Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ESP
NOC Comité Olímpico Español
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 163 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Herminio Menéndez
Medals
Rank: 20		 Gold
1		 Silver
3		 Bronze
2		 Total
6
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Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Spain competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med 1.png Gold

  • Alejandro Abascal and Miguel Noguer — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

[edit] Image:Med 2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med 3.png Bronze

  • David López-Zubero — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly
  • Luis Miguez and Herminio Menéndez — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres kayak pairs

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

After not competing in archery in 1976, Spain returned to the sport in 1980. Two Spanish men competed.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Antonio Vazquez — 2240 points (→ 29th place)
  • Francisco Peralta — 2181 points (→ 33rd place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Eleuterio Anton
  • Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Ricardo Camacho
  • Preliminary Round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Final
  • Spain – India 3-4 → Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster:

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Spain – East Germany 1-1 (0-0)
  • Spain – Syria 0-0 (0-0)
  • Spain – Algeria 1-1 (1-0) → did not advance
  • Team Roster

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to East Germany (17-21)
  • Defeated Denmark (20-19)
  • Lost to Hungary (17-20)
  • Drew with Cuba (24-24)
  • Defeated Poland (24-22)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (24-23) → 5th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Federico Galera — 5.001 pts, 25th place
  • José Serrano — 4.887 pts, 29th place
  • Manuel Montesinos — 4.811 pts, 32nd place

Men's Team Competition:

  • Galera, Serrano, and Montesinos — 14.699pts, 9th place

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52,43
  • Semi-Finals — 52,81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Ramón Lavín
  • Heats — 1.56,99 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 1.53,22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

  • Final — 15.21,88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Final — 55,16 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)


Women's 4x100m Freestyle

  • Natalia Más, Margarita Armengol, Laura Flaque, and Gloria Casado
  • Final — 3.58,73 (→ 8th place)

[edit] References