Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Mexico at the Olympic Games
Flag of Mexico – Flag bearers IOC code  MEX NOC Comité Olímpico Mexicano Website www.com.org.mx (Spanish)
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	97 (92 men and 5 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Teresa Díaz
Medals Rank: 25	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Mexico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

Gold

• Daniel Bautista — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Bronze

• Juan Paredes — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

• Rodolfo Gomez

• Heat — 13:46.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Luis Hernández

• Heat — 28:44.17 (→ did not advance)

• Rodolfo Gomez

• Heat — 30:05.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Mario Cuevas — 2:18:08 (→ 18th place)

• Rodolfo Gomez — 2:18:21 (→ 19th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Daniel Bautista — 1:24:40 (→ Gold Medal)

• Raúl González — 1:28:18 (→ 5th place)

• Domingo Colin — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):

• Lost to Soviet Union (77-120)
• Defeated Japan (108-90)
• Lost to Australia (117-120)
• Lost to Cuba (75-89)
• Lost to Canada (84-92)

• Classification Match:

• 9th/10th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (84-89) → 10th place

• Team Roster

• Jesús García
• Arturo Guerrero
• Jorge Flores
• Rafael Palomar
• Antonio Ayala
• Samuel Campis
• Héctor Rodríguez
• Anastacio Reyes
• Gabriel Nava
• Ruben Alcala
• Manuel Saenz
• Manuel Raga

• Head Coach: Carlos Bru

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ernesto Rios

• First Round — Lost to Alfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5

Men's Featherweight

• Juan Paredes

Men's Middleweight

• Nicolas Arredondo

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Rúben Camacho — 4:54:49.0 (→ 45th place)
• Luis Ramos — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Castañeda — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rodolfo Vitela — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Eduardo Pérez
• Guillermo García

Men's 100m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 200m Backstroke

• José Urueta
• Ignacio Álvarez

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Gustavo Lozano

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Luis Prado

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ricardo Marmolejo

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ricardo Marmolejo
• Guillermo Zavala

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Beatriz Camuñas

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Alfred Schmidt
• Arturo Valencia
• Daniel Gómez
• Francisco García
• Javier Guerra
• Jorge Coste
• Juan García
• Juan Yanez
• Maximiliano Aguilar
• Victorino Beristain
• Armando Fernández

References

• sports-reference