What position did Mexico finish in the Olympic medal table in Paris 2024?

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have come to an end and it is time to take stock. Amidst the controversy between the leaders of Mexican sports, Mary Jose Alcala of the COM and Ana Guevara of Conade, the lack of support, the confusion in the television contracts that generate controversy and so on, the Mexican delegation played a worthy role. Although it exceeded the quota for Tokyo 2020, it did not win a gold medal and failed to meet previous expectations.

The balance is undoubtedly historic for many personal and team merits; however, the reality is that Mexico continues to be outperformed in sports by other nations that also experience the same problems.

The Aztec delegation, made up of 107 athletes plus two reserves, achieved a harvest of five medals: three silver and two bronze, which surpasses what was achieved in Tokyo 2020, but which still leaves London 2012 as the last Olympic edition in which Mexico climbed to the top of the podium with the gold of the Mexican National Soccer Team.

At least 9 medals were expected and, given this reality, if you look at the Olympic medal table, it is somewhat discouraging to see what Mexico It does not even make it into the top 50 countries in the most important sporting event. Even more so if one takes into account that other countries such as Tahiti, Botswana and Bahrain did win at least one gold medal and, therefore, occupy a better position in the general table.

Historically, the Mexican team had 73 medals: 13 gold, 24 silver and 36 bronze. As for his best participation in a single edition We go back to Mexico 1968, with nine medals (three of each metal).

Where did Mexico finish in the Paris 2024 medal table?

Mexico finished in 65th position in the overall medal table for Paris 2024. Mexico and its final position, compared to other Central and South American countries, was placed with others that did not manage to win Olympic gold, such as Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico and Peru.

Even countries like Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Argentina or Ecuador Yes, they won the Gold. Of course, all of them were very independent of the great performance of United States winning the Olympic championship against China. In addition to Canada in the top 15 of the best countries in the summer competition.

Behind the American and Canadian delegations is Brazil with three gold medals and Cuba follows with two to give way to those who obtained only one GoldIt is worth noting that Uruguay was unable to win any medals in Paris with the participation of a small delegation of 27 athletes, including the men’s rugby team with 14 players.

To analyze the medal table of OlympicsIt is important to know that the positions are not determined by the total number of medals won, but rather by the gold medals, then the silver medals and finally the bronze medals. Let’s say that each one is like a “tiebreaker criterion”.

Mexican men outnumbered women

Paris 2024 had the best men’s performance for Mexico with three medals compared to the two achieved by women. Something that In Tokyo 2020 it had been the other way around, as the athletes were in charge of having superiority in the delegation in terms of the harvest of metals with three of the four bronze medals that were achieved in that edition.

Prisca Awiti and the women’s archery team made up ofr Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vazquez and Angela Ruiz They were the only women to win a medal. Both victories made history.

Awiti is the first woman not born in Mexico to win an Olympic medalin this case the silver, in addition to achieving the first for Mexico in the discipline of judo.

For its part, the archery team also wrote a page in history with the first medal – bronze – for the Mexican delegation in the team event in the discipline of archery.

As for the men, Osmar Olvera was the best tricolor athlete with two medals, a silver in the 3m synchronized springboard with Juan Celaya and bronze in the individual event.

While Green Frame gave boxing what could be one of the best farewells, since let’s remember that this sport is in doubt for the 2028 Los Angeles edition.

Green He took silver in the 71 kg category to give Mexico a medal in the ring, something that had not happened since Misael Rodríguez’s bronze in Rio 2016.

How many athletes from Mexico won an Olympic diploma?

Mexico had 17 athletes with Olympic diplomas (counting the artistic swimming team as a single diploma and the pairs as two athletes in the count), some of whom obtained it twice for the events in their disciplines.

In In each event of the 2024 Olympics, an Olympic diploma was awarded to the best eight athletes, in addition to the medals for first, second and third place.

This recognition has been awarded since 1981, when the International Olympic Committee decided to make this top 8, although at first it was a top 6 and in recent editions they moved to the select group of the eight best.

• *Alejandra Valencia – Individual archery (6th) and mixed team archery (8th)
• *Kevin Berlin – 10m synchronized platform diving (4th)
• *Randall Willars – 10m synchronized platform diving (4th) and 10m individual platform diving (5th)
• *Alegna González – 20km walk (5th) and 20km mixed relay walk (5th)
• *Ever Palma – 20km mixed relay walk (5th)
• *Gabriela Agúndez – 10m synchronized platform diving (5th) and 10m individual platform diving (5th)
• *Alejandra Orozco – 10m synchronized platform diving (5th) and 10m individual platform diving (8th)
• *Daniela Gaxiola – Track cycling team sprint (5th) and individual keirin (6th)
• *Yuli Verdugo – Team sprint track cycling (5th)
• *Jessica Salazar – Team sprint track cycling (5th)
• *Alejandra Estudillo – Individual 3m springboard diving (6th)
• *Artistic swimming team (7th)
• *Matías Grande – Mixed team archery (8th)
• *Uziel Muñoz – Shot put (8th)
• *Janeth Gómez – Weightlifting 59kg (8th)
• *Emiliano Hernández – Modern Pentathlon (4th)
• *Carlos Sansores – Taekwondo 80kg (4th)