Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics
# 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.
