| Mexico at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MEX |
| NOC | Mexican Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 55th |
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Mexico first participated at theOlympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in everySummer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in severalWinter Olympic Games since 1928, though has not yet won any medals in the Winter Olympics.
Mexican athletes have won a total of 77 medals, withdiving as the top medal-producing sport.[1]
TheNational Olympic Committee for Mexico is theMexican Olympic Committee and was created in 1923.
Mexico was the firstLatin American nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion.
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
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| 1968 Summer Olympics | Mexico City | 12 October - 27 October | 112 | 5,516 | 172 |
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Medals by Summer Sport[edit]
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| List of Mexican medalists | ||||
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| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
 Silver | Francisco Cabañas |  1932 Los Angeles |  Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| Silver | Gustavo Huet | 1932 Los Angeles |  Shooting | Men's 50m rifle prone |
 Bronze | National team |  1936 Berlin |  Basketball | Men's competition |
| Bronze | Fidel Ortiz | 1936 Berlin | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Bronze | Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos | 1936 Berlin |  Polo | Men's competition |
 Gold | Humberto Mariles (Arete) |  1948 London |  Equestrian | Jumping Individual |
| Gold | Rubén Uriza (Hatuey) Humberto Mariles (Arete) Alberto Valdés (Chihuahua) | 1948 London | Equestrian | Jumping Team |
| Silver | Rubén Uriza (Hatuey) | 1948 London | Equestrian | Jumping Individual |
| Bronze | Joaquín Capilla | 1948 London |  Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Bronze | Raúl Campero (Tarahumara) Humberto Mariles (Parral) Joaquín Solano (Malinche) | 1948 London | Equestrian | Three-Day Event Team |
| Silver | Joaquín Capilla |  1952 Helsinki | Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Gold | Joaquín Capilla |  1956 Melbourne | Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Bronze | Joaquín Capilla | 1956 Melbourne | Diving | Men's 3m springboard |
| Bronze | Juan Botella |  1960 Rome | Diving | Men's 3m springboard |
| Bronze | Juan Fabila |  1964 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Gold | Antonio Roldán |  1968 Mexico City | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Gold | Ricardo Delgado | 1968 Mexico City | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| Gold | Felipe Muñoz | 1968 Mexico City |  Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke |
| Silver | José Pedraza | 1968 Mexico City |  Athletics | Men's 20 km Walk |
| Silver | Álvaro Gaxiola | 1968 Mexico City | Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Silver | Pilar Roldán | 1968 Mexico City |  Fencing | Women's Foil |
| Bronze | Agustín Zaragoza | 1968 Mexico City | Boxing | Men's Middleweight |
| Bronze | Joaquín Rocha | 1968 Mexico City | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight |
| Bronze | María Teresa Ramírez | 1968 Mexico City | Swimming | Women's 800m Freestyle |
| Silver | Alfonso Zamora |  1972 Munich | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Gold | Daniel Bautista |  1976 Montreal | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |
| Bronze | Juan Paredes | 1976 Montreal | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Silver | Carlos Girón |  1980 Moscow | Diving | Men's 3m springboard |
| Bronze | Joaquín Pérez (Almony) | 1980 Moscow | Equestrian | Jumping Individual |
| Bronze | David Bárcena (Bombón) Manuel Mendivil (Remember) José Luis Pérez (Quelite) Fabián Vázquez (Cocaleco) | 1980 Moscow | Equestrian | Three-day Event Team Competition |
| Bronze | Jesús Gómez (Massacre) Joaquin Pérez (Almony) Gerardo Tazzer (Caribe) Alberto Valdés, Jr. (Lady Mirka) | 1980 Moscow | Equestrian | Jumping Team Competition |
| Gold | Ernesto Canto | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |
| Gold | Raúl González | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
| Silver | Raúl González | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |
| Silver | Héctor López | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Silver | Daniel Aceves | 1984 Los Angeles |  Wrestling | Men's flyweight |
| Bronze | José Youshimatz | 1984 Los Angeles | _pictogram.svg) Cycling | Men's points race |
| Bronze | Mario González |  1988 Seoul | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| Bronze | Jesús Mena | 1988 Seoul | Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Silver | Carlos Mercenario |  1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
| Bronze | Bernardo Segura | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |
| Gold | Soraya Jiménez | 2000 Sydney |  Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg |
| Silver | Noé Hernández | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |
| Silver | Fernando Platas | 2000 Sydney | Diving | Men's 3m springboard |
| Bronze | Joel Sánchez | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
| Bronze | Cristian Bejarano | 2000 Sydney | Boxing | Men's lightweight |
| Bronze | Víctor Estrada | 2000 Sydney |  Taekwondo | Men's 68–80 kg |
| Silver | Ana Guevara |  2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 400m |
| Silver | Belem Guerrero | 2004 Athens | Cycling | Women's points race |
| Silver | Oscar Salazar | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's -58 kg |
| Bronze | Iridia Salazar | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Women's 49–57 kg |
| Gold | Guillermo Pérez |  2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's -58 kg |
| Gold | María Espinoza | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg |
| Bronze | Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz | 2008 Beijing | Diving | Women's synchronised 10m platform |
| Bronze | Damaris Aguirre | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg |
| Gold | Mexico national under-23 football team | 2012 London |  Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Aída Román | 2012 London |  Archery | Women's archery |
| Silver | German Sánchez Ivan García | 2012 London | Diving | Men's synchronised 10m platform |
| Silver | Paola Espinosa Alejandra Orozco | 2012 London | Diving | Women's synchronised 10m platform |
| Bronze | Mariana Avitia | 2012 London | Archery | Women's archery |
| Bronze | Laura Sánchez | 2012 London | Diving | Women's 3m springboard |
| Bronze | María Espinoza | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg |
| Bronze | Luz Acosta | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Women's +63 kg |
| Silver | María Guadalupe González |  2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 20 km walk |
| Silver | German Sánchez | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Diving | Men's 10m platform |
| Silver | María Espinoza | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg |
| Bronze | Misael Rodríguez | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Men's middleweight |
| Bronze | Ismael Hernández | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | .svg) Modern pentathlon | Men's |
| Bronze | Luis Álvarez Alejandra Valencia | 2020 Tokyo | Archery | Mixed Team |
| Bronze | Gabriela Agúndez Alejandra Orozco | 2020 Tokyo | Diving | Women's synchronised 10m platform |
| Bronze | Aremi Fuentes | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg |
| Bronze | Mexico national under-23 football team
| 2020 Tokyo | Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Prisca Awiti Alcaraz |  2024 Paris |  Judo | Women's -63 kg |
| Silver | Osmar Olvera Juan Celaya | 2024 Paris | Diving | Men's synchronized 3m springboard |
| Silver | Marco Verde | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
| Bronze | Ángela Ruiz Alejandra Valencia Ana Paula Vázquez | 2024 Paris | Archery | Women's Team |
| Bronze | Osmar Olvera | 2024 Paris | Diving | Men's 3m springboard |
Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, whileHumberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal.
In 2016,María Espinoza became the first Mexican female athlete to win a medal in three consecutive games.
| Rank | Athlete | Sex | Sport | Games |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 | Joaquín Capilla | M |  Diving | 1956 Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1952 Helsinki | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1948 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Humberto Mariles | M |  Equestrian | 1948 London | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | María Espinoza | F |  Taekwondo | 2008 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Rubén Uriza | M | Equestrian | 1948 London | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Raúl González | M |  Athletics | 1984 Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Germán Sánchez | M | Diving | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Paola Espinosa | F | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Alejandra Orozco | F | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Osmar Olvera | M | 2024 Paris | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Joaquín Pérez | M | Equestrian | 1980 Moscow | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alejandra Valencia | F |  Archery | 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2024 Paris | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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