Mexico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul

Seoul

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, Korea

South Korea

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. 83 competitors, 66 men and 17 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.

Bronze

• Mario González — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Jesús Mena
  Jesús Mena
  Jesús Mena Campos is a retired Mexican diver.At his first Olympic Games in 1988 he won a bronze medal in the 10 metre platform event, while also placing seventh in the 3 metre springboard competition....
  
   — Diving, Men's Platform

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three men and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first two appearances, fell to 29th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Aurora Breton – Preliminary round (→ 29th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jose Anchondo – Preliminary round (→ 26th place)
• Omar Bustani – Preliminary round (→ 38th place)
• Adolfo Gonzalez – Preliminary round (→ 49th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Anchondo, Bustani, and Gonzalez – Semifinal (→ 12th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Eduardo Nava

Men's 800 metres

• Mauricio Hernández

Men's 5,000 metres

• Mauricio González
  Mauricio González (athlete)
  Mauricio González is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.Mexican record holder 5000m and 10000m...
  
  
• Marcos Barreto
• Arturo Barrios
  Arturo Barrios
  Arturo Barrios Flores is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal. Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at 10000 m...
  
  

Men's 10,000 metres

• Arturo Barrios
  Arturo Barrios
  Arturo Barrios Flores is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal. Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at 10000 m...
  
  
• First Round — 28:08.63
• Final — 27:39.32 (→ 5th place)

• Mauricio González
  Mauricio González (athlete)
  Mauricio González is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.Mexican record holder 5000m and 10000m...
  
  
• First Round — 28:36.66
• Final — 27:59.90 (→ 11th place)

• Marcos Barreto
• Heat – 29:18.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Jesús Herrera
  Jesús Herrera
  Jesús Herrera is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was finishing in 11th place in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:58, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South...
  
  
• Final — 2"13:58 (→ 11th place)

• Carlos Retiz
  Carlos Retiz
  Carlos Retiz is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he finished in 50th place in the men's marathon, clocking a total time of 2:25:34....
  
  
• Final — 2"25:34 (→ 50th place)

• Martín Mondragón
  Martín Mondragón
  Martín Mondragón is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won the 1988 edition of the Los Angeles Marathon. Virtually unknown before the race, the 34 year old set the course record and his personal record at 2:10:19 after a battle with Mark Plaatjes, which positioned the L.A...
  
  
• Final — 2"27:10 (→ 57th place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

• Roberto Carmona

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

• Herman Adam, Eduardo Nava, Antonio Ruíz
  Antonio Ruiz
  Antonio Ruiz Cervilla is a retired Spanish football midfielder and manager.-Playing career:...
  
  , and Miguel Elizondo

Men's 20 km Walk

• Carlos Mercenario
  Carlos Mercenario
  Carlos Mercenario Carbajal is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:20:53 (→ 7th place)

• Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto
  Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

• Joel Sánchez
  Joel Sánchez (athlete)
  Joel Sánchez Guerrero is a Mexican race walker, who made his debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was disqualified in the men's 20 km race.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Martín Bermudez
  Martín Bermúdez
  Martín Bermúdez Mendoza is a retired male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 3'49:22 (→ 15th place)

• Arturo Bravo
  Arturo Bravo
  Arturo Bravo is a retired male racewalker from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1987....
  
  
• Final — 4'08:08 (→ 33rd place)

• Hernán Andrade
  Hernán Andrade
  Hernán Andrade Yañez is a retired racewalker from Mexico.He competed, but was disqualified, in the 50 kilometres races at the 1987 World Race Walking Cup 1988 Olympic Games. He competed at the 1991 World Race Walking Cup, but did not finish.He set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Blanca Jaime
  Blanca Jaime
  Blanca Jaime is a retired female long-distance runner from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 43rd place in the women's marathon, clocking a total time of 2:43:00.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 2:43:00 (→ 43rd place)

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

• Sandra Taváres

Women's High Jump

• Cristina Fink
  Cristina Fink
  Cristina Fink Smith is a retired high jumper from Mexico, who set her personal best on May 17, 1992, jumping 1.94 meters at a meet in Mexico City. She competed for her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 20th place .-Achievements:-References:* * *...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight

• Mario González

Men's Bantamweight

• José de Jesús García

Men's Featherweight

• Miguel Angel González

Men's Lightweight

• Guillermo Tamez

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Humberto Rodríguez

Men's Middleweight

• Martín Amarillas

Fencing

One female fencer represented Mexico in 1988.

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 21 to 22, 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.-Results:...

• Fabiana López
  Fabiana López
  Fabiana López is a Mexican fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ivar Sisniega – 5065 pts (→ 14th place)
• Alejandro Yrizar – 4920 pts (→ 28th place)
• Marcelo Hoyo – 4800 pts (→ 39th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Sisniega, Yrizar, and Hoyo – 14785 pts (→ 8th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 24.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Urbano Zea
• Heat – 24.86 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 51.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

• Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was the oldest member of the Mexican Swimming Team .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 54.56 (→ did not advance, 56th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 1:52.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was the oldest member of the Mexican Swimming Team .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 1:53.63 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was the oldest member of the Mexican Swimming Team .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 4:03.16 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Carlos Romo
• Heat – 4:04.02 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Ernesto Vela
• Heat – 59.19 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Ernesto Vela
• Heat – 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....
  
  
• Heat – 1:05.37 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....
  
  
• Heat – 2:20.11 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Urbano Zea
• Heat – 57.89 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

• Carlos Romo
• Heat – 58.04 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....
  
  
• Heat – 2:09.38 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 2:09.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....
  
  
• Heat – 4:30.71 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  , Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was the oldest member of the Mexican Swimming Team .-References:*...
  
  , Jorge Alarcón, and Urbano Zea
• Heat – 3:29.72 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla
  Ignacio Escamilla is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was the oldest member of the Mexican Swimming Team .-References:*...
  
  , Jorge Alarcón, Carlos Romo, and Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Ernesto Vela, Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga
  Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....
  
  , Urbano Zea, and Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 3:54.21 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Maria Rivera
• Heat – 27.16 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat – 27.45 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat – 59.05 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

• Maria Rivera
• Heat – 59.32 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat – 2:10.36 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Marlene Bruten
• Heat – 1:05.37 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Marlene Bruten
• Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Marlene Bruten
• Heat – 2:26.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann
  Patricia Kohlmann is a former female freestyle and medley swimmer from Mexico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984...
  
  
• Heat – 2:29.61 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Marlene Bruten
• Heat – 5:03.69 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Agustín Moreno
  Agustin Moreno
  Agustín Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico.Moreno represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 18, 1988, when he became the number...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Toshihisa Tsuchihashi
  Toshihisa Tsuchihashi
  is a former tennis player from Japan.Tsuchihashi had a career-high singles ranking of World No. 359, which he reached in May, 1988. Herepresented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the first round by Mexico's Agustín Moreno.-External links:*...
  
   (Japan) 7-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Second round — Lost to Stefan Edberg
  Stefan Edberg
  Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
  
   (Sweden) 2-6, 6-7, 0-6

• Francisco Maciel
  Francisco Maciel
  Francisco Maciel García is a former tennis player from Mexico. He represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland's Jakob Hlasek. He won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, when tennis was a...
  
  
• First round — Lost to Diego Nargiso
  Diego Nargiso
  Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...
  
   (Italy) 6-2, 6-7, 6-7, 6-8

• Leonardo Lavalle
  Leonardo Lavalle
  Leonardo Lavalle Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Ronald Agénor
  Ronald Agenor
  Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor is a former professional tennis player who represented Haïti during his playing career. He is known as the only Haitian to have ever earned a top-25 world ranking....
  
   (Haiti) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-1, retired
• Second round — Lost to Sergio Casal
  Sergio Casal
  Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
   (Spain) 3-6, 4-6, 6-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Xochitl Escobedo
  Xóchitl Escobedo
  Xóchitl Escobedo is a retired female tennis player from Mexico, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She reached her career-high singles ranking on November 20, 1989, when she became the number 284 of the world.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round – Lost to Anne Minter
  Anne Minter
  Anne Minter is a former tennis player from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour: 1987 Taipei, Singapore; 1988 Puerto Rico; 1989 Taipei...
  
   (Australia) 1-6, 3-6

• Claudia Hernández-Salas
• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost to Zina Garrison
  Zina Garrison
  Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...
  
   (USA) 1-6, 4-6

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

• Adrian Ponce
  Adrian Ponce
  Adrian Ponce is the Deputy Section Manager for the Planetary Science and Life Detection Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and is also a visiting faculty member at Caltech...
  
  

Men's Freestyle Flyweight

• Bernardo Olvera

Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

• Jorge Olvera

Men's Freestyle Welterweight

• Alfonso Jessel