Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928, though has not yet won any medals in the Winter Olympics.

At the 1932 Summer Olympics, Gustavo Huet made history as the first Mexican medalist, earning silver in the men's 50 metres small-bore rifle prone shooting event. However, at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Mexican athletes won a bronze medal in the polo event, consisting of the three brothers Eustaquio, Manuel and Pablo Escandón. Since an American athlete, Guillermo Hayden Wright, was also part of the team, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially attributes this medal to a mixed team and not to Mexico or the United States.

At the 1948 Summer Olympics, Mexico claimed its first Olympic gold medals in equestrian jumping, where both the individual and team titles were decided based on the same competition results.

Mexican athletes have won a total of 77 medals, with diving as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Mexico is the Mexican Olympic Committee and was created in 1923. It is currently headed by former Olympic diver María José Alcalá.

Hosted Games Mexico was the first Latin American nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion. Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City 12 October - 27 October 112 5,516 172

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Source: In the polo tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the bronze medal was won by a mixed team composed almost entirely of Mexican players, with the exception of one American athlete Guillermo Hayden Wright. He was part of the mixed polo team, alongside brothers Eustaquio, Manuel and Pablo Escandón. Although the team was predominantly Mexican, the IOC officially attributes this medal to a Mixed Team rather than to Mexico in its records.

Medals by Winter Games

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Medals by summer sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics List of Mexican medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Francisco Cabañas Boxing Men's flyweight Gustavo Huet Shooting Men's 50m rifle prone National team Basketball Men's competition Fidel Ortiz Boxing Men's bantamweight Juan GraciaJulio MuellerAntonio NavaAlberto Ramos Polo Men's competition Humberto Mariles (Arete) Equestrian Jumping Individual Rubén Uriza (Hatuey)Humberto Mariles (Arete)Alberto Valdés (Chihuahua) Equestrian Jumping Team Rubén Uriza (Hatuey) Equestrian Jumping Individual Joaquín Capilla Diving Men's 10m platform Raúl Campero (Tarahumara)Humberto Mariles (Parral)Joaquín Solano (Malinche) Equestrian Three-Day Event Team Joaquín Capilla Diving Men's 10m platform Joaquín Capilla Diving Men's 10m platform Joaquín Capilla Diving Men's 3m springboard Juan Botella Diving Men's 3m springboard Juan Fabila Boxing Men's bantamweight Antonio Roldán Boxing Men's featherweight Ricardo Delgado Boxing Men's flyweight Felipe Muñoz Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke José Pedraza Athletics Men's 20 km Walk Álvaro Gaxiola Diving Men's 10m platform Pilar Roldán Fencing Women's Foil Agustín Zaragoza Boxing Men's Middleweight Joaquín Rocha Boxing Men's Heavyweight María Teresa Ramírez Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Alfonso Zamora Boxing Men's bantamweight Daniel Bautista Athletics Men's 20 km walk Juan Paredes Boxing Men's featherweight Carlos Girón Diving Men's 3m springboard Joaquín Pérez (Almony) Equestrian Jumping Individual David Bárcena (Bombón)Manuel Mendivil (Remember)José Luis Pérez (Quelite)Fabián Vázquez (Cocaleco) Equestrian Three-day Event Team Competition Jesús Gómez (Massacre)Joaquin Pérez (Almony)Gerardo Tazzer (Caribe)Alberto Valdés, Jr. (Lady Mirka) Equestrian Jumping Team Competition Ernesto Canto Athletics Men's 20 km walk Raúl González Athletics Men's 50 km walk Raúl González Athletics Men's 20 km walk Héctor López Boxing Men's bantamweight Daniel Aceves Wrestling Men's flyweight José Youshimatz Cycling Men's points race Mario González Boxing Men's flyweight Jesús Mena Diving Men's 10m platform Carlos Mercenario Athletics Men's 50 km walk Bernardo Segura Athletics Men's 20 km walk Soraya Jiménez Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Noé Hernández Athletics Men's 20 km walk Fernando Platas Diving Men's 3m springboard Joel Sánchez Athletics Men's 50 km walk Cristian Bejarano Boxing Men's lightweight Víctor Estrada Taekwondo Men's 68–80 kg Ana Guevara Athletics Women's 400m Belem Guerrero Cycling Women's points race Oscar Salazar Taekwondo Men's -58 kg Iridia Salazar Taekwondo Women's 49–57 kg Guillermo Pérez Taekwondo Men's -58 kg María Espinoza Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Paola EspinosaTatiana Ortiz Diving Women's synchronised 10m platform Damaris Aguirre Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Football Men's tournament Aída Román Archery Women's archery German SánchezIvan García Diving Men's synchronised 10m platform Paola EspinosaAlejandra Orozco Diving Women's synchronised 10m platform Mariana Avitia Archery Women's archery Laura Sánchez Diving Women's 3m springboard María Espinoza Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Luz Acosta Weightlifting Women's +63 kg María Guadalupe González Athletics Women's 20 km walk German Sánchez Diving Men's 10m platform María Espinoza Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Misael Rodríguez Boxing Men's middleweight Ismael Hernández Modern pentathlon Men's Luis ÁlvarezAlejandra Valencia Archery Mixed Team Gabriela AgúndezAlejandra Orozco Diving Women's synchronised 10m platform Aremi Fuentes Weightlifting Women's 75 kg FootballMen's tournament Prisca Awiti Alcaraz Judo Women's -63 kg Osmar OlveraJuan Celaya Diving Men's synchronized 3m springboard Marco Verde Boxing Men's welterweightÁngela RuizAlejandra ValenciaAna Paula Vázquez ArcheryWomen's Team Osmar Olvera Diving Men's 3m springboard

Multiple Mexican Olympic medalists

Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, while Humberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal.

In 2016, María Espinoza became the first Mexican female athlete to win a medal in three consecutive games.

Rank Athlete Sex Sport Games Total 1Joaquín CapillaM Diving 1 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2Humberto MarilesM Equestrian 2 0 133María EspinozaF Taekwondo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14Rubén UrizaM Equestrian 1 1 0 2Raúl GonzálezM Athletics 1 1 06Germán SánchezM Diving 0 1 0 0 1 07Paola EspinosaF 0 1 0 0 0 1Alejandra OrozcoF 0 1 0 0 0 1Osmar OlveraM 0 1 110Joaquín PérezM Equestrian 0 0 2Alejandra ValenciaF Archery 0 0 1 0 0 1

See also List of flag bearers for Mexico at the Olympics :Category: Olympic competitors for Mexico Mexico at the Paralympics Sport in Mexico

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