Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games

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Mexico at the
2007 Pan American Games
Flag of Mexico.svg
IOC code MEX
NOC Comité Olímpico Mexicano (in Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
13–29 July 2007
Competitors400
Flag bearer Iridia Salazar
Medals
Gold
18
Silver
24
Bronze
31
Total
73
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007. Mexico participated with 400 athletes and 218 staff members (delegates, officials, medical and auxiliary staff).

Contents

Goals

Mexican athletes achieved the Mexican Olympic Committee goal for the National representation as they ended up placed at the 5th place in general medal count, same place obtained at the 14th Pan American Games .

Medals

Gold

Athletics

Gold medal america.svg María Romary Rifka – Women's high jump
Gold medal america.svg Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza – Women's 400m
Gold medal america.svg José David Galván – Men's 10000m

Boxing

Gold medal america.svg Carlos Cuadras Quiroa – Men's bantamweight 54 kg

Canoeing

Gold medal america.svg Gold medal america.svg José Cristóbal Quirino – Men's C1 1000m and 500 categories.
Gold medal america.svg Gold medal america.svg Manuel Cortina and Jesús Valdez – Men's K2 1000m and 500m categories.
Gold medal america.svg Manuel Cortina – Men's K1 500m

Diving

Gold medal america.svg Gold medal america.svg Paola Espinosa – Women's 10m platform and 3m springboard categories.
Gold medal america.svg Paola Espinosa and Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m synch springboard

Judo

Gold medal america.svg Vanessa Zambotti – Women's over 78 kg

Squash

Gold medal america.svg Erick Gálvez – Men's individual.

Taekwondo

Gold medal america.svg Alejandra Gaal – Women's up to 49 kg
Gold medal america.svg Iridia Salazar – Women's from 49 to 57 kg
Gold medal america.svg María del Rosario Espinoza – Women's above 67 kg

Weightlifting

Gold medal america.svg Carolina Valencia – Women's up to 48 kg category (First Gold medal for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games).

Silver

Athletics

Silver medal america.svg Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz – Women's 10,000m
Silver medal america.svg Silver medal america.svg Juan Luis Barrios – Men's 5000m and 1500m categories.
Silver medal america.svg Horacio Nava – Men's 50 km walk
Silver medal america.svg Giovanni Lanaro – Men's pole vault
Silver medal america.svg Talis Apud – Women's 3000m steeplechase
Silver medal america.svg Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza , Gabriela E. Medina , Zudykey Rodríguez and María Teresa Rugeiro – Women's 4x400m relay

Archery

Silver medal america.svg Aida Román – Women's individual.

Canoeing

Silver medal america.svg José Cristóbal Quirino and Gilberto Soriano – Men's C2 500m

Cycling

Silver medal america.svg Alexandra Giuseppina Grassi – Women's individual pursuit
Silver medal america.svg Belem Guerrero Méndez – Women's road race

Diving

Silver medal america.svg Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia – Women's 10m synch platform
Silver medal america.svg Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m springboard
Silver medal america.svg Rommel Pacheco – Men's 10m platform

Rhythmic gymnastics

Silver medal america.svg Cynthia Yazmin Valdez Pérez – Women's individual all-around
Silver medal america.svg Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual apparatus, hoop

Karate

Silver medal america.svg Bertha Gutiérrez – Women's under 60 kg

Rowing

Silver medal america.svg Analicia Ramírez and Lila Pérez – Women's lightweight double sculls

Sailing

Silver medal america.svg Tania Elías Calles Wolf – Women's one person dinghy, laser radial

Swimming

Silver medal america.svg Silver medal america.svg Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto – Women's 400m and 800m freestyle categories.

Weightlifting

Silver medal america.svg Cinthya Domínguez – Women's up to 69 kg
Silver medal america.svg Damaris Aguirre – Women's up to 75 kg

Bronze

Archery

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Jorge Chapoy , Juan René Serrano and Eduardo Vélez – Men's team

Athletics

Bronze medal (Americas).svg María Esther Sánchez – Women's 20 km walk
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Alejandro Suárez – Men's 10000m
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Nora Leticia Rocha – Women's 5000m
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Omar Cepeda de León – Men's 50 km walk
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Procopio Franco – Men's marathon.

Baseball

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Mexican and Nicaraguan men's national teams, Bronze medal in Baseball, the game was cancelled due to rain, and the Organizing Committee decided to award the medal to both teams.

Beach Volleyball

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García – Women's beach volleyball.

Boxing

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Braulio Ávila Juárez – Men's fly 51 kg

Bowling

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Sandra Góngora and Adriana Pérez – Women's doubles.

Canoeing

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Anca Ionela Mateescu – Women's K1 500m

Cycling

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet – Women's mountain bike
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Belem Guerrero Méndez – women's points race

Football

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Mexico men's national team .

Rhythmic gymnastics

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual all-around
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Bronze medal (Americas).svg Bronze medal (Americas).svg Cynthia Yasmín Valdez Pérez – Women's individual apparatus, rope, clubs and ribbon categories.
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Blajaith Aguilar Rojas , Sofía Díaz de León Lastras , Marienne Montserrat Martínez Medina , Ana Cristina Ortega Benítez , Citlaly Quinta Álvarez and Sara Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez – Women's all-around

Sailing

Bronze medal (Americas).svg David Mier y Terán – Men's Windsurfer, Neil Pryde RS:X
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Andrés Akle Carranza and Jorge Xavier Murrieta – Men's double-handed dinghy, snipe

Shooting

Bronze medal (Americas).svg José Roberto Elías Orozco – Men's 10m air rifle
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Alix Moncada – Women's 10m air rifle
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Ariel Mauricio Flores Gómez – Men's skeet

Squash

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Samantha Terán – Women's Squash.
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Samantha Terán , Karina Herrera Zúñiga and Nayelly Hernández – Women's team
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Erick Gálvez , Jorge Baltazar and Marcos Méndez – Men's team

Swimming

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Juan Veloz – Men's 200m butterfly

Taekwondo

Bronze medal (Americas).svg José Luis Ramírez – Men's from 68 to 80 kg

Tennis

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Santiago González and Víctor Romero – Men's team

Wrestling

Bronze medal (Americas).svg Oscar Aguilar – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Revoked medals

Artistic gymnastics

Bronze medal (Americas).svg The Pan American Games Organizing Committee decided to revoke the Bronze medal obtained by the Mexican Women's gymnastics team ( Marisela Arizmendi Torres , Maricela Cantú Mata , Yesenia Estrada Martínez , Érika Mariene García Aguiñaga , Elsa García Rodríguez Blancas and Yeny Ibarra Valdez ); [1] [2] Marisela Arizmendi Torres had an accreditation as an official ("As" accreditation) instead of being registered as an athlete ("Ao" accreditation), therefore the PASO Executive Committee decided to revoke the bronze medal and award it to the Canadian Women's team, who came up as 4th during the competition.

Results by event

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

Triathlon

Men's Competition

  • 1:53:43.51 – 9th place
  • 1:56:26.50 – 18th place
  • 1:56:49.99 – 19th place

Women's Competition

  • 2:00:44.24 – 5th place
  • 2:01:00.46 – 7th place
  • 2:04:20.30 – 15th place

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References

  1. "Women's team: Mexico's bronze medal canceled". Rio2007 Official Website. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Mexico loses gymnastics medal for accreditation error". Reuters. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)