# Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 61 men and 3 women took part in 35 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Joaquín Capilla | Diving | 10 m platform | 1 August |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Javier Souza | 100 m | 11.32 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javier Souza | 400 m | 50.47 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jorge Aguilera | Men's pole vault | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Amalia Yubi | Women's javelin throw | 35.59 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mexico men's | Men's tournament | Bye | Finland W 66–48 | Bulgaria L 52–44 | Soviet Union L 71–62 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
Team roster
Group play
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 143 | +49 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 182 | −19 | 5 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 171 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 178 | −31 | 3 | |
* 25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
* OR p. 680
| Mexico | 66–48 | Finland |
| Scoring by half: 36–21, 30–27 |||
* Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)
* 25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
* OR p. 681
| Bulgaria | 52–44 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 27–16, 25–28 |||
* Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)
* 27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
* OR p. 683
| Soviet Union | 71–62 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 31–21, 40–40 |||
* Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jesús Tello | Flyweight | Handunge (CEY) L 2-1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |
| Raúl Macías | Bantamweight | Amaya (VEN) W 3-0 | Garbuzov (URS) L 3-0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| José Dávalos | Welterweight | Tuñacao (PHI) W KO | Chychła (POL) L 3-0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Julio Cepeda | Men's individual road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Ricardo García | Men's individual road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Francisco Lozano | Men's individual road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Ángel Romero | Men's individual road race | 5:24:33.9 | 45 |
| Julio Cepeda Ricardo García Francisco Lozano Ángel Romero | Men's team road race | did not finish | did not finish |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Alberto Capilla | 3 m springboard | 61.85 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joaquín Capilla | 3 m springboard | 79.42 | 4 Q | 98.91 | 4 | 178.33 | 4 |
| Rodolfo Perea | 3 m springboard | 62.36 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alberto Capilla | 10 m platform | 72.95 | 5 Q | 63.49 | 4 | 136.44 | 5 |
| Joaquín Capilla | 10 m platform | 78.46 | 2 Q | 66.75 | 2 | 145.21 | |
| Rodolfo Perea | 10 m platform | 72.88 | 6 Q | 55.40 | 6 | 128.28 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Irma Lozano | 10 m platform | 33.33 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlota Ríos | 10 m platform | 39.76 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mario Becerril | Tamaulipas | Individual | -156.33 | 39 | -40 | -196.33 | 21 | 0 | 31 | -196.33 | 21 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Jump-off | Rank |
| Humberto Mariles | Petrolero | Individual | 4 | 2 | 4.75 | 3 | 8.75 | — | 6 |
| Víctor Saucedo | Resorte II | Individual | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 24 | — | 25 |
| Roberto Viñals | Alteño | Individual | 20 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 32 | — | 35 |
| Humberto Mariles Víctor Saucedo Roberto Viñals | See above | Team | 36 | 8 | 28.75 | 6 | 64.75 | — | 9 |

## Fencing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank |
| Antonio Haro | Men's foil | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emilio Meraz | Men's foil | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benito Ramos | Men's foil | 4 | 1 | 1 Q | 1 | 5 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Haro | Men's épée | 5 | 1 | 1 Q | 4 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emilio Meraz | Men's épée | 4 | 3 | 4 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benito Ramos | Men's épée | 4 | 3 | 3 Q | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rafael Cámara | Men's sabre | 2 | 5 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Haro | Men's sabre | 4 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benito Ramos | Men's sabre | 2 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Riding (cross-country) | Riding (cross-country) | Riding (cross-country) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Results (Wins) | Rank | Time | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Total points | Final rank |
| Antonio Almada | 16 | 42 | 5:06.7 | 30 | 17 | 10:58.3 | 29 | 142 | 49 | 17:15.7 | 42 | 193 | 44 |
| José Pérez | 19 | 34 | 4:39.9 | 19 | 23 | 11:18.0 | 34 | 167 | 37 | 17:00.7 | 39 | 163 | 38 |
| David Romero | 16 | 43 | 5:00.4 | 26 | 46 | 11:57.2 | 38 | 158 | 45 | 17:22.6 | 44 | 202 | 47 |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Ernesto Montemayor Sr. | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 565 | 15 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 561 | 18 |
| Raúl Ibarra | 50 metre pistol | 530 | 13 |
| José Reyes Rodríguez | 50 metre pistol | 523 | 18 |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alberto Isaac | 100 m freestyle | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Lanz | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.9 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| René Muñiz | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.5 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Borja | 400 m freestyle | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Efrén Fierro | 400 m freestyle | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tonatiuh Gutiérrez | 400 m freestyle | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Borja | 1500 m freestyle | — | — | 19:43.3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Efrén Fierro | 1500 m freestyle | — | — | 19:55.8 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tonatiuh Gutiérrez | 1500 m freestyle | — | — | 19:18.9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guillermo Fierro | 100 m backstroke | — | — | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance |
| Clemente Mejía | 100 m backstroke | — | — | 1:10.7 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Óscar Cendejas | 200 m breaststroke | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alejandro Fierro | 200 m breaststroke | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Walter Ocampo | 200 m breaststroke | 2:44.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Borja Efrén Fierro Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Alberto Isaac | 4 × 200 m freestyle | — | — | 9:15.7 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo

Summary
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | First eliminating round | Second eliminating round | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mexico men's | Men's tournament | Hungary L 4–13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Clean & Press | Clean & Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| David Pimentel | −75 kg | 102.5 | =9 | 95 | 21 | | | 197.5 | 21 |
| Armando Rueda | −82.5 kg | 115 | =9 | 107.5 | =14 | 137.5 | =16 | 360 | 12 |

## Wrestling

Key:
* F - Fall.
* D - Decision

### Freestyle

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final | Points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Points | Rank |
| Rodolfo Dávila | –52 kg | Baise (RSA) L 3–0 $^D$ | Bye | Kitano (JPN) L $^F$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leonardo Basurto | –57 kg | Schmitz (GER) L $^F$ | Jadhav (IND) L $^F$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mario Tovar González | –67 kg | Cools (BEL) L 3-0 $^D$ | Østrand (DEN) L 3-0 $^D$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Rosado | –73 kg | Smith (USA) L $^F$ | Longarella (ARG) L $^F$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eduardo Assam | –79 kg | Gocke (GER) L 3-0 $^D$ | Zafer (TUR) L $^F$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |