# Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games

The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007. Mexico participated with 400 athletes and 218 staff members (delegates, officials, medical and auxiliary staff).

## Goals

Mexican athletes achieved the Mexican Olympic Committee goal for the National representation as they ended up placed at the 5th place in general medal count, same place obtained at the 14th Pan American Games.

## Medals
### Gold
#### Athletics

    María Romary Rifka – Women's high jump
    Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza – Women's 400m
    José David Galván – Men's 10000m

#### Boxing

    Carlos Cuadras Quiroa – Men's bantamweight 54 kg

#### Canoeing

    José Cristóbal Quirino – Men's C1 1000m and 500 categories.
    Manuel Cortina and Jesús Valdez – Men's K2 1000m and 500m categories.
    Manuel Cortina – Men's K1 500m

#### Diving

    Paola Espinosa – Women's 10m platform and 3m springboard categories.
    Paola Espinosa and Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m synch springboard

#### Judo

    Vanessa Zambotti – Women's over 78 kg

#### Squash

    Erick Gálvez – Men's individual.

#### Taekwondo

    Alejandra Gaal – Women's up to 49 kg
    Iridia Salazar – Women's from 49 to 57 kg
    María del Rosario Espinoza – Women's above 67 kg

#### Weightlifting

    Carolina Valencia – Women's up to 48 kg category (First Gold medal for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games).

### Silver
#### Athletics

    Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz – Women's 10,000m
    Juan Luis Barrios – Men's 5000m and 1500m categories.
    Horacio Nava – Men's 50 km walk
    Giovanni Lanaro – Men's pole vault
    Talis Apud – Women's 3000m steeplechase
    Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza, Gabriela E. Medina, Zudykey Rodríguez and María Teresa Rugeiro – Women's 4x400m relay

#### Archery

    Aida Román – Women's individual.

#### Canoeing

    José Cristóbal Quirino and Gilberto Soriano – Men's C2 500m

#### Cycling

    Alexandra Giuseppina Grassi – Women's individual pursuit
    Belem Guerrero Méndez – Women's road race

#### Diving

    Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia – Women's 10m synch platform
    Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m springboard
    Rommel Pacheco – Men's 10m platform

#### Rhythmic gymnastics

    Cynthia Yazmin Valdez Pérez – Women's individual all-around
    Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual apparatus, hoop

#### Karate

    Bertha Gutiérrez – Women's under 60 kg

#### Rowing

    Analicia Ramírez and Lila Pérez – Women's lightweight double sculls

#### Sailing

    Tania Elías Calles Wolf – Women's one person dinghy, laser radial

#### Swimming

    Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto – Women's 400m and 800m freestyle categories.

#### Weightlifting

    Cinthya Domínguez – Women's up to 69 kg
    Damaris Aguirre – Women's up to 75 kg

### Bronze
#### Archery

    Jorge Chapoy, Juan René Serrano and Eduardo Vélez – Men's team

#### Athletics

    María Esther Sánchez – Women's 20 km walk
    Alejandro Suárez – Men's 10000m
    Nora Leticia Rocha – Women's 5000m
    Omar Cepeda de León – Men's 50 km walk
    Procopio Franco – Men's marathon.

#### Baseball

    Mexican and Nicaraguan men's national teams, Bronze medal in Baseball, the game was cancelled due to rain, and the Organizing Committee decided to award the medal to both teams.

#### Beach Volleyball

    Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García – Women's beach volleyball.

#### Boxing

    Braulio Ávila Juárez – Men's fly 51 kg

#### Bowling

    Sandra Góngora and Adriana Pérez – Women's doubles.

#### Canoeing

    Anca Ionela Mateescu – Women's K1 500m

#### Cycling

    Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet – Women's mountain bike
    Belem Guerrero Méndez – women's points race

#### Football

    Mexico men's national team.

#### Rhythmic gymnastics

    Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual all-around
    Cynthia Yasmín Valdez Pérez – Women's individual apparatus, rope, clubs and ribbon categories.
    Blajaith Aguilar Rojas, Sofía Díaz de León Lastras, Marienne Montserrat Martínez Medina, Ana Cristina Ortega Benítez, Citlaly Quinta Álvarez and Sara Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez – Women's all-around

#### Sailing

    David Mier y Terán – Men's Windsurfer, Neil Pryde RS:X
    Andrés Akle Carranza and Jorge Xavier Murrieta – Men's double-handed dinghy, snipe

#### Shooting

    José Roberto Elías Orozco – Men's 10m air rifle
    Alix Moncada – Women's 10m air rifle
    Ariel Mauricio Flores Gómez – Men's skeet

#### Squash

    Samantha Terán – Women's Squash.
    Samantha Terán, Karina Herrera Zúñiga and Nayelly Hernández – Women's team
    Erick Gálvez, Jorge Baltazar and Marcos Méndez – Men's team

#### Swimming

    Juan Veloz – Men's 200m butterfly

#### Taekwondo

    José Luis Ramírez – Men's from 68 to 80 kg

#### Tennis

    Santiago González and Víctor Romero – Men's team

#### Wrestling

    Oscar Aguilar – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

## Revoked medals
### Artistic gymnastics

    The Pan American Games Organizing Committee decided to revoke the Bronze medal obtained by the Mexican Women's gymnastics team (Marisela Arizmendi Torres, Maricela Cantú Mata, Yesenia Estrada Martínez, Érika Mariene García Aguiñaga, Elsa García Rodríguez Blancas and Yeny Ibarra Valdez); Marisela Arizmendi Torres had an accreditation as an official ("As" accreditation) instead of being registered as an athlete ("Ao" accreditation), therefore the PASO Executive Committee decided to revoke the bronze medal and award it to the Canadian Women's team, who came up as 4th during the competition.

## Results by event
### Basketball
#### Women's Team Competition

* Team Roster
   * Jennifer Arriola
   * Veronica Carmona
   * Alejandra Delgado
   * Abril Selene García
   * Erika Gomez
   * Fernanda Gutierrez
   * Lourdes Machuca
   * Taine Ramírez
   * Sandra Ramos
   * Zazil Salman
   * Brisa Silva
   * Melendez Villavicencio

### Triathlon
#### Men's Competition

* Arturo Garza
   * 1:53:43.51 – 9th place
* Leonardo Saucedo
   * 1:56:26.50 – 18th place
* Javier Rosas Sierra
   * 1:56:49.99 – 19th place

#### Women's Competition

* Melody Angel Ramírez
   * 2:00:44.24 – 5th place
* Adriana Corona
   * 2:01:00.46 – 7th place
* Dunia Gómez Tirado
   * 2:04:20.30 – 15th place