- Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Mexico at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Mexico – Flag bearersIOC code MEX NOC Comité Olímpico Mexicano Website www.com.org.mx (Spanish) At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm Competitors 24 in 10 sports Medals
Rank: 23Gold
1Silver
0Bronze
1Total
2Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Winter Games 1924 • 1928 • 1932–1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.[1]
Contents
Medalists
Gold- Joaquín Capilla — Diving, Men's Platform
Bronze- Joaquín Capilla — Diving, Men's Springboard
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer OlympicsCycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMen's Individual Road Race
- Magdaleno Cano — 5:23:40 (→ 9th place)
- Francisco Lozano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Felipe Liñan — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Rafael Vaca — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMen's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 78.68
- Final — 152.44 (→ Gold Medal)
- Alberto Capilla
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- Preliminary Round — 74.18
- Final — 134.74 (→ 9th place)
- Juan Botella
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- Preliminary Round — 69.39
- Final — 125.45 (→ 10th place)
Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsThree fencers, two men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1956.
- Men's foil
- Benito Ramos
- Men's épée
- Luis Jiménez
- Men's sabre
- Benito Ramos
- Women's foil
- Pilar Roldán
Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsShooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMen's 200m Butterfly
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- Preliminary Round — x'xx"
- Final — x'xx" (→ 8th place)
- Walter Ocampo
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer OlympicsReferences
- ^ "Mexico at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1956/. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
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