Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	MEX
Npcname:	Federacion Mexicana de Deporte
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	68
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Saúl Mendoza
Rank:	14
Gold:	10
Silver:	3
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1972

Mexico sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 68 athletes, a smaller delegation than at the previous Games.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's marathon T46
			Men's shot put F53/54
			Women's 100m T42
			Men's 73 kg
			Women's -50 kg
			Men's 50m backstroke S4
			Men's 100m breaststroke SB5
			Women's 50m freestyle S3
			Women's 50m freestyle S4
			Women's 50m freestyle S4
			Women's shot put F58
			Women's 70 kg
			Women's 50m freestyle S6
			Men's 5000m T46
			Men's javelin throw F53/54
			Women's javelin throw F57-58
			Women's -40 kg
			Women's -82.5 kg
			Women's 100m freestyle S6
			Women's 150m individual medley SM4

Sports

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Constantino Angeles	T11	1500m	4:30.50	12	did not advance
		5000m	16:31.88	4
Moisés Beristain	T12	10000m	33:17.07	6
		Marathon	2:38:17	8
Benjamín Cardozo	T37	100m	12.73	13	did not advance
Aaron Gordian	T54	800m	1:40.45	17 Q	1:36.43	11	did not advance
		1500m	3:07.76	4 Q	3:09.72	15	did not advance
		5000m	10:14.41	2 Q	10:25.49	7
		Marathon	1:23:20	4
Salvador Hernandez	T52	100m	17.89	4
		200m	33.34	7
		400m	1:06.20	11	did not advance
Luis Herrera	T12	10000m	DNF
		Marathon	2:38:50	9
Nicolas Ledesma	T11	1500m	4:31.08	13	did not advance
Saúl Mendoza	T54	800m	1:37.40	4 Q	1:40.36	7 Q	1:38.61	7
		1500m	3:10.31	28	did not advance
		5000m	10:51.39	10 Q	10:25.48	6
		Marathon	1:36:14	29
Pedro Meza	T46	5000m	15:25.26	6
		Marathon	2:38:57	8
Jaime Ramírez	T53	100m	16.06	10	did not advance
		200m	28.72	14	did not advance
		400m	1:02.20	20	did not advance
Fernando Sánchez	T54	100m	15.23	17	did not advance
		200m	26.55	17	did not advance
		400m	48.76	6 Q	51.39	9	did not advance
Freddy Sandoval	T54	100m	14.91	11	did not advance
		200m	26.76	19	did not advance
		400m	51.57	24	did not advance
Mario Santillán	T46	5000m	14:43.78
		Marathon	2:27:04 WR
Gonzalo Valdovinos	T54	100m	14.94	14	did not advance
		200m	25.60	7 q	26.31	7
		400m	49.61	12 Q	53.34	14	did not advance
Luis Zapien	T11	5000m	DSQ
Alfonso Zaragoza	T54	800m	1:41.43	21	did not advance
		1500m	3:18.74	32	did not advance
		5000m	10:24.13	16	did not advance
		Marathon	1:30:30	20
Jaime Ramírez Fernando Sánchez Freddy Sandoval Gonzalo Valdovinos	T53-54	4 × 100 m relay	53.16	5	did not advance
		4 × 400 m relay	3:22.56	6	did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Benjamín Cardozo	F37-38	Long jump	5.17	898	11
Fernando del Rosario	F57-58	Discus throw	47.44	889	10
Mauro Maximo de Jesus	F53-54	Javelin throw	20.39	1023	5
		Shot put	8.72 WR	1073
Adrián Paz Velázquez	F53-54	Javelin throw	19.55 SB	981	8
Enrique Sánchez	F55-56	Shot put	10.57 SB	911	11
Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix	F53-54	Javelin throw	28.67 SB	1087

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yazmith Bataz	T54	100m	18.15	10	did not advance
		200m	31.99	7 Q	31.05	7
		400m	1:00.29	11	did not advance
Perla Bustamante	T42	100m	16.32 WR
Evelyn Enciso	T53	100m	18.83	8 q	18.43	8
		200m	33.32	9	did not advance
		400m	1:03.31	8 q	1:01.89	8
		800m	2:02.99	7
Gloria Sanchez	T54	100m	18.40	13	did not advance
		200m	33.43	15	did not advance
		400m	1:03.13	13	did not advance
Yazmith Bataz Evelyn Enciso Floralia Estrada Gloria Sanchez	T53-54	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Perla Bustamante	F42	Long jump	3.51 SB	style="text-align:center;"	-	4
	F42-46	Shot put	9.07	933	6
Dora Garcia	F54-56	Javelin throw	11.61	793	14
Leticia Ochoa	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	8.69	966	9
Angeles Ortiz Hernandez	F57-58	Shot put	10.94	1126
Esther Rivera	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	11.69	1027	4
Catalina Rosales	F57-58	Discus throw	26.12	831	11
		Shot put	9.51	978	5
Estela Salas	F32-34/51-53	Discus throw	12.59	848	13
	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	11.33	995	6
Azucena Saucedo	F54-56	Shot put	7.56	908	9
Jeny Velazco	F57-58	Javelin throw	30.57	1037

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jose Castorena	S4	50m freestyle	50.79	12	did not advance
Vidal Dominguez	S5	50m butterfly	45.32	8 Q	45.50	7
	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:05.17	13	did not advance
	SM5	200m individual medley	3:45.96	7 Q	3:50.11	8
Pedro Rangel	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:33.95	1 Q	1:34.69
Juan Ignacio Reyes	S4	50m backstroke	42.71 WR	1 Q	42.77
		50m freestyle	44.02	7 Q	43.07	7
		100m freestyle	1:36.25	6 Q	1:37.30	8
		200m freestyle	3:28.73	6 Q	3:25.57	7
	S5	50m butterfly	46.00	10	did not advance
Cristopher Tronco Sánchez	S3	50m backstroke	1:06.04	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	1:05.00	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	2:23.03	9	did not advance
Jose Castorena Vidal Dominguez Pedro Rangel Juan Ignacio Reyes	N/A	4x50m freestyle relay	3:02.50	5
		4x50m medley relay	3:06.32	7 Q	3:04.44	7

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Doramitzi Gonzalez	S6	100m backstroke S6	1:42.21	7 Q	1:36.90	6
		50m butterfly	44.00	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	38.20	4 Q	36.52
		100m freestyle	1:23.37	3 Q	1:19.36
		400m freestyle	6:15.97	6 Q	6:06.84	5
Virginia Hernandez	S2	50m backstroke	1:41.87	9	did not advance
Nely Miranda	S4	50m freestyle	46.27 WR
		100m freestyle	1:45.89	1 Q	1:44.11
	S5	200m freestyle	3:28.20	7 Q	3:32.08	7
Nadia Porras	S5	50m backstroke	56.42	9	did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:36.09	10	did not advance
Fabiola Ramirez	S3	50m backstroke	1:21.71	9	did not advance
		50m freestyle	1:17.92	11	did not advance
Patricia Valle	S3	50m backstroke	1:17.89	7 Q	1:12.88	4
		50m freestyle	59.84	2 Q	57.05
	S4	100m freestyle	2:03.82	6 Q	2:02.50	7
	SM4	150m individual medley	3:29.36

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Porfirio Arredondo	75kg	197.5	5
Jesus Castillo	90kg	200.0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Perla Patricia Barcenas	82.5kg	130.0
Laura Cerero	40kg	92.5
Catalina Diaz	75kg	115.0	4
Amalia Pérez	52kg	128.0 PR

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Teresa Arenales	Women's singles C4	L 0–3	L 1-3	L 1-3	4	did not advance
Maria Paredes	Women's singles C5	L	L 0-3	W 3-2	3	did not advance
Teresa Arenales Maria Paredes	Women's team C4-5	No preliminaries				L 0-3	did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 10 teams.

Players

• Floralia Estrada Bernal
• Rosa Camara Arango
• Wendy Garcia Amador
• Rubicela Guzman Acosta
• Claudia Magali Miranda
• Anaisa Perez Pacheco
• Patricia Rodriguez Velazquez
• Rocio Torres Lopez
• Alma Torres Rodriguez
• Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo
• Cecilia Vazquez Suarez
• Rosa Herlinda Vera

Coach

• Aarón Dávila García

Tournament

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9th-10th classification--------

See also

• Mexico at the Paralympics
• Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/others/n214585672.shtml "Mexican athletes are ready for the Paralympics"