- Mexico at the 2008 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Competitors 85 in 23 sports Flag bearer Paola Espinosa (opening)
Tatiana Ortiz (closing)Medals
Rank: 36Gold
2Silver
0Bronze
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3Olympic 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors (43 men and 42 women) and participated in 23 sports. Mexico's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was diver Paola Espinosa.[1] Mexican athletes won two gold medals at the games for the first time since the 1984 Olympics.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold Guillermo Pérez Sandoval Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Gold Maria del Rosario Espinoza Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Bronze Paola Espinosa Sánchez
Tatiana Ortiz GaliciaDiving Women's synchronized 10 meter platform Archery
Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMexico will send archers to the Olympics for the eighth time; the nation has yet to win an Olympic medal in the sport. The nation will send two men, after Luis Velez earned a qualifying spot during the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Juan Serrano added another spot at the Pan American championships.[2] Two women will also represent Mexico, Mariana Martinez and Aida Roman, with both spots being earned at the Pan American tournament.[1]
Men
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ScoreRank Juan René Serrano Individual 679 1 Joseph Muaausa (SAM) (64) Daniel Morillo (ESP) (33) Maksim Kunda (BLR) (48) Vic Wunderle (USA) (41) Park Kyung (KOR) (4) Bair Badënov (RUS) (31) 4th Eduardo Vélez Individual 660 24 Vic Wunderle (USA) (41) Did not advance 52nd Women
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ScoreRank Mariana Avitia Individual 641 20 Son Hye Yong (PRK) (45) Małgorzata Sobieraj (POL) (13) Khatuna Narimanidze (GEO) (4) Kwon Un Sil (PRK) (5) Did not advance 8th Aida Román Individual 646 12 Veronique D'Unienville (MRI) (53) Viktoriya Koval (UKR) (21) Kwon Un Sil (PRK) (5) Did not advance 13th Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
- 1,500 m
- 5,000 m
- Juan Luis Barrios 13:19.79 (7th)
- David Galván DNS
- 10,000 m
- David Galván DNF
- Alejandro Suarez 29:24.78 (35th)
- Juan Carlos Romero 28:26.57 (29th)
- Marathon
- Carlos Cordero Gomez 2:18:40 (32nd)
- Procopio Franco Hernandez 2:23:24 (47th)
- Francisco Bautista 2:29:28 (66th)
- High jump
- Gerardo Martínez 2.15 m (33rd)
- Pole vault
- Giovanni Lanaro 5.45 m (25th)
- 20 km walk
- Eder Sánchez 1:21:53 (15th)
- David Mejia 1:26:45 (36th)
- 50 km walk
- Horacio Nava 3:45:21 (6th)
- Mario Iván Flores 3:58:04 (23rd)
- Jesús Sánchez 3:53:58 (18th)
Women
- 400 m
- Gabriela Medina 51.97 (23rd)
- 4x400 m relay
- Gabriela Medina
- Zudikey Rodriguez
- Nallely Vela Rascon
- Ruth del Carmen Grajeda
- Maria Teresa Rugerio
- Karla Dueñas
- Time & Overall Rank: 3:30.36 (14th)
- 10,000 m
- Dulce María Rodríguez 32:58.04 (27th)
- Marathon
- Madai Pérez 2:31:47 (19th)
- Patricia Retíz 2:39:34 (55th)
- Karina Pérez 2:47:02 (61st)
- High jump
- Romary Rifka NM
Badminton
Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
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ScoreRank Deyanira Angulo Singles Hadia Hosny (EGY)
18-21, 21-7, 14-21 Did not advance Boxing
Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMexico qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Santos Reyes was the first, qualifying in featherweight at the World Championships.[3] Valdez was the second, qualifying at the first American qualifier.[4] Vargas was the last, earning his spot at the second American tournament.[5]
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ResultOscar Valdez Bantamweight Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (MGL) Did not advance Arturo Santos Featherweight Nicholas Okoth (KEN) Alaa Shili (TUN) Khedafi Djelkhir (FRA) Did not advance Francisco Vargas Lightweight J. Soloniaina (MAD) Georgian Popescu (ROU) Did not advance Canoeing
Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationFlatwater
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Jose Everardo Cristobal C-1 1000 m 4:15.280 6th 4:04.267 6th Did not advance Dimas Camilo Cortes
Jose Everardo CristobalC-2 500 m 1:54.090 8th 1:48.853 9th Did not advance C-2 1000 m 3:51.684 6th 3:49.695 7th Did not advance Manuel Cortina K-1 500 m 1:40.626 4th 1:48.333 7th Did not advance K-1 1000 m 3:41.433 7th 3:43.017 7th Did not advance Cycling
Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationRoad
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Athlete Event Time Rank Moises Aldape Chavez Road race 6h 28' 08 (+4:19) 47th Women
Athlete Event Time Rank Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Road race 3h 36' 35 (+4:11) 45th Diving
Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationAthlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Yahel Castillo 3 m individual springboard 480.65 3rd 504.55 4th 462.10 7th 7th Rommel Pacheco 10 m individual platform 465.45 9th 453.80 9th 460.20 8th 8th Germán Sánchez 10 m individual platform 399.35 22nd Did not advance 22nd Women
Athlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Jashia Luna 3 m individual springboard 276.85 17th 287.35 16th Did not advance 16th Laura Sánchez 3 m individual springboard 334.35 5th 314.40 12th 312.25 10th 10th Paola Espinosa 10 m individual platform 343.60 7th 400.75 2nd 380.95 4th 4th Tatiana Ortiz 10 m individual platform 345.70 6th 349.50 5th 343.60 5th 5th Paola Espinosa
Tatiana Ortiz10 m synchronised platform 330.06 3rd Equestrian
Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationDressage
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final Score Rank Score Rank Total score Rank Score Rank Total score Rank Bernadette Pujals Vincent Individual 69.250 12th 71.000 6th 72.350 11th 71.675 9th Individual jumping
Athlete Horse Event Ind. round 1 Ind. round 2 Ind. round 3 Final Round A Round B Total Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Antonio Chedraui Don Porfirio Individual 1 14th 8 9 22nd 8 17 23rd Did not advance 40th Federico Fernandez Zorro Individual 1 14th 9 10 26th 14 24 33rd 12 29th Did not advance 29th Enrique Gonzalez Frida Individual 9 52nd 16 25 51st Did not advance 51st Alberto Michan Chinobampo Lavita Individual 12 64th 9 21 32nd 25 46 47th 12 29th Did not advance 29th Team jumping
Athlete Horse Event Team final 1 Team final 2 Penalties Rank Penalties Total penalties Rank Jose Chedraui
Federico Fernandez
Enrique Gonzalez
Alberto Michanas above Team 9 8 169 Did not advance 9th Fencing
Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ScoreAngelica Larios Delgado Individual sabre Araceli Navarro (ESP)
4-15 Did not advance 33rd Gymnastics
Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationArtistic
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Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Final Vault Floor Uneven bars Balance beam Total Rank Total Rank Maricela Cantu All-around 14.175 14.025 12.625 12.700 53.525 56th Did not advance Judo
Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First repechage round Repechage quarterfinals Repechage semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultArturo Martinez Rivera 100 kg Frank Moussima (CMR) Did not advance Women
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ResultVanessa Martina Zambotti +78 kg BYE Karina Bryant Maki Tsukada (JPN) Did not advance Mondière (FRA) Did not advance Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Shoot Fence Swim Ride Run Total points Rank Oscar Soto Carillo Individual 988 880 1236 1160 1156 5420 8th Women
Athlete Event Shoot Fence Swim Ride Run Total points Rank Karla Marlene Sanchez Individual 1168 808 1152 1020 1008 5156 28th Rowing
Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Overall Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rank Patrick Loliger Single sculls 7:22.55 3rd 7:04.30 4th 7:15.53 1st 7:03.97 3rd 15th Women
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Overall Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rank Gabriela Huerta
Lila PerezLightweight
double sculls7:11.71 4th 7:41.97 4th 7:17.21 1st 13th Sailing
Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M David Mauricio Mier Y Teran Sailboard 16th 5th 17th 6th 12th 29th 23rd 22nd 4th 25th Did not advance 130 17th Women
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Demita Vega de Lille Sailboard 23rd 23rd 25th 25th 17th 21st 20th 19th 19th 26th Did not advance 190 23rd Tania Elias Calles Laser Radial 27th 25th 29th 13th 15th 16th 7th 3rd 1st Did not advance 107 13th Shooting
Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Roberto Jose Elias 10 m air rifle 590 25th Did not advance 25th José Luis Sánchez 10 m air rifle 591 24th Did not advance 24th Ariel Mauricio Flores Skeet 111 27th Did not advance 27th Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Natalia Zamora 50 m rifle three positions 569 36th Did not advance 36th Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Juan José Veloz 100 m butterfly 53.58 5th Did not advance 45th 200 m butterfly 1:57.32 8th Did not advance 23rd Luis Ricardo Escobar 10 km open water marathon 1:53:47.90 18th Women
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Susana Escobar 400 m freestyle 4:11.99 3rd Did not advance 20th 800 m freestyle 8:33.51 1st Did not advance 18th 400 m individual medley 4:47.32 5th Did not advance 30th Adriana Marmolejo 100 m breaststroke 1:10.73 NR 2nd Did not advance 31st 200 m breaststroke 2:28.10 NR 2nd Did not advance 22nd Fernanda González 100 m backstroke 1:02.76 6th Did not advance 35th 200 m backstroke 2:14.64 4th Did not advance 28th Imelda Martinez Gomez 10 km open water marathon 2:01:07.90 20th Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsAthlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final) Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Mariana Aneth Cifuentes
Blanca Isabel DelgadoDuet 42.334 19th 42.834 17th 85.168 19th Did not advance Table tennis
Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultYadira Silva Llorente Singles Andrea Bakula (CRO) Did not advance Taekwondo
Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMexico wins its first gold medal in Taekwondo with the victory of Guillermo Perez.[6]
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ResultGuillermo Perez Sandoval −58 kg Michael Harvey (GBR) Rohullah Nikpai (AFG) Chutchawal Khawlaor (THA) Gabriel Mercedes (DOM) Idulio Islas Gomez −68 kg Isah Adam Muhammad (NGR) Did not advance Women
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ResultMaria del Rosario Espinoza +67 kg Khaoula Ben Hamza (TUN) Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) Sarah Stevenson (GBR) Nina Solheim (NOR) Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank Francisco Serrano Plowells Individual 18:56 58:08 36:42 1:54:46.09 44th Women
Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank Faviola Adriana Corona Individual 21:16 LAP N/A Volleyball
Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationBeach
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Athlete Event Preliminary round Lucky Loser Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ScoreBibiana Candelas
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Seed 21Doubles Talita - Renata (BRA)
1-2 Karantasiou - Arvaniti (GRE)
2-1 Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)
0-2 Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)
1-2 17th Did not advance Weightlifting
Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Luz Mercedes Acosta 63 kg 103 120 223 8th Damaris Gabriela Aguirre 75 kg 109 136 245 6th Wrestling
Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification- Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2 Final Opposition
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ResultLarry Langowski −120 kg Fardin Masoumi (IRI)
0-6, 0-6 Did not advance See also
- Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Mexico at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
References
Categories:- Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Mexico at the Olympics
- 2008 in Mexico
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