Mexico at the Paralympics explained

Npc:MEX
Npcname:Federacion Mexicana de Deporte
Games:Paralympics
Gold:107
Silver:98
Bronze:123

Mexico made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, with a delegation of seven athletes competing in track and field, swimming, weightlifting and wheelchair fencing. It has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, and made its Winter Paralympics début in 2006.[1] [2]

Mexicans have won a total of 328 Paralympic medals, of which 107 are gold, 98 silver and 123 bronze,[3] placing the Top-30 on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. Although Mexicans did not win any medals at the 1972 Games, they swept up sixteen gold (fifteen in athletics, one in swimming) in 1976, along with fourteen silver and nine bronze, and continued to win medals during every subsequent edition of the Summer Games.[4]

Among the most successful Mexican Paralympians, Josefina Cornejo won four gold medals in track and field at the 1976 Games, reiterating that result four years later. Runner Juana Soto also took four gold in 1980, as did Leticia Torres in 1988.[5]

Mexican delegations to the Winter Games, by contrast, have been small (one competitor in 2006, two in 2010, one in 2014 and one in 2018), and have not won any medals.[6]

Medals

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

width=180 class="unsortable"Gameswidth=30Athleteswidth=55Totalwidth=4em class="unsortable"Rank by gold medalswidth=4em class="unsortable"Rank by total medals
did not participate
1964 Tokyo
1968 Tel-Aviv
0 0 0 0
16 14 9 39 13
20 16 6 42 12
6 14 17 37 20
8 9 7 24 25
0 1 10 11 25
3 5 4 12 31
10 12 12 34 15
14 10 10 34 14
10 3 7 20 20
6 4 11 21 18
4 2 9 15 25
7 2 13 22 18
3 6 8 17
Future event
Future event
Total 641 107 98 123 328 22 20

Medals by Winter Games

width=180Gameswidth=30Athleteswidth=30 class="unsortable"width=30 class="unsortable"width=30 class="unsortable"width=30 class="unsortable"Totalwidth=30 class="unsortable"Rank
did not participate
1980 Geilo
1984 Innsbruck
1988 Innsbruck
2002 Salt Lake City
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
Total 6 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer sport

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 0 0 1
69 70 71 210
3 1 3 7
4 3 10 17
29 20 35 84
0 2 1 3
1 1 1 3
0 1 1 2
0 0 1 1
Total 107 98 123 328

Medals by Winter Sport

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics
  2. Web site: Mexico Summer Paralympics. 4 September 2012.
  3. http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/country/mexico/profile/index.html Mexico - 2012 Paralympic - London 2012
  4. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics
  5. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics
  6. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics