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Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Mexico sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 68 athletes, a smaller delegation than at the previous Games.[1]

Mexico at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeMEX
NPCFederacion Mexicana de Deporte
in Beijing
Competitors68 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Saúl Mendoza
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
10
Silver
3
Bronze
7
Total
20
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Mario Santillán Athletics Men's marathon T46
  Gold Mauro Maximo de Jesus Athletics Men's shot put F53/54
  Gold Perla Bustamante Athletics Women's 100m T42
  Gold Eduardo Ávila Sanchez Judo Men's 73 kg
  Gold Amalia Pérez Powerlifting Women's -50 kg
  Gold Juan Ignacio Reyes Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S4
  Gold Pedro Rangel Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB5
  Gold Patricia Valle Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S3
  Gold Nely Miranda Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S4
  Gold Nely Miranda Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S4
  Silver María de los Ángeles Ortíz Athletics Women's shot put F58
  Silver Lenia Ruvalcaba Judo Women's 70 kg
  Silver Doramitzi González Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S6
  Bronze Mario Santillan Athletics Men's 5000m T46
  Bronze Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54
  Bronze Jeny Velazco Athletics Women's javelin throw F57-58
  Bronze Laura Cerero Powerlifting Women's -40 kg
  Bronze Perla Patricia Bárcenas Powerlifting Women's -82.5 kg
  Bronze Doramitzi González Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S6
  Bronze Patricia Valle Swimming Women's 150m individual medley SM4

Sports

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Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Constantino Angeles T11 1500m 4:30.50 12 did not advance
5000m — 16:31.88 4
Moisés Beristain T12 10000m — 33:17.07 6
Marathon — 2:38:17 8
Benjamín Cardozo T37 100m 12.73 13 did not advance
Aaron Gordian T54 800m 1:40.45 17 Q 1:36.43 11 did not advance
1500m 3:07.76 4 Q 3:09.72 15 did not advance
5000m 10:14.41 2 Q — 10:25.49 7
Marathon — 1:23:20 4
Salvador Hernandez T52 100m — 17.89 4
200m — 33.34 7
400m 1:06.20 11 did not advance
Luis Herrera T12 10000m — DNF
Marathon — 2:38:50 9
Nicolas Ledesma T11 1500m 4:31.08 13 did not advance
Saúl Mendoza T54 800m 1:37.40 4 Q 1:40.36 7 Q 1:38.61 7
1500m 3:10.31 28 did not advance
5000m 10:51.39 10 Q — 10:25.48 6
Marathon — 1:36:14 29
Pedro Meza T46 5000m — 15:25.26 6
Marathon — 2:38:57 8
Jaime Ramírez T53 100m 16.06 10 did not advance
200m 28.72 14 did not advance
400m 1:02.20 20 did not advance
Fernando Sánchez T54 100m 15.23 17 did not advance
200m 26.55 17 did not advance
400m 48.76 6 Q 51.39 9 did not advance
Freddy Sandoval T54 100m 14.91 11 did not advance
200m 26.76 19 did not advance
400m 51.57 24 did not advance
Mario Santillán T46 5000m — 14:43.78  
Marathon — 2:27:04 WR  
Gonzalo Valdovinos T54 100m 14.94 14 did not advance
200m 25.60 7 q — 26.31 7
400m 49.61 12 Q 53.34 14 did not advance
Luis Zapien T11 5000m — DSQ
Alfonso Zaragoza T54 800m 1:41.43 21 did not advance
1500m 3:18.74 32 did not advance
5000m 10:24.13 16 did not advance
Marathon — 1:30:30 20
Jaime Ramírez
Fernando Sánchez
Freddy Sandoval
Gonzalo Valdovinos 		T53-54 4 × 100 m relay 53.16 5 did not advance
4 × 400 m relay 3:22.56 6 did not advance

Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Benjamín Cardozo F37-38 Long jump 5.17 898 11
Fernando del Rosario F57-58 Discus throw 47.44 889 10
Mauro Maximo de Jesus F53-54 Javelin throw 20.39 1023 5
Shot put 8.72 WR 1073  
Adrián Paz Velázquez F53-54 Javelin throw 19.55 SB 981 8
Enrique Sánchez F55-56 Shot put 10.57 SB 911 11
Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix F53-54 Javelin throw 28.67 SB 1087  

Women's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yazmith Bataz T54 100m 18.15 10 did not advance
200m 31.99 7 Q 31.05 7
400m 1:00.29 11 did not advance
Perla Bustamante T42 100m — 16.32 WR  
Evelyn Enciso T53 100m 18.83 8 q 18.43 8
200m 33.32 9 did not advance
400m 1:03.31 8 q 1:01.89 8
800m — 2:02.99 7
Gloria Sanchez T54 100m 18.40 13 did not advance
200m 33.43 15 did not advance
400m 1:03.13 13 did not advance
Yazmith Bataz
Evelyn Enciso
Floralia Estrada
Gloria Sanchez 		T53-54 4 × 100 m relay — DSQ

Women's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Perla Bustamante F42 Long jump 3.51 SB - 4
F42-46 Shot put 9.07 933 6
Dora Garcia F54-56 Javelin throw 11.61 793 14
Leticia Ochoa F33-34/52-53 Javelin throw 8.69 966 9
Angeles Ortiz Hernandez F57-58 Shot put 10.94 1126  
Esther Rivera F33-34/52-53 Javelin throw 11.69 1027 4
Catalina Rosales F57-58 Discus throw 26.12 831 11
Shot put 9.51 978 5
Estela Salas F32-34/51-53 Discus throw 12.59 848 13
F33-34/52-53 Javelin throw 11.33 995 6
Azucena Saucedo F54-56 Shot put 7.56 908 9
Jeny Velazco F57-58 Javelin throw 30.57 1037  

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Edgar Navarro Men's road time trial HC A 46:16.11 7

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Eduardo Ávila Men's 73kg Bye   Hierrezuelo (CUB)
W 0020–0000 		  F Ramirez (ARG)
W 1100-0000 		—   Xu Z (CHN)
W 1000-0000  

Women

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Athlete Event First Round Semifinals Repechage Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Lenia Ruvalcaba Women's 70kg   Pernheim (SWE)
W 0200-000 		  Savostyanova (RUS)
W 0110-0101 		—   del Carmen Herrera (ESP)
L 0000-1021  

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jose Castorena S4 50m freestyle 50.79 12 did not advance
Vidal Dominguez S5 50m butterfly 45.32 8 Q 45.50 7
SB4 100m breaststroke 2:05.17 13 did not advance
SM5 200m individual medley 3:45.96 7 Q 3:50.11 8
Pedro Rangel SB5 100m breaststroke 1:33.95 1 Q 1:34.69  
Juan Ignacio Reyes S4 50m backstroke 42.71 WR 1 Q 42.77  
50m freestyle 44.02 7 Q 43.07 7
100m freestyle 1:36.25 6 Q 1:37.30 8
200m freestyle 3:28.73 6 Q 3:25.57 7
S5 50m butterfly 46.00 10 did not advance
Cristopher Tronco Sánchez S3 50m backstroke 1:06.04 9 did not advance
50m freestyle 1:05.00 9 did not advance
100m freestyle 2:23.03 9 did not advance
Jose Castorena
Vidal Dominguez
Pedro Rangel
Juan Ignacio Reyes 		N/A 4x50m freestyle relay — 3:02.50 5
4x50m medley relay 3:06.32 7 Q 3:04.44 7

Women

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Doramitzi Gonzalez S6 100m backstroke S6 1:42.21 7 Q 1:36.90 6
50m butterfly 44.00 9 did not advance
50m freestyle 38.20 4 Q 36.52  
100m freestyle 1:23.37 3 Q 1:19.36  
400m freestyle 6:15.97 6 Q 6:06.84 5
Virginia Hernandez S2 50m backstroke 1:41.87 9 did not advance
Nely Miranda S4 50m freestyle — 46.27 WR  
100m freestyle 1:45.89 1 Q 1:44.11  
S5 200m freestyle 3:28.20 7 Q 3:32.08 7
Nadia Porras S5 50m backstroke 56.42 9 did not advance
200m freestyle 3:36.09 10 did not advance
Fabiola Ramirez S3 50m backstroke 1:21.71 9 did not advance
50m freestyle 1:17.92 11 did not advance
Patricia Valle S3 50m backstroke 1:17.89 7 Q 1:12.88 4
50m freestyle 59.84 2 Q 57.05  
S4 100m freestyle 2:03.82 6 Q 2:02.50 7
SM4 150m individual medley — 3:29.36  

Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Porfirio Arredondo 75kg 197.5 5
Jesus Castillo 90kg 200.0 4

Women

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Perla Patricia Barcenas 82.5kg 130.0  
Laura Cerero 40kg 92.5  
Catalina Diaz 75kg 115.0 4
Amalia Pérez 52kg 128.0 PR  

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Teresa Arenales Women's singles C4   Weinmann (GER)
L 0–3 		  Jung (KOR)
L 1-3 		  Sacca (ITA)
L 1-3 		4 did not advance
Maria Paredes Women's singles C5   Gu G (CHN)
L WBF 		  Wei M H (TPE)
L 0-3 		  Wong P Y (HKG)
W 3-2 		3 did not advance
Teresa Arenales
Maria Paredes 		Women's team C4-5 No preliminaries   Chinese Taipei (TPE)
L 0-3 		did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

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Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 10 teams.

Players

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Coach

Tournament

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7 September 2008
12:15
  Netherlands 59–46   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 18 - 11, 11 - 15, 12 - 8, 18 - 12
Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 2,140
Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (Australia)
9 September 2008
13:30
  China 53–37   Mexico
9th-10th classification
14 September 2008
13:30
  Brazil 44–54   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 12 - 16, 11 - 8, 12 - 18, 9 - 12
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexican athletes are ready for the Paralympics" Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, August 27, 2008
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