Mexico at the 1932 Summer Olympics

IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	73 (71 men, 2 women) in 12 sports
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Mexico competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 73 competitors, 71 men and 2 women, took part in 52 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1932 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Francisco Cabañas	Boxing	Flyweight	13 August
Silver	Gustavo Huet	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	13 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fernando Ortiz	100 m	11.2	3Q	11.0	5	Did not advance
Jesús Moraila		11.2	4	Did not advance
Fernando Ramírez		11.4	4	Did not advance
Enrique Sánchez	200 m	22.8	4	Did not advance
Everardo Múzquiz		23.0	5	Did not advance
Fernando Ramírez		Did not start		Did not advance
Carlos de Anda	400 m	49.8	4	Did not advance
Manuel Álvarez		49.9	6	Did not advance
Ricardo Argüello		50.9	4	Did not advance
José Lucílo Iturbe	800 m	1:55.6	7	—				Did not advance
Miguel Vasconcelos		2:00.0	7	—				Did not advance
Amilio Rodríguez		Did not start		Did not advance
Amilio Rodríguez	1500 m	Unknown	7	—				Did not advance
Pedro Ortíz		4:18.0	7	—				Did not advance
Jaime Merino		Did not start		—				Did not advance
Valentín González	5000 m	Did not finish	10	—				Did not advance
Juan Morales	5000 m	16:00.0	8	—				Did not advance
Juan Morales	10,000 m	—						32:03.0	7
Valentín González	10,000 m	—						Did not start
Federico Gamboa	110 m hurdles	15.4	6	—		Did not advance
Roberto Sánchez	110 m hurdles	15.7	4	—		Did not advance
Alfonso González	400 m hurdles	56.7	5	—				Did not advance
Jesús Moraila Everardo Múzquiz Fernando Ortiz Fernando Ramírez Enrique Sánchez	4 x 100 metres relay	Did not start		—				Did not advance
Ricardo Argüello Jesús Moraila Manuel Álvarez Carlos de Anda	4 x 400 metres relay	3:28.5	4	—				Did not advance
Margarito Pomposo	Marathon	—						3:10:51	20
Santiago Hernández	Marathon	—						Did not start

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Esteban Crespo	Men's long jump	—		5.83	10
Salvador Alanís	Men's triple jump	—		13.28	15
Jesús Aguirre	Men's shot put	—		Did not start
Jesús Aguirre	Men's discus throw	—		Did not start
Francisco Robledo	Men's discus throw	—		Did not start
Adolfo Clouthier	Men's javelin throw	—		46.38	12
Miguel Camberos	Men's javelin throw	—		41.71	13
Francisco Robledo	Men's hammer throw	—		41.61	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
María Uribe	Women's javelin throw	—		33.66	7

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francisco Cabañas	Flyweight	Bye	Duke (RSA) W	Pardoe (GBR) W	Énekes (HUN) L
Sabino Tirado	Bantamweight	Lang (USA) L	Did not advance			9
Miguel Araico	Featherweight	Hines (USA) L	Did not advance			9
Manuel Ponce	Lightweight	Mayor (FRA) L	Did not advance			8
Al Romero	Welterweight	McCleave (GBR) DIS	Did not advance			9
Manuel Cruz	Middleweight	Bye	Barth (USA) L	Did not advance		5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Manuel Díaz	Individual Road race	3:01:08.2	33
Ernesto Grobet	1000 m time trial	1:25.2	9

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Enrique Heredia	Sprint		3		3	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Federico Mariscal	3 m springboard	111.98	10
Antonio Mariscal		97.28	12
Alonso Mariscal		88.32	13
Carlos Curiel	10 m platform	83.82	5
Jesús Flores	10 m platform	77.94	6

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Gabriel Gracida	El Paso	Individual	601.50	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
José Pérez Allende	El Torero	Individual	171.167	13	Eliminated			Did not advance
Armando Barriguete	Monza	Individual	119.167	14	Did not start			Did not advance

Jumping

The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties
Andrés Bocanegra	El As	Individual	Did not finish
Carlos Mejia	Kanguro		Did not finish
Procopio Ortíz	Pinello		Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinals			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Leobardo Candiani	Men's foil	0	6	7	Did not advance
Eduardo Prieto		2	6	7	Did not advance
Raymundo Izcoa		2	6	8	Did not advance
Raymundo Izcoa Leobardo Candiani Eduardo Prieto Jesús Sánchez	Men's team foil	0	2	3	—			Did not advance
Gerónimo Delgadillo Eduardo Prieto Souza Eduardo Prieto Francisco Valero	Men's team épée	Bye			0	2	3	Did not advance
Gerónimo Delgadillo	Men's sabre	1	5	7	Did not advance
Francisco Valero		2	5	6Q	2	6	9	Did not advance
Antonio Haro		5	3	3Q	1	5	8	Did not advance
Antonio Haro Francisco Valero Gerónimo Delgadillo Francisco Valero	Men's team sabre	0	2	4	—			Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eduardo Prieto	Individual épée	7	6 Q	4	8	Did not advance
Gerónimo Delgadillo		4	10	Did not advance
Eduardo Prieto Souza		4	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinals			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Eugenia Escudero	Women's foil	0	6	9	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus					Total	Rank
		PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ismael Mosqueira	Horizontal bar	—					32.8	9
Vicente Mayagoitia	Parallel bars	—					44.9	13
Francisco José Álvarez	Parallel bars	—					41.2	15
Ismael Mosqueira	Pommel horse	—					41.8	10
Vicente Mayagoitia	Parallel bars	—					50.9	9
Francisco José Álvarez	Parallel bars	—					48.4	11

Indian clubs

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Francisco José Álvarez	Indian clubs	25.4	4

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Fencing (épée one touch)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Riding (cross-country)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)		Running (4000 m)		Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Results (W–D–L)	Rank	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Total points	Final rank
Humberto Anguiano	Did not finish
José Morales	9–?–?	24	7:21.9	22	18	13:16.0	17	162	22	22:56.6	24	109.0	24
Miguel Ortega	16–?–?	=20	Did not finish		18	13:16.0	17	188	8	18:33.4	19	95.0	21

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arnulfo Hernández	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	12	6	7	5	7	Did not advance
Gustavo Salinas		18	12	6	7	5	7	Did not advance
Arturo Villanueva		18	12	6	7	6	4	5	4	Did not advance
Carlos Guerrero	50 m rifle, prone	—										290	10
Gustavo Huet		—										294
Gustavo Salinas		—										289	=11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ignacio Gutiérrez	400 m freestyle	5:29.1	4	Did not advance
Manuel Villegas	400 m freestyle	5:54.2	5	Did not advance
Ignacio Gutiérrez	1500 m freestyle	22:39.2	4	Did not advance
Manuel Villegas	1500 m freestyle	23:40.0	4	Did not advance
Pablo Zierold	200 m breaststroke	3:15.2	5	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Key:

F - Fall.
D - Decision

Freestyle

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final	Points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank
Fidel Arellano	–61 kg	Chasson (FRA) L ^F	Taylor (GBR) L ^F	Did not advance
Raúl López	–72 kg	Bebber (USA) L ^F	Did not advance

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Some artists took part, but the exact event is unknown

Competitor	Event	Title	Rank
José Orozco	Unknown	Athlete Resting	Unknown
Ángel Zárraga	Unknown	Three Soccer Players	Unknown

References

External links

Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States

Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States
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