1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 99 athletes (77 men and 22 women) in 87 competitions in eighteen sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the pentathlete Ivar Sisniega .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Ernesto Canto	athletics	Men, walking 20 kilometers
Raúl González	athletics	Men, walking 50 kilometers

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Héctor López	Boxing	Men, bantamweight
Raúl González	athletics	Men, walking 20 kilometers
Daniel Aceves	Wrestling	Men, flyweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
José Manuel Youshimatz	Cycling	Men, points race

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Adolfo González Singles: 33rd place

Women Aurora Breton Singles: 9th place

Boxing

Men

• Javier Camacho

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Fausto García

  Flyweight: Round of 16

• Genaro Léon

  Welterweight: quarterfinals

• Héctor López

  Bantam weight: silver

• Octavio Robles

  Light Welterweight: Round of 16

• Luciano Solis

  Lightweight: 1st round

fencing

Women

• Lourdes Lozano

  Foil, singles: 31st place

Weightlifting

Men

• José Garces

  Middle heavyweight: 8th place

Judo

Men

• Rafael González de la Vega

  Ultra light weight: 12th place

• Carlos Huttich

  Light middleweight: 20th place

• Gerardo Padilla

  Half light weight: 20th place

• Federico Vizcarra

  Lightweight: 13th place

canoe

Men

• Arturo Ferrer & Víctor Velasco

  Canoe two-man, 500 meters: hope run

  Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 8th place

athletics

Men Gerardo Alcala 5000 meters: semi-finals Martín Bermúdez 50 kilometers of walking: disqualified Ernesto Canto 20 kilometers of walking: gold 50 kilometers of walking: 10th place Eduardo Castro 5000 meters: semi-finals Marcelino Colin 20 kilometers of walking: 17th place Miguel Angel Cruz Marathon: DNF Juan de la Garza Javelin throw: 14th place in qualification José Gomez 10,000 meters: heats Rodolfo Gomez Marathon: DNF Raúl González 20 kilometers of walking: silver 50 kilometers of walking: gold Jesús Herrera Marathon: 36th place Martin Pitayo 10,000 meters: heats

Women María del Carmen Cárdenas Marathon: 40th place María Luisa Ronquillo Marathon: 41st place Maria Trujillo Marathon: 25th place Alma Vázquez 400 meter hurdles: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Marcelo Hoyo

  Individual: 23rd place

  Team: 5th place

• Ivar Sisniega

  Singles: 7th place

  Team: 5th place

• Alejandro Yrizar

  Individual: 20th place

  Team: 5th place

Cycling

Men

• Raúl Alcalá

  Road race: 11th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Félipe Enríquez

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Guillermo Gutiérrez

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Cuauthémoc Muñoz

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Luis Rosendo Ramos

  Road race: 17th place

• Jesús Rios

  Road race: DNF

• Salvador Rios

  Road race: 47th place

• José Manuel Youshimatz

  Points race: bronze

horse riding

• Jaime Azcárraga

  Jumping, singles: 31st place

• Manuel Cid

  Dressage, individual: 39th place

  Dressage, team: 11th place

• Sandra del Castillo

  Eventing, individual: 34th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Cristobal Egerstrom

  Dressage, individual: 34th place

  Dressage, team: 11th place

• Federico Garza

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Margarita Nava

  Dressage, individual: 36th place

  Dressage, team: 11th place

• Raúl Nieto

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Juan Roberto Redon

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Armando Romero

  Eventing, individual: 40th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Fernando Senderos

  Jumping, singles: 18th place

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Salvador Suarez

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Gerardo Tazzer

  Jumping, singles: 14th place

  Jumping, team: 12th place

Wrestling

Men

• Daniel Aceves

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Roberto Aceves

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Ernesto Bahena

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Gustavo Delgado

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Bernardo Olvera

  Flyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

rowing

Men Eduardo Arrillaga & Armando Chávez Double scull: 9th place

Women María Fernanda de la Fuente One: 11th place

shoot

Men José Rosario Álvarez Air rifle: 36th place Small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place Small bore, lying: 41st place Víctor Garcés Air rifle: 46th place Small bore, three position fight: 38th place Small bore, lying: 9th place Mario Sánchez Rapid fire pistol: 26th place

Open class Guillermo Castellanos Trap: 41st place Diego García Trap: 17th place Angel Guzman Skeet: 46th place Nuria Ortíz Skeet: 9th place

Women Mónica Patron Sports pistol: 29th place

swim

Men Ramiro Estrada 100 meters freestyle: 23rd place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 16th place 4 × 100 meters: 14th place José Medina 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 16th place Eduardo Morillo 100 meters chest: 31st place 200 meters chest: 20th place 200 meter medley: 23rd place 4 × 100 meters: 14th place Carlos Romo 200 meters freestyle: 42nd place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 16th place 100 meter butterfly: 33rd place 4 × 100 meters: 14th place César Sánchez 100 meters freestyle: 48th place 200 meters freestyle: 31st place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 16th place Ernesto Vela 100 meters back: 32nd place 200 meters back: 26th place 4 × 100 meters: 14th place

Women Rosa Fuentes 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 11th place Sara Guido 100 meters chest: 23rd place 200 meters chest: 17th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the preliminary run Irma Huerta 200 meters freestyle: 24th place 400 meters freestyle: 16th place 800 meters freestyle: 12th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 11th place Patricia Kohlmann 100 meters freestyle: 20th place 200 meters freestyle: 21st place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 11th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the preliminary run Teresa Rivera 100 meters freestyle: 25th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 11th place 100 meters back: 21st place 200 meters back: 20th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the preliminary run Maria Urbina 100 meter butterfly: 28th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the preliminary run

sailing

• Mauricio Toscano

  Windsurfing: 18th place

• Eric Mergenthaler

  Finn dinghy: 18th place

• Hermann Mergenthaler & Alejandro Terrones

  470s: 20th place

• Arnoldo Rábago & Guillermo Tapia

  Flying Dutchman: 17th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Lourdes Candini

  Singles: preliminary round

• Claudia Novelo

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: 8th place

• Pilar Ramírez

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: 8th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Tony Piñeda

  Individual all-around: 23rd place

  Floor: 32nd place in qualification

  Horse: 56th place in qualification

  Bars: 57th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 41st place in qualification

  Rings: 58th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 19th place in qualification

Diving

Men Carlos Girón Art jumping: 12th place Jorge Mondragón Art jumping: 9th place José Luis Rocha High diving: 13th place in qualification Miguel Angel Zavala Diving: 10th place

Women Guadalupe Canseco Art jumping: 16th place in the qualification Diving: 8th place Elsa Tenorio Artistic jumping: 6th place Diving: 7th place

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1984 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )