Mexico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 99 competitors, 77 men and 22 women, took part in 87 events in 18 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 3 August Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 11 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 2 August Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 3 August Boxing Men's bantamweight 11 August Cycling Men's points race 3 August
Archery
In its second Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered one man and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first appearance in the 1972 archery competition, took ninth place.
Women's Individual Competition: Aurora Bretón — 2481 points (→ 9th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Adolfo González — 2418 points (→ 33rd place)
Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres Gerardo Alcala Heat — 13:50.60 Semifinals — 13:45.98 (→ did not advance)
Eduardo Castro Heat — 13:51.46 Semifinals — 13:42.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres José Gómez Qualifying Heat — 28:28.50 (→ did not advance)
Martín Pitayo Qualifying Heat — 28:59.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Jesús Herrera — 2:20:33 (→ 36th place) Rodolfo Gómez — did not finish (→ no ranking) Miguel Angel Cruz — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Javelin Throw Juan de la Garza Qualification — 79.16m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Ernesto Canto Final — 1:23:13 (→ Gold Medal)
Raúl González Final — 1:23:20 (→ Silver Medal)
Marcelino Colín Final — 1:28:26 (→ 17th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Raúl González Final — 3:47:26 (→ Gold Medal)
Ernesto Canto Final — 4:07:59 (→ 10th place)
Martín Bermúdez Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon María Trujillo Final — 2:38:50 (→ 25th place)
Maria Cardenas Final — 2:51:03 (→ 40th place)
Maria Luisa Ronquillo Final — 2:51:04 (→ 41st place)
Women's 400m Hurdles Alma Vázquez Heat — 1:00.86 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight Fausto García
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) Héctor López → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Johnny Assadoma (INA), KO-3 Third Round — Defeated Joe Orewa (NGR), 4:1 Quarterfinals — Defeated Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 5:0 Semifinals — Defeated Dale Walters (CAN), 5:0 Final — Lost to Maurizio Stecca (ITA), 1:4
Men's Featherweight Javier Camacho
Men's Lightweight Luciano Solis
Men's Light-Welterweight Octavio Robles
Men's Welterweight Genaro Léon
Canoeing
Cycling
Eight cyclists represented Mexico in 1984.
Individual road race Raúl Alcalá — +1:43 (→ 11th place) Luis Ramos — +6:14 (→ 17th place) Salvador Rios — +22:20 (→ 47th place) Jesús Rios — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Raúl Alcalá Félipe Enríquez Guillermo Gutiérrez Cuauthémoc Muñoz
Points race José Youshimatz Final — 29 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Jorge Mondragón Preliminary Round — 537.03 Final — 550.35 (→ 9th place)
Carlos Girón Preliminary Round — 549.75 Final — 530.04 (→ 12th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
One female fencer represented Mexico in 1984.
Women's foil Lourdes Lozano
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1984.
Individual Ivar Sisniega Alejandro Yrizar Marcelo Hoyo
Team Ivar Sisniega Alejandro Yrizar Marcelo Hoyo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
25 metres rapid-fire pistol, men - Mario Sánchez (=26th place) 10 metres air rifle, men - José Álvarez (=36th place); Víctor Garcés (46th place) 50 metres rifle three positions, men - José Álvarez (=30th place); Víctor Garcés (38th place) 50 metres rifle prone, men - Víctor Garcés (9th place); José Álvarez (41st place)
Trap, open - Diego García (=17th place); Guillermo Castellanos (=41st place) Skeet, open - Nuria Ortiz (9th place); Ángel Guzmán (46th place)
25 metres pistol, women - Mónica Patron (29th place)
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Ramiro Estrada Heat — 52.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
César Sánchez Heat — 54.94 (→ did not advance, 48th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle César Sánchez Heat — 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Carlos Romo Heat — 1:58.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Ernesto Vela Heat — 1:01.42 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke Ernesto Vela Heat — 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Eduardo Morillo Heat — 1:06.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Eduardo Morillo Heat — 2:23.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly Carlos Romo Heat — 57.61 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Eduardo Morillo Heat — 2:09.87 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay José Medina, Ramiro Estrada, César Sánchez, and Carlos Romo Heat — 3:33.86 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Ernesto Vela, Eduardo Morillo, Carlos Romo, and Ramiro Estrada Heat — 3:56.11 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Patricia Kohlmann Heat — 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Teresa Rivera Heat — 59.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Patricia Kohlmann Heat — 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Irma Huerta Heat — 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle Irma Huerta Heat — 4:25.13 B-Final — 4:23.34 (→ 16th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle Irma Huerta Heat — 8:56.18 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Rosa Fuentes Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 100m Backstroke Teresa Rivera Heat — 1:06.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Teresa Rivera Heat — 2:22.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Patricia Kohlmann, Teresa Rivera, Rosa Fuentes, and Irma Huerta Heat — 3:58.31 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Teresa Rivera, Sara Guido, Maria Urbina, and Patricia Kohlmann Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Women's Solo Pilar Ramírez Claudia Novelo Lourdes Candini
Women's Duet Claudia Novelo and Pilar Ramírez
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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