Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Bronze

• Bernardo Segura — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Archery

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors. José Anchondo was the most successful, winning two matches before losing his third.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Marisol Breton – Round of 32 → 18th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jose Anchondo – Round of 16 → 16th place (2-1)
• Adolfo González – Round of 64 → 51st place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Armando Quintanilla

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Germán Silva – 2:14.29 (→ 6th place)
• Benjamín Paredes – 2:14.55 (→ 8th place)
• Dionicio Cerón – 2:16.48 (→ 15th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Ignacio Zamudio — 3:46:07 (→ 6th place)
• Daniel García — 3:50:05 (→ 9th place)
• Germán Sánchez — 3:57:47 (→ 18th place)

Women's Marathon

• María del Carmen Díaz – 2:37.14 (→ 33rd place)
• Guadaloupe Loma – 2:41.56 (→ 43rd place)
• Adriana Fernandez – 2:44.23 (→ 51st place)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Graciela Mendoza – 45:13 (→ 18th place)

Cycling

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Jesús Martínez

• First Round — Defeated Biki Sapok (Malaysia), 15-4
• Second Round — Lost to La Paene Masara (Indonesia), 1-8

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Martin Castillo

• First Round — Lost to Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 7-13

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Samuel Álvarez

• First Round — Lost to George Olteanu (Romania), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Francisco Martínez

• First Round — Lost to Michael Strange (Canada), 1-15

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Carlos Martínez

• First Round — Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 3-25

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Jesús Flores

• First Round — Lost to Abdul Rasheed (Pakistan), 7-12

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Juan Pablo Lopez

• First Round — Lost to Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), referee stopped contest in third round (01:38)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Julio González

• First Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Fernando Platas

• Preliminary Heat — 382.83
• Semi Final — 217.62
• Final — 402.36 (→ 8th place)

• Joël Rodríguez

• Preliminary Heat — 296.91 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Fernando Platas
• Alberto Acosta

Women's 3m Springboard

• María Alcalá

• Preliminary Heat — 257.01
• Semi Final — 193.62 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

• Maria Elena Romero

• Preliminary Heat — 252.84
• Semi Final — 187.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• María Alcalá

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Sergio Salazar – 5387 pts (→ 9th place)
• Horacio de la Vega – 5182 pts (→ 23rd place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Carlos Arena

• Heat – 57.40 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Carlos Arena

• Heat – 2:05.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Jesús González

• Heat – 54.94 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

• Oscar Ortiz

• First round — Defeated Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
• Second round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 1-6, 6-7

• Alejandro Hernandez

• First round — Lost to Christian Ruud (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 6-8