Mexico at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Mexico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 83 competitors, 66 men and 17 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Bronze

• Mario González — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Jesús Mena — Diving, Men's Platform

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three men and one woman. Aurora Breton, a veteran of Mexico's first two appearances, fell to 29th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Aurora Breton – Preliminary round (→ 29th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jose Anchondo – Preliminary round (→ 26th place)
• Omar Bustani – Preliminary round (→ 38th place)
• Adolfo Gonzalez – Preliminary round (→ 49th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Anchondo, Bustani, and Gonzalez – Semifinal (→ 12th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Eduardo Nava

Men's 800 metres

• Mauricio Hernández

Men's 5,000 metres

• Mauricio González
• Marcos Barreto
• Arturo Barrios

Men's 10,000 metres

• Arturo Barrios

* First Round — 28:08.63

* Final — 27:39.32 (→ 5th place)

• Mauricio González

* First Round — 28:36.66

* Final — 27:59.90 (→ 11th place)

• Marcos Barreto

* Heat – 29:18.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Jesús Herrera

* Final — 2"13:58 (→ 11th place)

• Carlos Retiz

* Final —......

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