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

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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. The country sent 102 athletes (76 men and 26 women) and competed in 71 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three men and one woman. Only one of the individuals advanced to the elimination rounds, where he was defeated in the first match. The men's team missed the team round by one ranking. They were 4 points behind the 16th place team. Women's Individual Competition: * Aurora Breton — Ranking round, 45th place (0-0) Men's Individual Competition: * José Anchondo — Round of 32, 31st place (0-1) * Ricardo Rojas — Ranking round, 37th place (0-0) * Omar Bustani — Ranking round, 67th place (0-0) Men's Team Competition: * Anchondo, Rojas, and Bustani — Ranking round, 17th place (0-0)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres *

Ignacio Fragoso Ignacio Fragoso Galindo (born February 6, 1968) is a retired male long-distance runner from Mexico. Career He set his personal best in the men's 5,000 metres event (13:59.48) on June 5, 1993 at a meet in Seville, Spain Seville (; ...

— 14.16,14 (→ 42nd place) Men's 10,000 metres *

Arturo Barrios Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour run world recor ...

:* Heat — 28:28.26 :* Final — 28:17.79 (→ 5th place) *

Germán Silva Germán Silva Martínez (born 9 January 1968 in Zacatlán, Puebla) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His foremost achievements were back-to-back victories at the New York City Marathon in 1994 and 1995. ...

:* Heat — 28:13.72 :* Final — 28:20.19 (→ 6th place) *

Armando Quintanilla Juan Armando Quintanilla Loredo (born April 19, 1968) is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won two gold medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Oc ...

:* Heat — 28:23.76 :* Final — 28:48.05(→ 16th place) Men's Marathon *

Isidro Rico José Isidro Rico Rangel (born May 15, 1961) is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:09:14 (1994). He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29th place in the M ...

— 2:18.52 (→ 29th place) *

Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Pizarro (born October 9, 1965 in Toluca) is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country two times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. He ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Genaro Rojas, Eduardo Nava, Raymundo Escalante, Herman Adam and

Alejandro Cárdenas Alejandro Manuel Cárdenas Robles (born October 4, 1974) is a retired track & field athlete from Mexico. He is married to high jumper athlete Romary Rifka. Career After forming part of the Mexican 4 × 100 metres relay in the 1992 Summer Olympi ...

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Raymundo Escalante, Eduardo Nava, Luis Karin Toledo, and Juan Vallin Gutierrez :* Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk * Daniel Garcia — 1:25:35 (→ 7th place) * Joel Sánchez — 1:30:12 (→ 21st place) *

Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk. He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold m ...

— 1:33:51 (→ 29th place) Men's 50 km Walk *

Carlos Mercenario Carlos Mercenario Carbajal (born May 23, 1967) is a Mexican retired race walker. He was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal. He is the 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 50 K walk and a three-time World Race Walking Cup champion. Personal ...

— 3:52:09 (→ Silver Medal) * Miguel Rodríguez — 3:58:26 (→ 8th place) * Germán Sánchez — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 10,000 metres * María Luisa Servín :* Heat — 33:42.74 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon *

Olga Appell Olga Appell Avalos (born August 2, 1963, in Durango) is an American long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Ol ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 10 km Walk * Maricela Chávez :* Final — 48:39 (→ 28th place) * Eva Machuca :* Final — 50:02 (→ 30th place) * Graciela Mendoza :* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Women's High Jump * Cristina Fink :* Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg) * Narciso González :*First Round — Lost to Benjamin Mwangata (TAN), RSCH-3 (01:43) Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg) *

Javier Calderón Javier Calderón Alfaro (born 20 November 1971) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 1998. As an amateur, he competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A native of Reynosa, Calderón won ...

:*First Round — Defeated Benjamin Ngaruiya (KEN), 16:4 :*Second Round — Lost to

Remigio Molina Remigio Daniel Molina (November 6, 1970 – September 18, 2016) was an Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He also represented Argentina at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Amateur career He died in Concordia, on 17 Septe ...

(ARG), 4:5 Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) * Edgar Ruiz :*First Round — Lost to

Leonard Doroftei Leonard Dorin Doroftei (, also known as ''Leonard Dorin''; born 10 April 1970) is a Romanian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003. Amateur highlights Doroftei took up boxing at the age of 14 ...

(ROM), 4:24 Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Manuel Verde :*First Round — Lost to

Patrice Aouissi Patrice Aouissi (born 24 February 1966) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2000, challenging for the WBC cruiserweight title in 1996. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Sum ...

(FRA), RSCH-3 (01:46)

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Mexico in 1992. ; Men's 1 km time trial * César Muciño ; Men's team pursuit * Arturo García * César Muciño * Jesús Vázquez * Marco Zaragoza ; Men's points race * Manuel Youshimatz

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard *

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 ...

:* Preliminary Round — 384.45 points :* Final — 604.14 points (→ 6th place) *

Fernando Platas Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973, in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the ...

:* Preliminary Round — 355.47 points (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 10m Platform *

Alberto Acosta Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta Tabizzi (born 23 August 1966) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. In a professional career which spanned 18 years (nearly 700 official games and more than 250 goals), he played for San L ...

:* Preliminary Round — 398.55 points :*Final — 482.28 points (→ 11th place) *

Jesús Mena Jesús Mena Campos (born 28 May 1968 in Gómez Palacio, Durango) is a Mexican former diver. At his first Olympic Games in 1988 he won a bronze medal in the 10 metre platform event, while also placing seventh in the 3 metre springboard comp ...

:* Preliminary Round — 370.47 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Women's 3m Springboard * María Elena Romero :* Preliminary Round — 269.34 (→ did not advance, 16th place) * Ana Ayala :* Preliminary Round — 249.03 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 10m Platform *

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:*Final — 394.35 points (→ 6th place) * Macarena Alexanderson :*Preliminary Round — 286.59 points (→ 13th place)

Equestrianism

Football

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group D) :* Drew with Denmark (1-1) :* Drew with Australia (1-1) :* Drew with Ghana (1-1) → did not advance *Team roster FIFA.com
FIFA :*( 1.) José Alberto Guadarrama :*( 2.)

Ricardo Cadena Ricardo Cadena Martínez (born 23 October 1969) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender during his career. He was a member of the Mexico national team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olym ...

:*( 3.)

Manuel Vidrio Manuel Vidrio Solís (born 23 August 1972) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He has been capped for the Mexico national team, including four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also part of the Mexi ...

:*( 4.) Alberto Macías :*( 5.) Silviano Delgado :*( 6.)

Joaquín Hernández Joaquín Hernández García (born 1 February 1971) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Hernández played as a midfielder during his career, and was a member of the Mexico national football team that competed at the ...

:*( 7.) José Agustín Morales :*( 8.) David Rangel :*( 9.)

Francisco Rotllán Francisco Rotllán Zavala (born January 6, 1970) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a forward. He began his career at Irapuato, moving to Puebla in 1991. He made 15 appearances as Puebla reached the final in the 1991–92 season before ...

:*(10.) Jorge Castañeda :*(11.) Damián Álvarez :*(12.) Miguel Fuentes :*(13.)

Camilo Romero Camilo Romero (born 30 March 1970) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a left-back. Romero was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He earned fourteen caps for the nat ...

:*(14.) Carlos López :*(15.) José Eduardo Pavez :*(16.)

Mario Arteaga Mario Alberto Arteaga Herrera (born 29 November 1970) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Club He played as forward during his career, beginning with Chivas in the 1990–91 season. During the ...

:*(17.) Pedro Pineda :*(18.)

Ángel Lemus Ángel Lemus Silva (born 3 September 1971) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Mexico national team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Career Lemus played club football for Club ...

:*(19.) Ignacio Vázquez :*(20.) Ángel Maldonado *Head coach: Óscar Iparraguirre

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1992. ;Individual * Iván Ortega * Alejandro Yrizar * Alberto Félix ;Team * Iván Ortega * Alejandro Yrizar * Alberto Félix

Rowing

Sailing

Women's 470 Class * Margarita Pazos and

Karla Gutiérrez Karla Gutiérrez (born 21 December 1966) is a Mexican sailor. She competed in the women's 470 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offi ...

:* Final Ranking — 126 points (→ 17th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle * Rodrigo González :* Heat — 23.52 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100m Freestyle * Rodrigo González :* Heat — 51.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100m Breaststroke *

Javier Careaga Javier Careaga Tagueña (born November 17, 1967) is a former breaststroke swimmer Olympian from Mexico. As of 2008, he is the ex-president of the Mexican Swimming Federation (la Federación Mexicana de Natación). International competition Sum ...

:* Heat — 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke *

:* Heat — 2:15.59 :* B-Final — 2:16.55 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Women's 400m Freestyle * Laura Sánchez :* Heat — 4:23.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) *

Erika González Erika González Haydee (born January 7, 1972) is a retired female freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Her best result there was 25 ...

:* Heat — 4:32.06 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 800m Freestyle * Laura Sánchez :* Heat — 9:10.31 (→ did not advance, 21st place) *

:* Heat — 9:17.18 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 100m Butterfly * Gabriela Gaja :* Heat — 1:04.84 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

Heike Koerner Heike Koerner Romo is a Mexican retired backstroke swimmer. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest ci ...

, Ana Mendoza, Gabriela Gaja, and Laura Sánchez :* Heat — 4:26.73 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Synchronized Swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Mexico in 1992. ; Women's solo *

Sonia Cárdeñas Sonia Cárdeñas (born 22 February 1970) is a former synchronized swimmer from Mexico. She competed in the women's solo at the 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the No ...

Elizabeth Cervantes Elizabeth Cervantes (; born August 1, 1973) is a Mexican actress of films and soap operas. She studied acting in Casa del Teatro and Centro de Formacion Actoral of TV Azteca. Filmography Cine * '' El Infierno'' - La Lupe (2010) *Oscura Sedu ...

Lourdes Olivera Lourdes Olivera (born 16 December 1970) is a former synchronized swimmer from Mexico. She competed in both the women's solo and the women's duet competitions at the 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper ...

; Women's duet *

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Francisco Maciel Francisco Maciel García (born 7 January 1964) is a former tennis player from Mexico. He represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland's Jakob Hlas ...

:* First round — Lost to Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 *

Leonardo Lavalle Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain' ...

:* First round — Defeated Jan Siemerink (Netherlands) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 :* Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 :* Third round — Defeated Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 :* Quarterfinals — Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 1-6 Men's Doubles Competition *

and

:* First round — Lost to Owen Casey and Eoin Collins (Ireland) 6-7, 4-6, retired Women's Singles Competition *

Lupita Novelo Guadelupe "Lupita" Novelo Osuna (born 5 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Novelo comes from Ensenada in the Mexican state of Baja California, one of six children of Don Antonio and Ana María. Moving to the ...

:* First Round — Lost to

Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

(Germany) 1-6 1-6

Wrestling

References

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