1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 31 athletes (all men).

The athlete Jesús Aguirre Delgado was the first Mexican flag bearer in Olympic history.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Alfredo Gaona

  Flyweight: 5th place

• Fidel Ortíz

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Raúl Talán

  Featherweight: 9th place

• Carlos Orellana

  Lightweight: 9th place

fencing

• Pedro Mercado

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

• Luis Hernández

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

Soccer

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Óscar Bonfiglio

  Juan Carreño

  Luis Cerrilla

  Benito Contreras

  Carlos Garcés

  Rafael Garza Gutiérrez

  Emmanuel Guevara

  Nieves Hernández

  Adeodato López

  Agustín Ojeda

  Ernesto Sota

  Pedro Suinaga

  Juan Terrazas

athletics

• Jesús Moraila

  100 meters: heats

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Mario Gomez

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: semi-finals

• Francisco Costas

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: heats

• José Lucílo Iturbe

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Alfonso García

  400 meters: heats

  800 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Víctor Villaseñor

  400 meters: heats

  800 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Ciro Chapa

  5,000 meters: heats

• Aurelio Terrazas

  Marathon: 32nd place

• José Torres

  Marathon: 35th place

• Alfonso de Gortari

  Long jump: 16th place in qualification

• Jesus Aguirre

  Shot put: 22nd place in qualification

  Discus throw: 33rd place in qualification

Diving

• Federico Mariscal

  Art jumping: preliminary round

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1928 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )