Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	64 (61 men and 3 women)
Sports:	13
Rank:	34
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 61 men and 3 women took part in 35 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javier Souza	100 m	11.32	5	did not advance
Javier Souza	400 m	50.47	5	did not advance

Field events

Women

Field events

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team roster

Group play

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Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Tello	Flyweight	L 2-1	did not advance				16
Raúl Macías	Bantamweight	W 3-0	L 3-0	did not advance			9
José Dávalos	Welterweight	W KO	L 3-0	did not advance			9

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julio Cepeda	align=left rowspan=4	Men's individual road race	did not finish
Ricardo García	did not finish
Francisco Lozano	did not finish
Ángel Romero	5:24:33.9	45
Julio Cepeda Ricardo García Francisco Lozano Ángel Romero	Men's team road race	did not finish

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Alberto Capilla	align=left rowspan=3	3 m springboard	61.85	20	did not advance
Joaquín Capilla	79.42	4 Q	98.91	4	178.33	4
Rodolfo Perea	62.36	19	did not advance
Alberto Capilla	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	72.95	5 Q	63.49	4	136.44	5
Joaquín Capilla	78.46	2 Q	66.75	2	145.21
Rodolfo Perea	72.88	6 Q	55.40	6	128.28	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Irma Lozano	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	33.33	13	did not advance
Carlota Ríos	39.76	10	did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Humberto Mariles	Petrolero	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	4	2	4.75	3	8.75		6
Víctor Saucedo	Resorte II	12	5	12	7	24		25
Roberto Viñals	Alteño	20	10	12	7	32		35
Humberto Mariles Víctor Saucedo Roberto Viñals	See above	Team	36	8	28.75	6	64.75		9

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
				Rank			Rank			Rank			Rank
Antonio Haro	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	did not start			did not advance
Emilio Meraz	did not start			did not advance
Benito Ramos	4	1	1 Q	1	5	7	did not advance
Antonio Haro	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	5	1	1 Q	4	4	5	did not advance
Emilio Meraz	4	3	4 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Benito Ramos	4	3	3 Q	did not start			did not advance
Rafael Cámara	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre	2	5	7	did not advance
Antonio Haro	4	2	3 Q	3	4	6	did not advance
Benito Ramos	2	4	5	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1952 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
Antonio Almada	16	42	5:06.7	30	17	10:58.3	29	142	49	17:15.7	42	193	44
José Pérez	19	34	4:39.9	19	23	11:18.0	34	167	37	17:00.7	39	163	38
David Romero	16	43	5:00.4	26	46	11:57.2	38	158	45	17:22.6	44	202	47

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Ernesto Montemayor Sr.	align=left rowspan=2	25 m rapid fire pistol	565	15
Carlos Rodríguez	561	18
Raúl Ibarra	align=left rowspan=2	50 metre pistol	530	13
José Reyes Rodríguez	523	18

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Isaac	align=left rowspan=3	100 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Juan Lanz	1:00.9	30	did not advance
René Muñiz	1:00.5	25	did not advance
César Borja	align=left rowspan=3	400 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Efrén Fierro	did not start		did not advance
Tonatiuh Gutiérrez	did not start		did not advance
César Borja	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m freestyle	19:43.3	3	did not advance
Efrén Fierro	19:55.8	3	did not advance
Tonatiuh Gutiérrez	19:18.9	3	did not advance
Guillermo Fierro	align=left rowspan=2	100 m backstroke	did not start	did not advance
Clemente Mejía	1:10.7	2	did not advance
Óscar Cendejas	align=left rowspan=3	200 m breaststroke	did not start		did not advance
Alejandro Fierro	did not start		did not advance
Walter Ocampo	2:44.8	4	did not advance
César Borja Efrén Fierro Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Alberto Isaac	4 × 200 m freestyle	9:15.7	6	did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
David Pimentel	−75 kg	102.5	=9	95	21			197.5	21
Armando Rueda	−82.5 kg	115	=9	107.5	=14	137.5	=16	360	12

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1952 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	Final	Points	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rodolfo Dávila	–52 kg	L 3–0		L	did not advance
Leonardo Basurto	–57 kg	L	L	did not advance
Mario Tovar González	–67 kg	L 3-0	L 3-0	did not advance
Antonio Rosado	–73 kg	L	L	did not advance
Eduardo Assam	–79 kg	L 3-0	L	did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mexico at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.