Mexico at the Olympic Games
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Mexico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Flag of the United Mexican States or Mexico is a vertical tricolor of Green, White, and Red with The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924 The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International Mexico competed at the modern Olympic Games for the first time at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Mexico competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Mexico competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Mexico competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Mexico competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Mexico competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Mexico competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Medalists Bronze Juan Mexico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Mexico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Mexico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Medalists Silver Mexico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Mexico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Medalists Bronze Mexico competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Mexico competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Mexico competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors (43 men and 42 women and participated in 23 sports The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Mexico competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 1928 in St One alpine skier from Mexico competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Mexico competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Mexico competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Mexico competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Mexico competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.2.1 Men's competition 2.2.2 Women's competition 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Canoe / Kayak 2.4.1 Flatwater 2.4.1.1 Men's competition 2.5 Cycling 2.5.1 Cross Country Mountain Bike 2.6 Diving 2.7 Modern Pentathlon 2.8 Sailing 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Synchronized swimming 3 References

Medals

Gold

• Soraya Jimenez — Weightlifting, Women's 58 kg

Silver

• Noe Hernandez — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Fernando Platas — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

• Joel Sánchez — Athletics, Men's 50 km walk

• Cristian Bejarano — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Victor Estrada — Taekwondo, Men's 80 kg

Results by event

Archery

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Soraya Jiménez Mendívil (born August 5, 1977 in Ciudad de México) is a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion Noé Hernández (born March 15, 1978) is a Mexican race walker. Fernando Platas (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver Joel Sánchez Guerrero (born August 6, 1964 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican race walker, who made Cristián Bejarano Benítez (born July 25, 1981 in Chihuahua Mexico) is a Mexican boxer, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 Victor Manuel Estrada Garibay (born October 28, 1971) is a Mexican Taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney consisted of four events Both lost in the first round.

Men's individual
	Juan Carlos Manjarrez Gomez
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Hasan Orbay Turkey	165-153

Women's individual
	Erika Reyes Evaristo
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Mi-Jin Yun Korea	168-157

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 400 m

• Alejandro Cardenas
  1. Round 1 - 46. Hasan Orbay (born on 14 August 1979) is a Turkish archer. Orbay competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics in men's At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested 24 for men and 22 for women Alejandro Cárdenas (born September 4, 1974 in Hermosillo Sonora) is a Mexican athlete 14
  2. Round 2 - 45. 66 (did not advance)

• Juan Pedro Toledo
  1. Round 1 - 46. 82 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m

• David Galvan
  1. Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

• Pablo Olmedo
  1. Round 1 - 13:40. José David Galván (born 6 April 1973 in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila) is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 34 (did not advance)

Men's 10000 m

• David Galvan
  1. Round 1 - 27:49. José David Galván (born 6 April 1973 in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila) is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 53
  2. Final - 27:54. 56 (13th place)

• Armando Quintanilla
  1. Round 1 - 28:14. Juan Armando Quintanilla Loredo (born 1968-04-19 in San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí) is a retired Long-distance runner from Mexico 54 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Salvador Miranda
  1. Round 1 - 08:35. 79 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

• Saúl Mendoza
  1. Final - 03:06. Saúl Mendoza (born January 6, 1967) is a former Wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels 75 (Gold medal) - Olympic record

Men's Pole Vault

• Robison Pratt
  1. Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Noe Hernandez
  1. Final - 1:19:03 (Silver medal)

• Daniel Garcia
  1. Final - 1:22:05 (12th place)

• Bernardo Segura
  1. Final - DNF

Men's 50 km Walk

• Joel Sánchez
  1. Final - 3:44:36 (Bronze medal)

• Miguel Angel Rodriguez
  1. Final - 3:48:12 (7th place)

• German Sanchez
  1. Final - DQ

Men's marathon

• Andrés Espinosa
  1. Final - 2:18:02 (27th place)

• Benjamin Paredes
  1. Final - 2:27:17 (64th place)

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

• Ana Guevara
  1. Round 1 - 52. Noé Hernández (born March 15, 1978) is a Mexican race walker. Daniel García Córdova (born October 28 1971) is a Mexican race walker. Bernardo Segura (born February 11, 1970 in San Mateo Atenco) is a Mexican race walker. Joel Sánchez Guerrero (born August 6, 1964 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican race walker, who made Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Gallegos (born January 5, 1967 in Chihuahua) is a Mexican race walker. Germán Fortino Sánchez Cruz (born July 31, 1967 in Zimatlán, Oaxaca) is a Mexican race walker. Andrés Espinosa Pérez (born 4 February 1963 in Monclova, Coahuila) is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in Benjamín Vencar Paredes Martínez (born April 30, 1962 in Ecatepec de Morelos, Estado de México) is a retired Mexican long-distance Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977, in Nogales, Sonora. 34
  2. Round 2 - 51. 19
  3. Semifinal - 50. 11
  4. Final - 49. 96 (5th place)

Women's 5,000 m

• Nora Rocha
  1. Round 1 - 15:38. Nora Leticia Rocha de la Cruz (born 1967-12-18 in Monclova, Coahuila) is a retired female Track and field athlete from Mexico 72 (did not advance)

• Dulce Maria Rodriguez
  1. Round 1 - 15:54. 17 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Nora Rocha
  1. Round 1 - 34:37. Nora Leticia Rocha de la Cruz (born 1967-12-18 in Monclova, Coahuila) is a retired female Track and field athlete from Mexico 84 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

• Ariadne Hernandez
  1. Final - 01:56. 59 (Bronze medal)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Guadalupe Sanchez
  1. Final - 1:31:33 (5th place)

• Mara Ibanez
  1. Final - 1:36:17 (26th place)

• Graciela Mendoza
  1. Final - DQ

Women's marathon

• Adriana Fernandez
  1. Final - 2:30:51 (16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Liborio Romero
  • Round 1 - Defeated Mebarek Soltani of Algeria
  • Round 2 - Lost to Ivan Stapovic of Lithuania (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Daniel Ponce de Leon
  • Round 1 - Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• César Morales
  • Round 1 - Defeated Abdu Tebazalwa of Uganda
  • Round 2 - Lost to Olteanu George-Crunu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Francisco Bojado
  • Round 1 - Defeated Yohanes Shiferaw Yohanes of Ethiopia
  • Round 2 - Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Cristian Bejarano
  • Round 1 - Defeated Gilbert Khunwane of Botswana
  • Round 2 - Defeated Gheorghe Lungu of Romania
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Almazbek Raimkulov of Kyrgyzstan
  • Semifinal - Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine - Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Jose Luis Zertuche
  • Round 1 - Defeated Sidy Sandy of GUI
  • Round 2 - Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz, Jose Romero
• Qualifying Heat - 01:45. Maria Graciela Mendoza (born March 23, 1963) is a Mexican race walker. Adriana Fernández Miranda (born March 4, 1971 in Mexico City) is a long-distance runner from Mexico, who has a personal best in the marathon The Boxing Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Mebarek Soltani (born April 10, 1982) is a boxer from Algeria. Daniel Ponce de León ( Tarahumara Amerindian born July 27, 1980 in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Chihuahua, Mexico is a 5' 5" Wladimir Sidorenko (born September 23, 1976 in Energodar, Ukraine) is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) César Morales Velazquez (born March 4, 1978 in Ecatepec de Morelos) is a Bantamweight boxer from Mexico, who represented Francisco Bojado (born May 11, 1983) is a professional boxer at the international level Kamil Djamaloudinov (born August 15, 1979) is a boxer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the Featherweight division (&ndash Cristián Bejarano Benítez (born July 25, 1981 in Chihuahua Mexico) is a Mexican boxer, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 Gheorghe Lungu (born July 5, 1978 in Bucureşti) is a boxer from Romania. Almazbek Raiymkulov, better known as Kid Diamond (born February 18, 1977 in Kyrgyzstan) is a boxer in the Lightweight division Andreas Kotelnik ( Ukrainian Андрій Котельник born December 29, 1977 in Lviv, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the flatwater events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Jose Romero (born 1 August 1971 in Chile) is a former Australian rules footballer Romero played in the VFL / AFL for both the North Melbourne 927
• Semifinal - 01:46. 811 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz, Jose Romero
• Qualifying Heat - 03:49. Jose Romero (born 1 August 1971 in Chile) is a former Australian rules footballer Romero played in the VFL / AFL for both the North Melbourne 301
• Semifinal - 03:44. 358
• Final - 03:46. 457 (6th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Ziranda Madrigal
  1. Final - 2:19:33. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking 56 (24th place)

Women's Point Race

• Belem Guerrero Mendez
  • Points - 12 (5th place)

Diving

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when Fernando Platas bested his eighth place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight Diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized Fernando Platas (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Fernando Platas
  1. Preliminary - 444. Fernando Platas (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver 6
  2. Semi-final - 234. 36 - 678. 96
  3. Final - 474. 06 - 708. 42 (Silver medal)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Joel Rodriguez
  1. Preliminary - 336. 51 (29th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Francisco Perez
  1. Preliminary - 381. Francisco Pérez Sanchez (born July 22 1978 in Murcia) is a Spanish professional Road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam 78 (19th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Eduardo Rueda
  1. Preliminary - 60. 3 (42nd place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Fernando Platas, Eduardo Rueda
  1. Final - 317. Fernando Platas (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver 7 (5th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Azul Almazan
  1. Preliminary - 272. 85
  2. Semi-final - 216. 03 - 488. 88 (13th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jashia Luna
  1. Preliminary - 268. 44
  2. Semi-final - 196. 53 - 464. 97 (19th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Maria Jose Alcala
  1. Preliminary - 235. 53 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Azul Almazan
  1. Preliminary - 229. 29 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Maria Jose Alcala, Jashia Luna
  1. Final - 273. 84 (6th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Maria Jose Alcala, Azul Almazan
  1. Final - 264. 3 (8th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's

• Samuel Felix - 5165 pts, 11th place
• Horacio de la Vega - 4039 pts, 22nd place

Sailing

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Final results for the Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The women's individual match was newly introduced Final results for the Sailing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Medal table RankCountryGold Silver Bronze 1Great Britain320 2Australia211 3Austria200

Men's Mistral

• David Mauricio Mier y Teran Cuevas
  1. Race 1 - 14
  2. Race 2 - 24
  3. Race 3 - 26
  4. Race 4 - 17
  5. Race 5 - 26
  6. Race 6 - 19
  7. Race 7 - 16
  8. Race 8 - 15
  9. Race 9 - (28)
  10. Race 10 - (37) OCS
  11. Race 11 - 27
  12. Final - 184 (25th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Manuel Villarreal and Santiago Hernandez
  1. Race 1 - 21
  2. Race 2 - 21
  3. Race 3 - (23)
  4. Race 4 - 8
  5. Race 5 - 22
  6. Race 6 - 22
  7. Race 7 - (30) DNF
  8. Race 8 - 23
  9. Race 9 - 9
  10. Race 10 - 22
  11. Race 11 - 11
  12. Final - 159 (23rd place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Tania Elias Calles Wolf
  1. Race 1 - 19
  2. Race 2 - (23)
  3. Race 3 - 8
  4. Race 4 - 11
  5. Race 5 - 7
  6. Race 6 - 16
  7. Race 7 - 2
  8. Race 8 - 13
  9. Race 9 - (20)
  10. Race 10 - 18
  11. Race 11 - 14
  12. Final - 108 (17th place)

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Javier Diaz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 1:53. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 Swimming events were contested Francisco Javier Díaz Menéndez is the current guitar player for the metal band Edén. 20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Jorge Carral Armella
  1. Preliminary Heat - 03:58. 34 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Jorge Carral Armella
  1. Preliminary Heat - 15:43. 03 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Josh Ilika
  1. Preliminary Heat - 28. Joshua Brenner Ilika (born September 14, 1976 in Celaya, Guanajuato) is a Mexican swimmer who began swimming at the age of three 86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Juan Veloz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:00. 02 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Alfredo Jacobo Rodriguez
  1. Preliminary Heat - 01:04. 67 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Javier Diaz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:07. Francisco Javier Díaz Menéndez is the current guitar player for the metal band Edén. 28 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Juan Veloz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:31. 73 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Patricia Villarreal
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:21. 03 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Patricia Villarreal
  1. Preliminary Heat - 08:54. 79 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Adriana Marmolejo
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:36. 93 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Erika Leal, Lillian Leal
  1. Technical Routine - 35. Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 Gold medals in 527
  2. Free Routine - 60. 234
  3. Final - 92. 761 (9th place)

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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