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Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Mexican Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.com.org.mx (Spanish)

Competitors
  
64 (61 men and 3 women) in 13 sports

MedalsRanked 34th
  
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Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 61 men and 3 women took part in 35 events in 13 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Joaquín Capilla — Diving, Men's Platform

    • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Main Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Finland (66-48)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (44-52)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (62-71) → did not advance, 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • Emilio López
  • Fernando Rojas
  • José Rojas
  • Filiberto Manzo
  • Héctor Guerrero
  • Jorge Cardiel
  • José Bru
  • José Meneses
  • José Cabrera
  • José Pioquinto Soto
  • Rolando Rubalcava
  • Rubén Almanza
  • Sergio Olguín

    • Cycling

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Angel Romero — 5:24:33.9 (→ 45th place)
  • Francisco Lozano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Julio Cepeda — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Ricardo García — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Diving

    Men's 3m Springboard

  • Joaquín Capilla
  • Final — 178.33 points (→ 4th place)
  • Rodolfo Perea
  • Preliminary Round — 62.36 points (→ 19th place)
  • Alberto Capilla
  • Preliminary Round — 61.85 points (→ 20th place)

    • Women's 10m Platform

  • Carlota Rios
  • Preliminary Round — 39.76 points (→ 10th place)
  • Irma Lozano
  • Preliminary Round — 33.33 points (→ 13th place)

    • Fencing

    Four fencers, all male, represented Mexico in 1952.

    Men's foil
  • Benito Ramos
    • Men's épée
  • Antonio Haro
  • Emilio Meraz
  • Benito Ramos
    • Men's sabre
  • Antonio Haro
  • Benito Ramos
  • Rafael Cámara

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1952.

    Individual
  • José Pérez
  • Antonio Almada
  • David Romero
    • Team
  • José Pérez
  • Antonio Almada
  • David Romero

    • Shooting

    Four shooters represented Mexico in 1952.

    25 m pistol
  • Ernesto Montemayor, Sr.
  • Carlos Rodríguez
    • 50 m pistol
  • Raúl Ibarra
  • José Reyes Rodríguez

    • Swimming

    Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Juan Lans
  • Alberto Isaac
  • René Muñis

    • Men's 1,500 m Freestyle

  • Tonatiuh Gutiérrez
  • César Borja
  • Ernesto Fierro

    • Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Tonatiuh Gutiérrez
  • César Borja
  • Ernesto Fierro
  • Alberto Isaac

    • Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Clemente Mejía

    • Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Walter Ocampo

    • References

    Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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