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competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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. 45 competitors, 36 men and 9 women, took part in 43 events in 12 sports.

Medalists

Silver

* Carlos Girón — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

* Joaquin Pérez — Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed) * David Bárcena Ríos, Manuel Mendivil, José Pérez and Fabián Vázquez — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition * Jesús Gómez, Joaquin Pérez, Gerardo Tazzer and Alberto Valdés — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition RIAN archive 578010 Mexican sportsman at 1980 Olympics

RIAN archive 578010 Mexican sportsman at 1980 Olympics

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres *

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:* Heat — 29:21.3 (→ did not advance) * Rodolfo Gómez :* Heat — 29:25.7 (→ did not advance) * José Gómez :* Heat — 29:53.6 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Rodolfo Gómez :* Final — 2:12:39 (→ 6th place) Men's 20 km Walk *

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:* Final — 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place) * Daniel Bautista :* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) * Domingo Colín :* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk *

:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Daniel Bautista :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

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:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

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:* First Round — Defeated

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(Mongolia) on points (4-1) :* Second Round — Lost to

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(North Korea) on points (2-3) Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) *

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:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated

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(Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round :* Quarter Finals — Lost to

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(Bulgaria) on points (1-4) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

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:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated

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(Ireland) on points (5-0) :* Third Round — Defeated

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(Great Britain) on points (4-1) :* Quarter Finals — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Carlos González :* First Round — Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0) :* Second Round — Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2) :* Third Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round

Diving

Men's Springboard * Carlos Girón :* Heats — 580.20 points (→ 1st place) :* Final — 892.140 points (→ Silver Medal) * Francisco Rueda :* Preliminary Round — 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance) *

Jorge Mondragón Jorge Mondragón Vázquez (born October 30, 1962) is a Mexican retired diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1980. Mondragón won two bronze medals at the 1991 Pan American Games The 1 ...

:* Heats — 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance) Men's Platform * Carlos Girón :* Heats — 515.37 points (→ 5th place) :* Final — 809.805 points (→ 4th place) * Francisco Rueda :* Preliminary Round — 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance) * Salvador Sobrino :* Preliminary Round — 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980. ;Individual * Ivar Sisniega * Jens Lohmann

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Elke Holtz :* Heats — 1:15.89 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plachinski :* Heats — 3.56,87 :* Final — 3.55,41 (→ 6th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plachinski :* Heats — 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 48 kg * Jorge Frías :* Eliminated in Third Round Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg * Alfredo Olvera :* Sixth place

References

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