Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	78 (52 men and 26 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Fernando Platas
Rank:	40
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Mexico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
		Athletics	Men's 20 km walk
		Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
		Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
		Boxing	Men's lightweight
		Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Both lost in the first round.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Carlos Manjarrez	Men's individual	628	33	L 153–165	colspan=6
Erika Reyes	Women's individual	597	61	L 157–168

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alejandro Cárdenas	align=left rowspan=2	400 m	46.14	3	45.66	6	colspan=4
Juan Pedro Toledo	46.82	6	colspan=6
David Galván	align=left rowspan=2	5.000 m			colspan=2
Pablo Olmedo	13:40.34	12	colspan=2
David Galván	align=left rowspan=2	10.000 m	27:49.53	7 Q	27:54.56	13
Armando Quintanilla	28:14.54	12	colspan=2
Salvador Miranda	3000 m steeplechase	8:35.79	9	colspan=2
Noé Hernández	align=left rowspan=3	20 km race walk	1:19:03
Daniel García	1:22:05	12
Bernardo Segura
Joel Sánchez	align=left rowspan=3	50 km race walk	3:44:36
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	3:48:12	7
Germán Sánchez
Andrés Espinosa	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:18:02	27
Benjamín Paredes	2:27:17	64

Field events

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ana Guevara	400 m	52.34	2	51.19	2	50.11	2	49.96	5
Nora Rocha	align=left rowspan=2	5000 m	15:38.72	9	colspan=2
Dulce Maria Rodriguez	15:54.17	11	colspan=2
Nora Rocha	10000 m	34:37.84	18	colspan=2
María Guadalupe Sánchez	align=left rowspan=3	20 km race walk	1:31:33	5
Mara Ibañez	1:36:17	26
Graciela Mendoza
Adriana Fernández	Marathon	2:30:51	16

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liborio Romero	Light flyweight	W 16–15	L 11–24	colspan=4
Daniel Ponce de León	Flyweight	L 8–16	colspan=5
César Morales	Bantamweight	W 8–13	L	colspan=4
Francisco Bojado	Featherweight	W	L 12–15	colspan=4
Cristián Bejarano	Lightweight	W 17–5	W 14–11	W 14–12	L 14–22
José Luis Zertuche	Light middleweight	W	L

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ramón Ferrer José Antonio Romero	Men's C-2 500 m	1:45.927	7 QS	1:46.811	5	colspan=2
Men's C-2 1000 m	3:49.301	7 QS	3:44.358	3 QF	3:46.457	6

Cycling

Track

Diving

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when Fernando Platas bested his eighth-place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fernando Platas	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	444.60	2 Q	234.36	3	678.96	3 Q	474.06	2	708.42
Joel Rodriguez	336.51	29	colspan=8
Francisco Pérez	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	381.78	19	colspan=8
Eduardo Rueda	60.3	42	colspan=8
Fernando Platas Eduardo Rueda	3 m synchronized springboard	317.7	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Azul Almazan	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	272.85	12 Q	216.03	13	488.88	13	colspan=5
Jashia Luna	268.44	15 Q	196.53	19	464.97	19	colspan=5
María José Alcalá	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	235.53	30	colspan=9
Azul Almazan	229.29	33	colspan=9
María José Alcalá Jashia Luna	3 m synchronized springboard	273.84	6
María José Alcalá Azul Almazan	10 m synchronized platform	264.3	8

Equestrian

Dressage

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Alfonso Carlos Romo	Montemorelos	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	9.25	30	8.00	17.25	27	12.00	29.25	=34 Q	17.50	40	colspan=4
Antonio Maurer	Mortero	12.00	=35	16.00	28.00	51	24.00	52.00	=59	colspan=6
Santiago Lambre	Taloc	14.00	=43	4.00	18.00	=32	8.00	26.00	30 Q	16.50	38	colspan=4
Alfonso Carlos Romo Antonio Maurer Santiago Lambre	See above	Team	28.00		12	28.00	12

Gymnastics

Artistic

Individual finals

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total
		Score	Rank	Points	W/L	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Penalties	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Samuel Félix	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	178	16	1048	11	16	800	2:16.31	22	1137	90	11	1010	9:17.66	3	1170	5165	11
Horacio de la Vega	179	10	1084	15	10	960	2:10.37	15	1197	0	10:50.91	24	798	4039	22

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jesús Huerta	Single sculls	7:29.64 R	5	7:31.93	4	7:36.06	5	7:29.68	19
Rómulo Bouzas Gerardo Gómez	Lightweight double sculls	6:31.24	6 R	6:38.07	2	6:33.62	5	6:31.70	10

Women

Sailing

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
David Mier	Mistral	14	24	26	17	26	19	16	15	28	37	27	184	25
Manuel Villarreal Santiago Hernández	470	21	21	23	8	22	22	30 DNF	23	9	22	11	159	23

Women

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Roberto Jose Elias Orozco	10 m air rifle	583	38	colspan=4
50 m rifle three positions	1140	39	colspan=4
50 m rifle prone	587	41

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Díaz	200 m freestyle	1:53.20	30	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=2	Jorge Carral Armella	400 m freestyle	3:58.34	28	colspan=2
1500 m freestyle	15:43.03	31	colspan=2
Josh Ilika	100 m butterfly	55.07	33	colspan=4
Juan Veloz	200 m butterfly	2:00.02	20	colspan=4
Alfredo Jacobo	100 m breaststroke	1:04.67	43	colspan=4
Javier Díaz	200 m individual medley	2:07.28	37	colspan=4
Juan Veloz	400 m individual medley	4:31.73	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Patricia Villarreal	400 m freestyle	4:21.03	32	colspan=2
800 m freestyle	8:54.79	21	colspan=2
Adriana Marmolejo	200 m breaststroke	02:36.93	2:36.93

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Víctor Estrada	Men's −80 kg	W 4–3	L 0–2		W 6–0	W 6–4	W 1–2
Águeda Pérez	Women's −49 kg	L 1–4	W 5–3	L 0–4	colspan=2
Monica del Real	Women's −67 kg	L 4–8

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan Rodríguez Ibarra Joel Sotelo	Men's	W 15–12 Q	L 0–15	=9
Teresa Galindo Hilda Gaxiola	Women's	L 11–15	L 14–16	=19

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site