Mexico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Athletes were given priority for vaccines in March.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:
162 athletes entries to competition, 1 athlete travel as reserve.
Archery
Mexican recurve team qualified for the women's team competition by securing one of three remaining spots available at the 2021 Archery Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. Another Mexican archer secured the last of three available spots with a bronze-medal victory in the men's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey.
Artistic swimming
Mexico fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event by winning the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Athletics
Mexican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events
Men
Women
Field events
Badminton
Mexico entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Lino Muñoz and debutant Haramara Gaitan were selected to compete in the men's and women's singles respectively based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.
Baseball
Mexico national baseball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the bronze medal over the United States and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked squad from the Americas at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 in Tokyo, Japan.
Summary
Team roster
Group play
Round 1
Boxing
Mexico entered three boxers (one male and two female) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Esmeralda Falcón finished among the top five of the women's lightweight category to secure her place in the Mexican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. Rogelio Romero (men's light heavyweight) and Brianda Cruz (women's welterweight) completed the nation's sporting lineup by topping the field of boxers vying for qualification from the Americas in the same system.
Canoeing
Slalom
With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Mexico accepted the invitation from the ICF to send a canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas in the federation's international rankings, marking the country's debut in the sporting discipline.
Cycling
Road
Mexico entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 22 (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.
Track
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Mexican riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint, and keirin based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Sprint
Team sprint
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
Keirin
Mountain biking
Mexican mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, by topping the field of nations each vying for qualification at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Aguascalientes.
Diving
Mexican divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 Pan American Games, and the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Tokyo, Japan.
Men
Women
Equestrian
Mexico fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the silver medal and securing second of three available slots at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Mexican roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).