Mexico has sent athletes to compete in Summer Games since the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, France with the sports of athletics and boxing producing a large number of the country’s Olympic medals.

Flyweight boxer Francisco Cabañas and small-bore rifle shooter Gustavo Huet, both won silver medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, United States, to become Mexico’s first individual Olympic medallists and Mexico upholds a proud tradition of winning at least one medal at every single Summer Games it has competed at since then. Show jumper Humberto Mariles Cortés became the country’s first individual Olympic champion when he and mount Arete claimed gold at the 1948 Games in London, England. He was also part of Mexico’s successful trio in the team event along with Rubén Uriza and Alberto Valdes Lacarra to make it double gold in London.

As the host of the Games in Mexico City in 1968, the country enjoyed its most successful medal return, winning nine in total, including a record three golds. Boxers Ricardo Delgado and Antonio Roldan and swimmer Felipe Muñoz all became Olympic champions in their home country. At the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, Mexico enjoyed its only one-two in an Olympic event, the men’s 20km walk, when Ernesto Canto finished just ahead of Raúl González. González made up for the disappointment later in the Games by claiming gold in the 50km walk.

Despite the proud, long unbroken run of Olympic medals for Mexico, Olympic champions have become rarer in recent years. Indeed, weightlifter Soraya Jimenez, who won gold in the women’s 58kg category at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, is the country’s only gold medallist from the last five Summer Games.

Medals per sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	5	2	10
Basketball	0	0	1	1
Boxing	2	3	7	12
Cycling – Track	0	1	1	2
Diving	1	4	4	9
Equestrian – Eventing	0	0	2	2
Equestrian – Jumping	2	1	2	5
Fencing	0	1	0	1
Polo	0	0	1	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	2	3
Weightlifting	1	0	0	1
Wrestling – Greco-Roman	0	1	0	1
Total	10	18	23	51
Medals per year

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1932	0	2	0	2
1936	0	0	3	3
1948	2	1	2	5
1952	0	1	0	1
1956	1	0	1	2
1960	0	0	1	1
1964	0	0	1	1
1968	3	3	3	9
1972	0	1	0	1
1976	1	0	1	2
1980	0	1	3	4
1984	2	3	1	6
1988	0	0	2	2
1992	0	1	0	1
1996	0	0	1	1
2000	1	2	3	6
2004	0	3	1	4
Total	10	18	23	51