Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 61 men and 3 women took part in 35 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Mexico at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Helsinki
Competitors	64 (61 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Medalists

Further information: 1952 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Joaquín Capilla	Diving	10 m platform	1 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javier Souza	100 m	11.32	5	did not advance
Javier Souza	400 m	50.47	5	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Aguilera	Men's pole vault	did not start		did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Amalia Yubi	Women's javelin throw	35.59	19	did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	Bye	Finland W 66–48	Bulgaria L 52–44	Soviet Union L 71–62	3	did not advance

Team roster

Mexico men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 5 Emilio López 28 – (1923-08-23)23 August 1923 13 Fernando Rojas 30 – (1921-08-02)2 August 1921 14 José Rojas 28 – (1923-11-09)9 November 1923 15 Filiberto Manzo 32 – (1920-04-29)29 April 1920 9 Héctor Guerrero 25 – (1926-11-24)24 November 1926 4 Jorge Cardiel 28 – (1924-04-23)23 April 1924 12 José Bru 24 – (1928-06-09)9 June 1928 7 José Meneses 28 – (1924-01-11)11 January 1924 8 José Cabrera 31 – (1921-01-22)22 January 1921 11 Pioquinto Soto 36 – (1915-07-15)15 July 1915 6 Rolando Rubalcava 28 – (1923-07-22)22 July 1923 6 Rubén Almanza 22 – (1929-07-28)28 July 1929 3 Sergio Holguín 23 – (1929-04-15)15 April 1929	Head coach Antonio Delgado Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 14 July 1952

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	192	143	+49	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	163	182	−19	5
3	Mexico	3	1	2	172	171	+1	4
4	Finland	3	0	3	147	178	−31	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Mexico	66–48	Finland
Scoring by half: 36–21, 30–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)

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25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 681

Bulgaria	52–44	Mexico
Scoring by half: 27–16, 25–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)

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27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Soviet Union	71–62	Mexico
Scoring by half: 31–21, 40–40

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Tello	Flyweight	Handunge (CEY) L 2-1	did not advance				16
Raúl Macías	Bantamweight	Amaya (VEN) W 3-0	Garbuzov (URS) L 3-0	did not advance			9
José Dávalos	Welterweight	Tuñacao (PHI) W KO	Chychła (POL) L 3-0	did not advance			9

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julio Cepeda	Men's individual road race	did not finish
Ricardo García		did not finish
Francisco Lozano		did not finish
Ángel Romero		5:24:33.9	45
Julio Cepeda Ricardo García Francisco Lozano Ángel Romero	Men's team road race	did not finish

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Alberto Capilla	3 m springboard	61.85	20	did not advance
Joaquín Capilla		79.42	4 Q	98.91	4	178.33	4
Rodolfo Perea		62.36	19	did not advance
Alberto Capilla	10 m platform	72.95	5 Q	63.49	4	136.44	5
Joaquín Capilla		78.46	2 Q	66.75	2	145.21
Rodolfo Perea		72.88	6 Q	55.40	6	128.28	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Irma Lozano	10 m platform	33.33	13	did not advance
Carlota Ríos		39.76	10	did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mario Becerril	Tamaulipas	Individual	-156.33	39	-40	-196.33	21	0	31	-196.33	21

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Jump-off	Rank
Humberto Mariles	Petrolero	Individual	4	2	4.75	3	8.75	—	6
Víctor Saucedo	Resorte II		12	5	12	7	24	—	25
Roberto Viñals	Alteño		20	10	12	7	32	—	35
Humberto Mariles Víctor Saucedo Roberto Viñals	See above	Team	36	8	28.75	6	64.75	—	9

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
		MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Antonio Haro	Men's foil	did not start			did not advance
Emilio Meraz		did not start			did not advance
Benito Ramos		4	1	1 Q	1	5	7	did not advance
Antonio Haro	Men's épée	5	1	1 Q	4	4	5	did not advance
Emilio Meraz		4	3	4 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Benito Ramos		4	3	3 Q	did not start			did not advance
Rafael Cámara	Men's sabre	2	5	7	did not advance
Antonio Haro		4	2	3 Q	3	4	6	did not advance
Benito Ramos		2	4	5	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Fencing (épée one touch)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Riding (cross-country)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)		Running (4000 m)		Total points	Final rank
	Results (Wins)	Rank	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Antonio Almada	16	42	5:06.7	30	17	10:58.3	29	142	49	17:15.7	42	193	44
José Pérez	19	34	4:39.9	19	23	11:18.0	34	167	37	17:00.7	39	163	38
David Romero	16	43	5:00.4	26	46	11:57.2	38	158	45	17:22.6	44	202	47

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Ernesto Montemayor Sr.	25 m rapid fire pistol	565	15
Carlos Rodríguez		561	18
Raúl Ibarra	50 metre pistol	530	13
José Reyes Rodríguez		523	18

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Isaac	100 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Juan Lanz		1:00.9	30	did not advance
René Muñiz		1:00.5	25	did not advance
César Borja	400 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Efrén Fierro		did not start		did not advance
Tonatiuh Gutiérrez		did not start		did not advance
César Borja	1500 m freestyle	—		19:43.3	3	did not advance
Efrén Fierro		—		19:55.8	3	did not advance
Tonatiuh Gutiérrez		—		19:18.9	3	did not advance
Guillermo Fierro	100 m backstroke	—		did not start		did not advance
Clemente Mejía		—		1:10.7	2	did not advance
Óscar Cendejas	200 m breaststroke	did not start		did not advance
Alejandro Fierro		did not start		did not advance
Walter Ocampo		2:44.8	4	did not advance
César Borja Efrén Fierro Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Alberto Isaac	4 × 200 m freestyle	—		9:15.7	6	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	First eliminating round	Second eliminating round	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	Hungary L 4–13	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
David Pimentel	−75 kg	102.5	=9	95	21			197.5	21
Armando Rueda	−82.5 kg	115	=9	107.5	=14	137.5	=16	360	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Key:

• F - Fall.
• D - Decision

Freestyle

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final	Points	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rodolfo Dávila	–52 kg	Baise (RSA) L 3–0 D	Bye	Kitano (JPN) L F	did not advance
Leonardo Basurto	–57 kg	Schmitz (GER) L F	Jadhav (IND) L F	did not advance
Mario Tovar González	–67 kg	Cools (BEL) L 3-0 D	Østrand (DEN) L 3-0 D	did not advance
Antonio Rosado	–73 kg	Smith (USA) L F	Longarella (ARG) L F	did not advance
Eduardo Assam	–79 kg	Gocke (GER) L 3-0 D	Zafer (TUR) L F	did not advance