Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Bernardo Segura	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk	26 July

Archery

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
		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

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
		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
		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

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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
		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

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Jesus Zarate

• Final — 1:11:42 (→ 30th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Marco Zaragoza

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

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

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Swimming

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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical		Free		Total
		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

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

• Mexico at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• 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)