| Noc: | MEX |
| Nocname: | Mexican Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Mexico City |
| Competitors: | 275 (233 men and 42 women) |
| Sports: | 20 |
| Flagbearer: | David Bárcena |
| Rank: | 15 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.[1]
Mexico won a total of 9 medals (3 of each) which is to date the fewest medals won by a host nation at a Summer Olympics. This is nevertheless the highest number of both gold and overall medals that Mexico has ever won at an Olympics.
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Esperanza Girón | 100 m | 12.2 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Esperanza Girón | 200 m | 25.3 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Enriqueta Basilio | 400 m | 55.6 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Enriqueta Basilio | 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Enriqueta Basilio Esperanza Girón Alma Rosa Martínez Mercedes Román | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.0 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mercedes Román | style=font-size:95% | Result | 11.3 | 10.08 | 5.71 | 24.6 | 3604 | 31 | |
| style=font-size:95% | Points | 995 | 719 | 0 | 922 | 968 |
See main article: article and Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Team roster
Group play
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5th-8th place semifinal
5th place final
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Alberto Morales | Light flyweight | W 3-2 | W | L 2-3 | Did not advance | 5 | ||
| Ricardo Delgado | Flyweight | W 5-0 | W 5-0 | W 5-0 | W 5-0 | |||
| Roberto Cervantes | Bantamweight | W 5-0 | W | L 1-4 | Did not advance | 5 | ||
| Antonio Roldán | Featherweight | W 5-0 | W 4-1 | W 3-1 | W 3-2 | W | ||
| José Antonio Duran | Lightweight | W | L 1-4 | Did not advance | 9 | |||
| Jaime Lozano | Light welterweight | W 5-0 | L 0-5 | Did not advance | 9 | |||
| Alfonso Ramírez | Welterweight | W 3-2 | W 4-1 | L 0-5 | Did not advance | 5 | ||
| José Cebreros | Light middleweight | L | Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Agustín Zaragoza | Light middleweight | W 5-0 | W 4-1 | L | Did not advance | |||
| Enrique Villarreal | Light heavyweight | L | Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Joaquín Rocha | Heavyweight | W 4-1 | W 3-2 | L | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Felipe Ojeda | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:47.3 | 6 SF | 4:43.20 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Juan Martínez Félix Altamirano | Men's C-2 1000 m | 4:11.9 | 4 SF | 4:15.01 | 1 QF | 4:15.24 | 4 | ||
| Fidel Santander | Men's K-1 1000 m | 4:28.8 | 7 R | 4:30.09 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Alonso Heinze Jerónimo Gómez | Men's K-2 1000 m | 4:09.9 | 4 R | 4:11.57 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Carlos Graeff Luis Lozano Roberto Heinze Carlos Prendes | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:37.0 | 5 R | 3:36.90 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Ann Margarit Henningsen | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:18.2 | 7 SF | 2:21.39 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| Ann Margarit Henningsen Angelica Zawadzki | Women's K-2 500 m | 2:15.3 | 6 SF | 2:10.11 | 5 | did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Cuéllar | align=left rowspan=4 | Men's individual road race | Did not finish | |
| Heriberto Díaz | 4:47:59 | 36 | ||
| Agustín Juárez | 4:46:32 | 27 | ||
| Jesús Sarabia | 4:51:5 | 43 | ||
| Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Roberto Brito Radamés Treviño | Men's team time trial | 2:16:8.44 | 10 | |
Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | 1/8 finals | Repechage 3 heats | Repechage 3 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank | |||
| Arturo García | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's sprint | L | L | Did not advance | ||||||||
| José Mercado | L | W 11.27 | L | L | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Guillermo Mendoza Julio Munguía | Men's tandem | / L | / / L | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Opponent Results | Opponent Results | Rank | |||
| Radamés Treviño | Men's individual pursuit | 4:44.12 | 7 Q | L 4:42.40 | Did not advance | |||
| Heriberto Díaz Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Radamés Treviño | Men's team pursuit | 4:30.78 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: article and Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Luis Niño | align=left rowspan=3 | 3 m springboard | 99.13 | 6 Q | 56.58 | 3 | 155.71 | 4 |
| José Robinson | 91.45 | 13 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jorge Telch | 90.68 | 14 | Did not advance | |||||
| Álvaro Gaxiola | align=left rowspan=3 | 10 m platform | 103.33 | 2 Q | 51.16 | 4 | 154.49 | |
| Luis Niño | 93.66 | 6 Q | 47.50 | 7 | 141.16 | 7 | ||
| José Robinson | 91.16 | 11 Q | 52.46 | 3 | 143.62 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Bertha Baraldi | 3 m springboard | 80.47 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| Bertha Baraldi | align=left rowspan=3 | 10 m platform | 47.74 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Dora Hernández | 46.96 | 16 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 14 fencers, 9 men and 5 women, represented Mexico in 1968.
See main article: article and Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1968.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Maximiliano Aguilar | 100 metre butterfly | 1:04.0 | 41 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Eduardo Alanís | 200 metre medley | 2:23.0 | 22 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 metre medley | 5:14.9 | 21 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Juan Alanís | 400 metre freestyle | 4:27.4 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 17:37.4 | 8 Q | 17:46.6 | 7 | |||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Gabriel Altamirano | 200 metre butterfly | 2:12.1 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Luis Angel Acosta | 100 metre backstroke | 1:06.5 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre backstroke | 2:24.0 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Rafaél Cal | 100 metre freestyle | 56.5 | 33 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Guillermo Echevarría | 200 metre freestyle | DNS | Did not advance | |||
| 400 metre freestyle | 4:24.0 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 17:11.0 | 2 Q | 17:36.4 | 6 | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Rafael Hernández | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:44.8 | 32 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre medley | 2:24.7 | 29 | Did not advance | ||||
| 400 metre medley | 5:01.1 | 5 Q | 5:04.3 | 8 | |||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Javier Jiménez | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:16.3 | 36 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Eduardo Moreno | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:13.7 | 33 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:46.7 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Felipe Muñoz | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:10.6 | 20 Q | 1:09.4 | 11 | Did not advance |
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:31.1 | 2 Q | 2:28.7 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jaime Rivera | 100 metre backstroke | 1:05.1 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre backstroke | 2:20.7 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Salvador Ruiz | 100 metre freestyle | 56.4 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre freestyle | DNS | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | 100 metre backstroke | 1:04.2 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre backstroke | 2:20.7 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 metre medley | 2:24.6 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mario Santibáñez | 100 metre freestyle | 57.0 | 39 | Did not advance | ||
| 100 metre butterfly | 1:01.7 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jorge Urreta | 400 metre freestyle | 4:34.3 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 17:57.5 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Raúl Villagómez | 400 metre medley | 5:24.7 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre butterfly | 2:22.4 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Salvador Ruiz Mario Santibáñez Eduardo Alanís Rafaél Cal | 4x100 metre freestyle | 3:46.1 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Juan Alanís Jorge Urreta Rafaél Cal Eduardo Alanís | 4x200 metre freestyle | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=1 | José Joaquín Santibáñez Felipe Muñoz Mario Santibáñez Rafaél Cal | 4x100 metre medley | 4:10.0 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Norma Amezcua | 400 metre freestyle | 5:00.5 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
| 800 metre freestyle | 10:31.6 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
| 400 metre medley | 5:47.9 | 16 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Marcia Arriaga | 100 metre freestyle | 1:05.4 | 37 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre freestyle | 2:27.0 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Víctoria Casas | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:24.7 | 28 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre breaststroke | 3:01.0 | 24 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Patricia Obregón | 100 metre butterfly | 1:12.4 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Vivian Ortíz | 100 metre freestyle | 1:06.9 | 47 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Tamara Oynick | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:22.7 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:52.4 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
| 400 metre medley | 5:48.4 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Ana Elena de la Portilla | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:03.5 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | María Teresa Ramírez | 200 metre freestyle | 2:17.5 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 metre freestyle | 4:43.9 | 4 Q | 4:42.2 | 6 | |||
| 800 metre freestyle | 9:46.4 | 3 Q | 9:38.5 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Lidia Ramírez | 100 metre backstroke | 1:14.5 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 metre butterfly | 2:42.1 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 metre medley | 2:42.6 | 26 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Laura Vaca | 400 metre freestyle | 4:53.3 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| 800 metre freestyle | 10:01.8 | 8 Q | 10:02.5 | 8 | |||
| 400 metre medley | 5:33.7 | 8 Q | 5:35.7 | 8 | |||
| align=left rowspan=1 | María Teresa Ramírez Laura Vaca Marcia Arriaga Norma Amezcua | 4x100 metre freestyle | 4:21.9 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=1 | Lidia Ramírez Tamara Oynick Patricia Obregón María Teresa Ramírez | 4x100 metre medley | 4:51.0 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.