Mexico competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The country sent 102 athletes (76 men and 26 women) and competed in 71 events in 18 sports.
Carlos Mercenario — Athletics, Men's 50 km WalkIn 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)Men's 5,000 metres
Ignacio Fragoso — 14.16,14 (→ 42nd place)Men's 10,000 metres
Arturo BarriosHeat — 28:28.26Final — 28:17.79 (→ 5th place)Germán SilvaHeat — 28:13.72Final — 28:20.19 (→ 6th place)Armando QuintanillaHeat — 28:23.76Final — 28:48.05(→ 16th place)Men's Marathon
Isidro Rico — 2:18.52 (→ 29th place)Dionicio Cerón — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Genaro Rojas, Eduardo Nava, Raymundo Escalante, Herman Adam and Alejandro CárdenasMen's 4 × 400 m Relay
Raymundo Escalante, Eduardo Nava, Luis Karin Toledo, and Juan Vallin GutierrezHeat — 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 — 1:33:51 (→ 29th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Carlos Mercenario — 3:52:09 (→ Silver Medal)Miguel Rodríguez — 3:58:26 (→ 8th place)Germán Sánchez — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 10,000 metres
María Luisa ServínHeat — 33:42.74 (→ did not advance)Women's Marathon
Olga Appell — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 10 km Walk
Maricela ChávezFinal — 48:39 (→ 28th place)Eva MachucaFinal — 50:02 (→ 30th place)Graciela MendozaFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Women's High Jump
Cristina FinkQualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)
Narciso GonzálezFirst Round — Lost to Benjamin Mwangata (TAN), RSCH-3 (01:43)Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
Javier CalderónFirst Round — Defeated Benjamin Ngaruiya (KEN), 16:4Second Round — Lost to Remigio Molina (ARG), 4:5Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Edgar RuizFirst Round — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (ROM), 4:24Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Manuel VerdeFirst Round — Lost to Patrice Aouissi (FRA), RSCH-3 (01:46)Five male cyclists represented Mexico in 1992.
Men's 1 km time trialCésar MuciñoMen's team pursuitArturo GarcíaCésar MuciñoJesús VázquezMarco ZaragozaMen's points raceManuel YoushimatzMen's 3m Springboard
Jorge MondragónPreliminary Round — 384.45 pointsFinal — 604.14 points (→ 6th place)Fernando PlatasPreliminary Round — 355.47 points (→ did not advance, 17th place)Men's 10m Platform
Alberto AcostaPreliminary Round — 398.55 pointsFinal — 482.28 points (→ 11th place)Jesús MenaPreliminary Round — 370.47 (→ did not advance, 15th place)Women's 3m Springboard
María Elena RomeroPreliminary Round — 269.34 (→ did not advance, 16th place)Ana AyalaPreliminary Round — 249.03 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Women's 10m Platform
María AlcaláFinal — 394.35 points (→ 6th place)Macarena AlexandersonPreliminary Round — 286.59 points (→ 13th place)Preliminary Round (Group D)Drew with Denmark (1-1)Drew with Australia (1-1)Drew with Ghana (1-1) → did not advanceTeam Roster ( 1.) José Alberto Guadarrama( 2.) Ricardo Cadena( 3.) Manuel Vidrio( 4.) Alberto Macías( 5.) Silviano Delgado( 6.) Joaquín Hernández( 7.) José Agustín Morales( 8.) David Rangel( 9.) Francisco Rotllán(10.) Jorge Castañeda(11.) Damián Álvarez(12.) Miguel Fuentes(13.) Camilo Romero(14.) Carlos López(15.) José Eduardo Pavez(16.) Mario Arteaga(17.) Pedro Pineda(18.) Ángel Lemus(19.) Ignacio Vázquez(20.) Ángel MaldonadoHead Coach: Óscar IparraguirreThree male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1992.
IndividualIván OrtegaAlejandro YrizarAlberto FélixTeamIván OrtegaAlejandro YrizarAlberto FélixWomen's 470 Class
Margarita Pazos and Karla GutiérrezFinal Ranking — 126 points (→ 17th place)Men's 50m Freestyle
Rodrigo GonzálezHeat — 23.52 (→ did not advance, 27th place)Men's 100m Freestyle
Rodrigo GonzálezHeat — 51.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Javier CareagaHeat — 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 20th place)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Javier CareagaHeat — 2:15.59B-Final — 2:16.55 (→ did not advance, 15th place)Women's 400m Freestyle
Laura SánchezHeat — 4:23.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)Erika GonzálezHeat — 4:32.06 (→ did not advance, 29th place)Women's 800m Freestyle
Laura SánchezHeat — 9:10.31 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Erika GonzálezHeat — 9:17.18 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Women's 100m Butterfly
Gabriela GajaHeat — 1:04.84 (→ did not advance, 40th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heike Koerner, Ana Mendoza, Gabriela Gaja, and Laura SánchezHeat — 4:26.73 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Three synchronized swimmers represented Mexico in 1992.
Women's soloSonia CárdeñasElizabeth CervantesLourdes OliveraWomen's duetSonia CárdeñasLourdes OliveraMen's Singles Competition
Francisco MacielFirst round — Lost to Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6Leonardo LavalleFirst round — Defeated Jan Siemerink (Netherlands) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8Third round — Defeated Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2Quarterfinals — Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 1-6Men's Doubles Competition
Leonardo Lavalle and Francisco MacielFirst round — Lost to Owen Casey and Eoin Collins (Ireland) 6-7, 4-6, retiredWomen's Singles Competition
Lupita NoveloFirst Round — Lost to Steffi Graf (Germany) 1-6 1-6