Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
competed at the
1964 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo
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Japan. 94 competitors, 90 men and 4 women, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
As the country hosted
the next Olympics in Mexico City, the
flag of Mexico was raised at the closing ceremony.
Medalists
Bronze
*
Juan Fabila — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Nine cyclists represented Mexico in 1964.
;
Individual road race
*
Melesio Soto
*
Francisco Coronel
*
Heriberto Díaz
*
Moises López
;
Team time trial
*
Adolfo Belmonte
*
Antonio Duque
*
Moises López
*
Porfirio Remigio
;
Sprint
*
José Luis Tellez
*
José Mercado
;
1000m time trial
*
José Mercado
;
Tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
*
José Mercado
*
José Luis Tellez
;
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
*
Antonio Duque
Diving
Equestrian
Football
Judo
Modern pentathlon
four male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1964.
;Individual
*
David Bárcena
*
Eduardo Florez
*
Enrique Padilla
*
Enriquez Andrade
;Team
* David Bárcena
* Eduardo Florez
* Enrique Padilla
* Enriquez Andrade
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Five shooters represented Mexico in 1964.
;
50 m pistol
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*
Enrique Torres
Enrique Torres (July 25, 1922 – September 10, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Personal life
Torres was married to Maria in 1938. They h ...
*
Raúl Ibarra
;
50 m rifle, three positions
*
Olegario Vázquez
*
Abel Vázquez
;
50 m rifle, prone
*
Jesús Elizondo
*
Olegario Vázquez
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
1964 in Mexican sports
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