Mexico At The 1972 Summer Olympics

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Mexico competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich , West Germany .

MEDALS

Silver

Alfonso Zamora – Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Mexico entered three men and three women. The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal. Their highest placing competitor was Francisca De Gutierrez , at 10th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

Francisca De Gutierrez – 2353 points (→ 10th place)

Aurora Breton – 2335 points (→ 15th place)

Silvia De Tapia – 2258 points (→ 23rd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Alfonso Jones – 2344 points (→ 28th place)

Rafael Aveleira – 2178 points (→ 51st place)

José Almanzor – 2175 points (→ 52nd place)

Athletics

Men's 5000 metres

Marío Pérez

Heat — 13:58.2 (→ did not advance)

Pedro Miranda

Heat — 13:45.2 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Salvador García

First Round — Lost to Ralph Evans (GBR), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Emeterio Villanueva

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1

Third Round — Defeated Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3

Quarterfinals — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Jesús Sarabia — 10th place

Agustín Alcántara — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Francisco Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Francisco Javier Huerta — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Arturo Cambroni

Final — 1:11.54 (→ 24th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Carlos Armando Giron – 521.88 points (→ 9th place)

José De Jesus Robinson – 514.02 points (→ 11th place)

Porfirio Becerril – 310.65 points (→ 27th place)

Men's 10m Platform

Carlos Armando Giron – 442.41 points (→ 8th place)

José de Jesus Robinson – 284.58 points (→ 14th place)

Porfirio Becerril – 282.57 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Bertha Baraldi – 252.66 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 10m Platform

Bertha Baraldi – 174.21 points (→ 20th place)

Football

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group 2)

Defeated Sudan (1-0)

Defeated Burma (1-0)

Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)

Second Round (Group A)

Drew with West Germany (1-1)

Lost to East Germany (0-7)

Lost to Hungary (0-2)

--- Did not advance → '''Seventh place'''

Team Roster

Juan Manuel Álvarez

Francisco Barba Ordaz

Fernando Blanco Garell

Manuel Borja Garcia

Leonardo Cuellar Rivera

Alejandro Hernandez Pat

Alfredo Hernandez Martinez

Manuel Manzo Ortega

Salvador Marquez Ramos

Enrique Martin Del Campo

Alejandro Peña

Daniel Razo Marquez

David Regalado

Lorenzo Reyes

Jesus Rico Espejel

Rogelio Ruiz Vaquera

Horacio Sánchez Marquez

José Angel Talavera

José Luis Trejo Montoya

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Great Britain (0-6)

Lost to New Zealand (0-7)

Lost to Poland (0-3)

Lost to Australia (0-10)

Lost to the Netherlands (0-4)

Lost to India (0-8)

Lost to Kenya (1-2)

Classification Match

15th/16th place: Lost to Uganda (1-4) → '''16th place'''

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Gilberto Toledano Sanchez – 4428 points (→ 42nd place)

Eduarde Olivera Lastra – 4426 points (→ 43rd place)

Juan José Castilla Ramos – 4014 points (→ 55th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Toledano Sanchez, Olivera Lastra, and Castilla Ramos – 12901 points (→ 17th place)

Alternate Member:

Rafael Alvarez Perez

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

Guillermo Spamer

Heat — 8:38.63

Repechage — 8:40.76 (→ did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Roberto Strauss

Heat — 56.78s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Guillermo García

Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Roberto Strauss

Heat — 2:03.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Jorge Urreta , José Santibañez , Guillermo García and Roberto Strauss

Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Guillermo García , Roberto Strauss , José Luis Prado , and Jorge Urreta

Heat — 8:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Lost to Cuba (4-6)

Defeated Canada (7-3)

Lost to Yugoslavia (3-5)

Lost to United States (5-7)

Lost to Romania (6-9) → Did not advance

Team Roster

Daniel Goméz Bilbao

Arturo Valencia Cadena

Alfredo Sauza Martinéz

Francisco Garcia Moreno

Juan Manuel Garcia Moreno

Raul Alanis Guerrero

Maximiliano Aguilar Salazar

Armando Fernandez Alatorre

Ricardo Chapa Galaviz

Rafael Azpeitia Lopez

Victor Manuel Garcia Moreno

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