Mexico at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Moscow
Competitors45 (36 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Carlos Girón
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Mexican sportsman at 1980 Olympics

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat 29:21.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 29:25.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 29:53.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place)
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

Men's Springboard

  • Heats 580.20 points (→ 1st place)
  • Final 892.140 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Round 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)
  • Heats 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Heats 515.37 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final 809.805 points (→ 4th place)
  • Preliminary Round 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)
  • Preliminary Round 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980.

Individual

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats 1:15.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heats 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 48 kg

  • Eliminated in Third Round

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

  • Sixth place

References

  1. "Mexico at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
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