| Noc: | MEX |
| Nocname: | Mexican Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Melbourne/Stockholm |
| Competitors: | 24 (21 men and 3 women) |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Flagbearer: | Joaquín Capilla |
| Rank: | 23 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.[1]
See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| René Ahumada | 100 m | 11.26 | 5 | did not advance | ||||||
| René Ahumada | 200 m | 21.96 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdaleno Cano | align=left rowspan=4 | Men's individual road race | 5:53:40 | 9 |
| Felipe Liñán | did not finish | |||
| Francisco Lozano | did not finish | |||
| Rafael Vaca | did not finish | |||
| Magdaleno Cano Felipe Liñán Francisco Lozano Rafael Vaca | Men's team road race | did not finish | ||
See main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Juan Botella | align=left rowspan=2 | 3 m springboard | 78.27 | 9 Q | 49.05 | 12 | 127.32 | 10 |
| Joaquín Capilla | 90.24 | 1 Q | 60.45 | 3 | 150.69 | |||
| Juan Botella | align=left rowspan=3 | 10 m platform | 69.39 | 12 Q | 56.06 | 10 | 125.45 | 10 |
| Alberto Capilla | 74.18 | 7 Q | 58.56 | 9 | 132.74 | 9 | ||
| Joaquín Capilla | 78.68 | 2 Q | 73.76 | 2 | 152.44 | |||
See main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | |||||||||||
| Benito Ramos | Men's foil | 2 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | |||||||||
| Luis Jiménez | Men's épée | 0 | 6 | 7 | did not advance | |||||||||
| Benito Ramos | Men's sabre | 1 | 4 | 4 Q | 0 | 5 | 7 | did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1956.
See main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | |||
| Alfonso Castañeda | align=left rowspan=2 | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 571 | 11 |
| Rodolfo Flores | 556 | 19 | ||
| Rodolfo Flores | align=left rowspan=2 | 50 metre pistol | 507 | 26 |
| Raúl Ibarra | 533 | 15 | ||
See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Walter Ocampo | align=left rowspan=2 | 200 m butterfly | 2:41.4 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| Eulalio Ríos Alemán | 2:28.1 | 3 Q | 2:27.3 | 6 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Blanca Barrón | 100 m freestyle | 1:09.5 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Gilda Aranda | 400 m freestyle | 5:24.2 | 6 | did not advance | |||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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.