Spain at the 2022 Winter Olympics
| Spain at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | ESP |
| NOC | Spanish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
| Competitors | 14 (10 men and 4 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Queralt Castellet Ander Mirambell |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Adrián Díaz |
| Medals Ranked 25th |
|
| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Spain competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2]
The Spanish team consisted of ten men and four women competing in six sports.[3]
On January 25, 2022, snowboarder Queralt Castellet and skeleton athlete Ander Mirambell were named as the Spanish flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4] Meanwhile, figure skater Adrián Díaz served as the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[5]
Medalists
[edit]The following competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver
|
Queralt Castellet | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | February 10 |
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Skeleton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Alpine skiing
[edit]Spain has qualified two male and one female alpine skier.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Adur Etxezarreta | Men's downhill | — | 1:44.12 | 17 | |||
| Men's super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Joaquim Salarich | Men's slalom | DNF | Did not advance | ||||
| Núria Pau | Women's giant slalom | 1:04.19 | 40 | DNF | |||
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Spain qualified three male and one female cross-country skiers, but will only use two male quotas.[7]
- Distance
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Imanol Rojo | Men's 15 km classical | — | 41:24.2 | +3:29.4 | 39 | |||
| Men's 30 km skiathlon | 41:37.7 | 26 | 38:54.0 | 15 | 1:21:09.2 | +4:59.4 | 21 | |
| Men's 50 kilometre freestyle | — | 1:14:50.5 | +3:17.8 | 21 | ||||
- Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jaume Pueyo | Men's | 2:55.76 | 37 | Did not advance | |||||
Figure skating
[edit]Based on placements at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Spain qualified 2 athletes (1 male and 1 female) in the ice dancing event.[8]
Laura Barquero failed the doping test, as announced after the closing of the Olympics.[9]
| Athlete | Event | SP / SD | FS / FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Laura Barquero Marco Zandron |
Pairs | 63.34 | 11 Q | 118.02 | 11 | 181.36 | 11 |
| Olivia Smart Adrián Díaz |
Ice dance | 77.70 | 9 Q | 121.41 | 6 | 199.11 | 8 |
Freestyle skiing
[edit]By meeting the basic qualification standards, Spain has qualified two male freestyle skier.
- Men's
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Javier Lliso | Men's big air | 90.25 | 80.50 | 170.75 | 9 Q | 89.00 | 82.50 | 171.50 | 6 | ||
| Men's slopestyle | 69.16 | — | 69.16 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Thibault Magnin | Men's big air | 41.25 | 38.50 | 79.75 | 28 | Did not advance | |||||
| Men's slopestyle | 33.06 | — | 33.06 | 29 | Did not advance | ||||||
Skeleton
[edit]Based on placements of the World Ranking as of January 16, Spain qualified one male athlete.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ander Mirambell | Men's | 1:02.45 | 23 | 1:03.36 | 25 | 1:02.34 | 24 | Did not advance | 3:08.15 | 24 | |
Snowboarding
[edit]By meeting the basic qualification standards, Spain has qualified at least one male and one female snowboarder.
- Freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Queralt Castellet | Women's halfpipe | 78.75 | 49.50 | 78.75 | 4 Q | 69.25 | 90.25 | 78.25 | 90.25 |
|
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Small Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
| Lucas Eguibar | Men's snowboard cross | 1:18.73 | 21 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 4 | 3 | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "España acudirá a Beijing 2022 con catorce deportistas" [Spain will attend Beijing 2022 with fourteen athletes]. www.coe.es/ (in Spanish). Spanish Olympic Committee. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Martin, Marta (25 January 2022). "Queralt Castellet y Ander Mirambell, abanderados de España en Beijing 2022" [Queralt Castellet and Ander Mirambell, flag bearers for Spain in Beijing 2022]. www.olympics.com/ (in Spanish). International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Adrián Díaz, abanderado de España en la ceremonia de clausura" [Adrián Díaz, flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony]. Marca (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero fails doping test at Winter Olympics". The Guardian. 22 February 2022.
- ^ "IBSF Ranking Men´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.