Sporting event delegation
Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.[1]
Medalists
Mexico won a total of 9 medals (3 of each) which is to date the fewest medals won by a host nation at a Summer Olympics. This is nevertheless the highest number of both gold and overall medals that Mexico has ever won at an Olympics.
Athletics
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- Men
- Track and road events
- Field events
- Combined events – Decathlon
- Women
- Track and road events
- Field events
- Combined events – Pentathlon
Basketball
- Summary
Team roster
Group play
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
5th-8th place semifinal
5th place final
Boxing
Canoeing
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage
Cycling
Road
Track
Sprint
- Pursuit
- Time trail
Diving
- Men
- Women
Equestrian
Fencing
14 fencers, 9 men and 5 women, represented Mexico in 1968.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.
- Individual
- Team
- Eduardo Olivera
- David Bárcena
- Eduardo Tovar
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1968.
- 25 m pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 300 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Trap
- Skeet
Swimming
- Men
- Women
Volleyball
- Women's Team Competition
- Lost to Peru (2-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
- Lost to Poland (2-3)
- Lost to South Korea (0-3)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0) → Seventh place
Water polo
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to East Germany (4:12)
- Lost to Netherlands (1:8)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (0:9)
- Lost to Italy (5:10)
- Defeated Greece (11:8)
- Lost to Japan (3:6)
- Tied with United Arab Republic (3:3)
- 9th/12th place: Lost to West Germany (3:6)
- 11th/12th place: Defeated Japan (5:4) → Eleventh place
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Mexico at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
