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Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games

Mexico competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 November 2023. This was the country's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every one since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Taekwondo athlete Carlos Sansores and basketball player Karina Esquer were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, basque pelota athlete Isaac Pérez and archer Alejandra Valencia were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (by gender) who participated at the games per sport.

<small>All basketball, cycling, gymnastics, roller sports, and volleyball disciplines are grouped within each of the sports' totals. Open water swimming is included in Swimming. The total number of athletes reported by the 2023 Pan American Games Organization differs from the total number reported by the Mexican Olympic Committee by 1, for unknown reasons.</small>

Archery

Mexico qualified three athletes (one man and two women) by winning the respective categories in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico also qualified eight athletes during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships.

Men
Women
Mixed

Artistic swimming

Mexico qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after winning the competition in the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Athletics

Track & Road

Men
Women
Mixed
Combined Events

Women's Heptathlon

Field

Men
Women

Badminton

Mexico qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).

Men
Women
Mixed

Baseball

Summary

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 24 athletes) by winning the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A


Super Round

Bronze Medal Game

Basketball

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing fifth in the 2022 FIBA Americup. The women's team entered once the United States and Canada, second and third at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, withdrew from the tournament.

5x5

Men
Summary

Preliminary Round



Knockout Round (Semifinal)

Bronze Medal Game

Women

Preliminary Round



Placement Games (7th-8th Place)

3x3

Men

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

Summary

Preliminary Round


Knockout Round (Quarterfinal)

Women

Mexico qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

Summary

Preliminary Round


Knockout Round (Quarterfinal)

Basque pelota

Mexico qualified a team of 12 athletes (six men and six women) through the 2022 Basque Pelota World Championship and the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.

Men
Women

<small>QG=Qualified for Gold Medal Match.</small>

Bowling

Mexico qualified a team of two women through the 2022 PABCON Champion of Champions held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Boxing

Mexico qualified 11 boxers (six men and five women).

Men
Women

Breaking

Men
Women

Canoeing

Slalom

Mexico qualified five slalom athletes (three men and two women).

<small>Rank indicates position after each round. For kayak cross, the top 8 during the time trial advanced to the semifinal though only one athlete per country could advance.</small>

Sprint

Mexico qualified a total of 13 sprint athletes (seven men and six women).

Men
Women

<small>Rank indicates position after each round. F = Qualified directly to the final; S = Qualified for the semifinal.</small>

Cycling

Mexico qualified a total of 27 cyclists (12 men and 15 women).

BMX

Freestyle

Mountain biking

Mexico qualified 4 athletes at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Road

Mexico qualified one female athlete by winning the event in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico also qualified two female athletes at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Men
Women

Track

Mexico qualified a team of 18 track cyclists (nine men and nine women).

Sprint

<small>Time and speed for direct elimination rounds were not made available for the losing athletes; QG = Qualified for Gold Medal; QB = Qualified for Bronze.</small>

Pursuit

<small>In team pursuit, the winners of heats 1-2 in Round 1 proceed for gold while the next 2 fastest go for bronze; QG = Qualified for Gold Medal; QB = Qualified for Bronze.</small>

Keirin

<small>Round 1 rank indicates position within each heat. QG= Qualified for Gold; N/A= Times not available in the official results.</small>

Madison
Omnium

Diving

Mexico qualified four athletes (two men and two women) by winning the respective events in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico also qualified three other athletes (one man and two women) by finishing among the top 18 athletes of the respective events in the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

Men
Women

<small>* Alejandra Estudillo was excluded from the 10m platform final as only two divers per country could qualify.</small>

Equestrian

Mexico qualified a full team of four riders in dressage, eventing and show-jumping based on FEI world rankings released on September 11, 2023.

Dressage

<small>For the individual competition, the top 15 advanced to the Intermediate I Freestyle (max of 3 per country) and the final score was the average of the technical and artistic scores. For the team competition, the lowest scores were deleted from the final calculations. Irvin Leiva was the reserve and did not compete.</small>

Eventing

<small>For the individual competition, cross-country and jumping took into consideration penalties and also time for the rank. For the team competition, the scores of the competitor with the highest number after dressage and cross-country were deleted from the final calculations.</small>

Jumping

<small>For the team competition, the highest scores were deleted from the final calculations. Andrés Azcárraga was the reserve and did not compete.</small>

Fencing

Mexico qualified a team of 16 fencers (seven men and nine women), after five of six teams (except the men's épée) finished at least in the top seven at the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Ascuncion, Paraguay. Mexico also qualified one male individual in the épée event.

Individual
Men
Women
Team

Field hockey

Summary

Men's

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 16 athletes) by winning the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A


Cross-overs
5th and 6th place

Women's

Mexico qualified a women's team of 16 athletes by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group B


Cross-overs
7th and 8th place

Football

Summary

Men's

Mexico qualified a men's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked North American team at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group A


Semifinal
Bronze Medal match

Women's

Mexico sent a women's team of 18 athletes. The women's national team did not originally qualified for this tournament but, after Canada withdrew from the competition, they were chosen to replace them.

Group A


Semifinal
Gold Medal match

Golf

Mexico qualified a full team of 4 golfers.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Mexico qualified a team of ten gymnasts in artistic (five men and five women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Men

<small>Some competitors decided not to compete in specific apparatus. q= Qualified as other countries exceeded the 2-athlete quota per apparatus. </small>

Women

<small>Some competitors decided not to compete in specific apparatus. q= Qualified as other countries exceeded the 2-athlete quota per apparatus. </small>

Rhythmic

Mexico qualified two individual gymnasts and five gymnasts for the group event in rhythmic.

Trampoline

Mexico qualified five gymnasts in trampoline (two men and three women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships and the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.

<small>Countries were able to qualify only two athletes to the individual final. </small>

Handball

Summary

Men's

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 14 athletes) by winning the Last chance qualification tournament.

Group A


5th-8th Classification
7th-8th Place

Judo

Mexico has qualified 12 judokas (seven men and five women).

Men
Women
Mixed

Karate

Mexico qualified a team of eight karatekas (five men and three women) at the 2023 North American Cup and the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Kumite

Kata

Modern pentathlon

Mexico qualified seven modern pentathletes (three men and four women).

Individual
Team

Racquetball

Mexico qualified six racquetball athletes (three men and three women).

Men
Women
Mixed

Roller sports

Artistic Skating

Mexico qualified two athletes in figure skating (one per gender).

Skateboarding

Mexico qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman) in skateboarding.

Speed Skating

Rowing

Mexico qualified a team of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women).

Men
Women
Mixed

<small>Ranks indicated are within each heat. S= Semifinal; Re= Repechage; FA= Final A (medal); FB= Final B (non-medal)</small>

Rugby sevens

Summary

Men's

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2022 RAN Super Sevens.

Group B


5th-8th place classification
7th and 8th place

Women's

Mexico qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2022 RAN Women's Super Sevens

Group B


5th-8th place classification
5th and 6th place

Sailing

Mexico qualified 8 boats for a total of 9 sailors.

Men
Women

<small>DNF= Did not finish; DNC= Did not compete; STP= Standard Penalty; UFD= Disqualified under U-Flag. In IQFoil and Kite, the three highest race scores got deleted. In 49er, ILCA6 and Sunfish, the highest race score got deleted.</small>

Shooting

Mexico qualified a total of 19 shooters after the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. Mexico also qualified one shooter by winning one event in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.

Men
Women
Mixed

<small>PR= Pan American Record; QG=Qualified for Gold; QB=Qualified for Bronze</small>

Softball

Mexico qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes) by virtue of its campaign in the 2022 Pan American Championships.

Summary
Group A


Super Round

Bronze medal game

Sport climbing

Mexico qualified a team of 9 climbers (four men and five women) by virtue of their IFSC world rankings.

Boulder & Lead
Speed

<small>In elimination rounds, the lower time is the winner.</small>

Squash

Mexico qualified one male athlete by winning the singles event in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico also qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships.

Men
Women
Mixed

Surfing

Mexico qualified five surfers (three men and two women).

Artistic

<small>In stand up paddleboard rounds 1 and 2, the two highest scores moved on to the next round.</small>

Race

Swimming

Mexico qualified three athletes (one man and two women) by winning the respective events in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.

Men
Women
Mixed
Open Water Swimming

Table tennis

Mexico qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Central American Championships.

Singles and Doubles
Team

Taekwondo

Mexico qualified three athletes at Kyorugi events, by virtue of their titles in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico qualified an additional 10 athletes (five men and five women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament, eight in the Kyorugi events, and two in Poomsae.

Kyorugi
Poomsae

<small>Cecilia Lee lost the semifinal due to a lower average execution score. The mixed pairs competition had all 10 teams in the final.</small>

Tennis

Mexico originally qualified a team of four men and three women. However, the Mexican Tennis Federation did not send the paperwork on time, so only two men were able to compete through the ATP and ITF rankings.

Triathlon

Mexican triathlete Anahí Álvarez achieved an individual spot after winning the individual competition in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Mexico also qualified a team of four triathletes (two men and two women) after finishing second at the 2023 Pan American Mixed Relays Championship.

Individual
Mixed relay

Volleyball

Beach

Summary

Indoor

Men

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by winning the 2021 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.

Summary
Women

Mexico qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) after being the best team from NORCECA at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.

Summary

Water polo

Summary

Men's

Mexico qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing third at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A


Quarterfinals
5th-8th place classification
5th and 6th place

Women's

Mexico qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) through the 2022 CCCAN Championships.

Group A


Quarterfinals
5th-8th place classification
5th and 6th place

Water skiing

Mexico qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship.<

Mexico also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.

Water Skiing
Wakeboard

Weightlifting

Mexico qualified nine weightlifters (four men and five women).

Wrestling

Mexico qualified 12 wrestlers (seven men and five women) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.

See also

References