Mexico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 54 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Gold Daniel Bautista – Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Bronze Juan Paredes – Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Athletics
Men's 5.000 metres Rodolfo Gomez Heat – 13:46.23 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres Luis Hernández Heat – 28:44.17 (→ did not advance)
Rodolfo Gomez Heat – 30:05.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Mario Cuevas – 2:18:08 (→ 18th place) Rodolfo Gomez – 2:18:21 (→ 19th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk Daniel Bautista – 1:24:40 (→ Gold Medal) Raúl González – 1:28:18 (→ 5th place) Domingo Colin – DSQ (→ no ranking)
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A): Lost to Soviet Union (77-120) Defeated Japan (108-90) Lost to Australia (117-120) Lost to Cuba (75-89) Lost to Canada (84-92) Classification Match: 9th/10th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (84-89) → 10th place
Team roster Jesús García Arturo Guerrero Jorge Flores Rafael Palomar Antonio Ayala Samuel Campis Héctor Rodríguez Anastacio Reyes Gabriel Nava Ruben Alcala Manuel Saenz Manuel Raga Head coach: Carlos Bru
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Ernesto Rios First Round – Lost to Alfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5
Men's Featherweight Juan Paredes
Men's Middleweight Nicolas Arredondo
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1976.
Individual road race Rubén Camacho – 4:54:49.0 (→ 45th place) Luis Ramos – did not finish (→ no ranking) José Castañeda – did not finish (→ no ranking) Rodolfo Vitela – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial 2:18:48 – 18th Place Team roster José Castañeda Rodolfo Vitela Ceferino Estrada Francisco Huerta
Diving
Equestrian
Football
Gymnastics
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle Eduardo Pérez Guillermo García
Men's 100m Backstroke José Urueta Ignacio Álvarez
Men's 200m Backstroke José Urueta Ignacio Álvarez
Men's 100m Breaststroke Gustavo Lozano
Men's 200m Breaststroke Gustavo Lozano
Men's 100m Butterfly José Luis Prado
Men's 200m Butterfly Ricardo Marmolejo
Men's 400m Individual Medley Ricardo Marmolejo Guillermo Zavala
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 100m Breaststroke Beatriz Camuñas
Women's 200m Breaststroke Beatriz Camuñas
Water polo
Men's team competition Team roster Alfred Schmidt Arturo Valencia Daniel Gómez Francisco García Javier Guerra Jorge Coste Juan García Juan Yanez Maximiliano Aguilar Victorino Beristain Armando Fernández
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References