Mexico competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1900. Comité Olímpico Mexicano sent a total of 102 athletes to the Games, 64 men and 38 women, to compete in 23 sports.
Men's football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to ...
was the only team sport in which Mexico was represented at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, sprint canoeing, and table tennis.
The Mexican team featured several medal prospects for London, including taekwondo jin and defending champion
María Espinoza
María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza (born November 27, 1987) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.
Espinoza is one of the two women from Mexico who have won an Olympic gold medal, the other being Soraya Jiménez.
Early life
Espinoza was born ...
, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Equestrian show jumper Jaime Azcárraga, who had competed in Olympics since 1984, marked his return in London after a twenty-year absence and was also the oldest member of the team, at age 52. Laser Radial sailor
Tania Elías Calles
Tania Elías Calles Wolf (born April 17, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican sailor. She is the great-granddaughter of general Plutarco Elías Calles. At 6 years old she started in the sport of sailing and she has competed at four Olympic Games.
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and windsurfer
David Mier
David Mauricio Mier y Terán Cuevas (born 7 August 1978) is a windsurfer from Mexico.
Mier was born in Mérida, Yucatán. He began practicing windsurfing at the age of 14, and participated in his first competition at age 15. He has participated ...
, on the other hand, competed at their fourth Olympics.
This was Mexico's most successful Olympics where it was not the host nation, winning a total of 8 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze), and surpassing their record from
Los Angeles
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and
Sydney
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by a single medal. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes in diving, and two in archery for the first time. Among the nation's medalists were springboard diver
Laura Sánchez, who won Mexico's first Olympic medal for a female in an individual event. Meanwhile, taekwondo jin María Espinoza and platform diver
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Ol ...
became the first Mexican women in history to win a total of two Olympic medals. Mexico also set a milestone in its team sports, as the men's football team won its first ever Olympic gold medal in the final match against
Brazil
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.
Medalists
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Competitors
Archery
;Men
;Women
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
Badminton
Boxing
;Men
Canoeing
Sprint
Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); OB = Olympic Best
Cycling
Road
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Jumping
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Football
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
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;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match
;Final rank:
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Women
Judo
Modern pentathlon
* Did not finish
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Triathlon
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
See also
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Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games
Mexico hosted the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Mexico has competed in every edition of the Pan American Games since the first games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mexico began their participation ha ...
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Mexico at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
References
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Summer Olympics
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Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012
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