Oswaldo Sánchez	(1973-09-21)21 September 1973 (aged 22)	América
2	2 DF	Claudio Suárez*	(1968-12-16)16 December 1968 (aged 27)	UNAM
3	2 DF	David Oteo	(1973-07-27)27 July 1973 (aged 22)	UNAM
4	3 MF	Germán Villa	(1973-04-02)2 April 1973 (aged 23)	América
5	2 DF	Duilio Davino	(1976-03-21)21 March 1976 (aged 20)	UAG
6	3 MF	Raúl Lara	(1973-02-28)28 February 1973 (aged 23)	América
7	3 MF	Rafael García	(1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 21)	UNAM
8	3 MF	Manuel Sol	(1973-08-31)31 August 1973 (aged 22)	Necaxa
9	1 GK	Jorge Campos*	(1966-10-15)15 October 1966 (aged 29)	Los Angeles Galaxy
10	3 MF	Luis García*	(1969-06-01)1 June 1969 (aged 27)	América
11	4 FW	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	(1973-01-17)17 January 1973 (aged 23)	América
12	2 DF	Francisco Sánchez	(1973-01-30)30 January 1973 (aged 23)	América
13	2 DF	Pável Pardo	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 19)	Atlas
14	3 MF	Edson Alvarado	(1975-09-27)27 September 1975 (aged 20)	Necaxa
15	3 MF	Jesús Arellano	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 23)	Monterrey
16	4 FW	Enrique Alfaro	(1974-12-11)11 December 1974 (aged 21)	Toluca
17	4 FW	Francisco Palencia	(1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 23)	Cruz Azul
18	4 FW	José Manuel Abundis	(1973-06-11)11 June 1973 (aged 23)	Toluca

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: FIFA

21 July 1996
17:00

Mexico	1–0	Italy
Palencia 83'	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 44,211

Referee: Dallas (GBR)

23 July 1996
20:00

Mexico	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 26,111

Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)

25 July 1996
21:00

Mexico	1–1	Ghana
Abundis 65'	Report	Ebenzer 44'

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 30,237

Referee: Pereira (BRA)

Quarterfinal

28 July 1996
16:00

Mexico	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Okocha 20' C. Babayaro 84'

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 44,788

Referee: Al Mehannah (KSA)

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ricardo Acuña	–60 kg	Bye	Power (AUS) W	Hüseynov (AZE) W	Giovinazzo (ITA) L	Did not advance	—	Vazagashvili (GEO) L	Did not advance
Arturo Gutiérrez	–95 kg	Bye	Morgan (CAN) L	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (Air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Horacio de la Vega	Individual	177	14	1060	12–19	25	700	3:17.92	8	1292	180	24	920	13:05.327	13	1210	5182	23
Sergio Salazar	Individual	170	25	976	18–13	7	880	3:20.04	13	1272	108	15	992	12:46.940	8	1267	5387	9

Rowing

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Sofía Soberanes Andrea Boltz	Lightweight double sculls	8:00.92	5 R	7:18.31	4 FC	—	7:46.57	14

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Net points	Final rank
Pedro Silveira	Mistral One Design	33	35	35	28	19	32	31	31	30	204	34

Open
Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Antonio Goeters	Laser	34	38	42	30	43	36	17	24	23	33	30	265	33

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alejandro Fernández	Trap	118	31	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carlos Arena	100 m backstroke	57.40	29	Did not advance
Carlos Arena	200 m backstroke	2:05.96	30	Did not advance
Jesús González	100 m butterfly	54.94	29	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical		Free		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Wendy Aguilar Olivia González Lilián Leal Ingrid Reich Aline Reich Patricia Vila Ariadna Medina Berenice Guzmán Erika Leal-Ramirez	Team	33.04	7	60.796	8	93.836	8

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guillermo Muñoz	Singles	Roßkopf (GER) L 0–2	Shibutani (JPN) L 0–2	Lo (HKG) L 0–2	4	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

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
Alejandro Hernández	Singles	Ruud (NOR) L 3–6, 6–2, 6–8	Did not advance
Óscar Ortiz	Singles	Pescariu (ROU) W 6–2, 6–2	Gaudenzi (ITA) L 1–6, 6⁵–7	Did not advance
Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz	Doubles	—	Agassi / Washington (USA) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Women

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
Angélica Gavaldón	Singles	Papadáki (GRE) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–2	Sabatini (ARG) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Elimination					Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mayra Huerta Velia Eguiluz	Women's	Prawerman / Lesage (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance			Yudhani Rahayu / Kaize (INA) L 5–15	Did not advance

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enrique Aguilar	–48 kg	Özdemir (TUR) L 0–11	Did not advance			Kado (JPN) L 0–10	Did not advance
Armando Fernández	–57 kg	Yıldız (GER) L 0–12	Did not advance			Maia (POR) W 7–3	Nishimi (JPN) L 0–12	Did not advance
Rodolfo Hernández	–74 kg	Morgan (USA) L 0–10	Did not advance			Bayseitov (KAZ) L Fall	Did not advance
Guillermo Díaz	–130 kg	Poikilidis (GRE) L 0–10	Did not advance			Dgvareli (TJK) L 2–4	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Filiberto Fernández	–48 kg	Bye	Vila (CUB) L 0–11	Did not advance		—	Orujov (RUS) L 0–10	Did not advance
Víctor Rodríguez	–52 kg	Yordanov (BUL) L Fall	Did not advance			Kedjaouer (ALG) L 0–2	Did not advance
Felipe Guzmán	–74 kg	Ōta (JPN) L 0–11	Did not advance			Ritter (HUN) L 0–12	Did not advance

References

sports-reference
Watkins, Ginger T., ed. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

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Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Jumping

Football

Summary

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Wrestling

See also

References