Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

first participated at the

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in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every

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since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in ...

since 1928, though has not yet won any medals in the Winter Olympics. Mexican athletes have won a total of 77 medals, with

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as the top medal-producing sport. The

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for Mexico is the

Mexican Olympic Committee The Mexican Olympic Committee () (COM) is the organization that represents Mexican athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games. It was created and formally recognized ...

and was created in 1923.

Hosted Games

Mexico was the first

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n nation to host the Olympic Games on one occasion.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by Summer Sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Multiple Mexican Olympic medalists

Joaquín Capilla is the Mexican athlete with the most medals, four, and the first Mexican athlete to obtain medals in three consecutive games, while Humberto Mariles is the only double Olympic champion, also the Mexican athlete with the most medals at a single Olympic games, with three in 1948, and got Mexico's first gold medal. In 2016, María Espinoza became the first Mexican female athlete to win a medal in three consecutive games.

References

External links

* * {{National sports teams of Mexico