Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	422 (297 men and 125 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Felipe de Borbón
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Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch. 422 competitors, 297 men and 125 women, took part in 195 events in 29 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Antonio Vázquez, Alfonso Menéndez, and Juan Holgado — Archery, Men's Team Competition
Fermín Cacho — Athletics, Men's 1.500m
Daniel Plaza — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
José Manuel Moreno — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Santiago Cañizares, Albert Ferrer, Mikel Lasa, Roberto Solozábal, Juan Manuel López, David Villabona, José Amavisca, Luis Enrique, Josep Guardiola, Abelardo Fernández, Javier Manjarín, Francisco Veza, Antonio Jiménez Sistachs, Gabriel Vidal, Francisco Soler, Miguel Hernández, Rafael Berges, Antonio Pinilla, Kiko Narváez, and Alfonso Pérez Muñoz — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
Anna Maiques, Celia Correa, Elisabeth Maragall, María Ángeles Rodríguez, María Carmen Barea, Marívi González, Maider Tellería, María Isabel Martínez, Mercedes Coghen, Nagore Gabellanes, Natalia Dorado, Nuria Olivé, Silvia Manrique, Sonia Barrio, Teresa Motos, and Virginia Ramírez — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
José María van der Ploeg — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
Luís Doreste and Domingo Manrique — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition
Jordi Calafat and Kiko Sánchez — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition
Theresa Zabell and Patricia Guerra — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition
Martin López-Zubero — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
Almudena Muñoz — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
Miriam Blasco — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)

Silver

Antonio Peñalver — Athletics, men's decathlon
Faustino Reyes — Boxing, men's featherweight
Carolina Pascual — Gymnastics, women's rhythmic all-around
Natalia Vía Dufresne — Sailing, women's Europe individual competition
Jordi Arrese — Tennis, men's singles competition
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez — Tennis, women's doubles competition
Daniel Ballart, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Josep Picó, Manuel Estiarte, Manuel Silvestre, Marco Antonio González, Miguel Ángel Oca, Pedro Francisco García, Ricardo Sánchez, Rubén Michavila, Salvador Gómez and Sergi Pedrerol — Water polo, men's team competition

Bronze

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — Tennis, Women's Singles Competition
Javier García — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

Archery

The four Spaniards had little success in the individual round, with only one qualifying for the elimination matches. He lost in the first round. The men's team, however, surprised the world by pulling off four upsets to claim the gold medal—Spain's first archery medal—in front of a home crowd.

Women's Individual Competition:

Teresa Fernandez — Ranking round, 42nd place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

Antonio Vázquez — Round of 32, 28th place (0-1)
Alfonso Menéndez — Ranking round, 42nd place (0-0)
Juan Holgado — Ranking round, 45th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

Vázquez, Menéndez, and Holgado — Final (4-0) → Gold Medal)

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

Juan Trapero

Heat — 10.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres'

Abel Anton

Heat — 13:31.48
Final — 13:27.80 (→ 8th place)

Antonio Serrano Sánchez

Heat — 13:42.94 (→ did not advance)

Martín Fiz

Heat — 13:42.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Carlos de la Torre

Heat — 28:55.47 (→ did not advance)

José Carlos Adan

Heat — 28:50.38 (→ did not advance)

Alejandro Gómez Cabral

Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

Antonio Sanchez Muñoz, Cayetano Cornet, Manuel Moreno Sanchez, and Angel Valentin Heras

Heat — 3:04.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Diego García — 2:14.56 (→ 9th place)
Rodrigo Gavela — 2:16.23 (→ 18th place)
José Esteban Montiel — 2:19.15 (→ 32nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Daniel Plaza — 1:21:45 (→ Gold Medal)
Miguel Ángel Prieto — 1:26:38 (→ 10th place)
Valentí Massana — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

Josep Marín — 3:58:41 (→ 15th place)
Jesús García — 3:58:43 (→ 10th place)
Jaime Barroso — 4:02:08 (→ 14th place)

Men's Long Jump

Jesus Olivan

Qualification — 7.78 m (→ did not advance)

Ángel Hernández

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Santiago Moreno

Qualification — 16.04 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Julian Sotelo

Qualification — 75.34 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

David Martínez

Qualification — 61.22 m
Final — 60.16 m (→ 9th place)

Women's 800 metres

Amaia Andrés

Heat — 2:02.67 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

Miriam Alonso Manteca

Heat — 57.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

Mari Cruz Díaz

Final — 45:32 (→ 10th place)

Encarna Granados

Final — 46:00 (→ 14th place)

Emilia Cano

Final — 47:03 (→ 22nd place)

Women's Discus Throw

Angeles Barreiro

Qualifying Heat — 53.14m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

Spain came within half an inning of losing all seven of its preliminary round games in the first official Olympic baseball tournament. Trailing Puerto Rico 6-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Spain rallied for three runs to win its only Olympic victory in the sport.

Preliminary Round

Lost to United States (1:4)
Lost to Japan (1:12)
Lost to Dominican Republic (2:11)
Lost to Chinese Taipei (0:20)
Lost to Cuba (0:18)
Lost to Italy (1:14)
Defeated Puerto Rico (7:6) → 8th place

Men's Team Roster

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to PR China (63-66)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (59-58)
Lost to United States (59-114)

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (92-80)
5th/6th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (59-58) → 5th place

Team Roster

Head Coach: José Maria Buceta

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (— 48 kg)

Rafael Lozano

First Round — Defeated Abram Thwala (RSA), 9:0
Second Round — Defeated Eric Griffin (USA), 6:2
Quarterfinals — Lost to Rogelio Marcelo (CUB), 3:11

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Oscar Vega

First Round — Lost to Remigio Molina (ARG), 4:14

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Faustino Reyes → Silver Medal

First Round — Defeated Brian Carr (GBR), 22:10
Second Round — Defeated Somluck Kamsing (THA), 24:15
Quarterfinals — Defeated Eddy Suarez (CUB), 17:7
Semifinals — Defeated Ramazan Palyani (EUN), 14:9
Final — Lost to Andreas Tews (GER), 9:16

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Sergio Rey

First Round — Lost to Jyri Kjall (FIN), RSCH-1

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Victor Manuel Baute

First Round — Lost to Pepe Reilly (USA), RSC-3

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

José Ortega

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to David Tua, RSCH-2

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

Ainhoa Ortolazabal

Final — 2:05:13 (→ 34th place)

Belen Cuevas

Final — 2:05:26 (→ 35th place)

Teodora Ruano

Final — 2:08:13 (→ 42nd place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

José Miguel Gil

Preliminary Round — 336.84 points (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 10m Platform

Rafael Álvarez

Preliminary Round — 390.81 points
Final — 524.25 points (→ 9th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Julia Cruz

Preliminary Round — 282.69 points
Final — 436.47 points (→ 12th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

17 fencers, 15 men and 2 women represented Spain in 1992.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Andrés García, Ramiro Bravo, José Francisco Guerra, Andrés Crespo, Jesús Esperanza

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Fernando de la Peña, Ángel Fernández, César González, Raúl Maroto, Manuel Pereira

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Antonio García, Raúl Peinador, José Luis Álvarez, Marco Antonio Rioja, Alberto Falcón

Women's foil

Football

Preliminary Round (Group C)

Spain — Colombia 4-0 (3-0)
Spain — Egypt 2-0 (0-0)
Spain — Qatar 2-0 (1-0)

Quarterfinals

Spain — Italy 1-0 (0-0)

Semifinals

Spain — Ghana 2-0 (1-0)

Final

Spain — Poland 3-2 (0-1) → Gold Medal

Team Roster

Head Coach

Vicente Miera

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain — France 16-18
Spain — Egypt 23-18
Spain — Romania 21-20
Spain — Unified Team 18-24
Spain — Germany 19-18

Classification Match

5th-6th place: Spain — South Korea 36-21 (→ Fifth place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Javier García Cuesta

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain — Austria 16-20
Spain — Norway 16-20
Spain — South Korea 18-28

Classification Match

7th-8th place: Spain — Nigeria 26-17 (→ Seventh place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Francisco Sanchez Sanchez

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain — New Zealand 3-0
Spain — Malaysia 5-2
Spain — Unified Team 4-0
Spain — Pakistan 1-6
Spain — Netherlands 2-3

Classification Matches

5th-8th place: Spain — India 2-0
5th-6th place: Spain — Great Britain 2-1 (→ Fifth place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Santiago Cortes

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Spain — Germany 2-2
Spain — Canada 2-1
Spain — Australia 1-0

Semi Finals

Spain — South Korea 2-1 (after extra time)

Final

Spain — Germany 2-1 (after extra time) → Gold Medal)

Team Roster

Head Coach: José Manuel Brasa

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1992.

Individual

Team

Jesús Centeno
Leopoldo Centeno
Carles Lerín

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Asier Fernández

Final Ranking — 117.0 points (→ 6th place)

Men's 470 Class

Jordi Calafat and Kiko Sánchez

Final Ranking — 50 points (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Mireia Casas

Final Ranking — 155.7 points (→ 12th place)

Women's 470 Class

Theresa Zabell and Patricia Guerra

Final Ranking — 29.7 points (→ Gold Medal)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Sergio Roura

Heat — 15:26.18 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

Heat — 55.37
Final — 54.96 (→ 4th place)

Carlos Ventosa

Heat — 56.62
B-Final — 56.78 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

Heat — 1:59.22
Final — 1:58.47 (→ Gold Medal)

Jorge Pérez

Heat — 2:03.68 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Román Camallonga

Heat — 1:03.48 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Sergio López

Heat — 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Sergio López

Heat — 2:14.68
Final — 2:13.29 (→ 4th place)

Joaquín Fernández

Heat — 2:14.93
B-Final — 2:15.52 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Martin López-Zubero

Heat — 54.04
Final — 54.19 (→ 7th place)

Jaime Fernández

Heat — 55.62 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

José Luis Ballester

Heat — 2:01.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Jorge Pérez

Heat — 2:01.63 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Martin López-Zubero

Heat — 2:03.07
B-Final — 2:03.34 (→ 9th place)

Joaquín Fernández

Heat — 2:06.09 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Jorge Pérez

Heat — 4:21.33
B-Final — 4:22.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Martin López-Zubero, Román Camallonga, Jaime Fernández, and Carlos Ventosa

Heat — 3:44.12 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Claudia Franco

Heat — 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Claudia Franco

Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Natalia Pulido

Heat — 58.54 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Natalia Pulido

Heat — 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Itziar Esparza

Heat — 4:22.27 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Itziar Esparza

Heat — 8:55.65 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Núria Castelló

Heat — 1:05.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Núria Castelló

Heat — 2:16.24 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Cristina Rey

Heat — 2:20.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Rocío Ruiz

Heat — 1:13.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Lourdes Becerra

Heat — 2:37.69 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

María Peláez

Heat — 1:02.79 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Bárbara Franco

Heat — 1:02.83 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

María Peláez

Heat — 2:15.77
B-Final — 2:15.07 (→ 15th place)

María Luisa Fernández

Heat — 2:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Silvia Parera

Heat — 2:17.97
B-Final — 2:18.53 (→ 10th place)

Lourdes Becerra

Heat — 2:23.51 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Silvia Parera

Heat — 4:50.16
B-Final — 4:48.77 (→ 12th place)

Elisenda Pérez

Heat — 4:56.78 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Núria Castelló, Rocío Ruiz, María Peláez, and Claudia Franco

Heat — 4:19.27 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1992.

Women's solo

Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Emilio Sánchez

First round — Defeated Todd Woodbridge (Australia) 6-1, 7-6, 6-2
Second round — Defeated Omar Camporese (Italy) 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
Third round — Defeated Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
Quarterfinals — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7

Sergi Bruguera

First round — Defeated Andrew Castle (Great Britain) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Second round — Lost to Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 2-6

Jordi Arrese → Silver Medal

First round — Defeated Eui-Jong Chang (South Korea) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Second round — Defeated Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 9-7
Third round — Defeated Renzo Furlan (Italy) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-1, 7-6, 6-1
Semifinals — Defeated Andrei Cherkasov (Unified Team) 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
Final — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-8

Men's Doubles Competition

Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez

First round — Defeated Luiz Mattar and Jaime Oncins (Brazil) 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1
Second round — Defeated Pete Sampras and Jim Courier (United States) 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Quarterfinals — Lost to Boris Becker and Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 7-5, 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

Conchita Martínez

First round — Defeated Judith Wiesner (Austria) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Second round — Defeated Sandra Cecchini (Italy) 6-4, 6-3
Third round — Defeated Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals — Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 4-6, 4-6

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario → Bronze Medal

First round — Defeated Irina Spîrlea (Romania) 6-1, 6-3
Second round — Defeated Mana Endo 6-0, 6-1
Third round — Defeated Barbara Rittner (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Quarterfinals — Defeated Conchita Martínez 6-4, 6-4
Semifinals — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 3-6 6-3 1-6

Women's Doubles Competition

Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario → Silver Medal

First round — Defeated Natacha Randriantefy and Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar) 6-0, 6-0
Second round — Defeated Emanuela Zardo and Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 6-0, 6-1
Quarterfinals — Defeated Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-2, 6-4
Semifinals — Defeated Nicole Provis and Rachel McQuillan (Australia) 6-1, 6-2
Final — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi Fernández (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 2-6

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Defeated Canada (3-2)
Lost to Italy (0-3)
Lost to Unified States (2-3)
Defeated Japan (3-2)
Defeated France (3-2)

Quarterfinals

Lost to Cuba (0-3)

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (0-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Unified Team (2-3) → 8th place

Team Roster

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Lost to Unified Team (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Lost to Unified States (0-3)

Classification Match

7th/8th place: Lost to PR China (0-3) → 8th and last place

Team Roster

Head Coach: Jaime Fernández Barros

Water polo

Men's tournament

Preliminary round (Group B)

Spain — Netherlands 12-6
Spain — Greece 11-6
Spain — Hungary 8-5
Spain — Italy 9-9
Spain — Cuba 12-10

Semifinals

Spain — United States 6-4

Final

Spain — Italy 8-9 (→ Silver medal)

Team roster

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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External links

Spanish Olympic Committee

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Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

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