Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. 99 competitors, 77 men and 22 women, took part in 87 events in 18 sports.

Gold

• Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
• Raúl González
  Raúl González (walker)
  Raúl González Rodríguez is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born at Rancho Las Lajas, Municipality of China, State of Nuevo Leon. As of October 2011, he has held since 1978 the North American record for the fastest time in the 50-kilometer racewalk .-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

Silver

• Raúl González — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
• Héctor López
  Héctor López (boxer)
  Héctor López Colín was a Mexican boxer who was the NABF and WBO NABO Light Welterweight Champion. He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division.-Amateur career:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
• Daniel Aceves
  Daniel Aceves
  Daniel Aceves Villagrán is an athlete from Mexico. He is son of Bobby Bonales. He competed in wrestling and represented Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg.-References:...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Bronze

• Manuel Youshimatz
  José Youshimatz
  José Manuel Youshimatz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's Roger Ilegems and West Germany's Uwe Messerschmidt...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Points Race

Archery

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 Breton — 2481 points (→ 9th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Adolfo Gonzalez — 2418 points (→ 33rd place)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Gerardo Alcala
• Heat — 13:50.60
• Semifinals — 13:45.98 (→ did not advance)

• Eduardo Castro
  Eduardo Castro
  Eduardo Castro Almanza is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won several medals during the early 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 13:51.46
• Semifinals — 13:42.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• José Gómez
  José Gómez (athlete)
  José Gómez Cervantes is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980.-Achievements:-References:* * *...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 28:28.50 (→ did not advance)

• Martín Pitayo
  Martín Pitayo
  Martín Pitayo Martínez is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He also won the 1990 edition of the Chicago Marathon, clocking 2:09:41.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 28:59.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in...

• Jesús Herrera
  Jesús Herrera
  Jesús Herrera is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was finishing in 11th place in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:58, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South...
  
   — 2:20:33 (→ 36th place)
• Rodolfo Gómez
  Rodolfo Gómez
  Rodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Miguel Angel Cruz — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Juan de la Garza
  Juan de la Garza
  Juan Gerardo de la Garza Tenorio is a retired javelin thrower from Mexico, who won the bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games during his career.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 79.16m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• 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
  Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final — 4:07:59 (→ 10th place)

• Martín Bermúdez
  Martín Bermúdez
  Martín Bermúdez Mendoza is a retired male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• María Trujillo
  María Trujillo
  María Trujillo Tenorio de Rios is a retired female marathon runner from Mexico, who later represented the United States. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1995 Pan American Games...
  
  
• 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

Men's Flyweight

• Fausto García

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Héctor López
  Héctor López (boxer)
  Héctor López Colín was a Mexican boxer who was the NABF and WBO NABO Light Welterweight Champion. He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division.-Amateur career:...
  
   → 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
  Dale Walters
  Dale Walters was a Canadian boxer who won a bantamweight bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.- Professional career :...
  
   (CAN), 5:0
• Final — Lost to Maurizio Stecca
  Maurizio Stecca
  Maurizio Stecca is an Italian former boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer.-Professional career:...
  
   (ITA), 1:4

Men's Featherweight

• Javier Camacho

Men's Lightweight

• Luciano Solis

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Octavio Robles

Men's Welterweight

• Genaro Léon
  Genaro Léon
  Genaro Léon is a former professional boxer. He fought at Welterweight.-Amateur career:León represented Mexico at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, as a Welterweight...
  
  

Cycling

Road Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race

• Raúl Alcalá
  Raul Alcala
  Raúl Alcalá is a professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. In the 1987 Tour de France, he received the Maillot blanc, awarded to the best rider under 25...
  
   — +1:43 (→ 11th place)
• Luis Ramos
  Luis Ramos
  Luis Eduardo Ramos is a Uruguayan football defender who played for Uruguay in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Nacional de Football.-External links:*...
  
   — +6:14 (→ 17th place)
• Salvador Rios — +22:20 (→ 47th place)
• Jesús Ríos — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Cycling
Men's Points Race

• José Youshimatz
  José Youshimatz
  José Manuel Youshimatz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's Roger Ilegems and West Germany's Uwe Messerschmidt...
  
  
• Final — 29 points (→ Bronze Medal)

• Salvador Rios
• Heats — DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Jorge Mondragón
  Jorge Mondragón
  Jorge Mondragón Vázquez is a retired diver from Mexico. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1980. Mondragón won two bronze medals at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba....
  
  
• Preliminary Round — 537.03
• Final — 550.35 (→ 9th place)

• Carlos Girón
  Carlos Girón
  Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez is a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal....
  
  
• Preliminary Round — 549.75
• Final — 530.04 (→ 12th place)

Fencing

One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 2 to 3, 1984. 42 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Lourdes Lozano
  Lourdes Lozano
  Lourdes Lozano is a Mexican fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Swimming

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 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• José Medina, Ramiro Estrada, César Sánchez, and Carlos Romo
• Heat — 3:33.86 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 4x100m 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
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat — 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera Pastrana is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet...
  
  
• Heat — 59.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat — 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Rosa...
  
  
• Heat — 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Rosa...
  
  
• Heat — 4:25.13
• B-Final — 4:23.34 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Rosa...
  
  
• Heat — 8:56.18 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

• Rosa Fuentes
  Rosa Fuentes
  Rosa Fuentes is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best and only result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Irma...
  
  
• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera Pastrana is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet...
  
  
• Heat — 1:06.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera Pastrana is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet...
  
  
• Heat — 2:22.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  , Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera Pastrana is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet...
  
  , Rosa Fuentes
  Rosa Fuentes
  Rosa Fuentes is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best and only result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Irma...
  
  , and Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta
  Irma Huerta is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Los Angeles, California was the 11th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera and Rosa...
  
  
• Heat — 3:58.31 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera
  Teresa Rivera Pastrana is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet...
  
  , Sara Guido, Maria Urbina, and Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Women's Solo

• Pilar Ramírez
  Pilar Ramírez
  Pilar Ramírez Laguna is a retired Mexican competitor in women's synchronized swimming. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the bronze medal in duet at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas alongside Claudia Novelo.-References:*...
  
  
• Claudia Novelo
  Claudia Novelo
  Claudia Novelo is a retired Mexican competitor in women's synchronized swimming. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the bronze medal in duet at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas alongside Pilar Ramírez.-References:*...
  
  
• Lourdes Candini

Women's Duet

• Claudia Novelo
  Claudia Novelo
  Claudia Novelo is a retired Mexican competitor in women's synchronized swimming. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the bronze medal in duet at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas alongside Pilar Ramírez.-References:*...
  
   and Pilar Ramírez
  Pilar Ramírez
  Pilar Ramírez Laguna is a retired Mexican competitor in women's synchronized swimming. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the bronze medal in duet at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas alongside Claudia Novelo.-References:*...