Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Mexico at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors99 (77 men and 22 women) in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldErnesto CantoAthleticsMen's 20 kilometres walk3 August
 GoldRaúl GonzálezAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk11 August
 SilverDaniel AcevesWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg2 August
 SilverRaúl GonzálezAthleticsMen's 20 kilometres walk3 August
 SilverHéctor LópezBoxingMen's bantamweight11 August
 BronzeJosé YoushimatzCyclingMen's points race3 August

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 González 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)

Equestrianism

Fencing

One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.

Women's foil
  • Lourdes Lozano

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1984.

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Mexico at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
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