Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Bernardo Segura — Athletics, Men's 20 km WalkIn its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.
Women's Individual Competition:
Marisol Breton – Round of 32 → 18th place (1-1)Men's Individual Competition:
Jose Anchondo – Round of 16 → 16th place (2-1)Adolfo Gonzalez – Round of 64 → 51st place (0-1)Men's 5,000 metres
Armando QuintanillaQualification — did not start (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Germán Silva – 2:14.29 (→ 6th place)Benjamín Paredes – 2:14.55 (→ 8th place)Dionicio Cerón – 2:16.48 (→ 15th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Ignacio Zamudio — 3:46:07 (→ 6th place)Daniel García — 3:50:05 (→ 9th place)Germán Sánchez — 3:57:47 (→ 18th place)Women's Marathon
María del Carmen Díaz – 2:37.14 (→ 33rd place)Guadaloupe Loma – 2:41.56 (→ 43rd place)Adriana Fernandez – 2:44.23 (→ 51st place)Women's 10 km Walk
Graciela Mendoza – 45:13 (→ 18th place)Men's Individual Time Trial
Jesus ZarateFinal — 1:11:42 (→ 30th place)Men's Points Race
Marco ZaragozaFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Jesús MartínezFirst Round — Defeated Biki Sapok (Malaysia), 15-4Second Round — Lost to La Paene Masara (Indonesia), 1-8Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Martin CastilloFirst Round — Lost to Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 7-13Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Samuel ÁlvarezFirst Round — Lost to George Olteanu (Romania), referee stopped contest in third roundMen's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Francisco MartínezFirst Round — Lost to Michael Strange (Canada), 1-15Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Carlos MartínezFirst Round — Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 3-25Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Jesús FloresFirst Round — Lost to Abdul Rasheed (Pakistan), 7-12Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Juan Pablo LopezFirst Round — Lost to Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), referee stopped contest in third round (01:38)Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Julio GonzálezFirst Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second roundMen's 3m Springboard
Fernando PlatasPreliminary Heat — 382.83Semi Final — 217.62Final — 402.36 (→ 8th place)Joël RodríguezPreliminary Heat — 296.91 (→ did not advance, 30th place)Men's 10m Platform
Fernando PlatasAlberto AcostaWomen's 3m Springboard
María AlcaláPreliminary Heat — 257.01Semi Final — 193.62 (→ did not advance, 13th place)Maria Elena RomeroPreliminary Heat — 252.84Semi Final — 187.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Women's 10m Platform
María AlcaláMen's Individual Competition:
Sergio Salazar – 5387 pts (→ 9th place)Horacio de la Vega – 5182 pts (→ 23rd place)Men's 100m Backstroke
Carlos ArenaHeat – 57.40 (→ did not advance, 30th place)Men's 200m Backstroke
Carlos ArenaHeat – 2:05.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)Men's 100m Butterfly
Jesús GonzálezHeat – 54.94 (→ did not advance, 29th place)Men's Singles Competition:
Oscar OrtizFirst round — Defeated Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-2, 6-2Second round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 1-6, 6-7Alejandro HernandezFirst round — Lost to Christian Ruud (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 6-8 
