Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Joaquín Capilla Diving 10 m platform Joaquín Capilla Diving 3 m springboard
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat Quarterfinal SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRené Ahumada100 m11.265did not advanceRené Ahumada200 m21.963did not advance
Cycling
Road
AthleteEventTimeRankMagdaleno CanoMen's individual road race5:53:409Felipe Liñándid not finishFrancisco Lozanodid not finishRafael Vacadid not finishMagdaleno CanoFelipe LiñánFrancisco LozanoRafael VacaMen's team road racedid not finish
Diving
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankJuan Botella3 m springboard78.279 Q49.0512127.3210Joaquín Capilla90.241 Q60.453150.69Juan Botella10 m platform69.3912 Q56.0610125.4510Alberto Capilla74.187 Q58.569132.749Joaquín Capilla78.682 Q73.762152.44
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankRankRankRankBenito RamosMen's foilcolspan=3 246did not advanceLuis JiménezMen's épée067did not advanceBenito RamosMen's sabre144 Q057did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankRankRankRankPilar RoldánWomen's foil434 Qcolspan=3 146did not advance
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1956.
Individual José Pérez Antonio Almada David Romero
Team José Pérez Antonio Almada David Romero
Rowing
AthleteEventHeatRepechageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJorge RoeslerSingle sculls8:24.34 R did not finishcolspan=2 did not advance
Shooting
AthleteEventFinalPointsRankAlfonso Castañeda25 m rapid fire pistol57111Rodolfo Flores55619Rodolfo Flores50 metre pistol50726Raúl Ibarra53315
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWalter Ocampo200 m butterfly2:41.46colspan=2 did not advanceEulalio Ríos Alemán2:28.13 Qcolspan=2 2:27.36
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBlanca Barrón100 m freestyle1:09.55did not advanceGilda Aranda400 m freestyle5:24.26colspan=2 did not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventClean & PressSnatchClean & JerkTotalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGuillermo Balboa−67.5 kg92.517100=11127.5=1532017
Wrestling
Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5FinalPointsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMario Tovar González–67 kgW W 2-1 L 3-0 L did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database