Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   ESP
1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 314 men and 128 women in 25 sports
Flag Bearer Felipe de Borbón
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
13		 Silver
7		 Bronze
2		 Total
22
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The games were quite unique 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.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Antonio Vázquez, Alfonso Menéndez, and Juan Holgado — Archery, Men's Team Competition
  • José Moreno — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
  • José María van der Ploeg — Sailing, Women's Finn Individual Competition
  • Luís Doreste and Domingo José Manrique — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition
  • Jordi Calafat and Kiko Sánchez — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition
  • Teresa Zabell and Patricia Guerra — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition
  • Almudena Muñoz — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

[edit] Silver

  • Natalia Vía-Dufresne — Sailing, Women's Europe Individual Competition

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] 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, Gold Medal (4-0)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

[edit] Baseball

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.
Men's Team Competition:

  • Spain - 8th place (1-6)


Men's Team Roster

  • Antonio Salazar
  • Enrique Cortés Pes
  • Félix Manuel Cano
  • Francisco Javier Aristu
  • Gabriel Valarezo
  • Javier Díez
  • Jesús Lisarri
  • José Arza
  • José Luis Becerra
  • José María Pulido
  • Juan Ignacio Damborenea
  • Juan Manuel Salmerón
  • Juan Pedro Belza
  • Luis Carlos León
  • Manuel Martínez
  • Miguel Ángel Pariente
  • Miguel Stella
  • Oscar Rebolleda
  • Xavier Camps
  • Xavier Civit

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • 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)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • 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)

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

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

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

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

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

[edit] Football

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Semifinals
  • Final
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 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

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Sergio Roura
    1. Heat – 15:26.18 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Carlos Ventosa
    1. Heat – 56.62
    2. B-Final – 56.78 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Jorge Pérez
    1. Heat – 2:03.68 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Román Camallonga
    1. Heat – 1:03.48 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Sergio López
    1. Heat – 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Sergio López
    1. Heat – 2:14.68
    2. Final – 2:13.29 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Jaime Fernández
    1. Heat – 55.62 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Jorge Pérez
    1. Heat – 2:01.63 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Jorge Pérez
    1. Heat – 4:21.33
    2. B-Final – 4:22.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Martin López-Zubero, Román Camallonga, Jaime Fernández, and Carlos Ventosa
    1. Heat – 3:44.12 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Pulido
    1. Heat – 58.54 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Pulido
    1. Heat – 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Núria Castelló
    1. Heat – 1:05.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Núria Castelló
    1. Heat – 2:16.24 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Cristina Rey
    1. Heat – 2:20.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Rocío Ruiz
    1. Heat – 1:13.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • María Pelaez
    1. Heat – 1:02.79 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • María Pelaez
    1. Heat – 2:15.77
    2. B-Final – 2:15.07 (→ 15th place)
  • María Luisa Fernández
    1. Heat – 2:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Silvia Parera
    1. Heat – 2:17.97
    2. B-Final – 2:18.53 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Silvia Parera
    1. Heat – 4:50.16
    2. B-Final – 4:48.77 (→ 12th place)
  • Elisenda Pérez
    1. Heat – 4:56.78 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

[edit] Water polo

Men's Team Roster

[edit] Reference


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