Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Mexico at the
1996 Summer Olympics

IOC code| MEX
NOC| Mexican Olympic Committee
Website| www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors| 97 in 19 sports
Flag bearer | Nancy Contreras
Medals
Ranked 71st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medalists

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Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Bronze | Bernardo Segura | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk | 26 July

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Andrés Anchondo | Men's individual | 653  | 29  |  Kivilo (EST)
W 158–157  |  Chikarev (KAZ)
W 156–154  |  Torres (FRA)
L 158–159  | Did not advance  | 16
Adolfo González | 636  | 52  |  Yamamoto (JPN)
L 154–155  | Did not advance  | 51
Marisol Bretón | Women's individual | 638  | 29  |  Di Blasi (EST)
W 142–139  |  Jo-sun (KOR)
L 157–158  | Did not advance  | 18

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Alejandro Cárdenas | 400 m | 45.85  | 3Q | 45.33  | 5  | Did not advance
Armando Quintanilla | 5000 m | Did not start  | —  | Did not advance
Martín Pitayo | 10,000 m | 30:32.20  | 19  | —  | Did not advance
Armando Quintanilla | 28:27.28  | 8 Q | —  | 28:09.46  | 11
Dionicio Cerón | Marathon | —  | 2:16:48  | 15
Benjamín Paredes | —  | 2:14:55  | 8
Germán Silva | —  | 2:14:29  | 6
Daniel García | 20 km walk | —  | 1:24:10  | 19
Bernardo Segura | —  | 1:20:23  |
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | —  | DSQ
Daniel García | 50 km walk | —  | 4:19:00  | 44
Germán Sánchez | —  | 3:57:47  | 18
Ignacio Zamudio | —  | 3:46:07  | 6

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
María del Carmen Díaz | Marathon | —  | 2:37:14  | 33
Adriana Fernández | —  | 2:44:23  | 51
Guadaloupe Loma | —  | 2:41:56  | 43
Graciela Mendoza | 10 km walk | —  | 45:13  | 18

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Jesús Martínez | Light heavyweight |  Biki (MAS)
W 15–4  |  Masara (INA)
L 1–8  | Did not advance  | 9
Martín Castillo | Flyweight |  Lunka (GER)
L 7–13  | Did not advance  | 17
Samuel Álvarez | Bantamweight |  Olteanu (ROM)
L RSC | Did not advance  | 17
Francisco Martínez | Lightweight |  Strange (CAN)
L 1-15  | Did not advance  | 17
Carlos Martínez | Light welterweight |  Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
L 3-25  | Did not advance  | 17
Jesús Flores | Welterweight |  Baloch (PAK)
L 7-12  | Did not advance  | 17
Juan Pablo López | Middleweight |  Erdei (HUN)
L RSC | Did not advance  | 17
Julio César González | Light heavyweight |  Jirov (KAZ)
L RSC | Did not advance  | 17

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

### Sprint

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Roberto Heinze Flamand
Ralph Heinze | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:36.918  | 4 R | 1:42.848  | 5  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Erika Duron | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:58.884  | 6 R | 2:02.847  | 6  | Did not advance
Renata Hernández
Sandra Rojas | Women's K-2 500 m | 1:51.252  | 7 R | 1:55.801  | 5 SF | 1:52.053  | 9  | Did not advance
Erika Duron
Renata Hernández
Sandra Rojas
Itzel Reza | Women's K-4 500 m | 1:45.215  | 8  | —  | Did not advance

Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage

## Cycling

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### Road Competition

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Men's Individual Time Trial

* Jesus Zarate

* Final -- 1:11:42 (→ 30th place)

### Track Competition

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Men's Points Race

* Marco Zaragoza

* Final -- did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

* Fernando Platas

* Preliminary Heat -- 382.83
* Semi Final -- 217.62
* Final -- 402.36 (→ 8th place)

* Joël Rodríguez

* Preliminary Heat -- 296.91 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 10m Platform

* Fernando Platas
* Alberto Acosta

Women's 3m Springboard

* María Alcalá

* Preliminary Heat -- 257.01
* Semi Final -- 193.62 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

* Maria Elena Romero

* Preliminary Heat -- 252.84
* Semi Final -- 187.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 10m Platform

* María Alcalá

## Modern pentathlon

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Men's Individual Competition:

* Sergio Salazar - 5387 pts (→ 9th place)
* Horacio de la Vega - 5182 pts (→ 23rd place)

## Swimming

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Men's 100m Backstroke

* Carlos Arena

* Heat - 57.40 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

* Carlos Arena

* Heat - 2:05.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

* Jesús González

* Heat - 54.94 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

## Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Technical  | Free  | Total

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Wendy Aguilar
Olivia González
Lilián Leal
Ingrid Reich
Aline Reich
Patricia Vila
Ariadna Medina
Berenice Guzmán
Erika Leal-Ramirez | Team | 33.04  | 7  | 60.796  | 8  | 93.836  | 8

## Tennis

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Men's Singles Competition:

* Oscar Ortiz

* First round -- Defeated Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
* Second round -- Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 1-6, 6-7

* Alejandro Hernandez

* First round -- Lost to Christian Ruud (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 6-8

## See also

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* Mexico at the 1995 Pan American Games

## References

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* sports-reference
* (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05. `{{cite book}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)

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