Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 229 (200 men and 29 women) in 24 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Cristina de Borbón | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 25 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 4 |
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Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- José Doreste — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
Silver
- Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez — Tennis, Men's Doubles Team Competition
Bronze
- Jorge Guardiola — Shooting, Men's Skeet
- Sergio López — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics
No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th place
Men's Individual Competition:
- Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)
- Avi Jiminex-Tar – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)
- Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Vazquez, Jiminex-Tar, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's 10.000 metres
- First Round — 28:22.52
- Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)
- First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)
- First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Alfonso Abellán
- Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 7.88m
- Final — 8.03m (→ 5th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Antonio Peñalver — 7753 points (→ 23rd place)
- 100 metres — 11.38s
- Long Jump — 7.08m
- Shot Put — 14.31m
- High Jump — 2.00m
- 400 metres — 50.24s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.97s
- Discus Throw — 46.34m
- Pole Vault — 4.40m
- Javelin Throw — 55.68m
- 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)
- Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)
- Ricardo Pueyo
- Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)
- Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)
- Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)
Women's 4x400m Relay
- Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Teresa Zuñiga
- Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
- Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)
Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to United States (53-97)
- Defeated Egypt (113-70)
- Defeated China (106-74)
- Defeated Canada (94-84)
- Defeated Brazil (118-110)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Australia (74-77)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Canada (91-96)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (92-93) → 8th place
- Team Roster
- Quique Andreu
- Fernando Arcega
- José Biriukov
- Andrés Jiménez
- José Luis Llorente
- Josep María Margall
- Antonio Martín Espina
- Ferran Martínez
- José Antonio Montero
- Juan Antonio San Epifanio
- Ignacio Solozábal
- Jordi Villacampa
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Bonifacio García
- First Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4
- Javier Martínez
- José Ortega
- Tomás Ruiz
Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.
Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Eduardo Quesada – 4852 pts (→ 32nd place)
- Leopoldo Centeno – 4814pts (→ 38th place)
- Jorge Quesada – 0pt (→ 64th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)
Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Heat – 2:03.33
- B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
- Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Heat – 2:17.06
- Final – 2:15.21 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
- Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo
- Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.
Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's Singles Competition
- First round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3
- Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2
- Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6
- First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3
- Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6
- First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1
- Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6
- Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver Medal
- First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1
- Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3
- Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2
- Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9
Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's tournament
- Preliminary round (Group B)
- Defeated China (13-6)
- Defeated United States (9-7)
- Drew with Hungary (6-6)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (8-10)
- Defeated Greece (12-9)
- Classification round (Group D)
- Lost to Australia (7-8)
- Defeated Italy (11-9) → 6th place
- Team roster
- Jesús Rollán
- Miguel Chillida
- Marco Antonio González
- Miguel Pérez
- Manuel Estiarte
- Pere Robert
- Jorge Payá
- José Antonio Rodriguez
- Jordi Sans
- Salvador Gómez
- Mariano Moya
- Jorge Neira
- Pedro Francisco García
- Head Coach: Antonio Esteller
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ "Spain at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-29.