Mexico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 174 competitors, 152 men and 22 women, took part in 112 events in 20 sports.
Medalists
Silver
Alfonso Zamora — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Mexico entered three men and three women. The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal. Their highest placing competitor was Francisca de Gutierrez, at 10th place in the women's competition.
Women's Individual Competition: Francisca de Gutierrez – 2353 points (→ 10th place) Aurora Bretón – 2335 points (→ 15th place) Silvia de Tapia – 2258 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition: Alfonso Jones – 2344 points (→ 28th place) Rafael Aveleira – 2178 points (→ 51st place) José Almanzor – 2175 points (→ 52nd place)
Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres
Mario Pérez
Heat — 13:58.2 (→ did not advance)
Pedro Miranda
Heat — 13:45.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Juan Máximo Martínez
Pedro Miranda
Men's Marathon
Jacinto Sabinal
Alfredo Peñaloza
Rafael Tadeo
Men's 20 km Walk
José Oliveros
Pedro Aroche
Ismael Avila
Men's 50 km Walk
Gabriel Hernández
Raúl González
José Oliveros
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Salvador García First Round — Lost to Ralph Evans (GBR), 1:4
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Arturo Delgado
Men's Bantamweight
Alfonso Zamora
Men's Featherweight
Juan Francisco García
Men's Lightweight
Antonio Gin
Men's Welterweight
Sergio Lozano
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Emeterio Villanueva First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1 Third Round — Defeated Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3 Quarterfinals — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5
Men's Middleweight
José Luis Espinosa
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1972.
Individual road race
Jesús Sarabia — 10th place
Agustín Alcántara — did not finish (→ no ranking) Francisco Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking) Francisco Javier Huerta — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Agustín Alcántara
Antonio Hernández
Francisco Huerta
Francisco Vázquez
Sprint
Arturo Cambroni
1000m time trial
Arturo Cambroni
Final — 1:11.54 (→ 24th place)
Individual pursuit
Francisco Huerta
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Carlos Armando Giron – 521.88 points (→ 9th place) José de Jesus Robinson – 514.02 points (→ 11th place) Porfirio Becerril – 310.65 points (→ 27th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Carlos Armando Giron – 442.41 points (→ 8th place) José de Jesus Robinson – 284.58 points (→ 14th place) Porfirio Becerril – 282.57 points (→ 15th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Bertha Baraldi – 252.66 points (→ 15th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Bertha Baraldi – 174.21 points (→ 20th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Mexico in 1972.
Men's foil
Carlos Calderón
Vicente Calderón
Men's épée
Luis Stephens
Jorge Castillejos
Carlos Calderón
Men's team épée
Carlos Calderón, Jorge Castillejos, Hermilo Leal, Luis Stephens
Men's sabre
Roberto Alva
Vicente Calderón
Hermilo Leal
Football
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group 2) Defeated Sudan (1-0) Defeated Burma (1-0) Lost to Soviet Union (1-4) Second Round (Group A) Drew with West Germany (1-1) Lost to East Germany (0-7) Lost to Hungary (0-2) Did not advance → Seventh place
