Mexico At The 2000 Summer Olympics

	gold	1
	silver	2
	bronze	3
	total	6

Mexico competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney , Australia .

MEDALS

Gold

Soraya Jimenez — Weightlifting, Women's 58 kg

Silver

Noe Hernandez — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Fernando Platas — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

Joel Sánchez — Athletics, Men's 50 km walk

Cristian Bejarano — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Victor Estrada — Taekwondo, Men's 80 kg

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Both lost in the first round.

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 400 m

Alejandro Cardenas

# Round 1 - 46.14

# Round 2 - 45.66 (did not advance)

Juan Pedro Toledo

# Round 1 - 46.82 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m

David Galvan

# Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

Pablo Olmedo

# Round 1 - 13:40.34 (did not advance)

Men's 10000 m

David Galvan

# Round 1 - 27:49.53

# Final - 27:54.56 (13th place)

Armando Quintanilla

# Round 1 - 28:14.54 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Salvador Miranda

# Round 1 - 08:35.79 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

Saúl Mendoza

# Final - 03:06.75 (Gold medal) - ''Olympic record''

Men's Pole Vault

Robison Pratt

# Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Noe Hernandez

# Final - 1:19:03 (Silver medal)

Daniel Garcia

# Final - 1:22:05 (12th place)

Bernardo Segura

# Final - DNF

Men's 50 km Walk

Joel Sánchez

# Final - 3:44:36 (Bronze medal)

Miguel Angel Rodriguez

# Final - 3:48:12 (7th place)

German Sanchez

# Final - DQ

Men's marathon

Andrés Espinosa

# Final - 2:18:02 (27th place)

Benjamin Paredes

# Final - 2:27:17 (64th place)

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

Ana Guevara

# Round 1 - 52.34

# Round 2 - 51.19

# Semifinal - 50.11

# Final - 49.96 (5th place)

Women's 5,000 m

Nora Leticia Rocha

# Round 1 - 15:38.72 (did not advance)

Dulce Maria Rodriguez

# Round 1 - 15:54.17 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

Nora Leticia Rocha

# Round 1 - 34:37.84 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

Ariadne Hernandez

# Final - 01:56.59 (Bronze medal)

Women's 20 km Walk

Guadalupe Sanchez

# Final - 1:31:33 (5th place)

Mara Ibanez

# Final - 1:36:17 (26th place)

Graciela Mendoza

# Final - DQ

Women's marathon

Adriana Fernandez

# Final - 2:30:51 (16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Liborio Romero

---Round 1 - Defeated Mebarek Soltani of Algeria

---Round 2 - Lost to Ivan Stapovic of Lithuania (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Daniel Ponce De Leon

---Round 1 - Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

César Morales

---Round 1 - Defeated Abdu Tebazalwa of Uganda

---Round 2 - Lost to Olteanu George-Crunu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Francisco Bojado

---Round 1 - Defeated Yohanes Shiferaw Yohanes of Ethiopia

---Round 2 - Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Cristian Bejarano

---Round 1 - Defeated Gilbert Khunwane of Botswana

---Round 2 - Defeated Gheorghe Lungu of Romania

---Quarterfinal - Defeated Almazbek Raimkulov of Kyrgyzstan

---Semifinal - Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine - Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Jose Luis Zertuche

---Round 1 - Defeated Sidy Sandy of GUI

---Round 2 - Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=Men's competition

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz , Jose Romero

Qualifying Heat - 01:45.927

Semifinal - 01:46.811 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz , Jose Romero

Qualifying Heat - 03:49.301

Semifinal - 03:44.358

Final - 03:46.457 (6th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Ziranda Madrigal

# Final - 2:19:33.56 (24th place)

Women's Point Race

Belem Guerrero Mendez

---Points - 12 (5th place)

Diving

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when Fernando Platas bested his eighth place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Fernando Platas

# Preliminary - 444.6

# Semi-final - 234.36 - 678.96

# Final - 474.06 - 708.42 (Silver medal)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Joel Rodriguez

# Preliminary - 336.51 (29th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

Francisco Perez

# Preliminary - 381.78 (19th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

Eduardo Rueda

# Preliminary - 60.3 (42nd place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

Fernando Platas , Eduardo Rueda

# Final - 317.7 (5th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Azul Almazan

# Preliminary - 272.85

# Semi-final - 216.03 - 488.88 (13th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Jashia Luna

# Preliminary - 268.44

# Semi-final - 196.53 - 464.97 (19th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

Maria Jose Alcala

# Preliminary - 235.53 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

Azul Almazan

# Preliminary - 229.29 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

Maria Jose Alcala , Jashia Luna

# Final - 273.84 (6th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

Maria Jose Alcala , Azul Almazan

# Final - 264.3 (8th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's

Samuel Felix - 5165 pts, 11th place

Horacio De La Vega - 4039 pts, 22nd place

Sailing

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

David Mauricio Mier Y Teran Cuevas

# Race 1 - 14

# Race 2 - 24

# Race 3 - 26

# Race 4 - 17

# Race 5 - 26

# Race 6 - 19

# Race 7 - 16

# Race 8 - 15

# Race 9 - (28)

# Race 10 - (37) OCS

# Race 11 - 27

# Final - 184 (25th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Manuel Villarreal and Santiago Hernandez

# Race 1 - 21

# Race 2 - 21

# Race 3 - (23)

# Race 4 - 8

# Race 5 - 22

# Race 6 - 22

# Race 7 - (30) DNF

# Race 8 - 23

# Race 9 - 9

# Race 10 - 22

# Race 11 - 11

# Final - 159 (23rd place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Tania Elias Calles Wolf

# Race 1 - 19

# Race 2 - (23)

# Race 3 - 8

# Race 4 - 11

# Race 5 - 7

# Race 6 - 16

# Race 7 - 2

# Race 8 - 13

# Race 9 - (20)

# Race 10 - 18

# Race 11 - 14

# Final - 108 (17th place)

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Javier Diaz

# Preliminary Heat - 1:53.20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Jorge Carral Armella

# Preliminary Heat - 03:58.34 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Jorge Carral Armella

# Preliminary Heat - 15:43.03 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Josh Ilika

# Preliminary Heat - 28.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Juan Veloz

# Preliminary Heat - 02:00.02 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Alfredo Jacobo Rodriguez

# Preliminary Heat - 01:04.67 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Javier Diaz

# Preliminary Heat - 02:07.28 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Juan Veloz

# Preliminary Heat - 04:31.73 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Patricia Villarreal

# Preliminary Heat - 04:21.03 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Patricia Villarreal

# Preliminary Heat - 08:54.79 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Adriana Marmolejo

# Preliminary Heat - 02:36.93 (did not advance)

Synchronized Swimming

Duet

Erika Leal , Lillian Leal

# Technical Routine - 35.527

# Free Routine - 60.234

# Final - 92.761 (9th place)

REFERENCES

Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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