Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 23 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 2 |
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Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Joaquín Capilla — Diving, Men's Platform
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Bronze
- Joaquín Capilla — Diving, Men's Springboard
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's Individual Road Race
- Magdaleno Cano — 5:23:40 (→ 9th place)
- Francisco Lozano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Felipe Liñan — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Rafael Vaca — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 78.68
- Final — 152.44 (→ Gold Medal)
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- Preliminary Round — 74.18
- Final — 134.74 (→ 9th place)
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- Preliminary Round — 69.39
- Final — 125.45 (→ 10th place)
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1956.
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 200m Butterfly
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- Preliminary Round — x'xx"
- Final — x'xx" (→ 8th place)
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ "Mexico at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1956/. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
[edit] External links
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