1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 97 athletes (92 men and 7 women) in 54 competitions in 17 sports.

The Mexican athletes won a gold and a bronze medal. The track and field athlete Daniel Bautista was Olympic champion in the 20 km walk , while the boxer Juan Paredes took the bronze medal in the featherweight division. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the gymnast Teresa Díaz .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 10th place

  Anastacio Reyes

  Antonio Ayala

  Arturo Guerrero

  Gabriel Nava

  Héctor Rodríguez

  Jorge Flores

  Manuel Raga

  Manuel Sáenz

  Rafael Palomar

  Rubén Alcala

  Samuel Campis

  Jesús García

Boxing

• Ernesto Rios

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Juan Paredes

  Featherweight: bronze

• Nicolas Arredondo

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Soccer

• eliminated in the group stage

  Alfredo Navarrete

  Bardomiano Viveros

  Carlos García

  Eduardo Rergis Pacheco

  Ernesto de la Rosa

  Gabriel Marquez

  Guillermo Cosio

  Héctor Tapia

  Hugo Sánchez

  Javier Regalado

  Jorge López Malo

  José Luis Caballero

  Rafael Toribio

  Víctor Rangel

  Antonio Hernández

  Mario Carrillo

Weightlifting

• Andrés Santoyo

  Featherweight: 9th place

Judo

• Gerardo Padilla

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

canoe

Men

• Juan Bostelmann

  Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Hermelindo Soto

  Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Roberto Altamirano

  Two-man Canadians 500 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Two-man Canadians 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Juan Martínez

  Two-man Canadians 500 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Two-man Canadians 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

athletics

Men

• Rodolfo Gomez

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Marathon: 19th place

• Luis Hernández

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mario Cuevas

  Marathon: 18th place

• José Cartas

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Daniel Bautista

  20 km of walking: gold

• Raúl González

  20 km walking: 5th place

• Domingo Colin

  20 km walking: race not finished

Cycling

• Rubén Camacho

  Road race: 45th place

• José Castañeda

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Luis Rosendo Ramos Maldonado

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Rodolfo Vitela

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Ceferino Estrada

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Francisco Huerta

  Team time trial: 18th place

horse riding

• Carlos Aguirre

  Show jumping: 19th place

  Show jumping team: 8th place

• Fernando Senderos

  Show jumping: 21st place

  Show jumping team: 8th place

• Luis Razo

  Show jumping: 40th place

  Show jumping team: 8th place

• Fernando Hernández

  Show jumping team: 8th place

• Juan Roberto Redon

  Versatility: 29th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• David Bárcena

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• José Luis Pérez

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Maríano Bucio

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Jorge Frias

  Paper weight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Moisés López

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

• Federico Scheffler

  One: eliminated in the quarterfinals

shoot

• Javier Padilla

  Free pistol 50 m: 39th place

• Olegario Vázquez Raña

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 32nd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 10th place

• Justo Fernández

  Trap: 29th place

• Fernando Walls

  Trap: 37th place

• Juan Bueno

  Skeet: 30th place

• Mirek Switalski

  Skeet: 41st place

swim

Men

• Eduardo Pérez

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Guillermo García

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Guillermo Zavala

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• José Luis Prado

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• José Urueta

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ignacio Álvarez

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Gustavo Lozano

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Ricardo Marmolejo

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Beatriz Camuñas

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Daniel Mújica

  Finn dinghy: 18th place

• Javier Prieto

  Flying Dutchman: 20th place

• Javier Ruiz

  Flying Dutchman: 20th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Teresa Díaz

  Individual all-around: 85th place

  Floor: 86th place

  Horse jump: 84th place

  Uneven bars: 83rd place

  Balance beam: 85th place

• Patricia García

  Individual all-around: 86th place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 86th place

  Uneven bars: 85th place

  Balance beam: 86th place

Water polo

Men

• 10th place

  Daniel Gomez

  Francisco García

  Javier Guerra

  Maximiliano Aguilar

  Arturo Valencia

  Juan Manuel García

  Armando Fernández

  Víctorino Beristain

  Jorge Coste

  Juan Yañez

  Alfred Schmidt

Diving

Men

• Carlos Girón

  3 m jumping: 7th place

  10 m high diving: 8th place

• Porfirio Becerril

  3 m jumping: 17th place

• Ricardo Velarde

  10 m high diving: 19th place

Women

• Norma Baraldi

  3 m jumping: 23rd place

  10 m high diving: 25th place

• Deborah Weil

  10 m high diving: 13th place

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1976 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )