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Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMEX
NOCMexican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors69 (63 men and 6 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearerPilar Roldán
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mexico competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 69 competitors, 63 men and 6 women, took part in 54 events in 14 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Juan Botella Diving 3 m springboard 29 August

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Santiago Plaza 100 m 10.8 3 Q 10.8 7 did not advance
Santiago Plaza 200 m 22.0 4 did not advance
Jorge Terán 400 m 9:38.0 10 did not advance
Alfredo Tinoco 3000 m steeplechase 49.6 6 did not advance
Rodolfo Mijares
Santiago Plaza
Roberto Procel
Jorge Terán
4 x 100 m relay did not start did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Roberto Procel Long jump 7.23 24 did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Points Rank
Rodolfo Mijares 11.3 6.20 10.59 1.65 50.5 17.3 37.55 3.40 43.36 4:49.3 5413 21
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sebastiana Alvarado 800 m did not start did not advance

Basketball

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Boxing

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Cycling

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Ten cyclists, all men, represented Mexico in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

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Fencing

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Eight fencers, seven men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1960.

Individual
Team
  • Antonio Almada
  • Sergio Escobedo
  • José Pérez

Rowing

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Mexico had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men's coxless pair

Sailing

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Shooting

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Six shooters represented Mexico in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexico at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mexico Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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