| Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | MEX |
| NPC | Federacion Mexicana de Deporte |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 68 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Saúl Mendoza |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Mexico sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 68 athletes, a smaller delegation than at the previous Games. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Mario Santillán | Athletics | Men's marathon T46 |
| Gold | Mauro Maximo de Jesus | Athletics | Men's shot put F53/54 |
| Gold | Perla Bustamante | Athletics | Women's 100m T42 |
| Gold | Eduardo Ávila Sanchez | Judo | Men's 73 kg |
| Gold | Amalia Pérez | Powerlifting | Women's -50 kg |
| Gold | Juan Ignacio Reyes | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S4 |
| Gold | Pedro Rangel | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB5 |
| Gold | Patricia Valle | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S3 |
| Gold | Nely Miranda | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S4 |
| Gold | Nely Miranda | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S4 |
 Silver | María de los Ángeles Ortíz | Athletics | Women's shot put F58 |
| Silver | Lenia Ruvalcaba | Judo | Women's 70 kg |
| Silver | Doramitzi González | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S6 |
 Bronze | Mario Santillan | Athletics | Men's 5000m T46 |
| Bronze | Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53/54 |
| Bronze | Jeny Velazco | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F57-58 |
| Bronze | Laura Cerero | Powerlifting | Women's -40 kg |
| Bronze | Perla Patricia Bárcenas | Powerlifting | Women's -82.5 kg |
| Bronze | Doramitzi González | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S6 |
| Bronze | Patricia Valle | Swimming | Women's 150m individual medley SM4 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Constantino Angeles | T11 | 1500m | 4:30.50 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| 5000m | — | 16:31.88 | 4 | |||||
| Moisés Beristain | T12 | 10000m | — | 33:17.07 | 6 | |||
| Marathon | — | 2:38:17 | 8 | |||||
| Benjamín Cardozo | T37 | 100m | 12.73 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Aaron Gordian | T54 | 800m | 1:40.45 | 17 Q | 1:36.43 | 11 | did not advance | |
| 1500m | 3:07.76 | 4 Q | 3:09.72 | 15 | did not advance | |||
| 5000m | 10:14.41 | 2 Q | — | 10:25.49 | 7 | |||
| Marathon | — | 1:23:20 | 4 | |||||
| Salvador Hernandez | T52 | 100m | — | 17.89 | 4 | |||
| 200m | — | 33.34 | 7 | |||||
| 400m | 1:06.20 | 11 | did not advance | |||||
| Luis Herrera | T12 | 10000m | — | DNF | ||||
| Marathon | — | 2:38:50 | 9 | |||||
| Nicolas Ledesma | T11 | 1500m | 4:31.08 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Saúl Mendoza | T54 | 800m | 1:37.40 | 4 Q | 1:40.36 | 7 Q | 1:38.61 | 7 |
| 1500m | 3:10.31 | 28 | did not advance | |||||
| 5000m | 10:51.39 | 10 Q | — | 10:25.48 | 6 | |||
| Marathon | — | 1:36:14 | 29 | |||||
| Pedro Meza | T46 | 5000m | — | 15:25.26 | 6 | |||
| Marathon | — | 2:38:57 | 8 | |||||
| Jaime Ramírez | T53 | 100m | 16.06 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| 200m | 28.72 | 14 | did not advance | |||||
| 400m | 1:02.20 | 20 | did not advance | |||||
| Fernando Sánchez | T54 | 100m | 15.23 | 17 | did not advance | |||
| 200m | 26.55 | 17 | did not advance | |||||
| 400m | 48.76 | 6 Q | 51.39 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| Freddy Sandoval | T54 | 100m | 14.91 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| 200m | 26.76 | 19 | did not advance | |||||
| 400m | 51.57 | 24 | did not advance | |||||
| Mario Santillán | T46 | 5000m | — | 14:43.78 | | |||
| Marathon | — | 2:27:04 WR | | |||||
| Gonzalo Valdovinos | T54 | 100m | 14.94 | 14 | did not advance | |||
| 200m | 25.60 | 7 q | — | 26.31 | 7 | |||
| 400m | 49.61 | 12 Q | 53.34 | 14 | did not advance | |||
| Luis Zapien | T11 | 5000m | — | DSQ | ||||
| Alfonso Zaragoza | T54 | 800m | 1:41.43 | 21 | did not advance | |||
| 1500m | 3:18.74 | 32 | did not advance | |||||
| 5000m | 10:24.13 | 16 | did not advance | |||||
| Marathon | — | 1:30:30 | 20 | |||||
| Jaime Ramírez Fernando Sánchez Freddy Sandoval Gonzalo Valdovinos | T53-54 | 4 × 100 m relay | 53.16 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.56 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Benjamín Cardozo | F37-38 | Long jump | 5.17 | 898 | 11 |
| Fernando del Rosario | F57-58 | Discus throw | 47.44 | 889 | 10 |
| Mauro Maximo de Jesus | F53-54 | Javelin throw | 20.39 | 1023 | 5 |
| Shot put | 8.72 WR | 1073 | | ||
| Adrián Paz Velázquez | F53-54 | Javelin throw | 19.55 SB | 981 | 8 |
| Enrique Sánchez | F55-56 | Shot put | 10.57 SB | 911 | 11 |
| Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix | F53-54 | Javelin throw | 28.67 SB | 1087 | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Yazmith Bataz | T54 | 100m | 18.15 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 31.99 | 7 Q | 31.05 | 7 | ||
| 400m | 1:00.29 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Perla Bustamante | T42 | 100m | — | 16.32 WR | | |
| Evelyn Enciso | T53 | 100m | 18.83 | 8 q | 18.43 | 8 |
| 200m | 33.32 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 400m | 1:03.31 | 8 q | 1:01.89 | 8 | ||
| 800m | — | 2:02.99 | 7 | |||
| Gloria Sanchez | T54 | 100m | 18.40 | 13 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 33.43 | 15 | did not advance | |||
| 400m | 1:03.13 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Yazmith Bataz Evelyn Enciso Floralia Estrada Gloria Sanchez | T53-54 | 4 × 100 m relay | — | DSQ | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Perla Bustamante | F42 | Long jump | 3.51 SB | - | 4 |
| F42-46 | Shot put | 9.07 | 933 | 6 | |
| Dora Garcia | F54-56 | Javelin throw | 11.61 | 793 | 14 |
| Leticia Ochoa | F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 8.69 | 966 | 9 |
| Angeles Ortiz Hernandez | F57-58 | Shot put | 10.94 | 1126 | |
| Esther Rivera | F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 11.69 | 1027 | 4 |
| Catalina Rosales | F57-58 | Discus throw | 26.12 | 831 | 11 |
| Shot put | 9.51 | 978 | 5 | ||
| Estela Salas | F32-34/51-53 | Discus throw | 12.59 | 848 | 13 |
| F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 11.33 | 995 | 6 | |
| Azucena Saucedo | F54-56 | Shot put | 7.56 | 908 | 9 |
| Jeny Velazco | F57-58 | Javelin throw | 30.57 | 1037 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Navarro | Men's road time trial HC A | 46:16.11 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Eduardo Ávila | Men's 73kg | Bye |  Hierrezuelo (CUB)W 0020–0000 |  F Ramirez (ARG)W 1100-0000 | — |  Xu Z (CHN)W 1000-0000 | |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Lenia Ruvalcaba | Women's 70kg |  Pernheim (SWE)W 0200-000 |  Savostyanova (RUS)W 0110-0101 | — |  del Carmen Herrera (ESP)L 0000-1021 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Jose Castorena | S4 | 50m freestyle | 50.79 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Vidal Dominguez | S5 | 50m butterfly | 45.32 | 8 Q | 45.50 | 7 |
| SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:05.17 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| SM5 | 200m individual medley | 3:45.96 | 7 Q | 3:50.11 | 8 | |
| Pedro Rangel | SB5 | 100m breaststroke | 1:33.95 | 1 Q | 1:34.69 | |
| Juan Ignacio Reyes | S4 | 50m backstroke | 42.71 WR | 1 Q | 42.77 | |
| 50m freestyle | 44.02 | 7 Q | 43.07 | 7 | ||
| 100m freestyle | 1:36.25 | 6 Q | 1:37.30 | 8 | ||
| 200m freestyle | 3:28.73 | 6 Q | 3:25.57 | 7 | ||
| S5 | 50m butterfly | 46.00 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| Cristopher Tronco Sánchez | S3 | 50m backstroke | 1:06.04 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 50m freestyle | 1:05.00 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 100m freestyle | 2:23.03 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| Jose Castorena Vidal Dominguez Pedro Rangel Juan Ignacio Reyes | N/A | 4x50m freestyle relay | — | 3:02.50 | 5 | |
| 4x50m medley relay | 3:06.32 | 7 Q | 3:04.44 | 7 | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Doramitzi Gonzalez | S6 | 100m backstroke S6 | 1:42.21 | 7 Q | 1:36.90 | 6 |
| 50m butterfly | 44.00 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 50m freestyle | 38.20 | 4 Q | 36.52 | | ||
| 100m freestyle | 1:23.37 | 3 Q | 1:19.36 | | ||
| 400m freestyle | 6:15.97 | 6 Q | 6:06.84 | 5 | ||
| Virginia Hernandez | S2 | 50m backstroke | 1:41.87 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Nely Miranda | S4 | 50m freestyle | — | 46.27 WR | | |
| 100m freestyle | 1:45.89 | 1 Q | 1:44.11 | | ||
| S5 | 200m freestyle | 3:28.20 | 7 Q | 3:32.08 | 7 | |
| Nadia Porras | S5 | 50m backstroke | 56.42 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 200m freestyle | 3:36.09 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| Fabiola Ramirez | S3 | 50m backstroke | 1:21.71 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 50m freestyle | 1:17.92 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Patricia Valle | S3 | 50m backstroke | 1:17.89 | 7 Q | 1:12.88 | 4 |
| 50m freestyle | 59.84 | 2 Q | 57.05 | | ||
| S4 | 100m freestyle | 2:03.82 | 6 Q | 2:02.50 | 7 | |
| SM4 | 150m individual medley | — | 3:29.36 | | ||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porfirio Arredondo | 75kg | 197.5 | 5 |
| Jesus Castillo | 90kg | 200.0 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perla Patricia Barcenas | 82.5kg | 130.0 | |
| Laura Cerero | 40kg | 92.5 | |
| Catalina Diaz | 75kg | 115.0 | 4 |
| Amalia Pérez | 52kg | 128.0 PR | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Teresa Arenales | Women's singles C4 |  Weinmann (GER)L 0–3 |  Jung (KOR)L 1-3 |  Sacca (ITA)L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Maria Paredes | Women's singles C5 | Gu G (CHN) LWBF |  Wei M H (TPE)L 0-3 |  Wong P Y (HKG)W 3-2 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
| Teresa Arenales Maria Paredes | Women's team C4-5 | No preliminaries | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0-3 | did not advance | ||||||
The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 10 teams.
Coach
7 September 2008 12:15 |
 Netherlands | 59–46 |  Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter:18 - 11, 11 - 15, 12 - 8, 18 - 12 | ||
Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 2,140 Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (Australia) |
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