Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 45 competitors, 36 men and 9 women, took part in 43 events in 12 sports.
Medalists
Silver Carlos Girón — Diving, Men's Springboard
Bronze Joaquin Pérez — Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed) David Bárcena Ríos, 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
Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres Enrique Aquino Heat — 29:21.3 (→ did not advance)
Rodolfo Gómez Heat — 29:25.7 (→ did not advance)
José Gómez Heat — 29:53.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Rodolfo Gómez Final — 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Raúl González Final — 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place)
Daniel Bautista Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Domingo Colín Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk Raúl González Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Daniel Bautista Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Martín Bermúdez Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Gilberto Sosa First Round — Defeated Vandui Bayasgalan (Mongolia) on points (4-1) Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Roman Gilberto First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Alberto Mercado (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round Quarter Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Daniel Zaragoza First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Philip Sutcliffe Snr (Ireland) on points (5-0) Third Round — Defeated Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (4-1) Quarter Finals — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Carlos González First Round — Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0) Second Round — Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2) Third Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round
Diving
Men's Springboard Carlos Girón 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 Mondragón Heats — 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)
Men's Platform Carlos Girón 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)
Equestrian
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980.
Individual Ivar Sisniega Jens Lohmann
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Elke Holtz Heats — 1:15.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plachinski Heats — 3.56,87 Final — 3.55,41 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plachinski Heats — 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle 48 kg Jorge Frías Eliminated in Third Round
Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg Alfredo Olvera Sixth place
References