1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of 24 athletes, 21 men and three women, in 20 competitions in ten sports.

It was Mexico's eighth participation in the Summer Olympic Games since 1900 .

The youngest athlete, aged 15 years and 150 days, was the swimmer Juan Botella , the oldest athlete was the sailor Raúl Ibarra (48 years and 239 days).

Flag bearer

Diver Joaquín Capilla carried the flag of Mexico during the opening ceremony in Melbourne's Olympic Stadium .

Medals

Each with a gold and bronze medal won the Mexican team was ranked 23 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Joaquín Capilla	Diving	Diving

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Joaquín Capilla	Diving	Jump 3 meters

Participants by sport

fencing

Ladies

• Pilar Roldan
  • foil

  Round one: group two, four duels won - three lost, 22 hits scored - 23 suffered, fourth place, qualified for the semi-finals

  1: 4 loss to Jan York-Romary from the United States

  2: 4 defeat against Ellen Müller-Preis from Austria

  4: 3 win against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

  4: 3 victory against Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr from Romania

  3: 4 defeat against Nadezhda Shitikova from the Soviet Union

  4-2 win against Régine Veronnet from France

  4: 3 win against Lois Joseph from Australia

  Semi-finals: won one duel - lost four, scored eight hits - suffered 19, finished sixth, did not qualify for the final

  1: 4 defeat against Kate Delbarre from France

  1: 4 loss to Jan York-Romary from the United States

  1: 4 defeat against Olga Szabó-Orbán from Romania

  1: 4 loss to Gillian Sheen from Great Britain

  4: 3 defeat against Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky from Hungary

Men's

• Luis Jiménez
  • Sword

  Round one: Group four, no duel won - six lost, 17 hits scored - 30 suffered, seventh place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

  3: 5 defeat against Édouard Schmit from Luxembourg

  3: 5 defeat against Rolf Wiik from Finland

  4: 5 defeat against Carl Forssell from Sweden

  1: 5 loss to Kinmont Hoitsma from the United States

  2: 5 defeat against Juozas Ūdras from the Soviet Union

  4: 5 loss to Laurence Harding-Smith from Australia

• Benito Ramos
  • foil

  Round one: Group one, two duels won - five won, 19 hits scored - 28 suffered, sixth place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  2: 5 defeat against József Gyuricza from Hungary

  1: 5 defeat against Jurij Rudov from the Soviet Union

  3: 5 defeat against Antonio Spallino from Italy

  2: 5 loss to Allan Jay from Great Britain

  1: 5 loss to Harold Goldsmith from the United States

  5-1 win against Pablo Uribe from Colombia

  5-2 win against Masayuki Sano from Japan

• • saber

  Round one: Group one, won a duel - lost four, scored nine hits - 23 suffered, fourth place

  Round one (game for places four to six): Group one, two duels won - none lost, ten goals scored - two lost, first place, qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals: Group one, no duel won - six lost, twelve hits scored - 25 suffered, seventh place, not qualified for the semi-finals

Weightlifting

Men's

• Guillermo Balboa
  • lightweight

  Final: 320.0 kg, 17th place

  Military press: 92.5 kg, ranked 17th

  Tear: 100.0 kg, eleventh place

  Push: 127.5 kg, 15th place

athletics

Men's

• René Ahumada
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 11.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.26 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (third place), 21.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.96 seconds (automatically stopped)

Modern pentathlon

Men's
team

• Results

  Final: 10,981.0 points, fifth place

  Cross-country run: 2,073 points, eighth place

  Epee fencing: 2,008.0 points, fourth place

  Pistol shooting: 2,560.0 points, second place

  Swimming: 2,640.0 points, fifth place

  Show jumping: 1,700.0 points, fifth place

• team

  Antonio Almada

  José Perez

  David Romero

singles

• Antonio Almada

  Final: 3,616.0 points, 22nd place

  Cross-country run: 622.0 points, 17: 06.4 minutes, 35th place

  Epee fencing: 704.0 points, 18 wins, 13th place

  Pistol shooting: 960.0 points, first place

  Swimming: 935.0 points, 4: 13.2 minutes, eleventh place

  Show jumping: 395.0 points (475 points - 80 penalty points), 13:30 minutes, 23rd place

• José Perez

  Final: 4,093.0 points, twelfth place

  Cross-country run: 712.0 points, 16: 36.0 minutes, 32nd place

  Epee fencing: 704.0 points, 18 wins, 13th place

  Pistol shooting: 800.0 points, 13th place

  Swimming: 940.0 points, 4: 12.4 minutes, tenth place

  Show jumping: 937.5 points (937.5 points - zero penalty points), 10:25 minutes, sixth place

• David Romero

  Final: 3,227.5 points, 29th place

  Cross-country run: 739.0 points, 16: 27.6 minutes, 29th place

  Epee fencing: 556.0 points, 14 wins, 26th place

  Pistol shooting: 800.0 points, 13th place

  Swimming: 765.0 points, 4: 47.1 minutes, 27th place

  Show jumping: 367.5 points (627.5 points - 260.0 penalty points), 12:29 minutes, rank 24

Cycling

Men's
Road
Team Championship (187.73 km)

• Results

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• team

  Magdaleno Cano

  Felipe Liñan

  Francisco Lozano

  Rafael Vaca

singles

• Magdaleno Cano
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5:23:40 hours, ninth place

• Felipe Liñan
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Francisco Lozano
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Rafael Vaca
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

Wrestling

Men's
freestyle

• Mario Tovar
  • lightweight

  eliminated after round four with seven minus points

  Round one: win against Mateo Tanaquin from the Philippines , zero minus points

  Round two: Victory against Muhammad Ashraf from Pakistan (2: 1), one minus point

  Round three: loss to Jay Thomas Evans from the United States of America (0: 3), four minus points

  Round four: Shoulders defeat against Shigeru Kasahara from Japan , seven minus points

rowing

Men's

• Jorge Roesler
  • One

  Round one: failed in run three (fourth place), 8: 24.3 minutes

  Round one repechage race: eliminated in race one (third place), race not finished (DNF)

shoot

Men's

• Alfonso Castañeda
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 571 points, 60 hits, eleventh place

  Round one: 285 points, 30 hits, tenth place

  Round two: 286 points, 30 hits, eleventh place

• Rodolfo Flores
  • Free target gun

  Final: 507 points, rank 26

  Round one: 82 points, rank 24

  Round one: 85 points, 21st place

  Round one: 90 points, eleventh place

  Round one: 80 points, rank 29

  Round one: 88 points, rank 20

  Round one: 82 points, rank 30

• • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 556 points, 60 hits, 19th place

  Round one: 272 points, 30 hits, rank 25

  Round one: 284 points, 30 hits, 13th place

• Raúl Ibarra
  • Free target gun

  Final: 533 points, 15th place

  Round one: 89 points, twelfth place

  Round one: 86 points, 18th place

  Round one: 87 points, 19th place

  Round one: 88 points, 19th place

  Round one: 94 points, fourth place

  Round one: 89 points, rank 13

swim

Ladies

• Gilda Aranda
  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round four (sixth place), 5: 24.2 minutes

• Blanca Barrón
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 1: 09.5 minutes

Men's

• Walter Ocampo
  • 200 meter butterfly

  Round one: eliminated in round one (sixth place), 2: 41.4 minutes

• Eulalio Rios
  • 200 meter butterfly

  Round one: qualified for the final in run two (third place), 2: 28.1 minutes

  Final: 2: 27.3 minutes, sixth place

Diving

Men's

• Juan Botella
  • Jump 3 meters

  Qualification: 78.27 points, ninth place

  Jump one: 9.69 points, 18th place

  Jump two: 10.03 points, 15th place

  Jump three: 12.73 points, eleventh place

  Jump four: 14.00 points, rank 14

  Jump five: 15.18 points, sixth place

  Jump six: 16.64 points, ninth place

  Final: 49.05 points, eleventh place

  Jump one: 14.03 points, ninth place

  Jump two: 11.76 points, twelfth place

  Jump three: 13.64 points, eleventh place

  Jump four: 9.62 points, tenth place

• • Diving

  Qualification: 69.39 points, twelfth place

  Jump one: 10.20 points, rank 13

  Jump two: 10.71 points, twelfth place

  Jump three: 10.88 points, 13th place

  Jump four: 7.00 points, 22nd place

  Jump five: 14.04 points, fourth place

  Jump six: 16.56 points, fourth place

  Final: 56.06 points, tenth place

  Jump one: 12.96 points, twelfth place

  Jump two: 10.34 points, twelfth place

  Jump three: 14.56 points, ninth place

  Jump four: 18.20 points, fifth place

• Alberto Capilla

  Qualification: 74.18 points, seventh place

  Jump one: 10.65 points, eighth place

  Jump two: 10.71 points, twelfth place

  Jump three: 10.98 points, eleventh place

  Jump four: 12.60 points, rank ten

  Jump five: 13.14 points, sixth place

  Jump six: 16.10 points, sixth place

  Final: 58.56 points, ninth place

  Jump one: 15.62 points, sixth place

  Jump two: 15.12 points, sixth place

  Jump three: 13.78 points, tenth place

  Jump four: 14.04 points, tenth place

• Joaquín Capilla
  • Jump 3 meters

  Qualification: 90.24 points, first place

  Jump one: 13.26 points, second place

  Jump two: 11.40 points, seventh place

  Jump three: 12.92 points, ninth place

  Jump four: 16.50 points, fourth place

  Jump five: 15.62 points, fifth place

  Jump six: 20.54 points, first place

  Final: 60.45 points, third place

  Jump one: 7.28 points, twelfth place

  Jump two: 17.16 points, second place

  Jump three: 18.46 points, second place

  Jump four: 17.55 points, third place

• • Diving

  Qualification: 78.68 points, second place

  Jump one: 10.20 points, rank 13

  Jump two: 11.73 points, fifth place

  Jump three: 12.92 points, fourth place

  Jump four: 14.04 points, third place

  Jump five: 15.30 points, first place

  Jump six: 14.49 points, tenth place

  Final: 73.76 points, first place

  Jump one: 16.79 points, second place

  Jump two: 16.75 points, fourth place

  Jump three: 18.90 points, third place

  Jump four: 21.32 points, first place

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).