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Mexico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Mexico, the previous host of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 174 competitors, 152 men and 22 women, took part in 112 events in 20 sports.

Medalists

Silver

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Mexico entered three men and three women. The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal. Their highest placing competitor was Francisca de Gutierrez, at 10th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

* Heat — 13:58.2 (→ did not advance)
* Heat — 13:45.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* First Round — Lost to Ralph Evans (GBR), 1:4

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight

Men's Featherweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Welterweight

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Defeated Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1
* Third Round — Defeated Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3
* Quarterfinals — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

Men's Middleweight

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
* Final — 1:11.54 (→ 24th place)
Individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Men's 10m Platform

  • Carlos Armando Giron – 442.41 points (→ 8th place)
  • José de Jesus Robinson – 284.58 points (→ 14th place)
  • Porfirio Becerril – 282.57 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Women's 10m Platform

  • Bertha Baraldi – 174.21 points (→ 20th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Mexico in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre

Football

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group 2)
* Defeated Sudan (1-0)
* Defeated Burma (1-0)
* Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)
  • Second Round (Group A)
* Drew with West Germany (1-1)
* Lost to East Germany (0-7)
* Lost to Hungary (0-2)
** Did not advance → Seventh place
  • Team Roster
* Juan Manuel Álvarez
* Francisco Barba Ordaz
* Fernando Blanco Garell
* Manuel Borja Garcia
* Leonardo Cuellar Rivera
* Alejandro Hernandez Pat
* Alfredo Hernandez Martinez
* Manuel Manzo
* Salvador Marquez Ramos
* Enrique Martin del Campo
* Alejandro Peña
* Daniel Razo Marquez
* David Regalado
* Lorenzo Reyes
* Jesus Rico Espejel
* Rogelio Ruiz Vaquera
* Horacio Sánchez Marquez
* José Angel Talavera
* José Luis Trejo Montoya

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Lost to Great Britain (0-6)
* Lost to New Zealand (0-7)
* Lost to Poland (0-3)
* Lost to Australia (0-10)
* Lost to the Netherlands (0-4)
* Lost to India (0-8)
* Lost to Kenya (1-2)
  • Classification Match
* 15th/16th place: Lost to Uganda (1-4) → 16th place
  • Team Roster
*Adán Noriega
*David Sevilla
*José Luis Partida
*Enrique Filoteo
*Francisco Ramírez
*Héctor Ventura
*Javier Varela
*José Miguel Huacuja
*José María Mascaro
*Juan Calderón
*Manuel Fernández
*Manuel Noriega
*Noel Gutiérrez
*Orlando Ventura
*Oscar Huacuja
*Rubén Vasconcelos
*Víctor Contreras

Judo

*Raul Furlon
*Luis Arredondo
*Epigmenio Etchiga

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Toledano Sanchez, Olivera Lastra, and Castilla Ramos – 12901 points (→ 17th place)

Alternate Member:

  • Rafael Alvarez Perez

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

*Heat — 8:38.63
*Repechage — 8:40.76 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters, nine men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

* Heat — 56.78s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
* Heat — 2:03.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 8:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Butterfly

Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
* Lost to Cuba (4-6)
* Defeated Canada (7-3)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (3-5)
* Lost to United States (5-7)
* Lost to Romania (6-9) → Did not advance
  • Team Roster
* Daniel Goméz Bilbao
* Arturo Valencia Cadena
* Alfredo Sauza Martinéz
* Francisco Garcia Moreno
* Juan Manuel Garcia Moreno
* Raul Alanis Guerrero
* Maximiliano Aguilar Salazar
* Armando Fernandez Alatorre
* Ricardo Chapa Galaviz
* Rafael Azpeitia Lopez
* Victor Manuel Garcia Romero

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References