Mexico at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Mexico at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Barcelona
Competitors102 (76 men and 26 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Jesús Mena
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverCarlos MercenarioAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 314
Athletics 18624
Boxing 44
Canoeing 404
Cycling 505
Diving 448
Equestrian 606
Football 1616
Gymnastics 112
Judo 101
Modern pentathlon 33
Rowing 325
Sailing 123
Shooting 101
Swimming 257
Synchronized swimming 33
Tennis 224
Wrestling 22
Total7626102

Archery

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)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Ignacio Fragoso 14.16,14 (→ 42nd place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • 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)

Boxing

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

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Manuel Verde
  • First Round Lost to Patrice Aouissi (FRA), RSCH-3 (01:46)

Cycling

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

Diving

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)

Equestrianism

Football

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group D)
  • Drew with Denmark (1-1)
  • Drew with Australia (1-1)
  • Drew with Ghana (1-1) → did not advance
  • Team roster [3]
  • ( 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

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1992.

Individual
  • Iván Ortega
  • Alejandro Yrizar
  • Alberto Félix
Team
  • Iván Ortega
  • Alejandro Yrizar
  • Alberto Félix

Rowing

Sailing

Women's 470 Class

  • Margarita Pazos and Karla Gutiérrez
  • Final Ranking 126 points (→ 17th place)

Shooting

Swimming

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)

Synchronized Swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Mexico in 1992.

Women's solo
  • Sonia Cárdeñas
  • Elizabeth Cervantes
  • Lourdes Olivera
Women's duet
  • Sonia Cárdeñas
  • Lourdes Olivera

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Francisco Maciel
  • First round Lost to Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6
  • 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

  • First round Lost to Owen Casey and Eoin Collins (Ireland) 6-7, 4-6, retired

Women's Singles Competition

  • Lupita Novelo

Wrestling

See also

  • Mexico at the 1991 Pan American Games

References

  1. "Mexico at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. Mexico at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  3. FIFA.com FIFA
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