Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
inMontreal
Competitors	97 (92 men, 5 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Teresa Díaz
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico competed at the1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 54 events in 17 sports.^[1]

• Daniel Bautista – Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Juan Paredes – Boxing, Men's Featherweight

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)

• 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

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ernesto Rios

• First Round – Lost toAlfredo Pérez (VEN), 0:5

Men's Featherweight

• Juan Paredes

Men's Middleweight

• Nicolas Arredondo

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

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

• Team roster

• Alfred Schmidt
• Arturo Valencia
• Daniel Gómez
• Francisco García
• Javier Guerra
• Jorge Coste
• Juan García
• Juan Yanez
• Maximiliano Aguilar
• Victorino Beristain
• Armando Fernández

• Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Mexico at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1976 in Mexican sports

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