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Mexico at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	114 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Fernando Platas
Medals Rank: 59	Gold 0	Silver 3	Bronze 1	Total 4
Olympic history (summary)
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Winter Games
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Mexico competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Silver

* Ana Guevara — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

• Belem Guerrero — Cycling, Women Points Race

• Oscar Salazar — Taekwondo, Men's under 58 kg

• • Saúl Mendoza — Wheelchair Racing, Men's 1500 metres (Wheelchair racing is a demonstration sport, so the medal doesn't count on the medal table)

Bronze

* Iridia Salazar — Taekwondo, Women's under 57 kg

Results by event

Archery

• Jorge Pablo Chapoy, Eduardo Avelino Magaña, and Juan René Serrano - men's team, 12th place
• Juan René Serrano - men's individual, 20th place
• Jorge Pablo Chapoy - men's individual, 34th place
• Eduardo Avelino Magaña - men's individual, 49th place

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

• Juan Pedro Toledo

• Semifinal — 20.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Alejandro Cardenas

• Round 2 — 45.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Alejandro Suarez

• Round 1 — 13:35.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Teodoro Vega

• Final — 29:06.55 (→ 20th place)

• David Galván

• Final — 29:38.05 (→ 21st place)

Men's Marathon

• Procopio Franco — 2:23:34 (→ 55th place)
• Andrés Espinosa — 2:29:43 (→ 69th place)
• Jose Ernani Palalia — 2:31:41 (→ 72nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Omar Segura — 1:24:35 (→ 18th place)
• Bernardo Segura — DNF (→ no ranking)
• Noé Hernández — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk:

• Miguel Angel Rodriguez — 3:55:43 (→ 15th place)
• German Sanchez — 3:58:33 (→ 17th place)
• Mario Ivan Flores — DNF (→ no ranking)

Men's Pole Vault

• Giovanni Lanaro

• Round 1 — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Liliana Allen

• Round 2 — 11.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Ana Gabriela Guevara

• Round 1 — 50.93
• Semifinal — 50.15
• Final — 49.56 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 5,000 metres

• Dulce Maria Rodriguez

• Round 1 — 16:08.07

Women's 10,000 metres

• Adriana Fernandez

• Final — 32:29.57 (→ 23rd place)

Women's 4x400 m Relay

• Liliana Allen, Magali Yanez, Ana Guevara, and Mayra Gonzalez

• Round 1 — 3:27.88 (NR) (→ 11th place)

Women's Marathon

• Margarita Tapia — 2:46:14 (→ 38th place)
• Angélica Sánchez — 2:49:04 (→ 46th place)

Women's High Jump

• Romary Rifka

• Round 1 — 1.92 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer

• Violeta Guzman

• Round 1 — 62.76 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Victoria Palacios — 1:36:07 (→ 34th place)
• Rosario Sánchez — DNF (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Raúl Castañeda

• Round of 32 — Bye
• Round of 16 — Lost to Sergey Kazakov of Russia, 41-16

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Abner Mares Martínez

• Round of 32 — Lost to Zsolt Bedak of Hungary, 36-27

Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Juan de Dios Navarro

• Round of 32 — Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 48-31

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Alfredo Angulo

• Round of 32 — Lost to Andy Lee of Ireland, 38-23

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Ramiro Reducindo

• Round of 32 — Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 29-10

Cycling

Road cycling

Women's road race:

• Belém Guerrero Méndez - 46th place, 3:33:35

Track cycling

Women's Time Trial:

• Nancy Contreras - 8th place, 34.783 seconds

Women's Points Race:

• Belém Guerrero Méndez - silver medal, 14 points

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Fernando Platas — 5th place
• Rommel Pacheco — 10th place

Men's Platform

• Rommel Pacheco — 10th place

Women's Springboard

• Paola Espinosa — 12th place
• Jashia Luna — 20th place

Women's Platform

• Paola Espinosa — 12th place
• Jashia Luna — 13th place

Women's Synchronized Springboard

• Laura Sánchez and Paola Espinosa — 5th place

Women's Synchronized Platform

• Jashia Luna and Paola Espinosa — 5th place

Equestrian

Gerardo Tazzer Valencia / Chanel
Federico Fernández Senderos / Bohemio
Gustavo Ramos Leyva / Minotauro
Marcela Lobo Pérez-Maldonado / Joskin

Fencing

Men's foil individual:

• Edgar Chumacero Hernández - defeated in round of 32

Football (Soccer)

Men's Team Competition

Men's: 10th place

• Preliminary round: 1-1-1
• Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Players: José de Jesús Corona Rodríguez, Francisco Ochoa Magaña, Aarón Galindo Rubio, Diego Alfonso Martínez Balderas, Mario Pérez Zúñiga, Gonzalo Pineda Reyes, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Ismael de Jesús Rodríguez Vega, Israel López Hernández, Antonio Naelson Matías, Luis Ernesto Pérez Gómez, Omar Bravo Tordecillas, Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada, Juan Pablo García Contreras, Rafael Márquez Alvarez, Sergio Amauri Ponce Villegas, Ismael Iñiguez González, Hugo Sánchez Guerrero, Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada, Juan Pablo García Contreras, Rafael Márquez Lugo, Sergio Amauri Ponce Villegas, Ismael Iñiguez González, Hugo Sánchez Guerrero

Women's Team Competition

Women's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 0-1-1
• Quarterfinal: lost to Brazil, 5-0
• Team Roster

• Verónica Zepeda
• Nancy Gutiérrez
• Alma Martínez
• Dioselina Valderrama
• Fatima Leyva
• Juana López
• Mónica Vergara
• Patricia Pérez
• Maribel Domínguez
• Guadalupe Worbis
• Iris Mora
• Elizabeth Gómez
• María de Jesús Castillo
• Rubí Sandoval
• Jennifer Molina
• Pamela Tajonar

Gymnastics

Women's artistic:

• Brenda Magana - did not advance in any exercise
• Laura Moreno - did not advance in any exercise

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Cristobal Aburto - defeated in round of 16

Men's 90 kg:

• Jose Goldschmied - defeated in round of 32

Women's 78+ kg:

• Vanessa Zambotti - defeated in round of 16

Modern pentathlon

• Sergio Salazar Salazar - Men's Modern Pentathlon. 11th place
• Manuel Pradillo Ortega - Men's Modern Pentathlon. 12th place

Rowing

Gabriela Huerta Trillo
Aline Olvera Clauzier
Martha Aurora García Mayo

Sailing

Tania Elías Calles Wolf
David Mier y Terán Cuevas
Rosa Irene Campos Pérez

Shooting

Roberto José Elías Orozco

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Nara Lorena Falcón Arteaga & Olga Larissa Vargas León - 86.084 pts (16th place, Technical Routine: 42.667 pts, Free Routine: 43.417 pts)

Swimming

Joshua Ilika Brenner
Adriana Rebeca Marmolejo Vargas
Juan José Veloz Dávila
Javier Díaz González
Leonardo Salinas Saldaña
Alejandro Siqueiros Quiroz

Taekwondo

• Iridia Salazar - Women's under 57 kg, 3rd place.
• Oscar Salazar - Men's Under 58 kg, 2nd place.
• Victor Estrada

Triathlon

• Eligio Cervantes Islas - Men's Triathlon, 38th place.
• Javier Rosas Sierra - Men's Triathlon, 44th place

Volleyball

Women's Beach Competition

• Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola
  • Prelims: 0-3
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Weightlifting

Gabriela Damaris Aguirre Aldaz

Officials

• President: Felipe Muñoz Kapamas
• Secretary General: Ricardo Contreras Hernández

See also

• Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games

External links

• Mexicanos en Atenas(Spanish)