Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games

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Mexico at the
2007 Pan American Games
IOC codeMEX
NOCComité Olímpico Mexicano (in Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
13–29 July 2007
Competitors400
Flag bearer Iridia Salazar
Medals
Gold
18
Silver
24
Bronze
31
Total
73
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007. Mexico participated with 400 athletes and 218 staff members (delegates, officials, medical and auxiliary staff).

Goals[edit]

Mexican athletes achieved the Mexican Olympic Committee goal for the National representation as they ended up placed at the 5th place in general medal count, same place obtained at the 14th Pan American Games.

Medals[edit]

Gold[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Gold María Romary Rifka – Women's high jump
Gold Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza – Women's 400m
Gold José David Galván – Men's 10000m

Boxing[edit]

Gold Carlos Cuadras Quiroa – Men's bantamweight 54 kg

Canoeing[edit]

Gold Gold José Cristóbal Quirino – Men's C1 1000m and 500 categories.
Gold Gold Manuel Cortina and Jesús Valdez – Men's K2 1000m and 500m categories.
Gold Manuel Cortina – Men's K1 500m

Diving[edit]

Gold Gold Paola Espinosa – Women's 10m platform and 3m springboard categories.
Gold Paola Espinosa and Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m synch springboard

Judo[edit]

Gold Vanessa Zambotti – Women's over 78 kg

Squash[edit]

Gold Erick Gálvez – Men's individual.

Taekwondo[edit]

Gold Alejandra Gaal – Women's up to 49 kg
Gold Iridia Salazar – Women's from 49 to 57 kg
Gold María del Rosario Espinoza – Women's above 67 kg

Weightlifting[edit]

Gold Carolina Valencia – Women's up to 48 kg category (First Gold medal for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games).

Silver[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Silver Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz – Women's 10,000m
Silver Silver Juan Luis Barrios – Men's 5000m and 1500m categories.
Silver Horacio Nava – Men's 50 km walk
Silver Giovanni Lanaro – Men's pole vault
Silver Talis Apud – Women's 3000m steeplechase
Silver Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza, Gabriela E. Medina, Zudykey Rodríguez and María Teresa Rugeiro – Women's 4x400m relay

Archery[edit]

Silver Aida Román – Women's individual.

Canoeing[edit]

Silver José Cristóbal Quirino and Gilberto Soriano – Men's C2 500m

Cycling[edit]

Silver Alexandra Giuseppina Grassi – Women's individual pursuit
Silver Belem Guerrero Méndez – Women's road race

Diving[edit]

Silver Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia – Women's 10m synch platform
Silver Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m springboard
Silver Rommel Pacheco – Men's 10m platform

Rhythmic gymnastics[edit]

Silver Cynthia Yazmin Valdez Pérez – Women's individual all-around
Silver Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual apparatus, hoop

Karate[edit]

Silver Bertha Gutiérrez – Women's under 60 kg

Rowing[edit]

Silver Analicia Ramírez and Lila Pérez – Women's lightweight double sculls

Sailing[edit]

Silver Tania Elías Calles Wolf – Women's one person dinghy, laser radial

Swimming[edit]

Silver Silver Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto – Women's 400m and 800m freestyle categories.

Weightlifting[edit]

Silver Cinthya Domínguez – Women's up to 69 kg
Silver Damaris Aguirre – Women's up to 75 kg

Bronze[edit]

Archery[edit]

Athletics Jorge Chapoy, Juan René Serrano and Eduardo Vélez – Men's team

Athletics[edit]

Athletics María Esther Sánchez – Women's 20 km walk
Athletics Alejandro Suárez – Men's 10000m
Athletics Nora Leticia Rocha – Women's 5000m
Athletics Omar Cepeda de León – Men's 50 km walk
Athletics Procopio Franco – Men's marathon.

Baseball[edit]

Bronze Mexican and Nicaraguan men's national teams, Bronze medal in Baseball, the game was cancelled due to rain, and the Organizing Committee decided to award the medal to both teams.

Beach Volleyball[edit]

Bronze Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García – Women's beach volleyball.

Boxing[edit]

Bronze Braulio Ávila Juárez – Men's fly 51 kg

Bowling[edit]

Bronze Sandra Góngora and Adriana Pérez – Women's doubles.

Canoeing[edit]

Bronze Anca Ionela Mateescu – Women's K1 500m

Cycling[edit]

Bronze Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet – Women's mountain bike
Bronze Belem Guerrero Méndez – women's points race

Football[edit]

Bronze Mexico men's national team.

Rhythmic gymnastics[edit]

Bronze Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual all-around
Bronze Bronze Bronze Cynthia Yasmín Valdez Pérez – Women's individual apparatus, rope, clubs and ribbon categories.
Bronze Blajaith Aguilar Rojas, Sofía Díaz de León Lastras, Marienne Montserrat Martínez Medina, Ana Cristina Ortega Benítez, Citlaly Quinta Álvarez and Sara Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez – Women's all-around

Sailing[edit]

Bronze David Mier y Terán – Men's Windsurfer, Neil Pryde RS:X
Bronze Andrés Akle Carranza and Jorge Xavier Murrieta – Men's double-handed dinghy, snipe

Shooting[edit]

Bronze José Roberto Elías Orozco – Men's 10m air rifle
Bronze Alix Moncada – Women's 10m air rifle
Bronze Ariel Mauricio Flores Gómez – Men's skeet

Squash[edit]

Bronze Samantha Terán – Women's Squash.
Bronze Samantha Terán, Karina Herrera Zúñiga and Nayelly Hernández – Women's team
Bronze Erick Gálvez, Jorge Baltazar and Marcos Méndez – Men's team

Swimming[edit]

Bronze Juan Veloz – Men's 200m butterfly

Taekwondo[edit]

Bronze José Luis Ramírez – Men's from 68 to 80 kg

Tennis[edit]

Bronze Santiago González and Víctor Romero – Men's team

Wrestling[edit]

Bronze Oscar Aguilar – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Revoked medals[edit]

Artistic gymnastics[edit]

Bronze The Pan American Games Organizing Committee decided to revoke the Bronze medal obtained by the Mexican Women's gymnastics team (Marisela Arizmendi Torres, Maricela Cantú Mata, Yesenia Estrada Martínez, Érika Mariene García Aguiñaga, Elsa García Rodríguez Blancas and Yeny Ibarra Valdez);[1][2] Marisela Arizmendi Torres had an accreditation as an official ("As" accreditation) instead of being registered as an athlete ("Ao" accreditation), therefore the PASO Executive Committee decided to revoke the bronze medal and award it to the Canadian Women's team, who came up as 4th during the competition.

Results by event[edit]

Basketball[edit]

Women's Team Competition[edit]

  • Team Roster

Triathlon[edit]

Men's Competition[edit]

  • 1:53:43.51 – 9th place
  • 1:56:26.50 – 18th place
  • 1:56:49.99 – 19th place

Women's Competition[edit]

  • 2:00:44.24 – 5th place
  • 2:01:00.46 – 7th place
  • 2:04:20.30 – 15th place

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women's team: Mexico's bronze medal canceled". Rio2007 Official Website. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Mexico loses gymnastics medal for accreditation error". Reuters. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.

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