Mexico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 174 competitors, 152 men and 22 women, took part in 112 events in 20 sports. Medalists Silver Alfonso Zamora — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Mexico entered three men and three women. The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal. Their highest placing competitor was Francisca de Gutierrez, at 10th place in the women's competition. Women's Individual Competition: Francisca de Gutierrez – 2353 points (→ 10th place) Aurora Bretón – 2335 points (→ 15th place) Silvia de Tapia – 2258 points (→ 23rd place) Men's Individual Competition: Alfonso Jones – 2344 points (→ 28th place) Rafael Aveleira – 2178 points (→ 51st place) José Almanzor – 2175 points (→ 52nd place) Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Mario Pérez Heat — 13:58.2 (→ did not advance) Pedro Miranda Heat — 13:45.2 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres Juan Máximo Martínez Pedro Miranda Men's Marathon Jacinto Sabinal Alfredo Peñaloza Rafael Tadeo Men's 20 km Walk José Oliveros Pedro Aroche Ismael Avila Men's 50 km Walk Gabriel Hernández Raúl González José Oliveros Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Salvador García First Round — Lost to Ralph Evans (GBR), 1:4 Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Arturo Delgado Men's Bantamweight Alfonso Zamora Men's Featherweight Juan Francisco García Men's Lightweight Antonio Gin Men's Welterweight Sergio Lozano Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Emeterio Villanueva First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1 Third Round — Defeated Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3 Quarterfinals — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5 Men's Middleweight José Luis Espinosa Canoeing Cycling Six cyclists represented Mexico in 1972. Individual road race Jesús Sarabia — 10th place Agustín Alcántara — did not finish (→ no ranking) Francisco Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking) Francisco Javier Huerta — did not finish (→ no ranking) Team time trial Agustín Alcántara Antonio Hernández Francisco Huerta Francisco Vázquez Sprint Arturo Cambroni 1000m time trial Arturo Cambroni Final — 1:11.54 (→ 24th place) Individual pursuit Francisco Huerta Diving Men's 3m Springboard Carlos Armando Giron – 521.88 points (→ 9th place) José de Jesus Robinson – 514.02 points (→ 11th place) Porfirio Becerril – 310.65 points (→ 27th place) Men's 10m Platform Carlos Armando Giron – 442.41 points (→ 8th place) José de Jesus Robinson