Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sydney by a single medal. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes in diving, and two in archery for the first time. Among the nation's medalists were springboard diver Laura Sánchez, who won Mexico's first Olympic medal for a female in an individual event. Meanwhile, taekwondo jin María Espinoza and platform diver Paola Espinosa became the first Mexican women in history to win a total of two Olympic medals. Mexico also set a milestone in its team sports, as the men's football team won its first ever Olympic gold medal in the final match against Brazil. Mexico at
Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics at tournament start, regardless of age. The football tournament was held in four venues: The Gold Medal game between France and Brazil,with players mostly from a club team, Internacional of Porto Alegre, who gave up his starting team to CBF (totaling 11 of the 17 players called), reinforced by Gilmar Popoca, then Flamengo , who was voted the best player in the competition. reached the final by surviving a penalty kick shoot-out with Canada, 4-2, after playing to a 1-1 draw: at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games football attendance record of 101,799. Until 2014 this remained the record