Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	99 (77 men and 22 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Ivar Sisniega
Rank:	17
Gold:	2
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Mexico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 99 competitors, 77 men and 22 women, took part in 87 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				3 August
				11 August
				2 August
				3 August
				11 August
				3 August

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In its second Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered one man and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first appearance in the 1972 archery competition, took ninth place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Aurora Bretón - 2481 points (→ 9th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Adolfo González - 2418 points (→ 33rd place)

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 5,000 metres

• Gerardo Alcala

• Heat - 13:50.60

• Semifinals - 13:45.98 (→ did not advance)
• Eduardo Castro

• Heat - 13:51.46

• Semifinals - 13:42.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• José Gómez

• Qualifying Heat - 28:28.50 (→ did not advance)
• Martín Pitayo

• Qualifying Heat - 28:59.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Jesús Herrera - 2:20:33 (→ 36th place)
• Rodolfo Gómez - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Miguel Angel Cruz - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Juan de la Garza

• Qualification - 79.16m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Ernesto Canto

• Final - 1:23:13 (→ Gold Medal)
• Raúl González

• Final - 1:23:20 (→ Silver Medal)
• Marcelino Colín

• Final - 1:28:26 (→ 17th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Raúl González

• Final - 3:47:26 (→ Gold Medal)
• Ernesto Canto

• Final - 4:07:59 (→ 10th place)
• Martín Bermúdez

• Final - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• María Trujillo

• Final - 2:38:50 (→ 25th place)
• Maria Cardenas

• Final - 2:51:03 (→ 40th place)
• Maria Luisa Ronquillo

• Final - 2:51:04 (→ 41st place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Alma Vázquez

• Heat - 1:00.86 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight

• Fausto García

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Héctor López → Silver Medal

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Johnny Assadoma (INA), KO-3

• Third Round - Defeated Joe Orewa (NGR), 4:1

• Quarterfinals - Defeated Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 5:0

• Semifinals - Defeated Dale Walters (CAN), 5:0

• Final - Lost to Maurizio Stecca (ITA), 1:4

Men's Featherweight

• Javier Camacho

Men's Lightweight

• Luciano Solis

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Octavio Robles

Men's Welterweight

• Genaro Léon

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Eight cyclists represented Mexico in 1984.

Individual road race

• Raúl Alcalá - +1:43 (→ 11th place)
• Luis Ramos - +6:14 (→ 17th place)
• Salvador Rios - +22:20 (→ 47th place)
• Jesús Rios - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Raúl Alcalá
• Félipe Enríquez
• Guillermo Gutiérrez
• Cuauthémoc Muñoz

Points race

• José Youshimatz

• Final - 29 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Jorge Mondragón

• Preliminary Round - 537.03

• Final - 550.35 (→ 9th place)
• Carlos Girón

• Preliminary Round - 549.75

• Final - 530.04 (→ 12th place)

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.

Women's foil

• Lourdes Lozano

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1984.

Individual

• Ivar Sisniega
• Alejandro Yrizar
• Marcelo Hoyo

Team

• Ivar Sisniega
• Alejandro Yrizar
• Marcelo Hoyo

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Ramiro Estrada

• Heat - 52.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• César Sánchez

• Heat - 54.94 (→ did not advance, 48th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• César Sánchez

• Heat - 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
• Carlos Romo

• Heat - 1:58.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Ernesto Vela

• Heat - 1:01.42 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Ernesto Vela

• Heat - 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Eduardo Morillo

• Heat - 1:06.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Eduardo Morillo

• Heat - 2:23.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Carlos Romo

• Heat - 57.61 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Eduardo Morillo

• Heat - 2:09.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• José Medina, Ramiro Estrada, César Sánchez, and Carlos Romo

• Heat - 3:33.86 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Ernesto Vela, Eduardo Morillo, Carlos Romo, and Ramiro Estrada

• Heat - 3:56.11 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Patricia Kohlmann

• Heat - 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Teresa Rivera

• Heat - 59.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Patricia Kohlmann

• Heat - 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Irma Huerta

• Heat - 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Irma Huerta

• Heat - 4:25.13

• B-Final - 4:23.34 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Irma Huerta

• Heat - 8:56.18 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
• Rosa Fuentes

• Heat - DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Teresa Rivera

• Heat - 1:06.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Teresa Rivera

• Heat - 2:22.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera, Rosa Fuentes, and Irma Huerta

• Heat - 3:58.31 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Teresa Rivera, Sara Guido, Maria Urbina, and Patricia Kohlmann

• Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women's Solo

• Pilar Ramírez
• Claudia Novelo
• Lourdes Candini

Women's Duet

• Claudia Novelo and Pilar Ramírez

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mexico at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1984/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-05-11 . sports-reference.com.