Mexico at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Mexico at the Olympic Games
Flag of Mexico IOC code  MEX NOC Comité Olímpico Mexicano Website www.com.org.mx (Spanish)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	45 (36 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Girón
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 4
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Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 45 competitors, 36 men and 9 women, took part in 43 events in 12 sports.

Medalists

Silver

• Carlos Girón — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

• Joaquin Pérez — Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed)
• David Bárcena Ríos, Manuel Mendivil, José Pérez and Fabián Vázquez — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
• Jesús Gómez, Joaquin Pérez, Gerardo Tazzer and Alberto Valdés — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

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Mexican sportsman at 1980 Olympics

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 10,000 metres

• Enrique Aquino

• Heat — 29:21.3 (→ did not advance)

• Rodolfo Gómez

• Heat — 29:25.7 (→ did not advance)

• José Gómez

• Heat — 29:53.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Rodolfo Gómez

• Final — 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Raúl González

• Final — 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place)

• Daniel Bautista

• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

• Domingo Colín

• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Raúl González

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Daniel Bautista

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Martín Bermúdez

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Gilberto Sosa

• First Round — Defeated Vandui Bayasgalan (Mongolia) on points (4-1)
• Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Roman Gilberto

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Alberto Mercado (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Daniel Zaragoza

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Philip Sutcliffe (Ireland) on points (5-0)
• Third Round — Defeated Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Carlos González

• First Round — Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0)
• Second Round — Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2)
• Third Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Springboard

• Carlos Girón

• Heats — 580.20 points (→ 1st place)
• Final — 892.140 points (→ Silver Medal)

• Francisco Rueda

• Preliminary Round — 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)

• Jorge Mondragón

• Heats — 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

• Carlos Girón

• Heats — 515.37 points (→ 5th place)
• Final — 809.805 points (→ 4th place)

• Francisco Rueda

• Preliminary Round — 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)

• Salvador Sobrino

• Preliminary Round — 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

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Gymnastics

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Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980.

Individual

• Ivar Sisniega
• Jens Lohmann

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Elke Holtz

• Heats — 1:15.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plachinski

• Heats — 3.56,87
• Final — 3.55,41 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plachinski

• Heats — 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics