Mexico competed at the

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, Canada. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 54 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Daniel Bautista — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Bronze

* Juan Paredes — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres * Rodolfo Gomez :* Heat — 13:46.23 (→ did not advance) Men's 10.000 metres * Luis Hernández :* Heat — 28:44.17 (→ did not advance) * Rodolfo Gomez :* Heat — 30:05.19 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Mario Cuevas — 2:18:08 (→ 18th place) * Rodolfo Gomez — 2:18:21 (→ 19th place) Men's 20 km Race Walk * Daniel Bautista — 1:24:40 (→ Gold Medal) *

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— 1:28:18 (→ 5th place) * Domingo Colin — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A): :* Lost to Soviet Union (77-120) :* Defeated Japan (108-90) :* Lost to Australia (117-120) :* Lost to Cuba (75-89) :* Lost to Canada (84-92) *Classification Match: :* 9th/10th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (84-89) → 10th place *Team roster :* Jesús García :*

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:* Jorge Flores :* Rafael Palomar :* Antonio Ayala :* Samuel Campis :* Héctor Rodríguez :* Anastacio Reyes :* Gabriel Nava :* Ruben Alcala :* Manuel Saenz :* Manuel Raga *Head coach: Carlos Bru

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Ernesto Rios :* First Round — Lost to Alfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5 Men's Featherweight * Juan Paredes Men's Middleweight * Nicolas Arredondo

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1976. ; Individual road race * Rubén Camacho — 4:54:49.0 (→ 45th place) * Luis Ramos — did not finish (→ no ranking) * José Castañeda — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Rodolfo Vitela Rodolfo Vitela Arévalo (born 10 March 1949) is a Mexican former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won the Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Ric ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

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:* 2:18:48 - 18th Place Team roster * José Castañeda *

* Ceferino Estrada * Francisco Huerta

Diving

Equestrian

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle *

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* Guillermo García Men's 100m Backstroke *José Urueta * Ignacio Álvarez Men's 200m Backstroke *José Urueta * Ignacio Álvarez Men's 100m Breaststroke * Gustavo Lozano Men's 200m Breaststroke * Gustavo Lozano Men's 100m Butterfly * José Luis Prado Men's 200m Butterfly * Ricardo Marmolejo Men's 400m Individual Medley * Ricardo Marmolejo * Guillermo Zavala Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100m Breaststroke * Beatriz Camuñas Women's 200m Breaststroke * Beatriz Camuñas

Water polo

Men's team competition

*Team roster :* Alfred Schmidt :* Arturo Valencia :* Daniel Gómez :* Francisco García :* Javier Guerra :* Jorge Coste :* Juan García :* Juan Yanez :* Maximiliano Aguilar :* Victorino Beristain :* Armando Fernández

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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