Mexico at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Mexico at the
1980 Summer Olympics

IOC code| MEX
NOC| Mexican Olympic Committee
Website| www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Moscow
Competitors| 45 (36 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer | Carlos Girón
Medals
Ranked 29th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 45 competitors, 36 men and 9 women, took part in 43 events in 12 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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### Silver

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* Carlos Girón — Diving, Men's Springboard

### Bronze

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* Joaquin Pérez — Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed)
* David Bárcena Ríos, Manuel Mendivil, José Pérez and Fabián Vázquez — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
* Jesús Gómez, Joaquin Pérez, Gerardo Tazzer and Alberto Valdés — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

Mexican sportsman at 1980 Olympics

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 10,000 metres

* Enrique Aquino

* Heat — 29:21.3 (→ did not advance)

* Rodolfo Gómez

* Heat — 29:25.7 (→ did not advance)

* José Gómez

* Heat — 29:53.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

* Rodolfo Gómez

* Final — 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

* Raúl González

* Final — 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place)

* Daniel Bautista

* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

* Domingo Colín

* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

* Raúl González

* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

* Daniel Bautista

* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

* Martín Bermúdez

* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* Gilberto Sosa

* First Round — Defeated Vandui Bayasgalan (Mongolia) on points (4-1)
* Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

* Roman Gilberto

* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Defeated Alberto Mercado (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round
* Quarter Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

* Daniel Zaragoza

* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Defeated Philip Sutcliffe Snr (Ireland) on points (5-0)
* Third Round — Defeated Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
* Quarter Finals — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

* Carlos González

* First Round — Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0)
* Second Round — Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2)
* Third Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Springboard

* Carlos Girón

* Heats — 580.20 points (→ 1st place)
* Final — 892.140 points (→  Silver Medal)

* Francisco Rueda

* Preliminary Round — 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)

* Jorge Mondragón

* Heats — 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

* Carlos Girón

* Heats — 515.37 points (→ 5th place)
* Final — 809.805 points (→ 4th place)

* Francisco Rueda

* Preliminary Round — 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)

* Salvador Sobrino

* Preliminary Round — 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980.

Individual

* Ivar Sisniega
* Jens Lohmann

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

* Elke Holtz

* Heats — 1:15.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plachinski

* Heats — 3.56,87
* Final — 3.55,41 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plachinski

* Heats — 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle 48 kg

* Jorge Frías

* Eliminated in Third Round

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

* Alfredo Olvera

* Sixth place

## References

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1. ^ "Mexico at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-07.

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