Mexico at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors99 (77 men and 22 women) in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mexico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 99 competitors, 77 men and 22 women, took part in 87 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ernesto Canto Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 3 August
 Gold Raúl González Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 11 August
 Silver Daniel Aceves Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 2 August
 Silver Raúl González Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 3 August
 Silver Héctor López Boxing Men's bantamweight 11 August
 Bronze José Youshimatz Cycling Men's points race 3 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In its second Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered one man and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first appearance in the 1972 archery competition, took ninth place.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:50.60
  • Semifinals — 13:45.98 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 13:51.46
  • Semifinals — 13:42.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:28.50 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:59.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 79.16m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:23:13 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final — 1:23:20 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final — 1:28:26 (→ 17th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3:47:26 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final — 4:07:59 (→ 10th place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)


Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:38:50 (→ 25th place)
  • Final — 2:51:03 (→ 40th place)
  • Final — 2:51:04 (→ 41st place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 1:00.86 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Johnny Assadoma (INA), KO-3
  • Third Round — Defeated Joe Orewa (NGR), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Defeated Dale Walters (CAN), 5:0
  • Final — Lost to Maurizio Stecca (ITA), 1:4

Men's Featherweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Light-Welterweight

Men's Welterweight

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists represented Mexico in 1984.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Points race
  • Final — 29 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 537.03
  • Final — 550.35 (→ 9th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 549.75
  • Final — 530.04 (→ 12th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.

Women's foil

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1984.

Individual
Team

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 52.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Heat — 54.94 (→ did not advance, 48th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Heat — 1:58.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:01.42 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:06.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:23.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 57.61 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:09.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:33.86 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:56.11 (→ did not advance, 14th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Heat — 59.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Heat — 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:25.13
  • B-Final — 4:23.34 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:56.18 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:06.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:22.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:58.31 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Solo

Women's Duet

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Mexico at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
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