Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	MEX
NOC:	Comité Olímpico Mexicano external link (Spanish)
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Modern pentathlon 2.5 Swimming 2.6 Tennis

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

• Bernardo Segura — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Marisol Breton – Round of 32 → 18th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jose Anchondo – Round of 16 → 16th place (2-1)
• Adolfo Gonzalez – Round of 64 → 51st place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Germán Silva – 2:14.29 (→ 6th place)
• Benjamin Paredes – 2:14.55 (→ 8th place)
• Dionicio Cerón – 2:16.48 (→ 15th place)

Women's Marathon

• María Diaz – 2:37.14 (→ 33rd place)
• Guadaloupe Loma – 2:41.56 (→ 43rd place)
• Adriana Fernandez – 2:44.23 (→ 51st place)

Women's 10km Walk

• Graciela Mendoza – 45:13 (→ 18th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (48 kg)

• Jesús Martinez
  1. First Round — Defeated Biki Sapok (Malaysia), 15-4
  2. Second Round — Lost to Lamasara Lapaini (Indonesia), 1-8

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Martin Castillo
  1. First Round — Lost to Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 7-13

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Samuel Alvarez
  1. First Round — Lost to Crinu Olteanu (Romania), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Francisco Martinez
  1. First Round — Lost to Michael Strange (Canada), 1-15

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Carlos Martínez
  1. First Round — Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 3-25

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Jesus Flores
  1. First Round — Lost to Abdul Rasheed (Pakistan), 7-12

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Juan Pablo Lopez
  1. First Round — Lost to Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), referee stopped contest in third round (01:38)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Julio González
  1. First Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Sergio Salazar – 5387 pts (→ 9th place)
• Horacio de la Vega – 5182 pts (→ 23rd place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Carlos Arena
  1. Heat – 57.40 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Carlos Arena
  1. Heat – 2:05.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Jesús González
  1. Heat – 54.94 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

• Oscar Ortiz
  1. First round — Defeated Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
  2. Second round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 1-6, 6-7

• Alejandro Hernandez
  1. First round — Lost to Christian Ruud (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 6-8

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