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Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MEX
NOC	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website	www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	93 in 15 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Archery

One Mexican archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by securing one of three remaining spots available in the secondary tournament at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Another Mexican archer secured the last of three available spots with a bronze-medal victory at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey.

Artistic swimming

Mexico fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event by winning the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Athletics

Mexican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Women

Baseball

Mexico national baseball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the bronze medal over the United States and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked squad from the Americas at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 in Tokyo, Japan.

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 24 players

Cycling

Road

Mexico entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 22 (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Mexican riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Team sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Omnium

Diving

Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games.

Men

Women

Equestrian

Mexico fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the silver medal and securing second of three available slots at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Mexican roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Jumping

Football

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

Mexico men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico.

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "Denmark, Mexico and Sweden win last three Olympic quota places at 2019 world championships". World Archery. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. "Six countries add Olympic quota places at Americas continental qualifier". World Archery. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
4. Verástegui, Carlos (31 July 2019). "México logra medalla plata en Lima y plaza para Tokyo 2020 en natación artística" [Mexico wins a silver medal in Lima and a ticket to Tokyo 2020] (in Spanish). Vanguardia MX. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
5. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
6. "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
7. "Mexico heads to the Olympics, makes history". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
8. "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
9. Staszak, Catie (9 August 2019). "Pan American Games Lima 2019: Brazil punches ticket to Tokyo with team gold". FEI. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
10. "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
11. "Mexico vs Canada". CONCACAF. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Mexico entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympians Daniel Corral and Alexa Moreno finished among the top twelve eligible for qualification in the men's and among the top twenty in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book their spots on the Mexican roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Men

Women

Modern pentathlon

Mexican athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Mariana Arceo secured a selection in women's event with a gold medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

Rowing

Mexico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Mexican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Mexican shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.

Softball

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin						Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Mexico women's	Women's tournament	Canada	Japan	United States	Italy	Australia

Mexico women's national softball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two of the WBSC Women's Softball Americas Qualification Event in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 15 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	9	2	+7	1.000	—	Gold medal match
2	Japan (H)	5	4	1	18	5	+13	.800	1
3	Canada	5	3	2	19	4	+15	.600	2	Bronze medal match
4	Mexico	5	2	3	11	10	+1	.400	3
5	Australia	5	1	4	5	21	−16	.200	4
6	Italy	5	0	5	1	21	−20	.000	5

21 July 15:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 33 °C (91 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canada	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4	9	0
WP: Sara Groenewegen (1–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–1)   Sv: Danielle Lawrie (1) Home runs: MEX: None CAN: Jennifer Salling (1) Boxscore

22 July 12:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 28 °C (82 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	0
Japan (8)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	0
WP: Miu Goto (1–0)   LP: Danielle O'Toole (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Anissa Urtez (1) JPN: Yamato Fujita (2) Boxscore

24 July 14:30 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
WP: Cat Osterman (2–0)   LP: Dallas Escobedo (0–2)   Sv: Monica Abbott (2) Boxscore

25 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mexico	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	5	9	0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (1–2)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–3) Home runs: ITA: None MEX: Sydney Romero (1), Anissa Urtez (2), Brittany Cervantes (1) Boxscore

26 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 27 °C (81 °F)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	11	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
WP: Dallas Escobedo (2–2)   LP: Kaia Parnaby (1–2) Home runs: MEX: None AUS: Jade Wall (1) Boxscore

Taekwondo

Mexico entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games bronze medalist Carlos Sansores (men's +80 kg) and heavyweight champion Briseida Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Mexican squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.

Wrestling

Mexico qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom advanced to the top two finals to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg and women's freestyle 57 kg, respectively, at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

See also

• Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games

References

1. "El camino de Alexa Moreno y Daniel Corral que los coloca en Tokyo 2020" [Alexa Moreno and Daniel Corral booked their places for Tokyo 2020]. www.marca.com (in Spanish). Mexico: Claro. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
2. "Lima 2019: Mariana Arceo consigue oro y pase a Tokio 2020, en pentatlón" [Lima 2019: Modern pentathlete Mariana Arceo takes the gold and a ticket to Tokyo 2020] (in Spanish). Publimetro. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. "2021 World Rowing Americas Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
4. "Friends win medals at the 2019 RS:X World Championship". World Sailing. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. "Seven Champions crowned at 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami". World Sailing. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
6. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
7. "Canada, Mexico qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as top two teams across Americas". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
8. "Day 1 of Pan Am Olympic Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 concludes in Costa Rica". World Taekwondo. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
9. Grégorio, Taylor (14 March 2020). "Cuba Qualifies All Categories in Greco-Roman Style for the Olympic Games". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
10. "México suma una plaza para los Juegos Olímpicos en Lucha" [Mexico adds a wrestling spot for the Olympics] (in Spanish). Mexico: Marca. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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