Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Bronze

• Bernardo Segura
  Bernardo Segura
  Bernardo Segura Rivera is a Mexican race walker.He is a former holder of the 20,000m World Record for Race Walking with a time of 1:17:25.6....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

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

Women's Individual Competition:

• Marisol Breton – Round of 32 → 18th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jose Anchondo – Round of 16 → 16th place (2-1)
• Adolfo Gonzalez – Round of 64 → 51st place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 5,000 metres

• Armando Quintanilla
  Armando Quintanilla
  Juan Armando Quintanilla Loredo is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won two gold medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina: in the men's 5.000 and 10.000 metres. He competed in thee consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-References:* * *...
  
  
• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Germán Silva
  Germán Silva
  Germán Silva Martínez is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His foremost achievements were back-to-back victories at the New York City Marathon in 1994 and 1995. He represented Mexico twice at the Summer Olympics, competing in 1992 and 1996...
  
   – 2:14.29 (→ 6th place)

• Benjamín Paredes
  Benjamín Paredes
  Benjamín Vencar Paredes Martínez is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*10,000 metres - 29:40.4 minutes...
  
   – 2:14.55 (→ 8th place)

• Dionicio Cerón
  Dionicio Cerón
  Dionicio Cerón Pizarro is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country three times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992, 1996 and 2000....
  
   – 2:16.48 (→ 15th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Ignacio Zamudio
  Ignacio Zamudio
  Ignacio Zamudio Morelos is a Mexican race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 3:46:07 (→ 6th place)

• Daniel García — 3:50:05 (→ 9th place)

• Germán Sánchez — 3:57:47 (→ 18th place)

Women's Marathon

• María del Carmen Díaz
  María del Carmen Díaz
  María del Carmen Díaz Mancilla is a retired track and field athlete from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she finished in 33rd...
  
   – 2:37.14 (→ 33rd place)
• Guadaloupe Loma – 2:41.56 (→ 43rd place)
• Adriana Fernandez
  Adriana Fernández
  Adriana Fernández Miranda is a long-distance runner from México.Fernández was 2nd in 1998, and in 1999, she became the first Mexican woman to win the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:25:06 in a dominant performance by taking charge on a windy day and kept building her lead.In 2003, Fernández...
  
   – 2:44.23 (→ 51st place)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Graciela Mendoza
  Graciela Mendoza
  María Graciela Mendoza Barrios is a retired female race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
   – 45:13 (→ 18th place)

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)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Jesús Martínez
  Jesús Martínez (boxer)
  Jesús Martínez Tejeda is a male boxer from Mexico, who competed for his Central American country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division by Indonesia's La Paene Masara.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Biki Sapok (Malaysia), 15-4
• Second Round — Lost to La Paene Masara
  La Paene Masara
  La Paene Masara is a retired male boxer from Indonesia, who twice competed for his native Asian country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. At his Olympic debut in Atlanta, Georgia he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's light flyweight division by Spain's eventual bronze medalist...
  
   (Indonesia), 1-8

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Martin Castillo
  Martín Castillo
  José Martín Castillo is a boxer from Mexico, who is more commonly known as Martín Castillo. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is a former World Boxing Association Superflyweight champion.- Amateur career :Castillo had an Amateur Record of 160-20...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany...
  
   (Germany), 7-13

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Samuel Álvarez
• First Round — Lost to George Olteanu
  George Olteanu
  George Olteanu is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
   (Romania), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Francisco Martínez
• First Round — Lost to Michael Strange
  Michael Strange (boxer)
  Michael V. Strange is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls,...
  
   (Canada), 1-15

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Carlos Martínez
• First Round — Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov
  Bolat Niyazymbetov
  Bolat Niyazymbetov is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:* Defeated Carlos Martínez 25-3* Defeated Davis Mwale 11-3...
  
   (Kazakhstan), 3-25

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Jesús Flores
• First Round — Lost to Abdul Rasheed (Pakistan), 7-12

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Juan Pablo Lopez
  Juan Pablo Lopez
  Juan Pablo López is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Professional career:On April 10, 2010, Lopez beat Daniel Eduardo Yocupicio by 2nd round K.O...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), referee stopped contest in third round (01:38)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Julio González
  Julio Cesar Gonzalez
  Julio César González Ibarra is a Mexican boxer and the former Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion.Gonzalez was born in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, and still claims Mexico as his native country although he has lived in the United States for several years...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Fernando Platas
  Fernando Platas
  Fernando Platas is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City.In 1992, he represented Mexico in the 1992 Summer...
  
  
• 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
  Fernando Platas
  Fernando Platas is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City.In 1992, he represented Mexico in the 1992 Summer...
  
  
• 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

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

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)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Singles Competition:

• Oscar Ortiz
• First round — Defeated Dinu Pescariu
  Dinu Pescariu
  Dinu Dănuţ Mihai Pescariu is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona and in Atlanta . He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 6, 1998, when he became the number 75 of...
  
   (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
• Second round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi
  Andrea Gaudenzi
  Andrea Gaudenzi is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990.Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the third round by America's eventual...
  
   (Italy) 1-6, 6-7
• Alejandro Hernandez
• First round — Lost to Christian Ruud
  Christian Ruud
  Christian Ruud is a former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. Ruud reached his highest singles ranking of 39 on 9 October 1995....
  
  (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 6-8