Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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.
| Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | MEX |
| NOC | Mexican Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan | |
| Competitors | 87 in 14 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
| Alejandra Valencia | Women's individual | |||||||||
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.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
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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):[4][5]
- 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 | N/A | |||||
| Juan Joel Pacheco | N/A | ||||||
| José Luis Santana | N/A | ||||||
| Julio César Salazar | 20 km walk | N/A | |||||
| Carlos Sánchez | N/A | ||||||
| Isaac Palma | 50 km walk | N/A | |||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Paola Morán | 400 m | ||||||
| Andrea Ramírez | Marathon | N/A | |||||
| Úrsula Sánchez | N/A | ||||||
| Alegna González | 20 km walk | N/A | |||||
| Ilse Guerrero | N/A | ||||||
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.[6]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 24 players
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.[7]
| 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) |
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Rank | ||
| Women's sprint | |
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- Team sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | ||
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Women's team sprint | |
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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 | |||||||||||
Diving
Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| 3 m springboard | |||||||
| 10 m platform | |||||||
| 3 m synchronized springboard | N/A | ||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||||||
| 3 m springboard | |||||||||||
| 10 m platform | |||||||||||
| 3 m synchronized springboard | N/A | ||||||||||
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.[8] 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).[9]
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| 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 | ||||||||
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See above | Team | ||||||
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.[10]
- 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.[11]
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
Sailing
Mexican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[12][13]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Men's RS:X | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Finn | N/A | |||||||||||||||
| Women's RS:X | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's Laser Radial | N/A | |||||||||||||||
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.[14]
| 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
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.[15]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 15 players
- Group play
| Team | W | L | RS | RA | WIN% | GB | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
 Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
| Mexico |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.[16]
| 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.[17][18]
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 | ||||||
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