Mexico at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 45 competitors, 36 men and 9 women, took part in 43 events in 12 sports.

Silver

 * Carlos Girón &mdash; Diving, Men's Springboard

Bronze

 * Joaquin Pérez &mdash; Equestrian, Jumping Individual (mixed)
 * David Bárcena Ríos, Manuel Mendivil, José Pérez and Fabián Vázquez &mdash; Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
 * Jesús Gómez, Joaquin Pérez, Gerardo Tazzer and Alberto Valdés &mdash; Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition



Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres
 * Enrique Aquino
 * Heat &mdash; 29:21.3 (→ did not advance)


 * Rodolfo Gómez
 * Heat &mdash; 29:25.7 (→ did not advance)


 * José Gómez
 * Heat &mdash; 29:53.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
 * Rodolfo Gómez
 * Final &mdash; 2:12:39 (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk
 * Raúl González
 * Final &mdash; 1:27:48.6 (→ 6th place)


 * Daniel Bautista
 * Final &mdash; DSQ (→ no ranking)


 * Domingo Colín
 * Final &mdash; DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk
 * Raúl González
 * Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Daniel Bautista
 * Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Martín Bermúdez
 * Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Gilberto Sosa
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Vandui Bayasgalan (Mongolia) on points (4-1)
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Roman Gilberto
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Alberto Mercado (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in first round
 * Quarter Finals &mdash; Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Daniel Zaragoza
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Philip Sutcliffe (Ireland) on points (5-0)
 * Third Round &mdash; Defeated Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
 * Quarter Finals &mdash; Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Carlos González
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Nidal Haddad (Syria) on points (5-0)
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (3-2)
 * Third Round &mdash; Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) after knock-out in first round

Diving
Men's Springboard
 * Carlos Girón
 * Heats &mdash; 580.20 points (→ 1st place)
 * Final &mdash; 892.140 points (→ [[Image:Silver_medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)


 * Francisco Rueda
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 495.63 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)


 * Jorge Mondragón
 * Heats &mdash; 454.17 points (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform
 * Carlos Girón
 * Heats &mdash; 515.37 points (→ 5th place)
 * Final &mdash; 809.805 points (→ 4th place)


 * Francisco Rueda
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 428.52 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)


 * Salvador Sobrino
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 456.87 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1980.


 * Individual
 * Ivar Sisniega
 * Jens Lohmann

Swimming
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
 * Elke Holtz
 * Heats &mdash; 1:15.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
 * Isabel Reuss, Dagmar Erdman, Teresa Rivera, and Helen Plachinski
 * Heats &mdash; 3.56,87
 * Final &mdash; 3.55,41 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
 * Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Dagmar Erdman, and Helen Plachinski
 * Heats &mdash; 4.25,95 (→ did not advance)

Wrestling
Men's freestyle 48 kg
 * Jorge Frías
 * Eliminated in Third Round

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
 * Alfredo Olvera
 * Sixth place