MEXICO AT THE 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS

'Mexico' competed at the '2000 Summer Olympics' in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

Medals

Results by event

Women's competition

References

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.

'Men's individual'
	Juan Carlos Manjarrez Gomez
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Hasan Orbay Turkey	165-153

'Women's individual'
	Erika Reyes Evaristo
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Mi-Jin Yun Korea	168-157

===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 5000 m'

★ David Galvan

★ # Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

★ Pablo Olmedo

★ # Round 1 - 13:40.34 (did not advance)
'Men's 10000 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 1,500 m Wheelchair'

★ Saúl Mendoza

★ # 'Final - 03:06.75 (Gold medal)' - ''Olympic record''
'Men's Pole Vault'

★ Robison Pratt

★ # Qualifying - NM (did not advance)
'Men's 20 km Walk'

★ Noe Hernandez

★ # 'Final - 1:19:03 (Silver medal)'

★ Daniel Garcia

★ # Final - 1:22:05 (12th place)

★ Bernardo Segura

★ # Final - DNF
'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 - DQ
'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 Leticia 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 Leticia Rocha

★ # Round 1 - 34:37.84 (did not advance)
'Women's 800 m Wheelchair'

★ Ariadne Hernandez

★ # 'Final - 01:56.59 (Bronze medal)'
'Women's 20 km Walk'

★ Guadalupe Sanchez

★ # Final - 1:31:33 (5th place)

★ Mara Ibanez

★ # Final - 1:36:17 (26th place)

★ Graciela Mendoza

★ # Final - DQ
'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 Ivan Stapovic 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

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'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

★ # 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

★ # Preliminary - 444.6

★ # Semi-final - 234.36 - 678.96

★ # 'Final - 474.06 - 708.42 (Silver medal)'
'Men's 3 Metre Springboard'

★ Joel Rodriguez

★ # Preliminary - 336.51 (29th place, did not advance)
'Men's 10 Metre Platform'

★ Francisco Perez

★ # Preliminary - 381.78 (19th place, did not advance)
'Men's 10 Metre Platform'

★ Eduardo Rueda

★ # Preliminary - 60.3 (42nd place, did not advance)
'Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard'

★ Fernando Platas, Eduardo Rueda

★ # Final - 317.7 (5th place)
'Women's 3 Metre Springboard'

★ Azul Almazan

★ # Preliminary - 272.85

★ # Semi-final - 216.03 - 488.88 (13th place, did not advance)
'Women's 3 Metre Springboard'

★ Jashia Luna

★ # Preliminary - 268.44

★ # Semi-final - 196.53 - 464.97 (19th place, did not advance)
'Women's 10 Metre Platform'

★ Maria Jose Alcala

★ # Preliminary - 235.53 (30th place, did not advance)
'Women's 10 Metre Platform'

★ Azul Almazan

★ # Preliminary - 229.29 (33rd place, did not advance)
'Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard'

★ Maria Jose Alcala, Jashia Luna

★ # Final - 273.84 (6th place)
'Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform'

★ Maria Jose Alcala, Azul Almazan

★ # 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

★ # Race 1 - 14

★ # Race 2 - 24

★ # Race 3 - 26

★ # Race 4 - 17

★ # Race 5 - 26

★ # Race 6 - 19

★ # Race 7 - 16

★ # Race 8 - 15

★ # Race 9 - (28)

★ # Race 10 - (37) OCS

★ # Race 11 - 27

★ # Final - 184 (25th place)
'Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)'

★ Manuel Villarreal and Santiago Hernandez

★ # Race 1 - 21

★ # Race 2 - 21

★ # Race 3 - (23)

★ # Race 4 - 8

★ # Race 5 - 22

★ # Race 6 - 22

★ # Race 7 - (30) DNF

★ # Race 8 - 23

★ # Race 9 - 9

★ # Race 10 - 22

★ # Race 11 - 11

★ # Final - 159 (23rd place)
'Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)'

★ Tania Elias Calles Wolf

★ # Race 1 - 19

★ # Race 2 - (23)

★ # Race 3 - 8

★ # Race 4 - 11

★ # Race 5 - 7

★ # Race 6 - 16

★ # Race 7 - 2

★ # Race 8 - 13

★ # Race 9 - (20)

★ # Race 10 - 18

★ # Race 11 - 14

★ # Final - 108 (17th place)
===Swimming===
'Men's 200 m Freestyle'

★ Javier Diaz

★ # Preliminary Heat - 1:53.20 (did not advance)
'Men's 400 m Freestyle'

★ Jorge Carral Armella

★ # Preliminary Heat - 03:58.34 (did not advance)
'Men's 1500 m Freestyle'

★ Jorge Carral Armella

★ # Preliminary Heat - 15:43.03 (did not advance)
'Men's 100 m Butterfly'

★ Josh Ilika

★ # Preliminary Heat - 28.86 (did not advance)
'Men's 200 m Butterfly'

★ Juan Veloz

★ # Preliminary Heat - 02:00.02 (did not advance)
'Men's 100 m Breaststroke'

★ Alfredo Jacobo Rodriguez

★ # Preliminary Heat - 01:04.67 (did not advance)
'Men's 200 m Individual Medley'

★ Javier Diaz

★ # Preliminary Heat - 02:07.28 (did not advance)
'Men's 400 m Individual Medley'

★ Juan Veloz

★ # Preliminary Heat - 04:31.73 (did not advance)
'Women's 400 m Freestyle'

★ Patricia Villarreal

★ # Preliminary Heat - 04:21.03 (did not advance)
'Women's 800 m Freestyle'

★ Patricia Villarreal

★ # Preliminary Heat - 08:54.79 (did not advance)
'Women's 200 m Breaststroke'

★ Adriana Marmolejo

★ # Preliminary Heat - 02:36.93 (did not advance)
===Synchronized swimming===
'Duet'

★ Erika Leal, Lillian Leal

★ # Technical Routine - 35.527

★ # Free Routine - 60.234

★ # Final - 92.761 (9th place)

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