Mexico competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Mexican Olympic Committee () sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1972, with a total of 124 athletes, 80 men and 44 women, competing across 26 sports.
Mexico left Rio de Janeiro with five medals (three silver and two bronze), failing to win a single gold for the first time since the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Among the medalists were race walker María Guadalupe González, semi-pro boxer Misael Rodríguez (men's middleweight), and modern pentathlete Ismael Hernández, who became the first ever Mexican to ascend the Olympic podium in his signature sport. Diver Germán Sánchez picked up his first individual medal at the Games with a silver in the men's platform, following a runner-up effort with his synchronized diving partner Iván García from London 2012. Taekwondo fighter María Espinoza made history as the first Mexican female to complete a full set of medals in three different Games, adding a silver to her Olympic career haul in the women's +67 kg.
Apart from the success and historic firsts of the medalists, several Mexican athletes reached further to the finals of their respective sporting events, but came closest to the podium finish. Among them were shooter Alejandra Zavala (fourth, women's air pistol), weightlifter Bredni Roque (fourth, men's 69 kg), former Youth Olympian Diego del Real (fourth, hammer throw), diving veteran Paola Espinosa (fourth, women's platform), and archer Alejandra Valencia (fourth, women's individual recurve).
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Women's 20 km walk Diving Men's 10 m platform Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Boxing Men's middleweight Modern pentathlon Men's event | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by dateDateTotal 6 August0000 7 August0000 8 August0000 9 August0000 10 August0000 11 August 0 0 00 12 August 0 0 00 13 August 0 0 00 14 August0000 15 August0000 16 August0000 17 August0000 18 August0000 19 August0101 20 August0224 21 August0000 Total0325
Competitors The Mexican Olympic Committee (, COM) fielded a team of 124 athletes, 80 men and 44 women, across 26 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 1972, surpassing the previous mark by an increase of 22 athletes.
Football and volleyball, both of which played by men, were the only team-based sports in which Mexico qualified for the Games, with the latter having returned to the Olympic tournament after more than four decades. For individual-based sports, Mexico made its Olympic debut in mountain biking and golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to men's beach volleyball and tennis after 16 years.
Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the Mexican team, with 20 entries. There was a single competitor each in badminton, sprint canoeing, equestrian dressage, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Seven of the nation's Olympic medalists from London 2012 returned, including diving tandem Iván García and Germán Sánchez (men's synchronized platform), as well as their female counterparts Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco (women's synchronized platform); archer and three-time Olympian Aída Román, taekwondo fighter María Espinoza, and football team captain Oribe Peralta, who helped the Mexicans score two goals for a shocking gold-medal victory over Brazil in the men's tournament final. Windsurfer David Mier headed the full roster of Mexican athletes by participating in his fifth consecutive Olympics as the most experienced competitor. He was followed by Espinosa and heavyweight judoka Vanessa Zambotti, both of whom vied for their fourth straight Games.
18-year-old springboard diver Melany Hernández was Mexico's youngest competitor, with dressage rider and two-time Olympian Bernadette Pujals rounding out the field as the oldest competitor (aged 48). Mountain biker Daniela Campuzano was selected by COM to lead the Mexican team as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 3 4Athletics 12 8 20Badminton 1 0 1Boxing 6 0 6Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 2 2 4Diving 5 4 9Equestrian 0 1 1Fencing 2 5 7Football 18 0 18Golf 1 2 3Gymnastics 1 1 2Judo 0 2 2Modern pentathlon 1 1 2Rowing 1 1 2Sailing 2 1 3Shooting 0 2 2Swimming 2 1 3Synchronized swimming — 2 2Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 2 4Tennis 2 0 2Triathlon 3 2 5Volleyball 14 0 14Weightlifting 1 3 4Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 80 44 124
Archery
Mexican archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Meanwhile, another Mexican archer has been added to the squad by securing one of three available Olympic spots in the men's individual recurve at the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Medellín, Colombia.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankErnesto BoardmanMen's individual66228L 4–6did not advanceGabriela BayardoWomen's individual64812W 6–0L 4–6did not advanceAída Román62338L 4–6did not advanceAlejandra Valencia6518W 6–4W 6–5W 6–2W 6–0L 2–6L 4–64Gabriela BayardoAída RománAlejandra ValenciaWomen's team19225colspan=2 W 6–0L 4–5did not advance
Athletics (track and field)
Mexican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJose Carlos Herrera200 m20.291 Q20.488did not advanceRicardo RamosMarathoncolspan=4 2:30:20119Daniel Vargascolspan=4 2:18:5154Pedro Daniel Gómez20 km walkcolspan=4 1:22:2223Ever Palmacolspan=4 1:21:2414Julio César Salazarcolspan=4 1:27:3852Horacio Nava50 km walkcolspan=4 3:50:5313José Leyver Ojedacolspan=4 3:56:0725Omar Zepedacolspan=4 3:51:3516
Women AthleteEventFinalResultRankBrenda Flores10000 m32:39.0832Marisol Romero35:33.0335Margarita HernándezMarathon2:38:1548Madaí Pérez2:34:4232María Guadalupe González20 km walk1:28:37Alejandra Ortega1:37:3341María Guadalupe Sánchez1:33:4423
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAlberto ÁlvarezMen's triple jump16.6710 q16.569Edgar RiveraMen's high jump2.1735 did not advanceDiego del RealMen's hammer throw75.195 q76.054Yvonne TreviñoWomen's long jump6.1630 did not advance
Badminton
Mexico has qualified one badminton player for the men's singles into the Olympic tournament. Lino Muñoz received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Oceania, as the next highest-ranked shuttler, not yet qualified, in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLino MuñozMen's singlesL (11–21, 17–21)L (12–21, 11–21)3 did not advance
Boxing
Mexico has entered five boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Elias Emigdio and Raúl Curiel became the first Mexican boxers to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish in the AIBA Pro Boxing rankings, while Misael Rodríguez had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joselito Velázquez, Lindolfo Delgado, and Juan Pablo Romero secured additional places on the Mexican roster at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJoselito VelázquezMen's light flyweightW 3–0L 0–3did not advanceElías EmigdioMen's flyweightW 3–0L 0–3did not advanceLindolfo DelgadoMen's lightweightL 0–3did not advanceRaúl CurielMen's light welterweightL did not advanceJuan Pablo RomeroMen's welterweightL 1–2did not advanceMisael RodríguezMen's middleweightW 3–0W W 3–0L 0–3Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Mexico has qualified a single boat in men's C-1 200 m for the Games at the 2016 Pan American Sprint Qualifier in Gainesville, Georgia, United States, as the quota spot had been passed to the highest finisher not yet qualified.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcos PulidoMen's C-1 200 m41.9106 Q42.2835 FB42.09816 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Mexico has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their individual ranking among the next two best ranked NOCs at the 2015 Pan American Championships. One additional spot was awarded to the Mexican cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of a top 22 national finish in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.
AthleteEventTimeRankLuis LemusMen's road racedid not finishCarolina RodríguezWomen's road racedid not finish
Track Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Mexico has entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium at the Olympics by virtue of his final individual UCI Olympic rankings in that event.
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceIndividual pursuitElimination raceTime trialFlying lapPoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRankIgnacio PradoMen's omnium13164:29.39614149241:05.83917814.0461783107315
Mountain biking Mexico has qualified one mountain bike rider in the women's Olympic cross-country race by virtue of her best individual ranking at the 2015 Pan American Championships.
AthleteEventTimeRankDaniela CampuzanoWomen's cross-country1:36:3316
Diving
Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series.
On March 29, 2016, Mexican Olympic Committee had officially announced the entire diving squad for Rio 2016, including Olympic silver medalists Iván García and Germán Sánchez, as well as two-time Olympians Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco, in the men's and women's synchronized platform, respectively.
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankRodrigo Diego López3 m springboard430.708 Q356.0516 did not advanceRommel Pacheco488.252 Q469.702 Q451.207Iván García10 m platform418.9015 Q497.553418.9510Germán Sánchez430.0512 Q462.059532.70Jahir OcampoRommel Pacheco3 m synchronized springboardcolspan=4 405.305Iván GarcíaGermán Sánchez10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 423.305
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankDolores Hernández3 m springboard295.2018 Q293.0516did not advanceMelany Hernández279.4522did not advancePaola Espinosa10 m platform313.7013 Q306.45 Q12377.104Alejandra Orozco287.4520did not advancePaola EspinosaAlejandra Orozco10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 304.086
Equestrian
Mexico has entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & South America at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.
Dressage 2008 Olympian Bernadette Pujals was officially selected for individual spot on 17 May 2016. She will compete with Rolex, the horse with whom she previously competed at 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankBernadette PujalsRolexIndividual66.75751did not advance
Fencing