Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Athletes were given priority for vaccines in March.^[2]

Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	162 (97 men & 65 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Gabriela López Rommel Pacheco
Flag bearer (closing)	Mayan Oliver
Medals Ranked 84th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Luis Álvarez Alejandra Valencia	Archery	Mixed team	24 July
Bronze	Gabriela Agúndez Alejandra Orozco	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 metre platform	27 July
Bronze	Aremi Fuentes	Weightlifting	Women's 76 kg	1 August
Bronze	Mexico national under-23 football team Luis Malagón Jorge Sánchez César Montes Jesús Alberto Angulo Johan Vásquez Vladimir Loroña Luis Romo Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Henry Martín Diego Lainez Alexis Vega Adrián Mora Guillermo Ochoa Érick Aguirre Uriel Antuna José Joaquín Esquivel Sebastián Córdova Eduardo Aguirre Jesús Ricardo Angulo Fernando Beltrán Roberto Alvarado Sebastián Jurado	Football	Men's tournament	6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	3	4
Artistic swimming	—	2	2
Athletics	12	8	20
Badminton	1	1	2
Baseball	24	—	24
Boxing	1	2	3
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	2	4	6
Diving	8	6	14
Equestrian	4	1	5
Fencing	1	0	1
Football	22	0	22
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	1	3	4
Judo	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	2	2	4
Shooting	3	2	5
Softball	—	15	15
Swimming	3	1	4
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	0	2	2
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	97	65	162

• 162 athletes entries to competition, 1 athlete travel as reserve.^[3]

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican recurve team qualified for the women's team competition by securing one of three remaining spots available at the 2021 Archery Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[4] Another Mexican archer secured the last of three available spots with a bronze-medal victory in the men's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luis Álvarez	Men's individual	662	19	Furukawa (JPN) L 3–7	Did not advance
Aída Román	Women's individual	665	6	Elwalid (TUN) W 6–2	Pitman (GBR) L 2–6	Did not advance
Alejandra Valencia		674	4	Kazlouskaya (BLR) W 6–0	Dziominskaya (BLR) W 7–3	Barbelin (FRA) W 6–0	Brown (USA) L 5–6	Did not advance
Ana Paula Vázquez		637	32	dos Santos (BRA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Aída Román Alejandra Valencia Ana Paula Vázquez	Women's team	1976	2	—		Bye	Germany (GER) L 2–6	Did not advance
Luis Álvarez Alejandra Valencia	Mixed team	1336	4 Q	—		Germany (GER) W 6–2	Great Britain (GBR) W 6–0	South Korea (KOR) L 1–5	Turkey (TUR) W 6–2

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event by winning the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Nuria Diosdado Joana Jiménez	Duet	86.6190	13	86.5333	173.1523	12 Q	86.5667	173.1857	12

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8][9]

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

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jesús Tonatiu López	800 m	1:46.14	1Q	1:44.77	3	Did not advance
Jesús Arturo Esparza	Marathon	—				2:31:51	74
Juan Joel Pacheco						2:23:41	65
José Luis Santana						2:21:32	56
Noel Alí Chama	20 km walk	—				1:28:23	38
Andrés Olivas						1:22:46	11
Jesús Tadeo Vega						1:30:37	42
Horacio Nava	50 km walk	—				4:19:00	44
José Leyver Ojeda						3:56:53	15
Isaac Palma						DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paola Morán	400 m	51.18 =SB	3 Q	51.06	5	Did not advance
Laura Galvan	1500 m	4:08.15	12	Did not advance
	5000 m	15:00.16	11	Did not advance
Andrea Ramírez Limón	Marathon	—				DNF
Úrsula Sánchez						2:45:45	64
Daniela Torres Huerta						2:47:15	65
Alegna González	20 km walk	—				1:30:33	5
Ilse Guerrero						1:45:47	51
Valeria Ortuño						1:41:50	47

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Edgar Rivera	Men's high jump	2.21	=19	Did not advance
Diego del Real	Men's hammer throw	75.17	15	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Lino Muñoz and debutant Haramara Gaitan were selected to compete in the men's and women's singles respectively based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lino Muñoz	Men's singles	Ng (HKG) L (9–21, 10–21)	Cordón (GUA) L (14–21, 12–21)	3	Did not advance
Haramara Gaitan	Women's singles	Kim G-e (KOR) L (14–21, 9–21)	Yeo (SGP) L (7–21, 10–21)	3	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Mexico national baseball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the bronze medal over the United States and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked squad from the Americas at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 in Tokyo, Japan.^[12]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage			Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	Dominican Republic L 0–1	Japan L 4–7	3	Israel L 5–12	Did not advance					6

Team roster

On July 8, 2021, Mexico's final roster was announced.^[13] Héctor Velázquez and Sammy Solís were removed from the roster after testing positive for COVID-19.^[14] They were replaced by Édgar Arredondo and Fabián Anguamea.^[15][16] Ryan Goins replaced Brandon Laird, who did not receive permission from his professional team to participate.^[17]

Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mexico roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 66 Fabián Anguamea 17 Édgar Arredondo 20 Manny Bañuelos 50 Manny Barreda 46 Carlos Bustamante 53 Daniel Duarte 35 Juan Pablo Oramas 29 Óliver Pérez 36 Teddy Stankiewicz 59 Fernando Salas 48 Sasagi Sánchez 49 César Vargas		Catchers 44 Alí Solís 13 Alexis Wilson Infielders 18 Danny Espinosa 54 Ryan Goins 23 Adrián González 24 Efrén Navarro 19 Ramiro Peña 74 Isaac Rodríguez Outfielders 33 José Cardona  5 Sebastián Elizalde 27 Jonathan Jones 32 Joey Meneses		Manager 30 Benji Gil Coaches  8 Noé Muñoz 26 Héctor Estrada 47 Rigo Beltrán 66 Martín Arzate 56 José Silva

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	2	2	0	11	7	+4	1.000	—	Round 2
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	4	4	0	.500	1	Round 1 game #2
3	Mexico	2	0	2	4	8	−4	.000	2	Round 1 game #1

Source: TOCOG and WBSC
(H) Hosts

30 July 12:00
Yokohama Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	6	0
WP: Ángel Sánchez (1–0)   LP: Teddy Stankiewicz (0–1)   Sv: Luis Felipe Castillo (1) Boxscore

31 July 12:00
Yokohama Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	7	10	0
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	2
WP: Masato Morishita (1–0)   LP: Juan Pablo Oramas (0–1)   Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1) Home runs: JPN: Tetsuto Yamada (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1) MEX: Joey Meneses (1) Boxscore

Round 1

1 August 12:00
Yokohama Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Israel	1	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	12	12	0
Mexico	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	1
WP: Zack Weiss (1–0)   LP: Manny Barreda (0–1) Home runs: ISR: Danny Valencia (2) MEX: None Boxscore

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered three boxers (one male and two female) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Esmeralda Falcón finished among the top five of the women's lightweight category to secure her place in the Mexican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. Rogelio Romero (men's light heavyweight) and Brianda Cruz (women's welterweight) completed the nation's sporting lineup by topping the field of boxers vying for qualification from the Americas in the same system.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rogelio Romero	Men's light heavyweight	Bye	Plantić (CRO) W 4–1	López (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Esmeralda Falcón	Women's lightweight	Nicoli (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Brianda Cruz	Women's welterweight	Bye	Jones (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Mexico accepted the invitation from the ICF to send a canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas in the federation's international rankings, marking the country's debut in the sporting discipline.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sofía Reinoso	Women's K-1	128.89	22	135.19	26	132.89	23 Q	136.34	21	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Mexico entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 22 (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eder Frayre	Men's road race	6:15:38	35
Lizbeth Salazar	Women's road race	Did not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Mexican riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint, and keirin based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Daniela Gaxiola	Women's sprint	10.682 67.403	15 Q	Zhong Ts (CHN) L	Bao Sj (CHN)  Basova (UKR) L	Did not advance
Yuli Verdugo		10.818 (66.556)	19 Q	Starikova (UKR) L	McCulloch (AUS)  du Preez (RSA) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Daniela Gaxiola Yuli Verdugo	Women's team sprint	33.097 54.386	5	ROC L 32.249 55.816	2	Lithuania (LTU) L 32.808 54.865	6

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Daniela Gaxiola	Women's keirin	2 Q	Bye	3 Q	4	11
Yuli Verdugo		5	4	Did not advance

Mountain biking

Mexican mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, by topping the field of nations each vying for qualification at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Aguascalientes.^[21][22]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gerardo Ulloa	Men's cross country	1:30:57	23
Daniela Campuzano	Women's cross country	1:22:50	16

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 Pan American Games, and the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Tokyo, Japan.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Osmar Olvera	3 m springboard	442.45	9 Q	384.80	14	Did not advance
Rommel Pacheco		479.25	3 Q	437.65	6 Q	428.75	6
Iván García	10 m platform	316.95	24	Did not advance
Andrés Villareal		410.30	9 Q	405.55	11 Q	381.75	12
Yahel Castillo Juan Celaya	3 m synchronized springboard	—				400.14	4
José Balleza Kevin Berlín	10 m synchronized platform	—				407.31	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arantxa Chávez	3 m springboard	190.35	27	Did not advance
Aranza Vázquez		294.30	8 Q	318.60	4 Q	303.45	6
Gabriela Agúndez	10 m platform	297.65	12 Q	337.30	4 Q	358.50	4
Alejandra Orozco		308.10	9 Q	301.40	12 Q	322.05	6
Dolores Hernández Carolina Mendoza	3 m synchronized springboard	—				275.10	4
Gabriela Agúndez Alejandra Orozco	10 m synchronized platform	—				299.70

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the silver medal and securing second of three available slots at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[23] MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Mexican roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).^[24]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Martha Del Valle	Beduino	Individual	64.876	51	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Eugenio Garza	Armani SL Z	Individual	8	=47	Did not advance
Enrique González	Chacna		8	=44	Did not advance
Manuel González	Hortensia van de Leeuwerk		12	=55	Did not advance
Eugenio Garza Enrique González Patricio Pasquel	Armani SL Z Chacna Babel	Team	6+EL	16	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Diego Cervantes claimed a spot in the men's foil by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Cervantes	Men's foil	Huang Mk (CHN) W 15–14	Lefort (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mexico men's	Men's tournament	France W 4–1	Japan L 1–2	South Africa W 3–0	2 Q	South Korea W 6–3	Brazil D 0–0 (1–4)	Japan W 3–1

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Mexico men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.^[26]

Team roster

Mexico's 22-man final squad was announced on 15 June 2021.^[27] On July 4, José Juan Macías withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Adrián Mora.^[28]

Head coach: Jaime Lozano

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Luis Malagón	(1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 24)	Necaxa
2	2DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 23)	América
3	2DF	César Montes	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey
4	2DF	Jesús Alberto Angulo	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Atlas
5	2DF	Johan Vásquez	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 21)	UNAM
6	2DF	Vladimir Loroña	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 22)	Tijuana
7	3MF	Luis Romo*	(1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 26)	Cruz Azul
8	3MF	Carlos Rodríguez	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey
9	4FW	Henry Martín*	(1992-11-18)18 November 1992 (aged 28)	América
10	4FW	Diego Lainez	(2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 21)	Betis
11	4FW	Alexis Vega	(1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
12	2DF	Adrián Mora	(1997-08-15)15 August 1997 (aged 23)	Juárez
13	1GK	Guillermo Ochoa* (captain)	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 36)	América
14	2DF	Érick Aguirre	(1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 24)	Pachuca
15	4FW	Uriel Antuna	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
16	3MF	José Joaquín Esquivel	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 23)	Juárez
17	3MF	Sebastián Córdova	(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 24)	América
18	4FW	Eduardo Aguirre	(1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 22)	Santos Laguna
19	4FW	Jesús Ricardo Angulo	(1997-02-20)20 February 1997 (aged 24)	Guadalajara
20	3MF	Fernando Beltrán	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
21	4FW	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 22)	Cruz Azul
22	1GK	Sebastián Jurado	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 23)	Cruz Azul

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

17:00

Mexico	4–1	France
Vega 47' Córdova 55' Antuna 80' Aguirre 90+1'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Gignac 69' (pen.)

Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

20:00

Japan	2–1	Mexico
Kubo 6' Dōan 11' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Alvarado 85'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

20:30

South Africa	0–3	Mexico
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Vega 18' Romo 45+1' Martín 60'

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Quarterfinal

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

20:00

South Korea	3–6	Mexico
Lee Dong-gyeong 20', 51' Hwang Ui-jo 90+1'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Martín 12', 54' Romo 30' Córdova 39' (pen.), 63' Aguirre 84'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Semifinal

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

17:00

Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)
Penalties
Aguirre Vásquez Rodríguez	1–4	Dani Alves Martinelli Bruno Guimarães Reinier

Kashima Stadium, Kashima

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Bronze medal match

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)

18:00

Mexico	3–1	Japan
Córdova 13' (pen.) Vásquez 22' Vega 58'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Mitoma 78'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Abraham Ancer (world no. 23), Carlos Ortiz (world no. 53), Maria Fassi (world no. 180), and Gaby López (world no. 64) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.^[29][30]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Abraham Ancer	Men's	69	69	66	68	272	−12	=14
Carlos Ortiz		65	67	69	78	279	−5	=42
María Fassi	Women's	73	70	68	68	279	−5	=23
Gaby López		71	72	69	71	283	−1	=38

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Mexico entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympians Daniel Corral and Alexa Moreno finished among the top twelve eligible for qualification in the men's and among the top twenty in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book their spots on the Mexican roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Daniel Corral	All-around	13.200	13.266	13.366	13.933	14.033	13.100	80.898	40	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Alexa Moreno	All-around	14.633 Q	12.566	11.066	12.333	50.798	55	Did not advance
	Women's vault	14.633	—			14.633	8 Q	14.716	—			14.716	4

Rhythmic

Mexico qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the country's debut in this sporting discipline.^[32]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Rut Castillo	Individual	22.350	22.700	21.500	16.200	82.750	22	Did not advance

Trampoline

Mexico entered one gymnast to compete in the women's trampoline by finishing among the top eight nations vying for qualification at the two-year-long World Cup Series.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dafne Navarro	Women's	99.850	8 Q	48.345	8

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico qualified one judoka for the women's half-middleweight category (63 kg) at the Games. Prisca Awiti accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.^[33]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Prisca Awiti Alcaraz	Women's −63 kg	Bold (MGL) L 00–10	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Mariana Arceo secured a selection in women's event with a gold medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.^[34] Mayan Oliver added another women's place on the Mexican squad by finishing among the top eight modern pentathletes vying for qualification in the UIPM World Rankings of 14 June 2021.^[35] On the men's side, Duilio Carrillo and Alvaro Sandoval received the spare berths unused at the 2021 Worlds and previously declined by Ireland's Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe, as the next highest-ranked, eligible modern pentathletes in the same system.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Duilio Carrillo	Men's	17	0	20	202	2:04.08	21	302	EL	33	0	11:31.68	22	609	1113	33
Álvaro Sandoval		11	1	31	167	2:02.52	17	305	EL	33	0	11:26.30	21	614	1086	35
Mariana Arceo	Women's	15	4	29	184	2:16.65	23	277	7	14	293	12:32.16	16	548	1302	16
Mayan Oliver		16	0	22	196	2:24.16	32	262	7	10	293	12:21.48	12	559	1310	15

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kenia Lechuga	Women's single sculls	7:54.21	2 QF	Bye		8:09.29	4 SC/D	7:33.72	1 FC	7:43.55	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.^[38][39]

Athlete	Event	Race													Points		Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Total	Net
Ignacio Berenguer	Men's RS:X	25	22	18	18	26	26	22	23	20	13	23	22	EL	258	232	23
Juan Ignacio Pérez	Men's Finn	19	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	14	15	—		EL	164	145	17
Demita Vega	Women's RS:X	26	16	15	22	22	19	19	10	20	13	28	13	EL	223	195	18
Elena Oetling	Women's Laser Radial	41	21	31	19	23	7	19	32	43	28	—		EL	264	221	32

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Orozco	Men's trap	122	6 Q	—		28	4
Edson Ramírez	Men's 10 m air rifle	625.9	18			Did not advance
José Luis Sánchez	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1154	33			Did not advance
Alejandra Ramírez	Women's trap	116	13			Did not advance
Gabriela Rodríguez	Women's skeet	118	12			Did not advance
Jorge Orozco Alejandra Ramírez	Mixed trap team	138	16	Did not advance

Softball

Main articles: Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico women's national softball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two of the WBSC Women's Softball Americas Qualification Event in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.^[41]

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin						Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Mexico women's	Women's tournament	Canada L 0–4	Japan L 2–3	United States L 0–2	Italy W 5–0	Australia W 4–1	4	Canada L 2–3	4

Team roster

Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mexico roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 3 Danielle O'Toole 12 Dallas Escobedo 18 Taylor McQuillin 89 Sierra Hyland		Catchers 13 Sashel Palacios 22 Brittany Cervantes Infielders 2 Sydney Romero 8 Tori Vidales 11 Chelsea Gonzales 17 Anissa Urtez 20 Amanda Sánchez Outfielders 5 Suzy Brookshire 10 Nicole Mendes 16 Tatyana Forbes 23 Stefanía Aradillas		Manager 0 Carlos Bernáldez [42] Coaches Carlos Caro Rolando Guerrero

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	9	2	+7	1.000	—	Gold medal match
2	Japan (H)	5	4	1	18	5	+13	.800	1
3	Canada	5	3	2	19	4	+15	.600	2	Bronze medal match
4	Mexico	5	2	3	11	10	+1	.400	3
5	Australia	5	1	4	5	21	−16	.200	4
6	Italy	5	0	5	1	21	−20	.000	5

Source: Tokyo 2020 and WBSC
(H) Hosts

21 July 15:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 33 °C (91 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canada	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4	9	0
WP: Sara Groenewegen (1–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–1)   Sv: Danielle Lawrie (1) Home runs: MEX: None CAN: Jennifer Salling (1) Boxscore

22 July 12:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 28 °C (82 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	0
Japan (8)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	0
WP: Miu Goto (1–0)   LP: Danielle O'Toole (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Anissa Urtez (1) JPN: Yamato Fujita (2) Boxscore

24 July 14:30 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
WP: Cat Osterman (2–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–2)   Sv: Monica Abbott (2) Boxscore

25 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mexico	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	5	9	0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (1–2)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–3) Home runs: ITA: None MEX: Sydney Romero (1), Anissa Urtez (2), Brittany Cervantes (1) Boxscore

26 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 27 °C (81 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	11	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (2–2)   LP: Kaia Parnaby (1–2) Home runs: MEX: None AUS: Jade Wall (1) Boxscore

Bronze medal match

27 July 13:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	1
Canada	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Danielle Lawrie (1–1)   LP: Danielle O'Toole (0–2) Boxscore

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexican swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[43][44]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriel Castaño	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.32	30	Did not advance
Daniel Delgadillo	Men's 10 km open water	—				1:53:14.4	17
José Ángel Martínez	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:01.34	38	Did not advance
Melissa Rodríguez	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:08.76	30	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:26.87	24	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games bronze medalist Carlos Sansores (men's +80 kg) and heavyweight champion Briseida Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Mexican squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Sansores	Men's +80 kg	Šapina (CRO) L 4–6	Did not advance
Briseida Acosta	Women's +67 kg	Laurin (FRA) L 3–21	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Renata Zarazúa (world no. 137) qualified directly as one of the top 56 official entrants in the women's singles based on the WTA World Rankings of 14 June 2021. Moreover, she and her partner Giuliana Olmos opted to play in the women's doubles.^[46][47]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Renata Zarazúa	Women's singles	Doi (JPN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Giuliana Olmos Renata Zarazúa	Women's doubles	—	Badosa / Sorribes (ESP) L 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [7–10]	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered four triathletes (two per gender) to compete at the Olympics. Rio 2016 Olympians Irving Pérez and Cecilia Pérez, with Crisanto Grajales and Claudia Rivas going to their third consecutive Games, were selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in their respective events, including the inaugural mixed relay, based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.^[48]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Crisanto Grajales	Men's	18:23	0:41	57:52	0:34	31:06	1:48:36	31
Irving Pérez		18:06	0:38	1:01:14	0:30	33:34	1:54:02	46
Cecilia Pérez	Women's	20:05	0:44	Did not finish
Claudia Rivas		Did not finish

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Crisanto Grajales	Mixed relay	4:02	0:35	9:48	0:30	5:47	20:42	—
Irving Pérez		4:08	0:37	10:20	0:29	6:04	21:38
Cecilia Pérez		4:00	0:39	10:27	0:33	7:00	22:39
Claudia Rivas		4:28	0:43	10:57	0:38	7:08	23:54
Total		—					1:28:53	16

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Beach

Mexico men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final in Colima.^[49]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Josué Gaxiola José Luis Rubio	Men's	Krasilnikov / Stoyanovskiy (ROC) L (26–24, 15–21, 16–18)	Perušič / Schweiner (CZE) L (21–17, 16–21, 14–16)	Pļaviņš / Točs (LAT) W(21–18, 21–16)	3 Q	Bye	Alison / Álvaro (BRA) L (14–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico entered four weightlifters (two per gender) into the Olympic competition. Ana Gabriela López (women's 55 kg) and Aremi Fuentes (women's 76 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with Jonathan Muñoz and Jorge Cárdenas (men's 73 kg) topping the field of weightlifters each vying for qualification from the Americas in the men's 67 and 73 kg category, respectively, based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jonathan Muñoz	Men's −67 kg	135	8	163	10	298	10
Jorge Cárdenas	Men's −73 kg	145	10	175	10	320	11
Ana Gabriela López	Women's −55 kg	90	6	105	9	195	9
Aremi Fuentes	Women's −76 kg	108	4	138	3	245

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Mexico qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom advanced to the top two finals to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg and women's freestyle 57 kg, respectively, at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.^[51][52]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alma Valencia	Women's −57 kg	Koblova (ROC) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				11

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alfonso Leyva	Men's −77 kg	Chekhirkin (ROC) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				15

See also

• Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games