Mexico at the Olympics

Mexico at the Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 13 Silver 27 Bronze 38 Total 78
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1928 1932–1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928, though has not yet won any medals in the Winter Olympics.

Mexican athletes have won a total of 78 medals, with diving as the top medal-producing sport.^[1]

The National Olympic Committee for Mexico is the Mexican Olympic Committee and was created in 1923.

Mexico was the first Latin American nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion.

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Medals by Summer Games [edit] Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 4 0 0 0 0 - 1904 St. Louis did not participate 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 13 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Amsterdam 30 0 0 0 0 - 1932 Los Angeles 73 0 2 0 2 21 1936 Berlin 32 0 0 3 3 28 1948 London 88 2 1 2 5 17 1952 Helsinki 64 0 1 0 1 34 1956 Melbourne 24 1 0 1 2 23 1960 Rome 69 0 0 1 1 41 1964 Tokyo 94 0 0 1 1 35 1968 Mexico City 275 3 3 3 9 15 1972 Munich 174 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 97 1 0 1 2 25 1980 Moscow 45 0 1 3 4 29 1984 Los Angeles 99 2 3 1 6 17 1988 Seoul 83 0 0 2 2 44 1992 Barcelona 102 0 1 0 1 49 1996 Atlanta 97 0 0 1 1 71 2000 Sydney 78 1 2 3 6 40 2004 Athens 109 0 3 1 4 59 2008 Beijing 85 2 0 2 4 36 2012 London 102 1 3 4 8 38 2016 Rio de Janeiro 125 0 3 2 5 61 2020 Tokyo 164 0 0 4 4 84 2024 Paris 107 0 3 2 5 65 2028 Los Angeles future event 2032 Brisbane Total 13 27 37 77 52

Medals by Winter Games [edit] Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 - 1932 Lake Placid did not participate 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Calgary 11 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville 20 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 - 1998 Nagano did not participate 2002 Salt Lake City 3 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin did not participate 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 4 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 4 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milano Cortina future event 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport [edit] Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank  Athletics 3 6 2 11 41  Boxing 2 4 8 14 26  Taekwondo 2 2 3 7 5  Equestrian 2 1 4 7 16  Diving 1 8 8 17 12  Weightlifting 1 0 3 4 42  Swimming 1 0 1 2 40  Football 1 0 1 2 20  Archery 0 1 3 4 20  Cycling 0 1 1 2 37  Fencing 0 1 0 1 30  Judo 0 1 0 1 46  Shooting 0 1 0 1 60  Wrestling 0 1 0 1 49  Polo 0 0 1 1 6  Basketball 0 0 1 1 20  Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 23 Total 13 27 38 78 50

List of Mexican medalists
Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Francisco Cabañas	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Silver	Gustavo Huet	1932 Los Angeles	Shooting	Men's 50m rifle prone
Bronze	National team	1936 Berlin	Basketball	Men's competition
Bronze	Fidel Ortiz	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos	1936 Berlin	Polo	Men's competition
Gold	Humberto Mariles (Arete)	1948 London	Equestrian	Jumping Individual
Gold	Rubén Uriza (Hatuey) Humberto Mariles (Arete) Alberto Valdés (Chihuahua)	1948 London	Equestrian	Jumping Team
Silver	Rubén Uriza (Hatuey)	1948 London	Equestrian	Jumping Individual
Bronze	Joaquín Capilla	1948 London	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Bronze	Raúl Campero (Tarahumara) Humberto Mariles (Parral) Joaquín Solano (Malinche)	1948 London	Equestrian	Three-Day Event Team
Silver	Joaquín Capilla	1952 Helsinki	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Gold	Joaquín Capilla	1956 Melbourne	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Bronze	Joaquín Capilla	1956 Melbourne	Diving	Men's 3m springboard
Bronze	Juan Botella	1960 Rome	Diving	Men's 3m springboard
Bronze	Juan Fabila	1964 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Gold	Antonio Roldán	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Ricardo Delgado	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Gold	Felipe Muñoz	1968 Mexico City	Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke
Silver	José Pedraza	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk
Silver	Álvaro Gaxiola	1968 Mexico City	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Silver	Pilar Roldán	1968 Mexico City	Fencing	Women's Foil
Bronze	Agustín Zaragoza	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	Joaquín Rocha	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	María Teresa Ramírez	1968 Mexico City	Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
Silver	Alfonso Zamora	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Gold	Daniel Bautista	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
Bronze	Juan Paredes	1976 Montreal	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Silver	Carlos Girón	1980 Moscow	Diving	Men's 3m springboard
Bronze	Joaquín Pérez (Almony)	1980 Moscow	Equestrian	Jumping Individual
Bronze	David Bárcena (Bombón) Manuel Mendivil (Remember) José Luis Pérez (Quelite) Fabián Vázquez (Cocaleco)	1980 Moscow	Equestrian	Three-day Event Team Competition
Bronze	Jesús Gómez (Massacre) Joaquin Pérez (Almony) Gerardo Tazzer (Caribe) Alberto Valdés, Jr. (Lady Mirka)	1980 Moscow	Equestrian	Jumping Team Competition
Gold	Ernesto Canto	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
Gold	Raúl González	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
Silver	Raúl González	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
Silver	Héctor López	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Silver	Daniel Aceves	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's flyweight
Bronze	José Youshimatz	1984 Los Angeles	Cycling	Men's points race
Bronze	Mario González	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Bronze	Jesús Mena	1988 Seoul	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Silver	Carlos Mercenario	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
Bronze	Bernardo Segura	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
Gold	Soraya Jiménez	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
Silver	Noé Hernández	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
Silver	Fernando Platas	2000 Sydney	Diving	Men's 3m springboard
Bronze	Joel Sánchez	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
Bronze	Cristian Bejarano	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Víctor Estrada	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68–80 kg
Silver	Ana Guevara	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 400m
Silver	Belem Guerrero	2004 Athens	Cycling	Women's points race
Silver	Oscar Salazar	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's -58 kg
Bronze	Iridia Salazar	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's 49–57 kg
Gold	Guillermo Pérez	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's -58 kg
Gold	María Espinoza	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Bronze	Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz	2008 Beijing	Diving	Women's synchronised 10m platform
Bronze	Damaris Aguirre	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
Gold	Mexico national under-23 football team José de Jesús Corona Israel Jiménez Carlos Salcido Hiram Mier Dárvin Chávez Héctor Herrera Javier Cortés Marco Fabián Oribe Peralta Giovani dos Santos Javier Aquino Raúl Jiménez Diego Reyes Jorge Enríquez Néstor Vidrio Miguel Ponce Néstor Araujo José Antonio Rodríguez	2012 London	Football	Men's tournament
Silver	Aída Román	2012 London	Archery	Women's archery
Silver	German Sánchez Ivan García	2012 London	Diving	Men's synchronised 10m platform
Silver	Paola Espinosa Alejandra Orozco	2012 London	Diving	Women's synchronised 10m platform
Bronze	Mariana Avitia	2012 London	Archery	Women's archery
Bronze	Laura Sánchez	2012 London	Diving	Women's 3m springboard
Bronze	María Espinoza	2012 London	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Bronze	Luz Acosta	2012 London	Weightlifting	Women's +63 kg
Silver	María Guadalupe González	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk
Silver	German Sánchez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Diving	Men's 10m platform
Silver	María Espinoza	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Bronze	Misael Rodríguez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Ismael Hernández	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Modern pentathlon	Men's
Bronze	Luis Álvarez Alejandra Valencia	2020 Tokyo	Archery	Mixed Team
Bronze	Gabriela Agúndez Alejandra Orozco	2020 Tokyo	Diving	Women's synchronised 10m platform
Bronze	Aremi Fuentes	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
Bronze	Mexico national under-23 football team Luis Malagón Jorge Sánchez César Montes Jesús Alberto Angulo Johan Vásquez Vladimir Loroña Luis Romo Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Henry Martín Diego Lainez Alexis Vega Adrián Mora Guillermo Ochoa Érick Aguirre Uriel Antuna José Joaquín Esquivel Sebastián Córdova Eduardo Aguirre Jesús Ricardo Angulo Fernando Beltrán Roberto Alvarado Sebastián Jurado	2020 Tokyo	Football	Men's tournament
Silver	Prisca Awiti Alcaraz	2024 Paris	Judo	Women's -63 kg
Silver	Osmar Olvera Juan Celaya	2024 Paris	Diving	Men's synchronized 3m springboard
Silver	Marco Verde	2024 Paris	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Bronze	Ángela Ruiz Alejandra Valencia Ana Paula Vázquez	2024 Paris	Archery	Women's Team
Bronze	Osmar Olvera	2024 Paris	Diving	Men's 3m springboard

Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, while Humberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal.

In 2016, María Espinoza became the first Mexican female athlete to win a medal in three consecutive games.

Rank	Athlete	Sex	Sport	Games				Total
1	Joaquín Capilla	M	Diving	1956 Melbourne	1	0	1	4
				1952 Helsinki	0	1	0
				1948 London	0	0	1
2	Humberto Mariles	M	Equestrian	1948 London	2	0	1	3
3	María Espinoza	F	Taekwondo	2008 Beijing	1	0	0
				2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	1	0
				2012 London	0	0	1
4	Rubén Uriza	M	Equestrian	1948 London	1	1	0	2
	Raúl González	M	Athletics	1984 Los Angeles	1	1	0
6	Germán Sánchez	M	Diving	2012 London	0	1	0
				2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	1	0
7	Paola Espinosa	F		2012 London	0	1	0
				2008 Beijing	0	0	1
	Alejandra Orozco	F		2012 London	0	1	0
				2020 Tokyo	0	0	1
	Osmar Olvera	M		2024 Paris	0	1	1
10	Joaquín Pérez	M	Equestrian	1980 Moscow	0	0	2
	Alejandra Valencia	F	Archery	2020 Tokyo	0	0	1
				2024 Paris	0	0	1

• List of flag bearers for Mexico at the Olympics
• Category: Olympic competitors for Mexico
• Mexico at the Paralympics
• Sport in Mexico

• "Mexico". International Olympic Committee.
• "Mexico". Olympedia.com.