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.

Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	MEX
NPC	Federacion Mexicana de Deporte
in Beijing
Competitors	68 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Saúl Mendoza
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 10 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 20
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

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

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

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

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

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

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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

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

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

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

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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

Women

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

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

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

• Floralia Estrada Bernal
• Rosa Camara Arango
• Wendy Garcia Amador
• Rubicela Guzman Acosta
• Claudia Magali Miranda
• Anaisa Perez Pacheco
• Patricia Rodriguez Velazquez
• Rocio Torres Lopez
• Alma Torres Rodriguez
• Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo
• Cecilia Vazquez Suarez
• Rosa Herlinda Vera

Coach

• Aarón Dávila García

Tournament

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)

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8 September 2008 9:00

Mexico

34–52

Japan

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 13:30

China

53–37

Mexico

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 15:30

Mexico

38–71

Canada

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing

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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)

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See also

• Mexico at the Paralympics
• Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee