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.

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


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Pentathlon

Basketball

 * Summary

Team roster

Group play

5th-8th place semifinal

5th place final

Canoeing
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R=Repechage

Track
Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trail

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

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

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