# Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.

## Medalists

Mexico won a total of 9 medals (3 of each) which is to date the fewest medals won by a host nation at a Summer Olympics. This is nevertheless the highest number of both gold and overall medals that Mexico has ever won at an Olympics.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Ricardo Delgado | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 26 October |
| Gold | Antonio Roldán | Boxing | Men's featherweight | 26 October |
| Gold | Felipe Muñoz | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 22 October |
| Silver | José Pedraza | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk | 14 October |
| Silver | Pilar Roldán | Fencing | Women's foil | 20 October |
| Silver | Álvaro Gaxiola | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 26 October |
| Bronze | Agustín Zaragoza | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 24 October |
| Bronze | Joaquín Rocha | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | 24 October |
| Bronze | Maria Teresa Ramírez | Swimming | Women's 800 m freestyle | 24 October |

## 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

### Men
   ### Track and road events

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Félix Bécquer | 100 m | 10.72 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miguel Angel González | 100 m | 10.59 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miguel Angel González | 200 m | 21.31 | 4 Q | 21.57 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melesio Piña | 400 m | 46.81 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roberto Silva | 800 m | 1:50.4 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Neri | 1500 m | 3:47.88 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Máximo Martínez | 5000 m | 14:20.0 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 14:10.8 | 4 |
| Juan Máximo Martínez | 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29:35.0 | 4 |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 400 m hurdles | 51.6 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pedro Miranda | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.95 | 11 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Félix Bécquer Galdino Flores Miguel Angel González Enrique Labadie | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.0 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Castro Salvador Medina Melesio Piña Francisco Sardo | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.19 | 6 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| José García | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Pablo Garrido | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:35:47 | 26 |
| Alfredo Peñaloza | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:29:48 | 13 |
| Eladio Campos | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:41:52 | 20 |
| José Oliveros | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:38:17 | 13 |
| José Pedraza | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:34:00.0 | |
| Pablo Colín | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01:30.0 | 25 |
| Ismael Hernández | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56:09.2 | 27 |
| José Pedraza | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:37:51.4 | 8 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Galdino Flores | Long jump | 7.59 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Points | Rank |
| Roberto Carmona Botella | 10.9 | 6.92 | 14.37 | 1.70 | 50.5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### Women
   ### Track and road events

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Esperanza Girón | 100 m | 12.2 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Esperanza Girón | 200 m | 25.3 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enriqueta Basilio | 400 m | 55.6 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enriqueta Basilio | 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enriqueta Basilio Esperanza Girón Alma Rosa Martínez Mercedes Román | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.0 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mercedes Román | Long jump | 5.75 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Combined events – Pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 80H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200 m | Points | Rank |
| Mercedes Román | Result | 11.3 | 10.08 | NM | 5.71 | 24.6 | 3604 | 31 |
| Mercedes Román | Points | 995 | 719 | 0 | 922 | 968 | 3604 | 31 |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mexico men's | Men's tournament | South Korea W 75–62 | Cuba W 76–75 | Brazil L 53–60 | Morocco W 86–38 | Bulgaria W 73–63 | Soviet Union L 62–82 | Poland W 68–63 | 3 | 5th-8th place semifinal Spain W 73–72 | 5th place final Poland W 75–65 | 5 |
Team roster
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 642 | 408 | +234 | 14 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 7 | 6 | 1 | 561 | 418 | +143 | 13 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 7 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 443 | +50 | 12 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 4 | Poland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 473 | 504 | −31 | 11 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 10 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | Cuba | 7 | 2 | 5 | 514 | 532 | −18 | 9 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 7 | South Korea | 7 | 1 | 6 | 453 | 530 | −77 | 8 | 13th–16th classification round |
| 8 | Morocco | 7 | 0 | 7 | 355 | 634 | −279 | 7 | 13th–16th classification round |
* 13 October 1968 (1968-10-13)
| Mexico | 75–62 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–27, 36–35 |||
| Pts: Raga 19 | | Pts: Dong-pa 24 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Ervin Kassai (HUN)
* 14 October 1968 (1968-10-14)
| Mexico | 76–75 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 35–29, 41–46 |||
| Pts: Raga 33 | | Pts: García 21 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Theodor Schober (FRG)
* 15 October 1968 (1968-10-15)
| Mexico | 53–60 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 42–15, 44–23 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 25 | | Pts: Mimun 14 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Wayne Lichty (USA)
* 16 October 1968 (1968-10-16)
| Mexico | 86–38 | Morocco |
| Scoring by half: 37–13, 31–14 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 14 | | Pts: Soroudi 10 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Calvin Pacheco (POR), Elio Luglini (ITA)
* 18 October 1968 (1968-10-18)
| Mexico | 73–63 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by half: 33–36, 40–27 |||
| Pts: Raga 30 | | Pts: Dimov 20 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA)
* 19 October 1968 (1968-10-19)
| Mexico | 62–82 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 25–45, 37–37 |||
| Pts: Guzmán 20 | | Pts: Paulauskas 17 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA)
* 20 October 1968 (1968-10-20)
| Mexico | 68–63 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 40–28, 28–35 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 20 | | Pts: Łopatka 31 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Santiago Fernández (ESP)
5th-8th place semifinal
* 22 October 1968 (1968-10-22)
| Mexico | 73–72 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 31–3, 42–41 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 24 | | Pts: Luyk 32 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Attendance: 30,000 Referees: Anatoly Kokorev (URS), Wayne Lichty (USA)
5th place final
* 23 October 1968 (1968-10-23)
| Mexico | 75–65 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 43–23, 32–42 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 19 | | Pts: Trams 19 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Anatoly Kokorev (URS)

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alberto Morales | Light flyweight | — | Udella (ITA) W 3-2 | Englmeier (GDR) W RSC | Yong-ju (KOR) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ricardo Delgado | Flyweight | — | Bye | McCarthy (IRL) W 5-0 | Nakamura (JPN) W 5-0 | De Oliveira (BRA) W 5-0 | Olech (POL) W 5-0 | |
| Roberto Cervantes | Bantamweight | Bye | Gałązka (POL) W 5-0 | Casco (ARG) W DSQ | Mukwanga (UGA) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Antonio Roldán | Featherweight | — | Abdel (SUD) W 5-0 | Tracey (IRL) W 4-1 | Plotnikov (URS) W 3-1 | Waruinge (KEN) W 3-2 | Robinson (USA) W DSQ | |
| José Antonio Duran | Lightweight | Bye | Azzaro (FRA) W RSC | Pilichev (BUL) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Jaime Lozano | Light welterweight | Bye | Lawson (GHA) W 5-0 | Tiepold (GDR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Alfonso Ramírez | Welterweight | Bye | Scano (ITA) W 3-2 | Oikonomakos (GRE) W 4-1 | Musalimov (URS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| José Cebreros | Light middleweight | — | El-Nahas (EGY) L K0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Agustín Zaragoza | Light middleweight | — | Bye | Wright (JAM) W 5-0 | Hejduk (TCH) W 4-1 | Kiselyov (URS) L RSC | Did not advance | |
| Enrique Villarreal | Light heavyweight | — | Bye | Ayinla (NGR) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Joaquín Rocha | Heavyweight | — | — | Ray (GHA) W 4-1 | Lubbers (NED) W 3-2 | Čepulis (URS) L RSC | Did not advance | |

## Canoeing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Felipe Ojeda | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:47.3 | 6 SF | — | — | 4:43.20 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Martínez Félix Altamirano | Men's C-2 1000 m | 4:11.9 | 4 SF | — | — | 4:15.01 | 1 QF | 4:15.24 | 4 |
| Fidel Santander | Men's K-1 1000 m | 4:28.8 | 7 R | 4:30.09 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alonso Heinze Jerónimo Gómez | Men's K-2 1000 m | 4:09.9 | 4 R | 4:11.57 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Graeff Luis Lozano Roberto Heinze Carlos Prendes | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:37.0 | 5 R | 3:36.90 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ann Margarit Henningsen | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:18.2 | 7 SF | — | — | 2:21.39 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ann Margarit Henningsen Angelica Zawadzki | Women's K-2 500 m | 2:15.3 | 6 SF | — | — | 2:10.11 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Gabriel Cuéllar | Men's individual road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Heriberto Díaz | Men's individual road race | 4:47:59 | 36 |
| Agustín Juárez | Men's individual road race | 4:46:32 | 27 |
| Jesús Sarabia | Men's individual road race | 4:51:5 | 43 |
| Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Roberto Brito Radamés Treviño | Men's team time trial | 2:16:8.44 | 10 |

### Track

Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | 1/8 finals | Repechage 3 heats | Repechage 3 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Arturo García | Men's sprint | Jansen (NED) L | Lovell (CAN) Guaves (PHI) L | 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 |
| José Mercado | Men's sprint | Johnson (AUS) L | Reece (BAR) W 11.27 | Kučírek (TCH) Barnett (GBR) L | King (TTO) Alsop (GBR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guillermo Mendoza Julio Munguía | Men's tandem | Morelon (FRA) / Trentin (FRA) L | Bodnieks (URS) / Tselovalnikov (URS) Reyes (CUB) / Váldez (CUB) L | — | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Opponent Results | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Radamés Treviño | Men's individual pursuit | 4:44.12 | 7 Q | Bylsma (AUS) L 4:42.40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heriberto Díaz Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Radamés Treviño | Men's team pursuit | 4:30.78 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trail

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| José Mercado | Men's time trial | 1:07.97 | 21 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Luis Niño | 3 m springboard | 99.13 | 6 Q | 56.58 | 3 | 155.71 | 4 |
| José Robinson | 3 m springboard | 91.45 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Telch | 3 m springboard | 90.68 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Álvaro Gaxiola | 10 m platform | 103.33 | 2 Q | 51.16 | 4 | 154.49 | |
| Luis Niño | 10 m platform | 93.66 | 6 Q | 47.50 | 7 | 141.16 | 7 |
| José Robinson | 10 m platform | 91.16 | 11 Q | 52.46 | 3 | 143.62 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Bertha Baraldi | 3 m springboard | 80.47 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bertha Baraldi | 10 m platform | 47.74 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dora Hernández | 10 m platform | 46.96 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

14 fencers, 9 men and 5 women, represented Mexico in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Héctor Abaunza
* Carlos Calderón
* Román Gómez

### Men's team foil

* Vicente Calderón, Román Gómez, Carlos Calderón, Gustavo Chapela, Héctor Abaunza

### Men's épée

* Ernesto Fernández
* Carlos Calderón
* Valeriano Pérez

### Men's team épée

* Carlos Calderón, Valeriano Pérez, Jorge Castillejos, Ernesto Fernández

### Men's sabre

* Vicente Calderón
* William Fajardo
* Gustavo Chapela

### Men's team sabre

* William Fajardo, Gustavo Chapela, Héctor Abaunza, Vicente Calderón, Román Gómez

### Women's foil

* Pilar Roldán
* Lourdes Roldán
* Rosa del Moral

### Women's team foil

* Pilar Roldán, Linda Béjar, Lourdes Roldán, Sonia Arredondo, Rosa del Moral

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.

### Individual

* Eduardo Olivera
* David Bárcena
* Eduardo Tovar

### Team

* Eduardo Olivera
* David Bárcena
* Eduardo Tovar

## Shooting

Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1968.

### 25 m pistol

* Rafael Carpio
* Enrique Torres

### 50 m pistol

* Leopoldo Martínez
* Javier Peregrina

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Olegario Vázquez
* José González

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* José González
* Olegario Vázquez

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Olegario Vázquez
* Jesús Elizondo

### Trap

* Miguel Barrenechea
* Gustavo Zepeda

### Skeet

* Nuria Ortíz
* Mario Pani

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maximiliano Aguilar | 100 metre butterfly | 1:04.0 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo Alanís | 200 metre medley | 2:23.0 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo Alanís | 400 metre medley | 5:14.9 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Alanís | 400 metre freestyle | 4:27.4 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Alanís | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:37.4 | 8 Q | — | — | 17:46.6 | 7 |
| Gabriel Altamirano | 200 metre butterfly | 2:12.1 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Angel Acosta | 100 metre backstroke | 1:06.5 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Angel Acosta | 200 metre backstroke | 2:24.0 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rafaél Cal | 100 metre freestyle | 56.5 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guillermo Echevarría | 200 metre freestyle | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guillermo Echevarría | 400 metre freestyle | 4:24.0 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guillermo Echevarría | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:11.0 | 2 Q | — | — | 17:36.4 | 6 |
| Rafael Hernández | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:44.8 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rafael Hernández | 200 metre medley | 2:24.7 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rafael Hernández | 400 metre medley | 5:01.1 | 5 Q | — | — | 5:04.3 | 8 |
| Javier Jiménez | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:16.3 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo Moreno | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:13.7 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo Moreno | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:46.7 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Felipe Muñoz | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:10.6 | 20 Q | 1:09.4 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Felipe Muñoz | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:31.1 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:28.7 | |
| Jaime Rivera | 100 metre backstroke | 1:05.1 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaime Rivera | 200 metre backstroke | 2:20.7 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salvador Ruiz | 100 metre freestyle | 56.4 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salvador Ruiz | 200 metre freestyle | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Joaquín Santibáñez | 100 metre backstroke | 1:04.2 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Joaquín Santibáñez | 200 metre backstroke | 2:20.7 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Joaquín Santibáñez | 200 metre medley | 2:24.6 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mario Santibáñez | 100 metre freestyle | 57.0 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mario Santibáñez | 100 metre butterfly | 1:01.7 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Urreta | 400 metre freestyle | 4:34.3 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Urreta | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:57.5 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Villagómez | 400 metre medley | 5:24.7 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Villagómez | 200 metre butterfly | 2:22.4 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salvador Ruiz Mario Santibáñez Eduardo Alanís Rafaél Cal | 4x100 metre freestyle | 3:46.1 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Alanís Jorge Urreta Rafaél Cal Eduardo Alanís | 4x200 metre freestyle | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Joaquín Santibáñez Felipe Muñoz Mario Santibáñez Rafaél Cal | 4x100 metre medley | 4:10.0 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Norma Amezcua | 400 metre freestyle | 5:00.5 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norma Amezcua | 800 metre freestyle | 10:31.6 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norma Amezcua | 400 metre medley | 5:47.9 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcia Arriaga | 100 metre freestyle | 1:05.4 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcia Arriaga | 200 metre freestyle | 2:27.0 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Víctoria Casas | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:24.7 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Víctoria Casas | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:01.0 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patricia Obregón | 100 metre butterfly | 1:12.4 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vivian Ortíz | 100 metre freestyle | 1:06.9 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Oynick | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:22.7 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Oynick | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:52.4 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Oynick | 400 metre medley | 5:48.4 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Elena de la Portilla | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:03.5 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Teresa Ramírez | 200 metre freestyle | 2:17.5 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Teresa Ramírez | 400 metre freestyle | 4:43.9 | 4 Q | — | — | 4:42.2 | 6 |
| María Teresa Ramírez | 800 metre freestyle | 9:46.4 | 3 Q | — | — | 9:38.5 | |
| Lidia Ramírez | 100 metre backstroke | 1:14.5 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lidia Ramírez | 200 metre butterfly | 2:42.1 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lidia Ramírez | 200 metre medley | 2:42.6 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laura Vaca | 400 metre freestyle | 4:53.3 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laura Vaca | 800 metre freestyle | 10:01.8 | 8 Q | — | — | 10:02.5 | 8 |
| Laura Vaca | 400 metre medley | 5:33.7 | 8 Q | — | — | 5:35.7 | 8 |
| María Teresa Ramírez Laura Vaca Marcia Arriaga Norma Amezcua | 4x100 metre freestyle | 4:21.9 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lidia Ramírez Tamara Oynick Patricia Obregón María Teresa Ramírez | 4x100 metre medley | 4:51.0 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Women's Team Competition

* Round Robin
   * Lost to Peru (2-3)
   * Lost to Japan (0-3)
   * Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
   * Lost to Poland (2-3)
   * Lost to South Korea (0-3)
   * Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
   * Defeated United States (3-0) → Seventh place
* Team Roster
   * Alicia Cárdeñas
   * Blanca García
   * Carolina Mendoza
   * Eloisa Cabada
   * Gloria Casales
   * Gloria Inzua
   * Isabel Nogueira
   * María Rodríguez
   * Patricia Nava
   * Rogelia Romo
   * Trinidad Macías
   * Yolanda Reynoso

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
   * Lost to East Germany (4:12)
   * Lost to Netherlands (1:8)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (0:9)
   * Lost to Italy (5:10)
   * Defeated Greece (11:8)
   * Lost to Japan (3:6)
   * Tied with United Arab Republic (3:3)
* Classification Matches
   * 9th/12th place: Lost to West Germany (3:6)
   * 11th/12th place: Defeated Japan (5:4) → Eleventh place
* Team Roster
   * Carlos Morfin
   * Daniel Gómez
   * Francisco García Moreno
   * Germán Chávez
   * José Vásquez
   * Juan García
   * Luis Guzmán
   * Oscar Familiar
   * Rolando Chávez
   * Sergio Ramos
   * Virgilio Botella