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Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Mexican Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.com.org.mx (Spanish)

Competitors
  
99 (77 men and 22 women) in 18 sports

Medals Ranked 17th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 3 1 6

Mexico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 99 competitors, 77 men and 22 women, took part in 87 events in 18 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Ernesto Canto — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
  • Raúl González — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
  • Silver

  • Raúl González — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
  • Héctor López — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
  • Daniel Aceves — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Bronze

  • Manuel Youshimatz — Cycling, Men's Points Race
  • Archery

    In its second Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered one man and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first appearance in the 1972 archery competition, took ninth place.

    Women's Individual Competition:

  • Aurora Bretón — 2481 points (→ 9th place)
  • Men's Individual Competition:

  • Adolfo Gonzalez — 2418 points (→ 33rd place)
  • Athletics

    Men's 5,000 metres

  • Gerardo Alcala
  • Heat — 13:50.60
  • Semifinals — 13:45.98 (→ did not advance)
  • Eduardo Castro
  • Heat — 13:51.46
  • Semifinals — 13:42.04 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 10,000 metres

  • José Gómez
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:28.50 (→ did not advance)
  • Martín Pitayo
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:59.19 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's Marathon

  • Jesús Herrera — 2:20:33 (→ 36th place)
  • Rodolfo Gómez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Miguel Angel Cruz — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Men's Javelin Throw

  • Juan de la Garza
  • Qualification — 79.16m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Men's 20 km Walk

  • Ernesto Canto
  • Final — 1:23:13 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Raúl González
  • Final — 1:23:20 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Marcelino Colín
  • Final — 1:28:26 (→ 17th place)
  • Men's 50 km Walk

  • Raúl González
  • Final — 3:47:26 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Ernesto Canto
  • Final — 4:07:59 (→ 10th place)
  • Martín Bermúdez
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

  • Women's Marathon

  • María Trujillo
  • Final — 2:38:50 (→ 25th place)
  • Maria Cardenas
  • Final — 2:51:03 (→ 40th place)
  • Maria Luisa Ronquillo
  • Final — 2:51:04 (→ 41st place)
  • Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Alma Vázquez
  • Heat — 1:00.86 (→ did not advance)
  • Boxing

    Men's Flyweight

  • Fausto García
  • Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Héctor López → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Johnny Assadoma (INA), KO-3
  • Third Round — Defeated Joe Orewa (NGR), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Defeated Dale Walters (CAN), 5:0
  • Final — Lost to Maurizio Stecca (ITA), 1:4
  • Men's Featherweight

  • Javier Camacho
  • Men's Lightweight

  • Luciano Solis
  • Men's Light-Welterweight

  • Octavio Robles
  • Men's Welterweight

  • Genaro Léon
  • Cycling

    Eight cyclists represented Mexico in 1984.

    Individual road race
  • Raúl Alcalá — +1:43 (→ 11th place)
  • Luis Ramos — +6:14 (→ 17th place)
  • Salvador Rios — +22:20 (→ 47th place)
  • Jesús Rios — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Team time trial
  • Raúl Alcalá
  • Félipe Enríquez
  • Guillermo Gutiérrez
  • Cuauthémoc Muñoz
  • Points race
  • José Youshimatz
  • Final — 29 points (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Diving

    Men's 3m Springboard

  • Jorge Mondragón
  • Preliminary Round — 537.03
  • Final — 550.35 (→ 9th place)
  • Carlos Girón
  • Preliminary Round — 549.75
  • Final — 530.04 (→ 12th place)
  • Fencing

    One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.

    Women's foil
  • Lourdes Lozano
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1984.

    Individual
  • Ivar Sisniega
  • Alejandro Yrizar
  • Marcelo Hoyo
  • Team
  • Ivar Sisniega
  • Alejandro Yrizar
  • Marcelo Hoyo
  • Swimming

    Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Ramiro Estrada
  • Heat — 52.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • César Sánchez
  • Heat — 54.94 (→ did not advance, 48th place)
  • Men's 200m Freestyle

  • César Sánchez
  • Heat — 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Carlos Romo
  • Heat — 1:58.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
  • Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Ernesto Vela
  • Heat — 1:01.42 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
  • Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Ernesto Vela
  • Heat — 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Eduardo Morillo
  • Heat — 1:06.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Eduardo Morillo
  • Heat — 2:23.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Carlos Romo
  • Heat — 57.61 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Eduardo Morillo
  • Heat — 2:09.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • José Medina, Ramiro Estrada, César Sánchez, and Carlos Romo
  • Heat — 3:33.86 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Ernesto Vela, Eduardo Morillo, Carlos Romo, and Ramiro Estrada
  • Heat — 3:56.11 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

  • Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Patricia Kohlmann
  • Heat — 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Teresa Rivera
  • Heat — 59.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Patricia Kohlmann
  • Heat — 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Irma Huerta
  • Heat — 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Irma Huerta
  • Heat — 4:25.13
  • B-Final — 4:23.34 (→ 16th place)
  • Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Irma Huerta
  • Heat — 8:56.18 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
  • Rosa Fuentes
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
  • Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Teresa Rivera
  • Heat — 1:06.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Teresa Rivera
  • Heat — 2:22.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera, Rosa Fuentes, and Irma Huerta
  • Heat — 3:58.31 (→ did not advance)
  • Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Teresa Rivera, Sara Guido, Maria Urbina, and Patricia Kohlmann
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
  • Synchronized swimming

    Women's Solo

  • Pilar Ramírez
  • Claudia Novelo
  • Lourdes Candini
  • Women's Duet

  • Claudia Novelo and Pilar Ramírez
  • References

    Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wikipedia