Mexico_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

Mexico at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	85 in 21 sports
Flag bearers	Paola Espinosa (opening); Tatiana Ortiz (closing)
Medals; Ranked 36th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Mexico competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors (43 men and 42 women) and participated in 23 sports. Mexico's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was diver Paola Espinosa.^[1] Mexican athletes won two gold medals at the games for the first time since the 1984 Olympics.

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[com.org.mx-1] [1]
"Pre-selección Mexicana Beijing 2008"^{[permanent dead link]}

[ArcheryLeipzig-2] [2]
"2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2008-05-14.

[BoxingQualWorld-3] [3]
World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualAmerica1-4] [4]
1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualAmerica2-5] [5]
2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

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"Mexico Wins its First Gold medal"

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Guillermo Pérez Sandoval	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	20 August
Gold	María del Rosario Espinoza	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	23 August
Bronze	Paola Espinosa Sánchez Tatiana Ortiz Galicia	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	12 August
Bronze	Damaris Gabriela Aguirre	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	15 August

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juan René Serrano	Individual	679	1	Muaausa (SAM) (64) W 116–88	Morillo (ESP) (33) W 112–111	Kunda (BLR) (48) W 110–106	Wunderle (USA) (41) W 113–106	Park K-M (KOR) (4) L 112–115	Badënov (RUS) (31) L 110–115	4
Eduardo Vélez	Individual	660	24	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 102–106	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariana Avitia	Individual	641	20	Son H-Y (PRK) (45) W 112–107	Ćwienczek (POL) (13) W 109–100	Narimanidze (GEO) (4) W 109–108	Kwon U-S (PRK) (5) L 99–105	Did not advance
Aída Román	Individual	646	12	D'Unienville (MRI) (53) W 108–97	Koval (UKR) (21) W 111–105	Kwon U-S (PRK) (5) L 100–105	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Luis Barrios	5000 m	13:42.39	7 q	13:19.79	7
David Galván	10000 m	—		DNF
Juan Carlos Romero		—		28:26.57	29
Alejandro Suarez		—		29:24.78	35
Francisco Bautista	Marathon	—		2:29:28	66
Carlos Cordero		—		2:18:40	32
Procopio Franco		—		2:23:24	47
David Mejia	20 km walk	—		1:26:45	36
Eder Sánchez	20 km walk	—		1:21:53	15
Mario Iván Flores	50 km walk	—		3:58:04	23
Horacio Nava		—		3:45:21	6
Jesús Sánchez		—		3:53:58	18

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gerardo Martínez	High jump	2.15	=33	Did not advance
Giovanni Lanaro	Pole vault	5.45	25	Did not advance

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Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Show jumping

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Óscar Valdez	Bantamweight	Badar-Uugan (MGL) L 4–15	Did not advance
Arturo Santos	Featherweight	Okoth (KEN) W 6–2	Shili (TUN) W 14–2	Djelkhir (FRA) L 9–14	Did not advance
Francisco Vargas	Lightweight	Soloniaina (MAD) W 9–2	Popescu (ROU) L 4–14	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel Cortina	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.626	4 QS	1:48.333	7	Did not advance
Manuel Cortina	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:41.433	7 QS	3:43.017	7	Did not advance
Everardo Cristobal	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:15.280	6 QS	4:04.267	6	Did not advance
Dimas Camilo Cortes Everardo Cristobal	Men's C-2 500 m	1:54.090	8 QS	1:48.853	9	Did not advance
Dimas Camilo Cortes Everardo Cristobal	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:51.684	6 QS	3:49.695	7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Moises Aldape Chavez	Men's road race	6:28:08	47
Alessandra Grassi	Women's road race	3:36:35	45

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yahel Castillo	3 m springboard	480.65	3 Q	504.55	4 Q	462.10	7
Rommel Pacheco	10 m platform	465.45	9 Q	453.80	9 Q	460.20	8
Germán Sánchez	10 m platform	399.35	22	Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Bernadette Pujals	Vincent	Individual	69.250	12 Q	71.000	6 Q	72.350	11	71.675	9

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Antonio Chedraui	Don Porfirio	Individual	1	=14	8	9	22 Q	8	17	=22*	did not advance					17	=22
Federico Fernández	Zorro		1	=14	9	10	26 Q	14	24	33 Q	12	=29	Did not advance			12	=29
Enrique Gonzalez	Frida		9	52	16	25	51	Did not advance								25	51
Alberto Michan	Chinobampo Lavita		12	64	9	21	32 Q	25	46	47 Q	12	=29	Did not advance			12	=29
Antonio Chedraui Federico Fernández Enrique Gonzalez Alberto Michan	See above	Team	—								26	9	Did not advance			26	9

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Marisela Cantù	All-around	14.025	14.175	12.625	12.700	53.525	56	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
David Mier	RS:X	16	5	17	6	12	29	23	22	4	25	EL	130	17

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Francisco Serrano	Men's	18:56	0:26	58:08	0:34	36:42	1:54:46.09	44
Adriana Corona	Women's	21:16	0:29	Lapped

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gabriela Medina	400 m	51.96	3 Q	52.97	8	Did not advance
Dulce María Rodríguez	10000 m	—				32:58.04	27
Karina Pérez	Marathon	—				2:47:02	61
Madai Pérez		—				2:31:47	19
Patricia Rétiz		—				2:39:34	55
Karla Dueñas Ruth Grajeda Gabriela Medina Zudikey Rodríguez Maria Teresa Rugerio Nallely Vela	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.36	7	—		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Óscar Soto	Men's	171	31	988	20–15	7	880	2:10.60	30	1236	40	3	1160	9:21.95	9	1156	5420	8
Marlene Sánchez	Women's	186	4	1168	17–18	=18	808	2:27.39	31	1152	180	29	1020	11:18.11	30	1008	5156	28

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Mariana Cifuentes Isabel Delgado	Duet	42.334	19	42.834	85.168	19	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guillermo Pérez	Men's −58 kg	Harvey (GBR) W 3–2	Nikpai (AFG) W 2–1	Khawlaor (THA) W 3–1	Bye		Mercedes (DOM) W 1–1 SUP
Idulio Islas	Men's −68 kg	Muhammad (NGR) L 2–2 SUP	Did not advance
María del Rosario Espinoza	Women's +67 kg	Ben Hamza (TUN) W 4–0	Kedzierska (SWE) W 4–2	Stevenson (GBR) W 4–1	Bye		Solheim (NOR) W 3–1