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.^[1]

Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors	275 (233 men and 42 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	David Bárcena
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 9
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Medalists

Further information: 1968 Summer Olympics medal table

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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ricardo Delgado	Boxing	Men's flyweight	26 October
Gold	Antonio Roldán	Boxing	Men's featherweight	26 October
Gold	Felipe Muñoz	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	22 October
Silver	José Pedraza	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk	14 October
Silver	Pilar Roldán	Fencing	Women's foil	20 October
Silver	Álvaro Gaxiola	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	26 October
Bronze	Agustín Zaragoza	Boxing	Men's middleweight	24 October
Bronze	Joaquín Rocha	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	24 October
Bronze	Maria Teresa Ramírez	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	24 October

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1968 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

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Félix Bécquer	100 m	10.72	7	Did not advance
Miguel Angel González		10.59	5	Did not advance
Miguel Angel González	200 m	21.31	4 Q	21.57	8	Did not advance
Melesio Piña	400 m	46.81	6	Did not advance
Roberto Silva	800 m	1:50.4	5	—		Did not advance
José Neri	1500 m	3:47.88	6	—		Did not advance
Juan Máximo Martínez	5000 m	14:20.0	2 Q	—				14:10.8	4
Juan Máximo Martínez	10,000 m	—						29:35.0	4
Alejandro Sánchez	400 m hurdles	51.6	6	—		did not advance
Pedro Miranda	3000 m steeplechase	9:25.95	11	—				did not advance
Félix Bécquer Galdino Flores Miguel Angel González Enrique Labadie	4 × 100 m relay	40.0	7	—		did not advance
Carlos Castro Salvador Medina Melesio Piña Francisco Sardo	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.19	6	—				did not advance
José García	Marathon	—						DNF
Pablo Garrido		—						2:35:47	26
Alfredo Peñaloza		—						2:29:48	13
Eladio Campos	20 km walk	—						1:41:52	20
José Oliveros		—						1:38:17	13
José Pedraza		—						1:34:00.0
Pablo Colín	50 km walk	—						5:01:30.0	25
Ismael Hernández		—						5:56:09.2	27
José Pedraza		—						4:37:51.4	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Galdino Flores	Long jump	7.59	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Roberto Carmona Botella	10.9	6.92	14.37	1.70	50.5	DNF

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Esperanza Girón	100 m	12.2	7	Did not advance
Esperanza Girón	200 m	25.3	7	Did not advance
Enriqueta Basilio	400 m	55.6	5	—		Did not advance
Enriqueta Basilio	80 m hurdles	11.1	6	—		Did not advance
Enriqueta Basilio Esperanza Girón Alma Rosa Martínez Mercedes Román	4 × 100 m relay	47.0	7	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mercedes Román	Long jump	5.75	20	Did not advance

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	80H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Points	Rank
Mercedes Román	Result	11.3	10.08	NM	5.71	24.6	3604	31
	Points	995	719	0	922	968

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	South Korea W 75–62	Cuba W 76–75	Brazil L 53–60	Morocco W 86–38	Bulgaria W 73–63	Soviet Union L 62–82	Poland W 68–63	3	5th-8th place semifinal  Spain W 73–72	5th place final  Poland W 75–65	5

Team roster

Mexico men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club 11 Alejandro Guzmán 22 – (1945-12-08)8 December 1945 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 8 Antonio Ayala 21 – (1947-02-02)2 February 1947 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 5 Arturo Guerrero 20 – (1948-08-30)30 August 1948 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 12 Carlos Quintanar 29 – (1939-06-02)2 June 1939 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 6 Fernando Tiscareño 23 – (1945-08-12)12 August 1945 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 14 John Hatch 21 – (1947-01-04)4 January 1947 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 10 Luis Grajeda 31 – (1937-06-21)21 June 1937 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 15 Manuel Raga 24 – (1944-03-15)15 March 1944 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 12 Miguel Arellano 27 – (1941-02-10)10 February 1941 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 13 Óscar Asiáin 19 – (1949-02-21)21 February 1949 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 14 Rafael Heredia 31 – (1937-02-19)19 February 1937 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 15 Rico Pontvianne 24 – (1943-11-20)20 November 1943 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Lester Lane Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 13 October 1968

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	642	408	+234	14	Semifinals
2	Brazil	7	6	1	561	418	+143	13
3	Mexico	7	5	2	493	443	+50	12	5th–8th classification round
4	Poland	7	4	3	473	504	−31	11
5	Bulgaria	7	3	4	456	478	−22	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Cuba	7	2	5	514	532	−18	9
7	South Korea	7	1	6	453	530	−77	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Morocco	7	0	7	355	634	−279	7

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

13 October 1968 (1968-10-13)

Mexico	75–62	South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–27, 36–35
Pts: Raga 19		Pts: Dong-pa 24

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Ervin Kassai (HUN)

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14 October 1968 (1968-10-14)

Mexico	76–75	Cuba
Scoring by half: 35–29, 41–46
Pts: Raga 33		Pts: García 21

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Theodor Schober (FRG)

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15 October 1968 (1968-10-15)

Mexico	53–60	Brazil
Scoring by half: 42–15, 44–23
Pts: Guerrero 25		Pts: Mimun 14

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Wayne Lichty (USA)

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16 October 1968 (1968-10-16)

Mexico	86–38	Morocco
Scoring by half: 37–13, 31–14
Pts: Guerrero 14		Pts: Soroudi 10

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Calvin Pacheco (POR), Elio Luglini (ITA)

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18 October 1968 (1968-10-18)

Mexico	73–63	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 33–36, 40–27
Pts: Raga 30		Pts: Dimov 20

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA)

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19 October 1968 (1968-10-19)

Mexico	62–82	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 25–45, 37–37
Pts: Guzmán 20		Pts: Paulauskas 17

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Mario Hopenhaym (URU), Red Mihalik (USA)

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20 October 1968 (1968-10-20)

Mexico	68–63	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40–28, 28–35
Pts: Guerrero 20		Pts: Łopatka 31

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Ryoichi Kanaka (JPN), Santiago Fernández (ESP)

5th-8th place semifinal

22 October 1968 (1968-10-22)

Mexico	73–72	Spain
Scoring by half: 31–3, 42–41
Pts: Guerrero 24		Pts: Luyk 32

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Attendance: 30,000 Referees: Anatoly Kokorev (URS), Wayne Lichty (USA)

5th place final

23 October 1968 (1968-10-23)

Mexico	75–65	Poland
Scoring by half: 43–23, 32–42
Pts: Guerrero 19		Pts: Trams 19

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Referees: Al Rae (CAN), Anatoly Kokorev (URS)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alberto Morales	Light flyweight	—	Udella (ITA) W 3-2	Englmeier (GDR) W RSC	Yong-ju (KOR) L 2-3	Did not advance		5
Ricardo Delgado	Flyweight	—	Bye	McCarthy (IRL) W 5-0	Nakamura (JPN) W 5-0	De Oliveira (BRA) W 5-0	Olech (POL) W 5-0
Roberto Cervantes	Bantamweight	Bye	Gałązka (POL) W 5-0	Casco (ARG) W DSQ	Mukwanga (UGA) L 1-4	Did not advance		5
Antonio Roldán	Featherweight	—	Abdel (SUD) W 5-0	Tracey (IRL) W 4-1	Plotnikov (URS) W 3-1	Waruinge (KEN) W 3-2	Robinson (USA) W DSQ
José Antonio Duran	Lightweight	Bye	Azzaro (FRA) W RSC	Pilichev (BUL) L 1-4	Did not advance			9
Jaime Lozano	Light welterweight	Bye	Lawson (GHA) W 5-0	Tiepold (GDR) L 0-5	Did not advance			9
Alfonso Ramírez	Welterweight	Bye	Scano (ITA) W 3-2	Oikonomakos (GRE) W 4-1	Musalimov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
José Cebreros	Light middleweight	—	El-Nahas (EGY) L K0	Did not advance				17
Agustín Zaragoza	Light middleweight	—	Bye	Wright (JAM) W 5-0	Hejduk (TCH) W 4-1	Kiselyov (URS) L RSC	Did not advance
Enrique Villarreal	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Ayinla (NGR) L RSC	Did not advance			17
Joaquín Rocha	Heavyweight	—		Ray (GHA) W 4-1	Lubbers (NED) W 3-2	Čepulis (URS) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felipe Ojeda	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:47.3	6 SF	—		4:43.20	4	did not advance
Juan Martínez Félix Altamirano	Men's C-2 1000 m	4:11.9	4 SF	—		4:15.01	1 QF	4:15.24	4
Fidel Santander	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:28.8	7 R	4:30.09	4	did not advance
Alonso Heinze Jerónimo Gómez	Men's K-2 1000 m	4:09.9	4 R	4:11.57	5	did not advance
Carlos Graeff Luis Lozano Roberto Heinze Carlos Prendes	Men's K-4 1000 m	3:37.0	5 R	3:36.90	4	did not advance
Ann Margarit Henningsen	Women's K-1 500 m	2:18.2	7 SF	—		2:21.39	7	did not advance
Ann Margarit Henningsen Angelica Zawadzki	Women's K-2 500 m	2:15.3	6 SF	—		2:10.11	5	did not advance

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gabriel Cuéllar	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Heriberto Díaz		4:47:59	36
Agustín Juárez		4:46:32	27
Jesús Sarabia		4:51:5	43
Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Roberto Brito Radamés Treviño	Men's team time trial	2:16:8.44	10

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	1/8 finals	Repechage 3 heats	Repechage 3 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Arturo García	Men's sprint	Jansen (NED) L	Lovell (CAN)  Guaves (PHI) L	Did not advance
José Mercado		Johnson (AUS) L	Reece (BAR) W 11.27	Kučírek (TCH)  Barnett (GBR) L	King (TTO)  Alsop (GBR) L	Did not advance
Guillermo Mendoza Julio Munguía	Men's tandem	Morelon (FRA) /  Trentin (FRA) L	Bodnieks (URS) /  Tselovalnikov (URS)  Reyes (CUB) /  Váldez (CUB) L	—					Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Opponent Results	Opponent Results	Rank
Radamés Treviño	Men's individual pursuit	4:44.12	7 Q	Bylsma (AUS) L 4:42.40	Did not advance
Heriberto Díaz Agustín Alcántara Adolfo Belmonte Radamés Treviño	Men's team pursuit	4:30.78	15	Did not advance

Time trail

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
José Mercado	Men's time trial	1:07.97	21

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Luis Niño	3 m springboard	99.13	6 Q	56.58	3	155.71	4
José Robinson		91.45	13	Did not advance
Jorge Telch		90.68	14	Did not advance
Álvaro Gaxiola	10 m platform	103.33	2 Q	51.16	4	154.49
Luis Niño		93.66	6 Q	47.50	7	141.16	7
José Robinson		91.16	11 Q	52.46	3	143.62	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Bertha Baraldi	3 m springboard	80.47	17	Did not advance
Bertha Baraldi	10 m platform	47.74	13	Did not advance
Dora Hernández		46.96	16	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Football

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1968.

Individual

• Eduardo Olivera
• David Bárcena
• Eduardo Tovar

Team

• Eduardo Olivera
• David Bárcena
• Eduardo Tovar

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maximiliano Aguilar	100 metre butterfly	1:04.0	41	Did not advance
Eduardo Alanís	200 metre medley	2:23.0	22	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:14.9	21	Did not advance
Juan Alanís	400 metre freestyle	4:27.4	15	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:37.4	8 Q	—		17:46.6	7
Gabriel Altamirano	200 metre butterfly	2:12.1	9	Did not advance
Luis Angel Acosta	100 metre backstroke	1:06.5	31	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:24.0	23	Did not advance
Rafaél Cal	100 metre freestyle	56.5	33	Did not advance
Guillermo Echevarría	200 metre freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:24.0	11	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:11.0	2 Q	—		17:36.4	6
Rafael Hernández	200 metre breaststroke	2:44.8	32	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:24.7	29	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:01.1	5 Q	—		5:04.3	8
Javier Jiménez	100 metre breaststroke	1:16.3	36	Did not advance
Eduardo Moreno	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.7	33	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:46.7	34	Did not advance
Felipe Muñoz	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.6	20 Q	1:09.4	11	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:31.1	2 Q	—		2:28.7
Jaime Rivera	100 metre backstroke	1:05.1	27	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:20.7	15	Did not advance
Salvador Ruiz	100 metre freestyle	56.4	31	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
José Joaquín Santibáñez	100 metre backstroke	1:04.2	21	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:20.7	15	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:24.6	28	Did not advance
Mario Santibáñez	100 metre freestyle	57.0	39	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	1:01.7	31	Did not advance
Jorge Urreta	400 metre freestyle	4:34.3	23	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:57.5	14	Did not advance
Raúl Villagómez	400 metre medley	5:24.7	31	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:22.4	25	Did not advance
Salvador Ruiz Mario Santibáñez Eduardo Alanís Rafaél Cal	4x100 metre freestyle	3:46.1	12	Did not advance
Juan Alanís Jorge Urreta Rafaél Cal Eduardo Alanís	4x200 metre freestyle	DSQ		Did not advance
José Joaquín Santibáñez Felipe Muñoz Mario Santibáñez Rafaél Cal	4x100 metre medley	4:10.0	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Norma Amezcua	400 metre freestyle	5:00.5	17	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	10:31.6	20	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:47.9	16	Did not advance
Marcia Arriaga	100 metre freestyle	1:05.4	37	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:27.0	31	Did not advance
Víctoria Casas	100 metre breaststroke	1:24.7	28	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	3:01.0	24	Did not advance
Patricia Obregón	100 metre butterfly	1:12.4	20	Did not advance
Vivian Ortíz	100 metre freestyle	1:06.9	47	Did not advance
Tamara Oynick	100 metre breaststroke	1:22.7	25	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:52.4	11	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:48.4	17	Did not advance
Ana Elena de la Portilla	200 metre breaststroke	3:03.5	26	Did not advance
María Teresa Ramírez	200 metre freestyle	2:17.5	11	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:43.9	4 Q	—		4:42.2	6
	800 metre freestyle	9:46.4	3 Q	—		9:38.5
Lidia Ramírez	100 metre backstroke	1:14.5	31	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:42.1	17	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:42.6	26	Did not advance
Laura Vaca	400 metre freestyle	4:53.3	11	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	10:01.8	8 Q	—		10:02.5	8
	400 metre medley	5:33.7	8 Q	—		5:35.7	8
María Teresa Ramírez Laura Vaca Marcia Arriaga Norma Amezcua	4x100 metre freestyle	4:21.9	13	Did not advance
Lidia Ramírez Tamara Oynick Patricia Obregón María Teresa Ramírez	4x100 metre medley	4:51.0	12	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics