2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mexico)
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Mexico was represented at the Olympic Games for the 21st time byparticipating in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The first participation was in 1900. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the diver Paola Espinosa . At the closing ceremony, the Mexican flag was carried by Espinosa's dubbing partner Tatiana Ortiz . Compared to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , the number of medals for Mexico fell from 4 to 3, but in 2004 the Mexican athletes were unable to win a gold medal - in Beijing, on the other hand, they were more successful with 2 gold medals.
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Mexico | |||||
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space | sport |
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total |
1 | Taekwondo | 2 | - | - | 2 |
2 | Weightlifting | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Diving | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
total | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
Medalist
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
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Guillermo Pérez | Taekwondo | Class under 58 kg men |
Maria Espinoza | Taekwondo | Class over 67 kg women |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Damaris Gabriela Aguirre | Weightlifting | Women up to 75 kg |
Paola Espinosa , Tatiana Ortiz | Diving | Synchronized jumping 10 m women |
Participants by sport
badminton
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Deyanira Angulo
- Women's singles, failed in round 1 against the Egyptian Hadia Hosny
Archery
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Juan René Serrano
- Men, Serrano prevailed against Joseph Muaausa from Samoa, Daniel Morillo from Spain, Maksim Kunda from Belarus and Vic Wunderle from the United States before failing in the semifinals at the South Korean Park Kyung-mo . Serrano was unable to prevail in the battle for bronze against the Russian Bair Badjonow and achieved fourth place.
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Luis Eduardo Velez
- Men, Vélez reached 52nd place
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Mariana Avitia
- Women, Avitia, who was only 14 years old at the time of the Games, came 8th
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Aída Román
- Women, 13th place
Boxing
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Oscar Valdez
- Men, bantamweight
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Arturo Santos Reyes
- Men, featherweight
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Francisco Vargas
- Men, lightweight
fencing
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Angélica Larios
- Women, sabers singles
Weightlifting
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Luz Mercedes Acosta
- Women, class up to 63 kg
- Damaris Gabriela Aguirre
Judo
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Arturo Martinez Rivera
- Men, light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)
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Vanessa Martina Zambotti
- Women, heavyweight (over 78 kg)
canoe
Canoe race
Men | |
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José Everardo Cristóbal | Single canoe 1000 m |
José Everardo Cristóbal Dimas Camilo Cortes |
Two-person canoe 500 m |
Two-person canoe 1000 m | |
Manuel Cortina | Single kayak 500 m |
Single kayak 1000 m |
athletics
Modern pentathlon
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Oscar Soto Carillo
- Men
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Karla Marlene Sanchez
- Women
Cycling
Street
Men | |
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Moisés Aldape | Road racing |
Women | |
Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi | Road racing |
horse riding
athlete | discipline |
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Bernadette Pujals | dressage |
Antonio Chedraui | Show jumping singles |
Federico Fernández | |
Enrique González | |
Alberto Michán | |
Jose Chedraui Federico Fernández Enrique González Alberto Michán |
Show jumping team |
Wrestling
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Larry Langowski
- Men, freestyle class up to 120 kg (super heavyweight)
rowing
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Patrick Loliger
- Men, one
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Gabriela Huerta , Lila Perez
- Women, lightweight double sculls
shoot
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Roberto Jose Elias
- Men, air rifle 10 meters
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José Luis Sánchez
- Men, air rifle 10 meters
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Ariel Mauricio Flores
- Men, skeet
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Natalia Zamora
- Women, small caliber three-position fight 50 meters
swim
Men | |
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Juan Jose Veloz | 100 m butterfly |
200 m butterfly | |
Luis Ricardo Escobar | 10 km marathon |
Women | |
Charetzeni Susana Escobar | 400 m freestyle |
800 m freestyle | |
400 m layers | |
Adriana Marmolejo | 100 m chest |
200 m chest | |
Fernanda Gonzalez | 100 m back |
200 m back | |
Imelda Martinez Gomez | 10 km marathon |
sailing
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David Mier
- Men, windsurfing
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Demita Vega de Lille
- Women, windsurfing
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Tania Elias Calles
- Women, Laser Radial
Synchronized swimming
Taekwondo
- Guillermo Pérez
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Idulio Islas
- Men, class up to 68 kg
- Maria Espinoza
Table tennis
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Yadira Silva Llorente
- Women, singles
Triathlon
do gymnastics
Gymnastics
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Maricela Cantu
- Women, all-around
volleyball
beach volleyball
Women | |
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Bibiana Candelas | team |
Mayra García |
Diving
Men | ||
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Yahel Castillo | Jump 3 m | |
Rommel Pacheco | Diving 10 m | |
Germán Sánchez | Diving 10 m | |
Women | ||
Jashia Luna | Jump 3 m | |
Laura Sánchez | Jump 3 m | |
Paola Espinosa | Diving 10 m | |
Tatiana Ortiz | Diving 10 m | |
Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz |
Synchronized jumping 10 m | bronze ![]() |