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Mexico at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors129 in 20 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mexico is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Artistic swimming 2 2
Athletics 10 8 18
Badminton 1 0 1
Baseball 24 24
Boxing 0 1 1
Canoeing 0 1 1
Cycling 2 5 7
Diving 8 8 16
Equestrian 3 1 4
Fencing 1 0 1
Football 18 0 18
Gymnastics 1 1 2
Modern pentathlon 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Sailing 2 2 4
Shooting 3 2 5
Softball 15 15
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Wrestling 1 1 2
Total 76 53 129

Archery

One Mexican archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by securing one of three remaining spots available in the secondary tournament at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2] Another Mexican archer secured the last of three available spots with a bronze-medal victory at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey.[3]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's individual
Alejandra Valencia Women's individual
 
 
Mixed team

Artistic swimming

Mexico fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event by winning the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[4]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
 
 
Duet

Athletics

Mexican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5][6]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jesús Tonatiu López 800 m
Jesús Esparza Marathon
Juan Joel Pacheco
José Luis Santana
Andrés Olivas 20 km walk
Julio César Salazar
Carlos Sánchez
Horacio Nava 50 km walk
Isaac Palma
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Paola Morán 400 m
Laura Galvan 5000 m
Andrea Ramírez Marathon
Úrsula Sánchez
Daniela Torres
Alegna González 20 km walk
Ilse Guerrero
Valeria Ortuño
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Diego del Real Men's hammer throw

Badminton

Mexico entered one badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings as of 25 May 2021.[7][8]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lino Muñoz Singles

Baseball

Mexico national baseball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the bronze medal over the United States and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked squad from the Americas at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 in Tokyo, Japan.[9]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 24 players

Boxing

Mexico entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified after the 2021 Pan American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament which was actually held in Buenos Aires, Argentina cancelled.[10][11]

Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Esmeralda Falcon Lightweight

Canoeing

Slalom

With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Mexico accepted the invitation from the ICF to send a canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas in the federation's international rankings, marking the country's debut in the sporting discipline.[12]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Women's K-1

Cycling

Road

Mexico entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 22 (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.[13]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race
Women's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Mexican riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
  Women's sprint  
 
   
 
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
 
 
Women's team sprint  
 

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round 3rd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
  Women's keirin
 
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch Race Tempo Race Elimination Race Points Race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Women's omnium

Mountain

Mexico entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic Mountain bike race, by virtue of its top 21 national finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking and the reallocation of 2019 Pan American Championships (for men), respectively.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's cross country
Women's cross country

Diving

Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 Pan American Games, and the 2021 FINA World Cup series.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  3 m springboard
 
  10 m platform
 
 
 
3 m synchronized springboard
 
 
10 m synchronized platform
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
3 m springboard
10 m platform
 
 
3 m synchronized springboard
 
 
10 m synchronized platform

Equestrian

Mexico fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the silver medal and securing second of three available slots at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[14] MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Mexican roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).[15]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Martha Del Valle Beduino Individual

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
    Individual
   
   
 
 
 
See above Team

Fencing

Mexico entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Diego Cervantes claimed a spot in the men's foil by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.[16]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Diego Cervantes Men's foil

Football

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mexico men's Men's tournament  France  Japan  South Africa

Men's tournament

Mexico men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[17]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  France 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mexico 4–1 France
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Gignac 69' (pen.)


Gymnastics

Artistic

Mexico entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympians Daniel Corral and Alexa Moreno finished among the top twelve eligible for qualification in the men's and among the top twenty in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book their spots on the Mexican roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[18]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Daniel Corral All-around
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Alexa Moreno All-around

Modern pentathlon

Mexican athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Mariana Arceo secured a selection in women's event with a gold medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.[19]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Mariana Arceo Women's

Rowing

Mexico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[20]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kenia Lechuga Women's single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Mexican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[21][22]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Ignacio Berenguer Men's RS:X
Juan Ignacio Pérez Men's Finn
Demita Vega Women's RS:X
Elena Oetling Women's Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Mexican shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[23]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jorge Orozco Men's trap
Edson Ramírez Men's 10 m air rifle
José Luis Sánchez Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
Alejandra Ramírez Women's trap
Gabriela Rodríguez Women's skeet
Jorge Orozco
Alejandra Ramírez
Mixed trap team

Softball

Summary
Team Event Round robin Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Mexico women's Women's tournament  Canada
 Japan
 United States
 Italy
 Australia

Mexico women's national softball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two of the WBSC Women's Softball Americas Qualification Event in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.[24]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 15 players
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 9 2 +7 1.000 Gold medal match
2  Japan (H) 5 4 1 18 5 +13 .800 1
3  Canada 5 3 2 19 4 +15 .600 2 Bronze medal match
4  Mexico 5 2 3 11 10 +1 .400 3
5  Australia 5 1 4 5 21 −16 .200 4
6  Italy 5 0 5 1 21 −20 .000 5
Source: Tokyo 2020 and WBSC
(H) Hosts
21 July 15:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 33 °C (91 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
 Canada 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 9 0
WP: Sara Groenewegen (1–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–1)   Sv: Danielle Lawrie (1)
Home runs:
MEX: None
CAN: Jennifer Salling (1)
Boxscore
22 July 12:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 28 °C (82 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 0
 Japan (8) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 0
WP: Miu Goto (1–0)   LP: Danielle O'Toole (0–1)
Home runs:
MEX: Anissa Urtez (1)
JPN: Yamato Fujita (2)
Boxscore
24 July 14:30 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 United States 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
WP: Cat Osterman (2–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–2)   Sv: Monica Abbott (2)
Boxscore
25 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 Mexico 0 1 1 0 3 0 X 5 9 0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (1–2)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–3)
Home runs:
ITA: None
MEX: Sydney Romero (1), Anissa Urtez (2), Brittany Cervantes (1)
Boxscore
26 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 27 °C (81 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Mexico 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (2–2)   LP: Kaia Parnaby (1–2)
Home runs:
MEX: None
AUS: Jade Wall (1)
Boxscore

Taekwondo

Mexico entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games bronze medalist Carlos Sansores (men's +80 kg) and heavyweight champion Briseida Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Mexican squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.[25]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlos Sansores Men's +80 kg
Briseida Acosta Women's +67 kg

Wrestling

Mexico qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom advanced to the top two finals to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg and women's freestyle 57 kg, respectively, at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.[26][27]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
José Andrés Vargas −77 kg
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alma Valencia −57 kg

See also

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