Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	24 (21 men and 3 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Joaquín Capilla
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Joaquín Capilla	Diving	10 m platform	6 December
Bronze	Joaquín Capilla	Diving	3 m springboard	1 December

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
René Ahumada	100 m	11.26	5	did not advance
René Ahumada	200 m	21.96	3	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Magdaleno Cano	Men's individual road race	5:53:40	9
Felipe Liñán		did not finish
Francisco Lozano		did not finish
Rafael Vaca		did not finish
Magdaleno Cano Felipe Liñán Francisco Lozano Rafael Vaca	Men's team road race	did not finish

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Juan Botella	3 m springboard	78.27	9 Q	49.05	12	127.32	10
Joaquín Capilla		90.24	1 Q	60.45	3	150.69
Juan Botella	10 m platform	69.39	12 Q	56.06	10	125.45	10
Alberto Capilla		74.18	7 Q	58.56	9	132.74	9
Joaquín Capilla		78.68	2 Q	73.76	2	152.44

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
		MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Benito Ramos	Men's foil	—			2	4	6	did not advance
Luis Jiménez	Men's épée	0	6	7	did not advance
Benito Ramos	Men's sabre	1	4	4 Q	0	5	7	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final
		MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Pilar Roldán	Women's foil	4	3	4 Q	—			1	4	6	did not advance

Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1956.

Individual

• José Pérez
• Antonio Almada
• David Romero

Team

• José Pérez
• Antonio Almada
• David Romero

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jorge Roesler	Single sculls	8:24.3	4 R	did not finish		—		did not advance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Alfonso Castañeda	25 m rapid fire pistol	571	11
Rodolfo Flores		556	19
Rodolfo Flores	50 metre pistol	507	26
Raúl Ibarra		533	15

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Ocampo	200 m butterfly	2:41.4	6	—		did not advance
Eulalio Ríos Alemán		2:28.1	3 Q	—		2:27.3	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Blanca Barrón	100 m freestyle	1:09.5	5	did not advance
Gilda Aranda	400 m freestyle	5:24.2	6	—		did not advance

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Guillermo Balboa	−67.5 kg	92.5	17	100	=11	127.5	=15	320	17

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
Mario Tovar González	–67 kg	Tanaquin (PHI) W F	Ashraf (PAK) W 2-1 D	Evans (USA) L 3-0 D	Kasahara (JPN) L F	did not advance

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database