Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 54 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Daniel Bautista – Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Bronze

• Juan Paredes – Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

• Rodolfo Gomez

* Heat – 13:46.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Luis Hernández

* Heat – 28:44.17 (→ did not advance)

• Rodolfo Gomez

* Heat – 30:05.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Mario Cuevas – 2:18:08 (→ 18th place)
• Rodolfo Gomez – 2:18:21 (→ 19th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Daniel Bautista – 1:24:40 (→ Gold Medal)
• Raúl González – 1:28:18 (→ 5th place)
• Domingo Colin – DSQ (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A):

* Lost to Soviet Union (77-120)

* Defeated Japan (108-90)

* Lost to Australia (117-120)

* Lost to Cuba (75-89)

* Lost to Canada (84-92)

• Classification Match:

* 9th/10th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (84-89) → 10th place

• Team roster

*Jesús García

*Arturo Guerrero

*Jorge Flores

*Rafael Palomar

*Antonio Ayala

*Samuel Campis

*Héctor Rodríguez

*Anastacio Reyes

*Gabriel Nava

*Ruben Alcala

*Manuel Saenz

*Manuel Raga

• Head coach: Carlos Bru

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ernesto Rios

* First Round – Lost to Alfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5

Men's Featherweight

• Juan Paredes

Men's Middleweight

• Nicolas Arredondo

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1976.

Individual road race

• Rubén Camacho – 4:54:49.0 (→ 45th place)
• Luis Ramos – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Castañeda – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rodolfo Vitela – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

* 2:18:48 – 18th Place

Team roster

• José Castañeda
• Rodolfo Vitela
• Ceferino Estrada
• Francisco Huerta

Diving

Equestrian

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Eduardo Pérez
• Guillermo García

Men's 100m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 200m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Luis Prado

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ricardo Marmolejo

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ricardo Marmolejo
• Guillermo Zavala

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Water polo

Men's team competition

• Team roster

*Alfred Schmidt

*Arturo Valencia

*Daniel Gómez

*Francisco García

*Javier Guerra

*Jorge Coste

*Juan García

*Juan Yanez

*Maximiliano Aguilar

*Victorino Beristain

*Armando Fernández

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References