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 Walk
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)
Men's 5,000 metres
Ignacio Fragoso — 14.16,14 (→ 42nd place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Arturo Barrios
Heat — 28:28.26
Final — 28:17.79 (→ 5th place)
Germán Silva
Heat — 28:13.72
Final — 28:20.19 (→ 6th place)
Armando Quintanilla
Heat — 28:23.76
Final — 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 Cárdenas
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 — 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 Servín
Heat — 33:42.74 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Olga Appell — 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)
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
First Round — Defeated Benjamin Ngaruiya (KEN), 16:4
Second Round — Lost to Remigio Molina (ARG), 4:5
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Edgar Ruiz
First Round — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (ROM), 4:24
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Manuel Verde
First Round — Lost to Patrice Aouissi (FRA), RSCH-3 (01:46)
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
Men's 3m Springboard
Jorge Mondragón
Preliminary Round — 384.45 points
Final — 604.14 points (→ 6th place)
Fernando Platas
Preliminary Round — 355.47 points (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Alberto Acosta
Preliminary Round — 398.55 points
Final — 482.28 points (→ 11th place)
Jesús Mena
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
María Alcalá
Final — 394.35 points (→ 6th place)
Macarena Alexanderson
Preliminary 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 advance
Team 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 Maldonado
Head Coach: Óscar Iparraguirre
Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1992.
Individual
Iván Ortega
Alejandro Yrizar
Alberto Félix
Team
Iván Ortega
Alejandro Yrizar
Alberto Félix
Women's 470 Class
Margarita Pazos and Karla Gutiérrez
Final Ranking — 126 points (→ 17th place)
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
Heat — 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Javier Careaga
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
Heat — 4:32.06 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Laura Sánchez
Heat — 9:10.31 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Erika González
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, Ana Mendoza, Gabriela Gaja, and Laura Sánchez
Heat — 4:26.73 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented Mexico in 1992.
Women's solo
Sonia Cárdeñas
Elizabeth Cervantes
Lourdes Olivera
Women's duet
Sonia Cárdeñas
Lourdes Olivera
Men's Singles Competition
Francisco Maciel
First round — Lost to Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6
Leonardo Lavalle
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
Leonardo Lavalle and Francisco Maciel
First round — Lost to Owen Casey and Eoin Collins (Ireland) 6-7, 4-6, retired
Women's Singles Competition
Lupita Novelo
First Round — Lost to Steffi Graf (Germany) 1-6 1-6
