Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	97 (92 men, 5 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Teresa Díaz
Rank:	25
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Mexico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 54 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Daniel Bautista - Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Bronze

• Juan Paredes - Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's 5.000 metres

• Rodolfo Gomez

• Heat - 13:46.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Luis Hernández

• Heat - 28:44.17 (→ did not advance)
• Rodolfo Gomez

• Heat - 30:05.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Mario Cuevas - 2:18:08 (→ 18th place)
• Rodolfo Gomez - 2:18:21 (→ 19th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Daniel Bautista - 1:24:40 (→ Gold Medal)
• Raúl González - 1:28:18 (→ 5th place)
• Domingo Colin - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A):

• Lost to Soviet Union (77-120)

• Defeated Japan (108-90)

• Lost to Australia (117-120)

• Lost to Cuba (75-89)

• Lost to Canada (84-92)
• Classification Match:

• 9th/10th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (84-89) → 10th place
• Team roster

• Jesús García

• Arturo Guerrero

• Jorge Flores

• Rafael Palomar

• Antonio Ayala

• Samuel Campis

• Héctor Rodríguez

• Anastacio Reyes

• Gabriel Nava

• Ruben Alcala

• Manuel Saenz

• Manuel Raga
• Head coach: Carlos Bru

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Ernesto Rios

• First Round - Lost to Alfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5

Men's Featherweight

• Juan Paredes

Men's Middleweight

• Nicolas Arredondo

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1976.

Individual road race

• Rubén Camacho - 4:54:49.0 (→ 45th place)
• Luis Ramos - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Castañeda - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rodolfo Vitela - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• 2:18:48 - 18th Place

Team roster

• José Castañeda
• Rodolfo Vitela
• Ceferino Estrada
• Francisco Huerta

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's 200m Freestyle

• Eduardo Pérez
• Guillermo García

Men's 100m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 200m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Luis Prado

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ricardo Marmolejo

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ricardo Marmolejo
• Guillermo Zavala

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Team roster

• Alfred Schmidt

• Arturo Valencia

• Daniel Gómez

• Francisco García

• Javier Guerra

• Jorge Coste

• Juan García

• Juan Yanez

• Maximiliano Aguilar

• Victorino Beristain

• Armando Fernández

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mexico at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.