Mexico national under-23 football team Mexico national under-23 football team The Mexico national under-23 football team, is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation and represents Mexico in competitions like the Pan American Games and the Olympic Games, and their respective qualification phases. The roster can be augmented with three "over-age" players, ostensibly possessing veteran experience, during Olympic competition, in accordance with FIFA regulations. Mexico won the gold medal in 2012 Summer Olympics, their first Olympic medal in association football. Before 1984, the football tournament at the Olympic Games was played only by amateur athletes. In 1984, professionals were allowed to compete for the first time.
Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics not surpass its previous records set in Atlanta (15 medals) and Sydney (12 medals), Brazil produced a record of 5 golds at these edition, a performance only surpassed 12 years later in Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was the host country and won 7 gold medals. Three of these medals in Athens were awarded to the team in beach and indoor volleyball, and two each in judo and sailing. Brazil's team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the men's indoor volleyball team (led by Gilberto Godoy Filho) and the women's football team (led by Formiga) won gold and silver