Mexico at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
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Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

• Joaquin Capilla — Diving, Men's Platform

Bronze

• Joaquin Capilla — Diving, Men's Springboard

Results by event

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Magdaleno Cano — 5:23:40 (→ 9th place)
• Francisco Lozano — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Felipe Liñan — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rafael Vaca — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

• Joaquin Capilla

• Preliminary Round — 78.68
• Final — 152.44 (→ Gold Medal)

• Alberto Capilla

• Preliminary Round — 74.18
• Final — 134.74 (→ 9th place)

• Juan Botella

• Preliminary Round — 69.39
• Final — 125.45 (→ 10th place)

Swimming

Men's 200m Buterfly

• Eulalio Ríos

• Preliminary Round — x'xx"
• Final — x'xx" (→ 8th place)

• Walter Ocampo

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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