Mexico at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	88 (81 men and 7 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Francisco Bustamente
Rank:	17
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Mexico competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 88 competitors, 81 men and 7 women, took part in 57 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gonzalo Rodríguez	100 m	11.97	6	Did not advance
Gonzalo Rodríguez	200 m	Unknown	5	Did not advance
Carlos Monges	400 m	50.9	3	Did not advance
Martín Alarcón	5000 m	Unknown	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Aguirre	Men's high jump	Did not start		Did not advance
Jorge Aguirre	Men's long jump	5.91	20	Did not advance
Jorge Aguirre	Men's triple jump	Unknown	26	Did not advance
Francisco González	Men's hammer throw	39.50	24	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team roster

Group play

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonio Luna	Flyweight	Did not start	Did not advance
Edel Ojeda	Bantamweight	W	L	Did not advance			9
Conrado Castañon	Featherweight	Did not start	Did not advance
Ángel Arriaga	Lightweight	Did not start	Did not advance
Lucio Moreno	Welterweight	Did not start	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Placido Herrera	align=left rowspan=4	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Francisco Rodríguez	Did not finish
Gabino Rodríguez	Did not finish
Manuel Solis	Did not finish
Placido Herrera Francisco Rodríguez Gabino Rodríguez Manuel Solis	Men's team road race	Did not finish
Adolfo Romero	1000 m time trial	1:22.7	18

Track

Sprint

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Joaquín Capilla	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	141.79	4
Diego Mariscal	107.78	17
Joaquín Capilla	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	113.52
Diego Mariscal	95.14	13
Gustavo Somohano	91.98	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Ibone Belausteguigoitia	3 m springboard	58.18	16
Rosa Gutiérrez	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	41.88	14

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Raúl Campero	Tarahumara	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	-128.00	24	39	-89.00	31	31.50	31	-120.50	22
Humberto Mariles	Parral	-134.00	28	75	-59.00	14	2.75	14	-61.75	12
Joaquín Solano	Malinche	-149.00	36	36	-113.00	33	10	18	-123.00	23
Raúl Campero Humberto Mariles Joaquín Solano	Tarahumara Parral Malinche	align=left rowspan=3	Team	-411.00	9	150	-261.00	5	-44.25	4	-305.25

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank
Humberto Mariles	Arete	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	6.25
Rubén Uriza	Harvey	8
Alberto Valdés	Chihuahua	20	10
Humberto Mariles Rubén Uriza Alberto Valdés	Arete Harvey Chihuahua	Team	34.25

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
				Rank			Rank			Rank			Rank
Fidel Luña	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	Did not start			Did not advance
Alfredo Grisi	0	5	6	Did not advance
Benito Ramos	Did not start			Did not advance
Antonio Haro	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	3	3	2 Q	1	5	7	Did not advance
Emilio Meraz	2	4	5	Did not advance
Francisco Valero	0	7	8	Did not advance
Antonio Haro Emilio Meraz Benito Ramos Francisco Valero	Men's team épée	0	2	3	Did not advance
Antonio Haro	align=left rowspan=4	Men's sabre	4	2	2 Q	3	4	4 Q	4	3	4 Q	1	6	8
Fidel Luña	0	4	7	Did not advance
Benito Ramos	1	3	4	Did not advance
Francisco Valero	Did not start			Did not advance
Antonio Haro Fidel Luña Benito Ramos Francisco Valero	Men's team sabre	0	2	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
				Rank			Rank			Rank			Rank
Nadia Boudesoque	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	2	4	6	Did not advance
Enriqueta Mayora	2	3	5	Did not advance
Emma Ruíz	0	6	7	Did not advance

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team roster

Head coach: Abel Ramírez

width=4%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=4%	Cards yellow/red
		Oct 30, 1928	19	?		8 o1	1	90	-	-	-
		May 13, 1925	23	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		Jul 2,1925	23	?		1	1	90	-	-	-
		Oct 2, 1928	19	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		Aug 6, 1928	19	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		Mar 8, 1923	25	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
				?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		Nov 5,1922	25	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		May 13, 1928	20	?		1	1	90	-	-	-
				?		1	0	90	-	-	-
				?		1	0	90	-	-	-
	- Stand-by players -
		Jun 7, 1929	19	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
				?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		1922	25	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
				?		0	0	0	-	-	-
				?		0	0	0	-	-	-
				?		0	0	0	-	-	-

Round of 16

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Team

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Jorge Castro	align=left rowspan=6	Team	20.0	11.0	14.5	14.5	17.0	26.9	103.9
Rubén Lira	17.0	14.0	13.2	12.25	17.0	25.5	98.95
Dionisio Aguilar	11.0	14.0	11.4	17.0	8.0	20.4	81.8
Everardo Rios	12.0	4.7	11.0	9.5	6.0	12.0	55.2
Nicanor Villarreal	4.0
Total	343.85	16

IndividualApparatus and all-around events received separate scores.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=5	All-around	11.0	14.0	11.4	17.0	8.0	20.4	55.2	120
Jorge Castro	20.0	11.0	14.5	14.5	17.0	26.9	103.9	116
Rubén Lira	17.0	14.0	13.2	12.25	17.0	25.5	98.95	117
Everardo Rios	12.0	4.7	11.0	9.5	6.0	12.0	55.2	120
Nicanor Villarreal	4.0							122
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=5	Floor	11.0	120
Jorge Castro	20.0	114
Rubén Lira	17.0	117
Everardo Rios	12.0	119
Nicanor Villarreal	4.0	121
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=4	Pommel horse		14.0	113
Jorge Castro		11.0	120
Rubén Lira		14.0	113
Everardo Rios		4.7	121
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=4	Rings	11.4	119
Jorge Castro	14.5	116
Rubén Lira	13.2	118
Everardo Rios	11.0	120
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=4	Parallel bars	17.0	115
Jorge Castro	14.5	118
Rubén Lira	12.25	119
Everardo Rios	9.5	120
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=4	Horizontal bar	8.0	119
Jorge Castro	17.0	108
Rubén Lira	17.0	108
Everardo Rios	6.0	120
Dionisio Aguilar	align=left rowspan=4	Floor	20.4		113
Jorge Castro	26.9		107
Rubén Lira	25.5		108
Everardo Rios	12.0		119

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Fencing (épée one touch)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Riding (cross-country)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)		Running (4000 m)		Total points	Final rank
	Results (Wins)	Rank	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo García	12	=31	4:42.4	10	0	9:49.8	8	148	43	16:50.7	33	134	35
Alejandro Quiroz	15	40	5:26.2	27	39.5	11:18.3	29	186	16	16:31.7	27	130	33

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
José Alanís	align=left rowspan=3	25 m rapid fire pistol	529	44
Francisco Bustamente	539	18
Ernesto Montemayor Sr.	550	14
Gilberto Martínez	align=left rowspan=3	30 metre rifle	1013	22
José Nozari	539	18
José Reyes Rodríguez	944	29
Gustavo Huet	align=left rowspan=3	50 metre rifle	588	30
Oscar Lozano	590	26
José de la Torre	580	53

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Isaac	100 m freestyle	1:00.1	2 Q	1:00.4	7	Did not advance
Ramón Bravo	align=left rowspan=2	400 m freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
Angel Maldonado	Did not start		Did not advance
César Borja	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m freestyle	21:15.8	25	Did not advance
Ramón Bravo	20:45.5	19	Did not advance
Angel Maldonado	20:47.2	21	Did not advance
Ramón Bravo Angel Maldonado Apolonio Castillo Alberto Isaac	4 × 200 m freestyle	9:23.4	4 Q	9:20.2	7
Tonatiuh Gutiérrez	align=left rowspan=2	100 m backstroke	1:15.6	5	Did not advance
Clemente Mejía	1:09.8	3 Q	1:09.6	4 Q	1:09.0	4
Apolonio Castillo	200 m breaststroke	2:50.7	15 Q	2:53.5	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Magda Bruggemann	100 m freestyle	1:12.5	25	Did not advance
Magda Bruggemann	400 m freestyle	5:43.8	14 Q	5:42.4	13'	Did not advance
Magda Bruggemann	100 m backstroke	1:21.4	17	Did not advance
Helga Diederichsen	200 m breaststroke	3:27.8	6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcelino Salas	−56 kg	60	19	70	19	100	=15	230	19
Hugo Banda	−67.5 kg	85	=17	80	22	107.5	21	275	21
Armando Rueda	−75 kg	100	=11	95	=18	120	=21	315	17

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Points	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Delmiro Bernal	–61 kg	L 3–0	L	Did not advance
José Luis Pérez	–67 kg	L	Did not advance					Did not advance
Eduardo Estrada	–73 kg	L	L 2-1	Did not advance
Eduardo Assam	–79 kg	L 3-0	L	Did not advance		Did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mexico at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1948/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 January 2015 . sports-reference.com.