Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne
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Australia. 24 competitors, 21 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 10 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
Cycling
Road
Diving
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Mexico in 1956.
;Individual
*
José Pérez
*
Antonio Almada
*
David Romero
;Team
* José Pérez
* Antonio Almada
* David Romero
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a
fall
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and 3 points for every loss.
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
1956 in Mexican sports
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