title: Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics
text: # Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  
  Mexico competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 69 competitors, 63 men and 6 women, took part in 54 events in 14 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bronze | Juan Botella | Diving | 3 m springboard | 29 August |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Santiago Plaza | 100 m | 10.8 | 3 Q | 10.8 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Santiago Plaza | 200 m | 22.0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jorge Terán | 400 m | 9:38.0 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Alfredo Tinoco | 3000 m steeplechase | 49.6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Rodolfo Mijares Santiago Plaza Roberto Procel Jorge Terán | 4 x 100 m relay | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Field events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Roberto Procel | Long jump | 7.23 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Combined events – Decathlon
  
  | Athlete | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Points | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rodolfo Mijares | 11.3 | 6.20 | 10.59 | 1.65 | 50.5 | 17.3 | 37.55 | 3.40 | 43.36 | 4:49.3 | 5413 | 21 |
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Sebastiana Alvarado | 800 m | did not start | did not start | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Ten cyclists, all men, represented Mexico in 1960.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Luis Zárate
  * Jacinto Brito
  * Mauricio Mata
  * Filiberto Mercado
  
  ### Team time trial
  
  * Armando Martínez
  * Filiberto Mercado
  * Luis Zárate
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Cenobio Ruiz
  * Luis Muciño
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Mauricio Mata
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Luis Muciño
  * José Luis Tellez
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Mauricio Mata
  * Javier Taboada
  * Jacinto Brito
  * Miguel Pérez
  
  ## Fencing
  
  Eight fencers, seven men and one woman, represented Mexico in 1960.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Raúl Cicero
  * William Fajardo
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Antonio Almada
  * Benito Ramos
  * Ángel Roldán
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Benito Ramos, Ángel Roldán, Antonio Almada, Sergio Escobedo, José Pérez
  
  ### Men's sabre
  
  * Benito Ramos
  * William Fajardo
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Pilar Roldán
  
  ## Modern pentathlon
  
  Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1960.
  
  ### Individual
  
  * Antonio Almada
  * Sergio Escobedo
  * José Pérez
  
  ### Team
  
  * Antonio Almada
  * Sergio Escobedo
  * José Pérez
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Mexico had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.
  
  ### Men's coxless pair
  
  * Arcadio Padilla
  * Roberto Retolaza
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Six shooters represented Mexico in 1960.
  
  ### 25 m pistol
  
  * Luis Jiménez
  * Héctor Elizondo
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Raúl Ibarra
  * Ignacio Mendoza
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Paulino Díaz
  * Ernesto Montemayor, Jr.
  