1. Medalists
    Silver 

2. Archery

3. Athletics

4. Boxing

5. Canoeing

6. Cycling

7. Diving

8. Equestrian

9. Fencing

10. Football

11. Gymnastics

12. Hockey

13. Judo

14. Modern pentathlon

15. Rowing

16. Sailing

17. Shooting

18. Swimming

19. Water polo

20. Weightlifting

21. Wrestling

22. See also

23. References

Medalists

Silver

• Alfonso Zamora — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Mexico entered three men and three women. The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal. Their highest placing competitor was Francisca de Gutierrez, at 10th place in the women's competition.

• Francisca de Gutierrez – 2353 points (→ 10th place)
• Aurora Bretón – 2335 points (→ 15th place)
• Silvia de Tapia – 2258 points (→ 23rd place)

• Alfonso Jones – 2344 points (→ 28th place)
• Rafael Aveleira – 2178 points (→ 51st place)
• José Almanzor – 2175 points (→ 52nd place)

Athletics

• Mario Pérez
• Heat — 13:58.2 (→ did not advance)

• Pedro Miranda
• Heat — 13:45.2 (→ did not advance)

• Juan Máximo Martínez
• Pedro Miranda

• Jacinto Sabinal
• Alfredo Peñaloza
• Rafael Tadeo

• José Oliveros
• Pedro Aroche
• Ismael Avila

• Gabriel Hernández
• Raúl González
• José Oliveros

Boxing

• Salvador García
• First Round — Lost to Ralph Evans (GBR), 1:4

• Arturo Delgado

• Alfonso Zamora

• Juan Francisco García

• Antonio Gin

• Sergio Lozano

• Emeterio Villanueva
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1
• Third Round — Defeated Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

• José Luis Espinosa

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1972.

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race">Individual road race

• Jesús Sarabia — 10th place
• Agustín Alcántara — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Francisco Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Francisco Javier Huerta — did not finish (→ no ranking)

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial">Team time trial

• Agustín Alcántara
• Antonio Hernández
• Francisco Huerta
• Francisco Vázquez

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint">Sprint

• Arturo Cambroni

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial">1000m time trial

• Arturo Cambroni
• Final — 1:11.54 (→ 24th place)

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit">Individual pursuit

• Francisco Huerta

Diving

• Carlos Armando Giron – 521.88 points (→ 9th place)
• José de Jesus Robinson – 514.02 points (→ 11th place)
• Porfirio Becerril – 310.65 points (→ 27th place)

• Carlos Armando Giron – 442.41 points (→ 8th place)
• José de Jesus Robinson – 284.58 points (→ 14th place)
• Porfirio Becerril – 282.57 points (→ 15th place)

• Bertha Baraldi – 252.66 points (→ 15th place)

• Bertha Baraldi – 174.21 points (→ 20th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Mexico in 1972.

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil">Men's foil

• Carlos Calderón
• Vicente Calderón

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée

• Luis Stephens
• Jorge Castillejos
• Carlos Calderón

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée">Men's team épée

• Carlos Calderón, Jorge Castillejos, Hermilo Leal, Luis Stephens

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre">Men's sabre

• Roberto Alva
• Vicente Calderón
• Hermilo Leal

Football

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group 2)
• Defeated Sudan (1-0)
• Defeated Burma (1-0)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)
• Second Round (Group A)
• Drew with West Germany (1-1)
• Lost to East Germany (0-7)
• Lost to Hungary (0-2)
  • Did not advance → Seventh place

• Team Roster
• Juan Manuel Álvarez
• Francisco Barba Ordaz
• Fernando Blanco Garell
• Manuel Borja Garcia
• Leonardo Cuellar Rivera
• Alejandro Hernandez Pat
• Alfredo Hernandez Martinez
• Manuel Manzo
• Salvador Marquez Ramos
• Enrique Martin del Campo
• Alejandro Peña
• Daniel Razo Marquez
• David Regalado
• Lorenzo Reyes
• Jesus Rico Espejel
• Rogelio Ruiz Vaquera
• Horacio Sánchez Marquez
• José Angel Talavera
• José Luis Trejo Montoya

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Lost to Great Britain (0-6)
• Lost to New Zealand (0-7)
• Lost to Poland (0-3)
• Lost to Australia (0-10)
• Lost to the Netherlands (0-4)
• Lost to India (0-8)
• Lost to Kenya (1-2)
• Classification Match
• 15th/16th place: Lost to Uganda (1-4) → 16th place

• Team Roster
• Adán Noriega
• David Sevilla
• José Luis Partida
• Enrique Filoteo
• Francisco Ramírez
• Héctor Ventura
• Javier Varela
• José Miguel Huacuja
• José María Mascaro
• Juan Calderón
• Manuel Fernández
• Manuel Noriega
• Noel Gutiérrez
• Orlando Ventura
• Oscar Huacuja
• Rubén Vasconcelos
• Víctor Contreras

Judo

• Raul Furlon
• Luis Arredondo
• Epigmenio Etchiga

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1972.

• Gilberto Toledano – 4428 points (→ 42nd place)
• Eduarde Olivera Lastra – 4426 points (→ 43rd place)
• Juan José Castilla – 4014 points (→ 55th place)

• Toledano Sanchez, Olivera Lastra, and Castilla Ramos – 12901 points (→ 17th place)

Alternate Member:

• Rafael Alvarez Perez

Rowing

• Guillermo Spamer
• Heat — 8:38.63
• Repechage — 8:40.76 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters, nine men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1972.

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol">25 m pistol

• Homero Laddaga
• Mario Sánchez

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol">50 m pistol

• Juventino Sánchez

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions">300 m rifle, three positions

• Olegario Vázquez
• Jesús Elizondo

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions">50 m rifle, three positions

• Olegario Vázquez
• Jesús Elizondo

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone">50 m rifle, prone

• Ernesto Montemayor, Jr.
• Olegario Vázquez

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap">Trap

• Fernando Walls
• David Alkon

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet">Skeet

• Nuria Ortíz
• Juan Bueno

Swimming

• Roberto Strauss
• Heat — 56.78s (→ did not advance)

• Guillermo García
• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

• Roberto Strauss
• Heat — 2:03.57 (→ did not advance)

• Guillermo García
• José Luis Prado

• Guillermo García
• Alberto García

• José Joaquín Santibáñez

• Rafael Rocha
• José Urueta

• Felipe Muñoz
• Gustavo Salcedo

• Felipe Muñoz
• Gustavo Salcedo

• Hugo Valencia

• Hugo Valencia
• Ricardo Marmolejo

• Ricardo Marmolejo
• José Joaquín Santibáñez

• Ricardo Marmolejo
• José Luis Prado

• Jorge Urreta, José Santibañez, Guillermo García and Roberto Strauss
• Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

• Guillermo García, Roberto Strauss, José Luis Prado, and Jorge Urreta
• Heat — 8:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Cuba (4-6)
• Defeated Canada (7-3)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (3-5)
• Lost to United States (5-7)
• Lost to Romania (6-9) → Did not advance

• Team Roster
• Daniel Goméz Bilbao
• Arturo Valencia Cadena
• Alfredo Sauza Martinéz
• Francisco Garcia Moreno
• Juan Manuel Garcia Moreno
• Raul Alanis Guerrero
• Maximiliano Aguilar Salazar
• Armando Fernandez Alatorre
• Ricardo Chapa Galaviz
• Rafael Azpeitia Lopez
• Victor Manuel Garcia Romero

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

• Mexico at the 1971 Pan American Games

References

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• Rhodobium
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• Rhodoblastus
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• Rhodobolites
• Rhodocactus bleo
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• Rhodocalyx
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• Rhodocera
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