1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a delegation of 83 athletes (66 men and seventeen women) in 82 competitions in seventeen sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was Ernesto Canto .

Medalist

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Mariano González	Boxing	Men, flyweight
Jesus Mena	Diving	Men, diving

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Andrés Anchondo Singles: 26th place Team: 12th place Omar Bustani Individual: 38th place Team: 12th place Adolfo González Individual: 49th place Team: 12th place

Women Aurora Breton Individual: 29th place

Boxing

Men

• Martín Amarillas

  Middleweight: 2nd round

• José de Jesús García

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Mariano González

  Flyweight: bronze

• Miguel Angel González

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Humberto Rodríguez

  Light welterweight: quarterfinals

• Guillermo Tamez

  Lightweight: 1st round

fencing

Women

• Fabiana López

  Foil, singles: 40th place

Judo

Men

• Salvador Hernández

  Ultra light weight: 14th place

• Carlos Huttich

  Light middleweight: 20th place

• Federico Vizcarra

  Lightweight: 13th place

athletics

Men Herman Adam 4 x 100 meters: prelims Hernán Andrade 50 kilometers of walking: disqualified Marcos Barreto 5000 meters: semi-finals 10,000 meters: heats Arturo Barrios 5000 meters: heats 10,000 meters: 5th place Martín Bermúdez 50 kilometers of walking: 15th place Arturo Bravo 50 kilometers of walking: 33rd place Ernesto Canto 20 kilometers of walking: disqualified Roberto Carmona 110 meter hurdles: prelims Miguel Elizondo 4 x 100 meters: prelims Mauricio González 5000 meters: semi-finals 10,000 meters: 11th place Mauricio Hernández 800 meters: heats Jesús Herrera Marathon: 11th place Carlos Mercenario 20 kilometers of walking: 7th place Martín Mondragón Marathon: 57th place Eduardo Nava 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims Carlos Rétiz Marathon: 50th place Antonio Ruíz 4 x 100 meters: prelims Joel Sánchez 20 kilometers of walking: disqualified

Women Cristina Fink-Sisniega High jump: 21st place in qualification Blanca Jaime Marathon: 43rd place Sandra Taváres 100 meter hurdles: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Marcelo Hoyo

  Singles: 39th place

  Team: 8th place

• Ivar Sisniega

  Individual: 14th place

  Team: 8th place

• Alejandro Yrizar

  Singles: 28th place

  Team: 8th place

Cycling

Men

• Gary Cano

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 22nd place

• Guillermo Gutiérrez

  100 kilometers team time trial: 22nd place

• Héctor Pérez

  Road race: 94th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 22nd place

• Luis Rosendo Ramos

  Road race: 77th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 22nd place

• José Manuel Youshimatz

  Points race: 9th place

horse riding

• Jaime Azcárraga

  Jumping, singles: 6th place

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Everardo Hegewisch

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Alejandro Orózco

  Jumping, singles: 61st place in qualification

• Alberto Rivera

  Jumping, individual: DNF (qualification)

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Gerardo Tazzer

  Jumping, singles: 54th place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

Wrestling

Men

• Alfonso Jessel

  Welterweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Bernardo Olvera

  Flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Jorge Olvera

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Adrian Ponce

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Luis Miguel García & Joaquín Gómez

  Double sculls: hope run

shoot

Men José Rosario Álvarez Small caliber, three-position fight: 40th place Small bore, lying: 39th place

Open class Alfredo Cuentas Trap: 39th place Nuria Ortíz Skeet: 40th place

swim

Men Jorge Alarcón 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified (preliminary runs) Javier Careaga 100 meters chest: 35th place 200 meters chest: 23rd place 200 meter medley: 24th place 400 meter medley: 21st place 4 x 100 meters: 20th place Ignacio Escamilla 100 meters freestyle: 56th place 200 meters freestyle: 32nd place 400 meters freestyle: 34th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified (preliminary runs) Rodrigo González 50 meter freestyle: 29th place 100 meters freestyle: 28th place 200 meters freestyle: 26th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified (preliminary runs) 200 meter medley: 25th place 4 x 100 meters: 20th place Carlos Romo 400 meters freestyle: 35th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified (preliminary runs) 100 meter butterfly: 41st place Ernesto Vela 100 meters back: 33rd place 200 meters back: 22nd place 4 x 100 meters: 20th place Urbano Zea 50 meter freestyle: 45th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 100 meter butterfly: 40th place 4 x 100 meters: 20th place

Women Marlene Bruten 100 meter butterfly: 29th place 200 meter butterfly: 23rd place 200 meter medley: 27th place 400 meter medley: 26th place Patricia Kohlmann 50 meters freestyle: 32nd place 100 meters freestyle: 36th place 200 meters freestyle: 35th place 200 meter medley: 29th place Maria Rivera 50 meters freestyle: 26th place 100 meters freestyle: 38th place

sailing

Men Eric Mergenthaler Finn dinghy: 13th place Nilo Dzib Windsurfing: 38th place

Women Eliane Fierro & Tania Fierro 470s: 19th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Lourdes Candini

  Singles: 10th place

  Duet: 8th place

• Susana Candini

  Singles: preliminary round

• Sonia Cárdeñas

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: 8th place

tennis

Men Leonardo Lavalle Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round Francisco Maciel Singles: 1st round Agustín Moreno Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round

Women Xóchitl Escobedo Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round Claudia Hernández Salas Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round

do gymnastics

Men

• Tony Piñeda

  Individual all-around: 88th place in qualification

  Floor: 84th place in qualification

  Horse: 87th place in qualification

  Bars: 50th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 89th place in qualification

  Rings: 87th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 88th place in qualification

Diving

Men Jesus Mena Artistic jumping: 7th place Diving: bronze Jorge Mondragón Artistic jumping: 6th place Diving: 9th place

Women María José Alcalá Art jumping: 20th place in the qualification Diving: 9th place

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )