Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928, though has not yet won any medals in the Winter Olympics.
| Mexico at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MEX |
| NOC | Mexican Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 52nd |
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| Winter appearances | |
Mexican athletes have won a total of 73 medals, with diving as the top medal-producing sport.
The National Olympic Committee for Mexico is the Mexican Olympic Committee and was created in 1923.
Hosted Games
Mexico was the first Latin American nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion.
| Games | Host City | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Summer Olympics | Mexico City | 12 October - 27 October | 112 | 5,516 | 172 |
Medals
Host country
Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Athletes |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1924 Chamonix | did not participate | |||||
 1928 St. Moritz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 1932 Lake Placid | did not participate | |||||
 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ||||||
| 1948 St. Moritz | ||||||
 1952 Oslo | ||||||
 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||
| 1960 Squaw Valley | ||||||
 1964 Innsbruck | ||||||
| 1968 Grenoble | ||||||
 1972 Sapporo | ||||||
| 1976 Innsbruck | ||||||
| 1980 Lake Placid | ||||||
 1984 Sarajevo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 1988 Calgary | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1992 Albertville | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1998 Nagano | did not participate | |||||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Turin | did not participate | |||||
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2014 Sochi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2018 Pyeongchang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2022 Beijing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026 Milan–Cortina | future event | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
List of medalists
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Summer Olympics
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Multiple Mexican Olympic medalists
Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, while Humberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal.
In 2016, María Espinoza became the first Mexican female athlete to win a medal in three consecutive games.
| Rank | Athlete | Sex | Sport | Games |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joaquín Capilla | M |  Diving | 1956 Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1952 Helsinki | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1948 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Humberto Mariles | M |  Equestrian | 1948 London | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | María Espinoza | F |  Taekwondo | 2008 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Rubén Uriza | M | Equestrian | 1948 London | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Raúl González | M |  Athletics | 1984 Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Germán Sánchez | M | Diving | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Paola Espinosa | F | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Alejandra Orozco | F | 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | Joaquín Pérez | M | Equestrian | 1980 Moscow | 0 | 0 | 2 |
See also
References
External links
- "Mexico". International Olympic Committee.
- "Mexico". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/MEX". olympanalyt.com.