Mexico at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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Medals	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 3	Total 6
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Mexico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medals

Gold

• Soraya Jimenez — Weightlifting, Women's 58 kg

Silver

• Noe Hernandez — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Fernando Platas — Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

• Joel Sánchez — Athletics, Men's 50 km walk

• Cristian Bejarano — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Victor Estrada — Taekwondo, Men's 80 kg

Results by event

Archery

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Both lost in the first round.

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m

• Alejandro Cardenas

• Round 1 — 46.14
• Round 2 — 45.66 (→ did not advance)

• Juan Pedro Toledo

• Round 1 — 46.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

• David Galvan

• Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

• Pablo Olmedo

• Round 1 — 13:40.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

• David Galvan

• Round 1 — 27:49.53
• Final — 27:54.56 (→ 13th place)

• Armando Quintanilla

• Round 1 — 28:14.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Salvador Miranda

• Round 1 — 08:35.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Robison Pratt

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Noe Hernandez

• Final — 1:19:03 (→ Silver Medal)

• Daniel Garcia

• Final — 1:22:05 (→ 12th place)

• Bernardo Segura

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Joel Sánchez

• Final — 3:44:36 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Miguel Angel Rodriguez

• Final — 3:48:12 (→ 7th place)

• German Sanchez

• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon

• Andrés Espinosa

• Final — 2:18:02 (→ 27th place)

• Benjamin Paredes

• Final — 2:27:17 (→ 64th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Ana Guevara

• Round 1 — 52.34
• Round 2 — 51.19
• Semifinal — 50.11
• Final — 49.96 (→ 5th place)

Women's 5,000 m

• Nora Rocha

• Round 1 — 15:38.72 (→ did not advance)

• Dulce Maria Rodriguez

• Round 1 — 15:54.17 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Nora Rocha

• Round 1 — 34:37.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Guadalupe Sanchez

• Final — 1:31:33 (→ 5th place)

• Mara Ibanez

• Final — 1:36:17 (→ 26th place)

• Graciela Mendoza

• Final — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Adriana Fernandez

• Final — 2:30:51 (→ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Liborio Romero
  • Round 1 - Defeated Mebarek Soltani of Algeria
  • Round 2 - Lost to Ivanas Stapovičius of Lithuania (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Daniel Ponce de Leon
  • Round 1 - Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• César Morales
  • Round 1 - Defeated Abdu Tebazalwa of Uganda
  • Round 2 - Lost to Olteanu George-Crunu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Francisco Bojado
  • Round 1 - Defeated Yohanes Shiferaw Yohanes of Ethiopia
  • Round 2 - Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Cristian Bejarano
  • Round 1 - Defeated Gilbert Khunwane of Botswana
  • Round 2 - Defeated Gheorghe Lungu of Romania
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Almazbek Raimkulov of Kyrgyzstan
  • Semifinal - Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine - Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Jose Luis Zertuche
  • Round 1 - Defeated Sidy Sandy of GUI
  • Round 2 - Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz, Jose Romero
• Qualifying Heat - 01:45.927
• Semifinal - 01:46.811 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Jose Ramon Ferrer Cruz, Jose Romero
• Qualifying Heat - 03:49.301
• Semifinal - 03:44.358
• Final - 03:46.457 (6th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Ziranda Madrigal
  1. Final - 2:19:33.56 (24th place)

Women's Point Race

• Belem Guerrero Mendez
  • Points - 12 (5th place)

Diving

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when Fernando Platas bested his eighth place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Fernando Platas
  1. Preliminary - 444.6
  2. Semi-final - 234.36 - 678.96
  3. Final - 474.06 - 708.42 (Silver medal)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Joel Rodriguez
  1. Preliminary - 336.51 (29th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Francisco Perez
  1. Preliminary - 381.78 (19th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Eduardo Rueda
  1. Preliminary - 60.3 (42nd place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Fernando Platas, Eduardo Rueda
  1. Final - 317.7 (5th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Azul Almazan
  1. Preliminary - 272.85
  2. Semi-final - 216.03 - 488.88 (13th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jashia Luna
  1. Preliminary - 268.44
  2. Semi-final - 196.53 - 464.97 (19th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Maria Jose Alcala
  1. Preliminary - 235.53 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Azul Almazan
  1. Preliminary - 229.29 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Maria Jose Alcala, Jashia Luna
  1. Final - 273.84 (6th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Maria Jose Alcala, Azul Almazan
  1. Final - 264.3 (8th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's

• Samuel Felix - 5165 pts, 11th place
• Horacio de la Vega - 4039 pts, 22nd place

Sailing

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

• David Mauricio Mier y Teran Cuevas
  1. Race 1 - 14
  2. Race 2 - 24
  3. Race 3 - 26
  4. Race 4 - 17
  5. Race 5 - 26
  6. Race 6 - 19
  7. Race 7 - 16
  8. Race 8 - 15
  9. Race 9 - (28)
  10. Race 10 - (37) OCS
  11. Race 11 - 27
  12. Final - 184 (25th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Manuel Villarreal and Santiago Hernandez
  1. Race 1 - 21
  2. Race 2 - 21
  3. Race 3 - (23)
  4. Race 4 - 8
  5. Race 5 - 22
  6. Race 6 - 22
  7. Race 7 - (30) DNF
  8. Race 8 - 23
  9. Race 9 - 9
  10. Race 10 - 22
  11. Race 11 - 11
  12. Final - 159 (23rd place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Tania Elias Calles Wolf
  1. Race 1 - 19
  2. Race 2 - (23)
  3. Race 3 - 8
  4. Race 4 - 11
  5. Race 5 - 7
  6. Race 6 - 16
  7. Race 7 - 2
  8. Race 8 - 13
  9. Race 9 - (20)
  10. Race 10 - 18
  11. Race 11 - 14
  12. Final - 108 (17th place)

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Javier Diaz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 1:53.20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Jorge Carral Armella
  1. Preliminary Heat - 03:58.34 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Jorge Carral Armella
  1. Preliminary Heat - 15:43.03 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Josh Ilika
  1. Preliminary Heat - 28.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Juan Veloz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:00.02 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Alfredo Jacobo Rodriguez
  1. Preliminary Heat - 01:04.67 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Javier Diaz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:07.28 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Juan Veloz
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:31.73 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Patricia Villarreal
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:21.03 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Patricia Villarreal
  1. Preliminary Heat - 08:54.79 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Adriana Marmolejo
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:36.93 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Women's Duet

• Erika Leal and Lillian Leal
  1. Technical Routine — 35.527
  2. Free Routine — 60.234
  3. Final — 92.761 (→ 9th place)

Volleyball

Men's Beach Competition

For more details on this topic, see Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's beach volleyball.

• Juan Rodríguez Ibarra and Joel Sotelo — 9th place (tied)

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site