# Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 78 athletes, 52 men and 26 women, took part in 66 events in 19 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Soraya Jiménez | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg | 18 September |
| Silver | Noé Hernández | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk | 22 September |
| Silver | Fernando Platas | Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard | 26 September |
| Bronze | Joel Sánchez | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk | 29 September |
| Bronze | Cristián Bejarano | Boxing | Men's lightweight | 28 September |
| Bronze | Víctor Estrada | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | 29 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| Boxing | 6 | – | 6 |
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diving | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Equestrian | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sailing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Swimming | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 2 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 52 | 26 | 78 |

## Archery

In its sixth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered two competitors. Both lost in the first round.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Juan Carlos Manjarrez | Men's individual | 628 | 33 | Orbay (TUR) L 153–165 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erika Reyes | Women's individual | 597 | 61 | Mi-Jin (KOR) L 157–168 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alejandro Cárdenas | 400 m | 46.14 | 3 | 45.66 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Pedro Toledo | 400 m | 46.82 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Galván | 5.000 m | DNS | DNS | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Olmedo | 5.000 m | 13:40.34 | 12 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Galván | 10.000 m | 27:49.53 | 7 Q | — | — | — | — | 27:54.56 | 13 |
| Armando Quintanilla | 10.000 m | 28:14.54 | 12 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salvador Miranda | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:35.79 | 9 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noé Hernández | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:19:03 | |
| Daniel García | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:22:05 | 12 |
| Bernardo Segura | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Joel Sánchez | 50 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:44:36 | |
| Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | 50 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:48:12 | 7 |
| Germán Sánchez | 50 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Andrés Espinosa | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:18:02 | 27 |
| Benjamín Paredes | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:27:17 | 64 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Robison Pratt | Pole Vault | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ana Guevara | 400 m | 52.34 | 2 | 51.19 | 2 | 50.11 | 2 | 49.96 | 5 |
| Nora Rocha | 5000 m | 15:38.72 | 9 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dulce Maria Rodriguez | 5000 m | 15:54.17 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nora Rocha | 10000 m | 34:37.84 | 18 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Guadalupe Sánchez | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:31:33 | 5 |
| Mara Ibañez | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:36:17 | 26 |
| Graciela Mendoza | 20 km race walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Adriana Fernández | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:30:51 | 16 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Liborio Romero | Light flyweight | Soltani (ALG) W 16–15 | Stapovičius (LTU) L 11–24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Ponce de León | Flyweight | Sidorenko (UKR) L 8–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| César Morales | Bantamweight | Tebazalwa (UGA) W 8–13 | Olteanu (ROU) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francisco Bojado | Featherweight | Shiferaw Yohanes (ETH) W RSC | Djamaloudinov (RUS) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristián Bejarano | Lightweight | Khunwane (BOT) W 17–5 | Lungu (BUL) W 14–11 | Raimkulov (KGZ) W 14–12 | Kotelnyk (UKR) L 14–22 | Did not advance | |
| José Luis Zertuche | Light middleweight | Sandy (GUI) W RSC | Simion (ROU) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ramón Ferrer José Antonio Romero | Men's C-2 500 m | 1:45.927 | 7 QS | 1:46.811 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramón Ferrer José Antonio Romero | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:49.301 | 7 QS | 3:44.358 | 3 QF | 3:46.457 | 6 |

## Cycling
### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ziranda Madrigal | Men's cross-country | 2:19:33.56 | 24 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Belem Guerrero Méndez | Women's points race | 12 | 5 |

## Diving

For the first time in 12 years, Mexico won a diving medal when Fernando Platas bested his eighth-place finish in Atlanta with a silver medal.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Fernando Platas | 3 m springboard | 444.60 | 2 Q | 234.36 | 3 | 678.96 | 3 Q | 474.06 | 2 | 708.42 | |
| Joel Rodriguez | 3 m springboard | 336.51 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francisco Pérez | 10 m platform | 381.78 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eduardo Rueda | 10 m platform | 60.3 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fernando Platas Eduardo Rueda | 3 m synchronized springboard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 317.7 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Azul Almazan | 3 m springboard | 272.85 | 12 Q | 216.03 | 13 | 488.88 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jashia Luna | 3 m springboard | 268.44 | 15 Q | 196.53 | 19 | 464.97 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María José Alcalá | 10 m platform | 235.53 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Azul Almazan | 10 m platform | 229.29 | 33 | 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 |
| María José Alcalá Jashia Luna | 3 m synchronized springboard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 273.84 | 6 |
| María José Alcalá Azul Almazan | 10 m synchronized platform | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 264.3 | 8 |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix Test | Grand Prix Test | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Antonio Rivera | Aczydos | 61.64 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Alfonso Carlos Romo | Montemorelos | Individual | 9.25 | 30 | 8.00 | 17.25 | 27 | 12.00 | 29.25 | =34 Q | 17.50 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Maurer | Mortero | Individual | 12.00 | =35 | 16.00 | 28.00 | 51 | 24.00 | 52.00 | =59 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Santiago Lambre | Taloc | Individual | 14.00 | =43 | 4.00 | 18.00 | =32 | 8.00 | 26.00 | 30 Q | 16.50 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alfonso Carlos Romo Antonio Maurer Santiago Lambre | See above | Team | — | — | 28.00 | — | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 28.00 | 12 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Denisse López | Women's Vault | 8.843 | — | — | — | 8.843 | 7 |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adriana Angeles | Women's –48 kg | Kallio (FIN) W | Arenas (ESP) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | Shooting | Shooting | Shooting | Fencing | Fencing | Fencing | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Riding | Riding | Riding | Running | Running | Running | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Points | W/L | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Penalties | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Points | Rank |
| Samuel Félix | Men's | 178 | 16 | 1048 | 11 | 16 | 800 | 2:16.31 | 22 | 1137 | 90 | 11 | 1010 | 9:17.66 | 3 | 1170 | 5165 | 11 |
| Horacio de la Vega | Men's | 179 | 10 | 1084 | 15 | 10 | 960 | 2:10.37 | 15 | 1197 | DNF | DNF | 0 | 10:50.91 | 24 | 798 | 4039 | 22 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jesús Huerta | Single sculls | 7:29.64 R | 5 | 7:31.93 | 4 QCD | 7:36.06 | 5 QD | 7:29.68 | 19 |
| Rómulo Bouzas Gerardo Gómez | Lightweight double sculls | 6:31.24 | 6 R | 6:38.07 | 2 QAB | 6:33.62 | 5 QB | 6:31.70 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes | Lightweight double sculls | 7:36.51 | 5 R | 7:33.58 | 2 QC | — | — | 7:25.00 | 16 |

## Sailing

Three men and one woman competed for Mexico in three events at the Sailing venue in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Rank |
| David Mier | Mistral | 14 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 37 OCS | 27 | 184 | 25 |
| Manuel Villarreal Santiago Hernández | 470 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 30 DNF | 23 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 159 | 23 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Rank |
| Tania Elías Calles | Europe | 19 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 108 | 17 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Roberto Jose Elias Orozco | 10 m air rifle | 583 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roberto Jose Elias Orozco | 50 m rifle three positions | 1140 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roberto Jose Elias Orozco | 50 m rifle prone | 587 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Javier Díaz | 200 m freestyle | 1:53.20 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Carral Armella | 400 m freestyle | 3:58.34 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Carral Armella | 1500 m freestyle | 15:43.03 | 31 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Josh Ilika | 100 m butterfly | 55.07 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Veloz | 200 m butterfly | 2:00.02 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfredo Jacobo | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.67 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Díaz | 200 m individual medley | 2:07.28 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Veloz | 400 m individual medley | 4:31.73 | 38 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Patricia Villarreal | 400 m freestyle | 4:21.03 | 32 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patricia Villarreal | 800 m freestyle | 8:54.79 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Marmolejo | 200 m breaststroke | 02:36.93 | 2:36.93 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine | Free routine | Free routine | Free routine | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine | Free routine | Free routine | Free routine |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Erika Leal Lilián Leal | Duet | 35.527 | 9 | 60.234 | 9 | 92.717 | 9 Q | 32.527 | 9 | 60.234 | 9 | 92.761 | 9 |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage Quarterfinals | Repechage Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Víctor Estrada | Men's −80 kg | Aflaki (IRI) W 4–3 | Matos (CUB) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Soto (CHI) W 6–0 | Konan (CIV) W 6–4 | Livaja (SWE) W 1–2 | |
| Águeda Pérez | Women's −49 kg | Melendez (CUB) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Thamae (LES) W 5–3 | Poulsen (DEN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Monica del Real | Women's −67 kg | Stevenson (GBR) L 4–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Enrique Abaroa Alejandro Hernández | Doubles | — | Adams (RSA) / de Jager (RSA) L 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Beach

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary elimination | Preliminary elimination | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Juan Rodríguez Ibarra Joel Sotelo | Men's | Zahner – Prosser (AUS) W 15–12 Q | Bye | Bye | Wong – Heidger Jr (USA) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |
| Teresa Galindo Hilda Gaxiola | Women's | Cook – Pottharst (AUS) L 11–15 | Rong – Xiong (CHN) L 14–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =19 |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Soraya Jiménez | Women's – 58 kg | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 222.5 | |