Mexico at the Olympics

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.

Mexico at the
Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
13
Silver
27
Bronze
38
Total
78
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

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.

Hosted Games

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

Games Host City Dates Nations Participants Events
1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City 12 October - 27 October 112 5,516 172

Medals

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  Host country

List of medalists

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Enriqueta Basilio lighting the cauldron at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics Opening Ceremony, she was the first woman to do so.
 
Taekwondo practitioner María Espinoza has won a complete set of medals at the Olympics for Mexico.

Summer Olympics

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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
  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   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

Multiple Mexican Olympic medalists

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Diver Joaquín Capilla won four olympic medals representing Mexico. The most of any Mexican Olympian.

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexico - Profile". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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