1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)

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Mexico took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 102 athletes (76 men and 26 women) in 71 competitions in 18 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the diver Jesús Mena .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Carlos Mercenario	athletics	Men, walking 50 kilometers

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Andrés Anchondo Singles: 31st place Team: 17th place Omar Bustani Singles: 67th place Team: 17th place Ricardo Rojas Singles: 37th place Team: 17th place

Women Aurora Breton Singles: 45th place

Boxing

Men

• Javier Calderón

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Narciso González

  Flyweight: 1st round

• Edgar Ruiz

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Manuel Verde

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

Soccer

The team led by Argentine coach Oscar Iparraguirre scored in Group D in Denmark , Australia and Ghana . All three games ended 1-1. Mexico had 3: 3 points and was tied with Australia, due to the poorer goal difference (3: 3 compared to 5: 4) Mexico (undefeated) were eliminated in the preliminary round.

• Squad
  • goal

  1 José Guadarrama

  12 Miguel Fuentes

  20 Angel Maldonado

  • Defense

  3 Manuel Vidrio

  5 Silviano Delgado

  11 Damián Álvarez Arcos

  14 Carlos López de Silanes

  15 José Eduardo Pavez

  • midfield

  2 Ricardo Cadena

  4 Alberto Macías

  6 Joaquín Hernández

  7 José Agustín Morales

  10 Jorge Castañeda Reyes

  13 Camilo Romero

  18 Angel Lemus

  19 Ignacio Vázquez

  • Storm

  8 David Rangel

  9 Francisco Rotllán

  16 Mario Arteaga

  17 Pedro Pineda

Judo

Men

• Mario González Aguilera

  Lightweight: 34th place

canoe

Men

• José Ramon Ferrer

  Canoe two-man, 500 meters: hope run

  Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

• Roberto Heinze Flamand

  Kayak single, 500 meters: hope run

• José Martínez

  Canadian single, 1000 meters: semi-finals

  Canoe two-man, 500 meters: hope run

• José Antonio Romero

  Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Arturo Barrios 10,000 meters: 5th place Ernesto Canto 20 kilometers of walking: 29th place Alejandro Cardenas 4 x 100 meters: disqualified (semifinals) Dionicio Cerón Marathon: DNF Raymundo Escalante 4 x 100 meters: disqualified (semifinals) 4 x 400 meters: prelims Ignacio Fragoso 5000 meters: heats Daniel García 20 kilometers of walking: 7th place Juan Jesús Gutiérrez 4 x 400 meters: prelims Carlos Mercenario 50 kilometers of walking: silver Eduardo Nava 4 x 100 meters: disqualified (semifinals) 4 x 400 meters: prelims Armando Quintanilla 10,000 meters: 16th place Isidro Rico Marathon: 29th place Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 50 kilometers of walking: 8th place Genaro Rojas 4 x 100 meters: disqualified (semifinals) Germán Sánchez 50 kilometers of walking: disqualified Joel Sánchez 20 kilometers of walking: 21st place German Silva 10,000 meters: 6th place Luis Toledo 4 x 400 meters: prelims

Women Olga appeal Marathon: DNF Maricela Chavez 10 kilometers of walking: 28th place Cristina Fink-Sisniega High jump: 36th place in qualification Eva Machuca 10 kilometers of walking: 30th place María Graciela Mendoza Walking 10 kilometers: disqualified María Luisa Servin 10,000 meters: heats

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Alberto Félix

  Individual: 54th place

  Team: 10th place

• Iván Ortega

  Singles: 24th place

  Team: 10th place

• Alejandro Yrizar

  Singles: 35th place

  Team: 10th place

Cycling

Men

• César Muciño

  1000 meter time trial: 18th place

• Arturo García , César Muciño , Jesús Vázquez & Marco Zaragoza

  4000 meters team pursuit: 16th place

• Manuel Youshimatz

  Points race: 14th place

horse riding

• Antonio Alfaro

  Eventing, individual: DNF

• Jaime Azcárraga

  Jumping, singles: 52nd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• Jaime Guerra

  Jumping, singles: DNF (final)

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• José Maurer

  Jumping, singles: 83rd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• Alberto Váldes, Jr.

  Jumping, singles: 55th place in the qualification

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• Jaime Velásquez

  Eventing, individual: 59th place

Wrestling

Men

• Guillermo Díaz

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Armando Fernández

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

rowing

Men Joaquín Gomez One: 7th place Eduardo Arrillaga & Luis Miguel García Double scull: 15th place

Women Martha García & Lourdes Montoya Double scull: 12th place

shoot

• César Ortíz

  Trap: 51st place

swim

Men Javier Careaga 100 meters chest: 20th place 200 meters chest: 15th place Rodrigo González 50 meters freestyle: 27th place 100 meters freestyle: 22nd place 200 meter medley: disqualified

Women Gabriela Gaja 100 meter butterfly: 40th place Erika González 400 meters freestyle: 29th place 800 meters freestyle: 25th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Heike Koerner 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Ana Mendoza 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Laura Sánchez 400 meters freestyle: 23rd place 800 meters freestyle: 21st place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place

sailing

Men Eric Mergenthaler Finn dinghy: 19th place

Women Karla Gutiérrez & Margarita Pasos 470s: 17th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Sonia Cárdeñas

  Singles: 11th place

  Duet: 9th place

• Elizabeth Cervantes

  Singles: preliminary round

• Lourdes Olivera

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: 9th place

tennis

Men Leonardo Lavalle Singles: quarter-finals Doubles: 1st round Francisco Maciel Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round

Women Angélica Gavaldón Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: 1st round Lupita Novelo Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round

do gymnastics

Men Luis López Individual all-around: 57th place in qualification Floor: 83rd place in qualification Horse: 42nd place in qualification Bars: 73rd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 43rd place in qualification Rings: 40th place in qualification Pommel horse: 38th place in qualification

Women Denisse López Individual all-around: 80th place in qualification Floor: 72nd place in qualification Horse: 50th place in qualification Uneven bars: 66th place in qualification Balance beam: 87th place in qualification

Diving

Men Alberto Enrique Acosta Diving: 11th place Jesus Mena High diving: 15th place in qualification Jorge Mondragón Artistic jumping: 6th place Fernando Platas Kusntspringen: 17th place in qualification

Women María José Alcalá High diving: 6th place Macarena Alexanderson High diving: 13th place in qualification Ana Ayala Art jumping: 25th place in qualification María Elena Romero Art jumping: 16th place in the qualification

Web links

• Mexican Olympic team from 1992 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )