Mexico at the Olympics

Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928, though has never medaled in the Winter Olympics.

Mexico at the
Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
Medals
Gold
13
Silver
24
Bronze
32
Total
69
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Mexican athletes have won a total of 69 medals with diving as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Mexico is the Mexican Olympic Committee and was created in 1923.

Hosted Games

Mexico was the first Latin American nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion.

GamesHost CityDatesNationsParticipantsEvents
1968 Summer OlympicsMexico City12 October - 27 October1125,516172

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Numbers of medals won by Mexico at the summer Olympic games from 1896 to 2012.
Enriqueta Basilio lighting the cauldron at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics Opening Ceremony, she was the first woman to do so.
Taekwondo practitioner María Espinoza has won a complete set of medals at the Olympics for Mexico.
   Host nation
Games Athletes Total Rank
1896 AthensDid not participate
1900 Paris4001120
1904 St. LouisDid not participate
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris130000N/A
1928 Amsterdam300000N/A
1932 Los Angeles73020221
1936 Berlin32003328
1948 London88212517
1952 Helsinki64010134
1956 Melbourne24101223
1960 Rome69001141
1964 Tokyo94001135
1968 Mexico City275333915
1972 Munich174010133
1976 Montreal97101225
1980 Moscow45013429
1984 Los Angeles99231617
1988 Seoul83002244
1992 Barcelona102010149
1996 Atlanta97001171
2000 Sydney78123640
2004 Athens109031459
2008 Beijing85202436
2012 London102134 838
2016 Rio de Janeiro125032561
2020 Tokyofuture event
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles
Total19621324326947

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Total Rank
1924 ChamonixDid not participate
1928 St. Moritz40000N/A
1932 Lake PlacidDid not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1948 St. Moritz
1952 Oslo
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960 Squaw Valley
1964 Innsbruck
1968 Grenoble
1972 Sapporo
1976 Innsbruck
1980 Lake Placid
1984 Sarajevo10000N/A
1988 Calgary110000N/A
1992 Albertville200000N/A
1994 Lillehammer10000N/A
1998 NaganoDid not participate
2002 Salt Lake City30000N/A
2006 TurinDid not participate
2010 Vancouver10000N/A
2014 Sochi10000N/A
2018 Pyeongchang40000N/A
2022 BeijingFuture event
2026 Milan–CortinaFuture event
Total460000N/A

Medals by sport

Sport Total Rank
Athletics 3621141
Boxing 2381325
Taekwondo 22374
Equestrian 214716
Diving 1761411
Weightlifting 102338
Swimming 101239
Football 100123
Archery 011213
Cycling 011235
Fencing 010126
Shooting 010154
Wrestling 010146
Polo 00226
Basketball 001120
Modern pentathlon 001121
Total13243269

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

List of Mexican medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeEustaquio de Escandón
Manuel de Escandón
Pablo de Escandón
Guillermo Hayden Wright
1900 Paris PoloMen's competition
 SilverFrancisco Cabañas 1932 Los Angeles BoxingMen's flyweight
 SilverGustavo Huet 1932 Los Angeles ShootingMen's 50m rifle prone
 BronzeNational team 1936 Berlin BasketballMen's competition
 BronzeFidel Ortiz 1936 Berlin BoxingMen's bantamweight
 BronzeJuan Gracia
Julio Mueller
Antonio Nava
Alberto Ramos
1936 Berlin PoloMen's competition
 GoldHumberto Mariles 1948 London EquestrianJumping Individual
 GoldRubén Uriza
Humberto Mariles
Alberto Valdés
1948 London EquestrianJumping Team
 SilverRubén Uriza 1948 London EquestrianJumping Individual
 BronzeJoaquín Capilla 1948 London DivingMen's 10m platform
 BronzeRaúl Campero
Humberto Mariles
Joaquín Solano
1948 London EquestrianThree-Day Event Team
 SilverJoaquín Capilla 1952 Helsinki DivingMen's 10m platform
 GoldJoaquín Capilla 1956 Melbourne DivingMen's 10m platform
 BronzeJoaquín Capilla 1956 Melbourne DivingMen's 3m springboard
 BronzeJuan Botella 1960 Rome DivingMen's 3m springboard
 BronzeJuan Fabila 1964 Tokyo BoxingMen's bantamweight
 GoldAntonio Roldán 1968 Mexico City BoxingMen's featherweight
 GoldRicardo Delgado 1968 Mexico City BoxingMen's flyweight
 GoldFelipe Muñoz 1968 Mexico City SwimmingMen's 200m breaststroke
 SilverJosé Pedraza 1968 Mexico City AthleticsMen's 20 km Walk
 SilverÁlvaro Gaxiola 1968 Mexico City DivingMen's Platform
 SilverPilar Roldán 1968 Mexico City FencingWomen's Foil
 BronzeAgustín Zaragoza 1968 Mexico City BoxingMen's Middleweight
 BronzeJoaquín Rocha 1968 Mexico City BoxingMen's Heavyweight
 BronzeMaría Teresa Ramírez 1968 Mexico City SwimmingWomen's 800m Freestyle
 SilverAlfonso Zamora 1972 Munich BoxingMen's bantamweight
 GoldDaniel Bautista 1976 Montreal AthleticsMen's 20 km walk
 BronzeJuan Paredes 1976 Montreal BoxingMen's featherweight
 SilverCarlos Girón 1980 Moscow DivingMen's 3m springboard
 BronzeJoaquín Pérez 1980 Moscow EquestrianJumping Individual
 BronzeDavid Bárcena
Manuel Mendivil
José Luis Pérez
Fabián Vázquez
1980 Moscow EquestrianThree-day Event Team Competition
 BronzeJesús Gómez
Joaquin Pérez
Gerardo Tazzer
Alberto Valdés, Jr.
1980 Moscow EquestrianJumping Team Competition
 GoldErnesto Canto 1984 Los Angeles AthleticsMen's 20 km walk
 GoldRaúl González 1984 Los Angeles AthleticsMen's 50 km walk
 SilverRaúl González 1984 Los Angeles AthleticsMen's 20 km walk
 SilverHéctor López 1984 Los Angeles BoxingMen's bantamweight
 SilverDaniel Aceves 1984 Los Angeles WrestlingMen's flyweight
 BronzeJosé Youshimatz 1984 Los Angeles CyclingMen's points race
 BronzeMario González 1988 Seoul BoxingMen's flyweight
 BronzeJesús Mena 1988 Seoul DivingMen's 10m platform
 SilverCarlos Mercenario 1992 Barcelona AthleticsMen's 50 km walk
 BronzeBernardo Segura 1996 Atlanta AthleticsMen's 20 km walk
 GoldSoraya Jiménez 2000 Sydney WeightliftingWomen's 58 kg
 SilverNoé Hernández 2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's 20 km walk
 SilverFernando Platas 2000 Sydney DivingMen's 3m springboard
 BronzeJoel Sánchez 2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's 50 km walk
 BronzeCristian Bejarano 2000 Sydney BoxingMen's lightweight
 BronzeVíctor Estrada 2000 Sydney TaekwondoMen's 68–80 kg
 SilverAna Guevara 2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's 400m
 SilverBelem Guerrero 2004 Athens CyclingWomen's points race
 SilverOscar Salazar 2004 Athens TaekwondoMen's -58 kg
 BronzeIridia Salazar 2004 Athens TaekwondoWomen's 49–57 kg
 GoldGuillermo Pérez 2008 Beijing TaekwondoMen's -58 kg
 GoldMaría Espinoza 2008 Beijing TaekwondoWomen's +67 kg
 BronzePaola Espinosa
Tatiana Ortiz
2008 Beijing DivingWomen's synchronised 10m platform
 BronzeDamaris Aguirre 2008 Beijing WeightliftingWomen's 75 kg
 GoldNational Team 2012 London FootballMen's tournament
 SilverAída Román 2012 London ArcheryWomen's archery
 SilverGerman Sánchez
Ivan García
2012 London DivingMen's synchronised 10m platform
 SilverPaola Espinosa
Alejandra Orozco
2012 London DivingWomen's synchronised 10m platform
 BronzeMariana Avitia 2012 London ArcheryWomen's archery
 BronzeLaura Sánchez 2012 London DivingWomen's 3m springboard
 BronzeMaría Espinoza 2012 London TaekwondoWomen's +67 kg
 BronzeLuz Acosta 2012 London WeightliftingWomen's +63 kg
 SilverMaría Guadalupe González 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's 20 km walk
 SilverGerman Sánchez 2016 Rio de Janeiro Diving10 m platform
 SilverMaría Espinoza 2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoWomen's +67 kg
 BronzeMisael Rodríguez 2016 Rio de Janeiro BoxingMen's middleweight
 BronzeIsmael Hernández 2016 Rio de Janeiro Modern pentathlonMen's

Multiple Mexican Olympic medalists

Diver Joaquín Capilla won four olympic medals representing Mexico.

Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, while Humberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal.

In 2016 María Espinoza became the first Mexican female to win a medal in three consecutive games.

Rank Athlete Sex Sport Games Total
1 Joaquín Capilla M Diving 1956 Melbourne 1 0 1 4
1952 Helsinki 0 1 0
1948 London 0 0 1
2 Humberto Mariles M Equestrian 1948 London 2 0 1 3
3 María Espinoza F Taekwondo 2008 Beijing 1 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 0 1 0
2012 London 0 0 1
4 Rubén Uriza M Equestrian 1948 London 1 1 0 2
Raúl González M Athletics 1984 Los Angeles 1 1 0
6 Germán Sánchez M Diving 2012 London 0 1 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 0 1 0
7 Paola Espinosa F 2012 London 0 1 0
2008 Beijing 0 0 1
8 Joaquín Pérez M Equestrian 1980 Moscow 0 0 2

See also

  • "Mexico". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Mexico". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/MEX". olympanalyt.com.
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