# Mexico at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 32 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 8 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Mexico men's national basketball team Carlos BorjaVíctor BorjaRodolfo ChoperenaLuis de la VegaRaúl FernándezAndrés GómezSilvio HernándezFrancisco MartínezJesús OlmosJosé PamplonaGreer Skousen | Basketball | Men's tournament | 14 August |
| Bronze | Fidel Ortiz | Boxing | Bantamweight | 15 August |
| Bronze | Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos | Polo | Men's tournament | 6 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 |
| Pascual Gutiérrez | 100 m | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valentín González | 5000 m | Unknown | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valentín González | 10,000 m | did not start | did not start | 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 |
| Rigoberto Pérez | Men's pole vault | 3:50 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pascual Gutiérrez | Men's long jump | 7.15 | Unknown | did not advance | did not advance |

## Basketball

Summary
| Team | Event | First round | First consolation round | Second round | Second consolation round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mexico men's | Men's tournament | Belgium W 32–9 | Bye | Philippines L 30–32 | Egypt W 32–10 | Japan W 28–22 | Italy W 34–17 | United States L 10–25 | Poland W 26–12 | |
Team roster

### First Round

* 7 August 1936 (1936-08-07) 18:00
* Report, p. 1078
| Mexico | 32–9 | Belgium |
| Scoring by half: 21–2, 11–7 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 4 Referees: V. Ugolini (ITA), E. Judd (GER), H. Hammes (GER)

### Second Round

* 9 August 1936 (1936-08-09) 16:00
* Report, p. 1079
| Philippines | 32–30 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 17–19, 15–11 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 1 Referees: V. J. Tobin (USA), H. Kalshaus (GER), F. Gornig (GER)

### Second Consolation Round

* 10 August 1936 (1936-08-10) 17:00
* Report, p. 1080
| Mexico | 32–10 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 16–8, 16–2 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 1 Referees: M. Pfeuti (SUI), H. Kalshaus (GER), F. Cornik (GER)

### Third Round

* 11 August 1936 (1936-08-11) 16:00
* Report, p. 1081
| Mexico | 28–22 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 12–8, 16–14 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: E. Powers (CAN), H. Emschermann (GER), K. Scheider (GER)

### Quarterfinals

* 12 August 1936 (1936-08-12) 17:00
* Report, p. 1082
| Mexico | 34–17 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 20–7, 14–10 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: E. Powers (CAN), F. Becker (GER), H. Hammes (GER)

### Semifinals

* 13 August 1936 (1936-08-13) 17:00
* Report, p. 1082
| United States | 25–10 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 13–2, 12–8 |||
* Tennis Courts, Stadium Referees: T. Suvoong (CHN), H. Kalshaus (GER), K. Scheider (GER)

### Bronze Medal Match

* 14 August 1936 (1936-08-14) 17:00
* Report, p. 1083
| Mexico | 26–12 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 23–8, 3–4 |||
* Tennis Courts, Court 3 Referees: M. Pfeuti (SUI), H. Emschermann (GER), K. Scheider (GER)

## 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 |
| Fidel Ortiz | Bantamweight | Lacelles (CAN) W | Barnes (GBR) W | Hannan (RSA) W | Wilson (USA) L | Cederberg (SWE) W | |
| Sabino Islas | Featherweight | Nicolaas (NED) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |
| Lorenzo Delgado | Lightweight | Ågren (SWE) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Emilio Ballado | Welterweight | Andreassen (NOR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Jesús Flores | 10 m platform | 73.28 | 24 |

## Fencing

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | MW | ML | Rank | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonio Haro | Men's épée | 4 | 1 | 1Q | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1Q | 2 | 6 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Martinez-Zorilla | Men's épée | 5 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 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 | 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 |
| Jose Martinez-Zorilla | Men's sabre | 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 |

## 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 (W–D–L) | Rank | Time | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Total points | Final rank |
| Humberto Anguiano | 15–6–9 | 29 | 5:53.0 | 32 | 0 | 9:52.7 | 18 | 177 | 25 | 14:40.4 | 13 | 118.5 | 30 |
| Luis Casíllas | 19–4–17 | 17 | 6:58.6 | 37 | 0 | 9:16.0 | 6 | 162 | 35 | 19:20.9 | 39 | 134.5 | 35 |

## Polo

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos | Men's | Great Britain (GBR) L 11-13 | Argentina (ARG) L 5-15 | Hungary (HUN) W 16-2 | |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Carlos Acosta | 25 m rapid fire pistol | Unknown | Unknown | 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 | Did not advance |
| Guillermo Huet | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alvaro García | 50 m rifle, prone | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 294 | 13 |
| Antonio García | 50 m rifle, prone | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 288 | 44 |
| Gustavo Huet | 50 m rifle, prone | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 296 | 7 |