Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Gold

  • Soraya Jiménez — Weightlifting, Women's 58 kg

Silver

  • Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández Valentin is a Mexican race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

     — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

  • 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...

     — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

  • Joel Sánchez
    Joel Sánchez (athlete)
    Joel Sánchez Guerrero is a Mexican race walker, who made his debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was disqualified in the men's 20 km race.-Achievements:...

     — Athletics, Men's 50 km walk

  • Cristián Bejarano
    Cristián Bejarano
    Cristián Bejarano Benítez is a Mexican boxer, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...

     — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

  • Víctor Estrada
    Victor Estrada
    Victor Manuel Estrada Garibay is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he received a bronze medal in the 80 kg division...

     — Taekwondo, Men's 80 kg

Archery
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Both lost in the first round.
Men's individual
Juan Carlos Manjarrez
1/32 eliminations Lost to Hasan Orbay
Hasan Orbay
Hasan Orbay is a Turkish archer.Orbay competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. In 2004 he was defeated in the first round of elimination, placed 34th overall.-References:...

 
Turkey
165-153

Women's individual
Erika Reyes
1/32 eliminations Lost to Mi-Jin Yun 
Korea
168-157

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m
  • Alejandro Cardenas
    Alejandro Cárdenas
    Alejandro Manuel Cárdenas Robles is a retired track & field athlete from Mexico. He is married to high jumper athlete Romary Rifka....

  • Round 1 — 46.14
  • Round 2 — 45.66 (→ did not advance)

  • Juan Pedro Toledo
    Juan Pedro Toledo
    Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

  • Round 1 — 46.82 (→ did not advance)


Men's 5,000 m
  • David Galvan
    David Galván
    José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...

  • Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

  • Pablo Olmedo
    Pablo Olmedo
    Pablo Olmedo Castañon is a middle-distance runner from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...

  • Round 1 — 13:40.34 (→ did not advance)


Men's 10,000 m
  • David Galvan
    David Galván
    José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...

  • Round 1 — 27:49.53
  • Final — 27:54.56 (→ 13th place)

  • 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:* * *...

  • Round 1 — 28:14.54 (→ did not advance)


Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
  • Salvador Miranda
  • Round 1 — 08:35.79 (→ did not advance)


Men's Pole Vault
  • Robison Pratt
    Robison Pratt
    Robison "Robbie" Pratt is a Olympic pole vaulter and an NCAA National Champion.-Early life:Pratt was born in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia to Elbert Pratt and Anne Hinton Pratt. He was named after the Brigham Young University coach, Clarence Robison, for whom his father competed in 1974 as a decathlete...

  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance, no ranking)


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández Valentin is a Mexican race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Final — 1:19:03 (→ Silver Medal)

  • Daniel Garcia
  • Final — 1:22:05 (→ 12th place)

  • 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....

  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Men's 50 km Walk
  • Joel Sánchez
    Joel Sánchez (athlete)
    Joel Sánchez Guerrero is a Mexican race walker, who made his debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was disqualified in the men's 20 km race.-Achievements:...

  • Final — 3:44:36 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Miguel Angel Rodriguez
  • Final — 3:48:12 (→ 7th place)

  • Germán Sánchez
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)


Men's Marathon
  • Andrés Espinosa
    Andrés Espinosa
    Andrés Espinosa Pérez is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races....

  • Final — 2:18:02 (→ 27th 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...

  • Final — 2:27:17 (→ 64th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m
  • Ana Guevara
    Ana Guevara
    Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...

  • Round 1 — 52.34
  • Round 2 — 51.19
  • Semifinal — 50.11
  • Final — 49.96 (→ 5th place)


Women's 5,000 m
  • Nora Rocha
    Nora Rocha
    Nora Leticia Rocha de la Cruz is a retired female track and field athlete from Mexico, who competed in the long-distance track events. She claimed the gold medal in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-References:* *...

  • Round 1 — 15:38.72 (→ did not advance)

  • Dulce Maria Rodriguez
    Dulce María Rodríguez
    Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events, including the marathon...

  • Round 1 — 15:54.17 (→ did not advance)


Women's 10,000 m
  • Nora Rocha
    Nora Rocha
    Nora Leticia Rocha de la Cruz is a retired female track and field athlete from Mexico, who competed in the long-distance track events. She claimed the gold medal in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-References:* *...

  • Round 1 — 34:37.84 (→ did not advance)


Women's 20 km Walk
  • María Guadalupe Sánchez
    María Guadalupe Sánchez
    María Guadalupe Sánchez Gómez is a female race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...

  • Final — 1:31:33 (→ 5th place)

  • Mara Ibañez
  • Final — 1:36:17 (→ 26th place)

  • Graciela Mendoza
    Graciela Mendoza
    María Graciela Mendoza Barrios is a retired female race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-External links:*...

  • Final — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)


Women's Marathon
  • 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...

  • Final — 2:30:51 (→ 16th place)

Boxing
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Liborio Romero
    Liborio Romero
    Liborio Romero is a boxer from Mexico, who represented his native country in the Men's Light Flyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....

    • Round 1 — Defeated Mebarek Soltani
      Mebarek Soltani
      Mebarek Soltani is a boxer from Algeria. He is the nephew of Hocine Soltani.He participated in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. In 2000 he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight competition...

       of Algeria
    • Round 2 — Lost to Ivanas Stapovičius
      Ivanas Stapovicius
      Ivanas Stapovičius is a retired boxer from Lithuania. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he lost in the quarterfinals of the men's lightflyweight division to North Korea's eventual bronze medalist Kim Un-Chol.-References:*...

       of Lithuania (→ did not advance)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
  • Daniel Ponce de León
    Daniel Ponce de León
    Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team...

    • Round 1 — Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
  • César Morales
    • Round 1 — Defeated Abdu Tebazalwa of Uganda
    • Round 2 — 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....

       of Romania (→ did not advance)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
  • Francisco Bojado
    Francisco Bojado
    Francisco Bojado is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and represented Mexico at the 2000 Olympic Games. He's a former IBA Continental, WBC Youth World, and WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Champion...

    • Round 1 — Defeated Yohanes Shiferaw Yohanes of Ethiopia
    • Round 2 — Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov
      Kamil Djamaloudinov
      Kamil Djamaloudinov is a boxer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Ricardo Juarez from the United States...

       of Russia (→ did not advance)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Cristian Bejarano
    Cristián Bejarano
    Cristián Bejarano Benítez is a Mexican boxer, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...

    • Round 1 — Defeated Gilbert Khunwane
      Gilbert Khunwane
      Gilbert Khunwane is a male boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano.Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth...

       of Botswana
    • Round 2 — Defeated Gheorghe Lungu
      Gheorghe Lungu
      Gheorghe Lungu is a boxer from Romania.He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native European country...

       of Romania
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Almazbek Raimkulov of Kyrgyzstan
    • Semifinal — Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk
      Andriy Kotelnyk
      Andriy "Andreas" Kotelnyk is a Ukrainian boxer who won the Lightweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics...

       of Ukraine — Bronze Medal


Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
  • Jose Luis Zertuche
    Jose Luis Zertuche
    José Luis Zertuche Chávez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division. José luis was a former IBA Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

    • Round 1 — Defeated Sidy Sandy of Guinea
    • Round 2 — Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (→ did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
  • José Ramon Ferrer Cruz, José Romero
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:45.927
  • Semifinal — 01:46.811 (→ did not advance)


Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
  • José Ramon Ferrer Cruz, José Romero
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:49.301
  • Semifinal — 03:44.358
  • Final — 03:46.457 (→ 6th place)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
  • Ziranda Madrigal
  • Final — 2:19:33.56 (→ 24th place)


Women's Point Race
  • Belem Guerrero Méndez
    • Points — 12 (→ 5th place)

Diving
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when 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...

 bested his eighth place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal.

Men's 3 Metre 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 — 444.6
  • Semi-final — 234.36 — 678.96
  • Final — 474.06 — 708.42 (→ Silver Medal)


Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Joel Rodriguez
  • Preliminary — 336.51 (→ did not advance, 29th place)


Men's 10 Metre Platform
  • Francisco Pérez
  • Preliminary — 381.78 (→ did not advance, 19th place)


Men's 10 Metre Platform
  • Eduardo Rueda
  • Preliminary — 60.3 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)


Men's Synchronized 3 Metre 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...

     and Eduardo Rueda
  • Final — 317.7 (→ 5th place)


Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Azul Almazan
  • Preliminary — 272.85
  • Semi-final — 216.03 — 488.88 (→ did not advance, 13th place)


Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Jashia Luna
    Jashia Luna
    Jashia Judith Luña Alfaro is a female diver from Mexico. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000.-References:*...

  • Preliminary — 268.44
  • Semi-final — 196.53 — 464.97 (→ did not advance, 19th place)


Women's 10 Metre Platform
  • Maria José Alcalá
  • Preliminary — 235.53 (→ did not advance, 30th place)


Women's 10 Metre Platform
  • Azul Almazan
  • Preliminary — 229.29 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)


Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
  • Maria José Alcalá and Jashia Luna
    Jashia Luna
    Jashia Judith Luña Alfaro is a female diver from Mexico. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000.-References:*...

  • Final — 273.84 (→ 6th place)


Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
  • Maria José Alcalá and Azul Almazan
  • Final — 264.3 (→ 8th place)

Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe women's individual match was newly introduced.Men's held September 30. Women's held on October 1.Shooting, held on 6:45 at the Pavilion 2 Fencing, held on 8:00 at the Pavilion 2...

Men's
  • Samuel Felix — 5165 pts (→ 11th place)
  • Horacio de la Vega — 4039 pts (→ 22nd place)

Sailing
Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral
  • David Mauricio Mier y Teran Cuevas
  • Race 1 — 14
  • Race 2 — 24
  • Race 3 — 26
  • Race 4 — 17
  • Race 5 — 26
  • Race 6 — 19
  • Race 7 — 16
  • Race 8 — 15
  • Race 9 — (28)
  • Race 10 — (37) OCS
  • Race 11 — 27
  • Final — 184 (→ 25th place)


Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
  • Manuel Villarreal and Santiago Hernandez
  • Race 1 — 21
  • Race 2 — 21
  • Race 3 — (23)
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — 22
  • Race 6 — 22
  • Race 7 — (30) DNF
  • Race 8 — 23
  • Race 9 — 9
  • Race 10 — 22
  • Race 11 — 11
  • Final — 159 (→ 23rd place)


Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
  • Tania Elias Calles Wolf
  • Race 1 — 19
  • Race 2 — (23)
  • Race 3 — 8
  • Race 4 — 11
  • Race 5 — 7
  • Race 6 — 16
  • Race 7 — 2
  • Race 8 — 13
  • Race 9 — (20)
  • Race 10 — 18
  • Race 11 — 14
  • Final — 108 (→ 17th place)

Swimming
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • Javier Díaz
  • Preliminary Heat — 1:53.20 (→ did not advance)


Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Jorge Carral Armella
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:58.34 (→ did not advance)


Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Jorge Carral Armella
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:43.03 (→ did not advance)


Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Josh Ilika
  • Preliminary Heat — 28.86 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • Juan Veloz
    Juan Veloz
    Juan José Veloz Dávila is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer for Mexico. He swam for his native country at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.-Career:...

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:00.02 (→ did not advance)


Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Alfredo Jacobo
    Alfredo Jacobo
    Alfredo Jacobo Rodríguez is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Mexico.-Career:Alfredo is the older brother of fellow Mexican swimmer, Alejandro Jacobo...

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:04.67 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Javier Díaz
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:07.28 (→ did not advance)


Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Juan Veloz
    Juan Veloz
    Juan José Veloz Dávila is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer for Mexico. He swam for his native country at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.-Career:...

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:31.73 (→ did not advance)


Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Patricia Villarreal
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:21.03 (→ did not advance)


Women's 800 m Freestyle
  • Patricia Villarreal
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:54.79 (→ did not advance)


Women's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Adriana Marmolejo
    Adriana Marmolejo
    Adriana Marmolejo is a 3-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Mexico. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics;, making her the first Mexican woman to swim at 3 Olympic Games...

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:36.93 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...

Women's Duet
  • Erika Leal and Lillian Leal
  • Technical Routine — 35.527
  • Free Routine — 60.234
  • Final — 92.761 (→ 9th place)

Men's Beach Competition

  • Juan Rodríguez Ibarra and Joel Sotelo — 9th place (tied)
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