The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007. Mexico participated with 400 athletes and 218 staff members (delegates, officials, medical and auxiliary staff). Goals Mexican athletes achieved the Mexican Olympic Committee goal for the National representation as they ended up placed at the 5th place in general medal count, same place obtained at the 14th Pan American Games. Medals Gold Athletics María Romary Rifka – Women's high jump Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza – Women's 400m José David Galván – Men's 10000m Boxing Carlos Cuadras Quiroa – Men's bantamweight 54 kg Canoeing José Cristóbal Quirino – Men's C1 1000m and 500 categories. Manuel Cortina and Jesús Valdez – Men's K2 1000m and 500m categories. Manuel Cortina – Men's K1 500m Diving Paola Espinosa – Women's 10m platform and 3m springboard categories. Paola Espinosa and Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m synch springboard Judo Vanessa Zambotti – Women's over 78 kg Squash Erick Gálvez – Men's individual. Taekwondo Alejandra Gaal – Women's up to 49 kg Iridia Salazar – Women's from 49 to 57 kg María del Rosario Espinoza – Women's above 67 kg Weightlifting Carolina Valencia – Women's up to 48 kg category (First Gold medal for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games). Silver Athletics Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz – Women's 10,000m Juan Luis Barrios – Men's 5000m and 1500m categories. Horacio Nava – Men's 50 km walk Giovanni Lanaro – Men's pole vault Talis Apud – Women's 3000m steeplechase Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza, Gabriela E. Medina, Zudykey Rodríguez and María Teresa Rugeiro – Women's 4x400m relay Archery Aida Román – Women's individual. Canoeing José Cristóbal Quirino and Gilberto Soriano – Men's C2 500m Cycling Alexandra Giuseppina Grassi – Women's individual pursuit Belem Guerrero Méndez – Women's road race Diving Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia – Women's 10m synch platform Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m springboard Rommel Pacheco – Men's 10m platform Rhythmic gymnastics Cynthia Yazmin Valdez Pérez – Women's individual all-around Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual apparatus, hoop Karate Bertha Gutiérrez – Women's under 60 kg Rowing Analicia Ramírez and Lila Pérez – Women's lightweight double sculls Sailing Tania Elías Calles Wolf – Women's one person dinghy, laser radial Swimming Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto – Women's 400m and 800m freestyle categories. Weightlifting Cinthya Domínguez – Women's up to 69 kg Damaris Aguirre – Women's up to