Mexico at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Mexico at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  MEX
NOC Comité Olímpico Mexicano
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 48
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
3		 Total
4
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932–1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Joaquin Pérez — Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed)
  • David Bárcenas, Manuel Mendivil, José Pérez and Fabián Vázquez — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
  • Jesús Gómez, Joaquin Pérez, Gerardo Tazzer and Alberto Valdés — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Gilberto Sosa
    1. First Round — Defeated Vandui Bayasgalan (Mongolia) on points (4-1)
    2. Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Roman Gilberto
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Alberto Mercado (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Daniel Zaragoza
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Philip Sutcliffe (Ireland) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
    4. Quarter Finals — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Carlos González
    1. First Round — Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Heats — 580.20 points (→ 1st place)
  • Final — 892.140 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Francisco Rueda
  • Preliminary Round — 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)
  • Jorge Mondragon
  • Heats — 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Heats — 515.37 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 809.805 points (→ 4th place)
  • Francisco Rueda
  • Preliminary Round — 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)
  • Salvador Sobrino
  • Preliminary Round — 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

[edit] Swimming

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plaschinski
  • Heats — 3.56,87
  • Final — 3.55,41 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plaschinski
  • Heats — 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)