Spain at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Spain at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  ESP
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At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 4
Gold
34
Silver
41
Bronze
32
Total
107
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In 1992, Spain had competitors in archery, wheelchair basketball, swimming, weightlifting, shooting, boccia, cycling, fencing, judo, tennis, 7-per-side football, table tennis and athletics.[1]

Spain won 34 gold medal, 41 silver medals and 32 bronze medals.[1] Spain finished fourth in total medals.[2]

Background

The Games were held in Barcelona. Competitors with spinal cord injuries, amputations, cerebral palsy, Les Autres and vision impairments were eligible to compete in these Games.[3]

Hosting

In 1992, the Games were held at home for Spain, with the Games being staged in Barcelona.[4] 82 countries participated.[5] These were the first Games to be broadcast live on television.[6] The Games used the same venues as the Summer Olympics.[7]

Organizers decided to not charge an admission fee to events in order to attempt to foster interest locally in disability sport.[8] Domestically, there was very little interest in the Paralympic Games when compared to the Olympic Games.[2]

Intellectual disabilities

A separate competition was held in Madrid where competitors with intellectual disabilities competed that ran immediately following the completion of the 1992 Paralympics. The Games were sponsored by the Association Nacional Prestura de Servicio (ANDE) and sanctioned by the International Coordinating Committee of World Sport Organizations for the Disabled and the International Association of Sport for the Mentally Handicapped Spain led efforts to include competitors with intellectual disabilities into the Paralympic movement, creating an international federation for these competitors in 1986.[9][10][11]

Archery

1 of Spain's silver medals came in archery. It was won by an archer with a physical disability.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's teams open
 South Korea (KOR)
Hyun Kwan Cho
Sung Hee Kim
Hak Young Lee
 Spain (ESP)
Jose Luis Hermosin
Jose Fernandez
Antonio Rebollo
 France (FRA)
Jean-Michel Favre
Jean Francois Garcia
Rene Le Bras

Athletics

22 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 12 bronze medals came in athletics. 35 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, 9 by athletes with physical disabilities and 4 by athletes with cerebral palsy.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m B1
 Sergei Sevastianov
Unified Team (EUN)
 José Manuel Rodriguez
Spain (ESP)
 Júlio Requena
Spain (ESP)
100 m B2
 Marcelino Paz
Spain (ESP)
 Omar Turro
Cuba (CUB)
 Miroslaw Pych
Poland (POL)
200 m B1
 Carlos Conceicao
Portugal (POR)
 Julio Requena
Spain (ESP)
 Darren Collins
Australia (AUS)
200 m B2
 Marcelino Paz
Spain (ESP)
 Ingo Geffers
Germany (GER)
 Omar Turro
Cuba (CUB)
200 m C8
 Frank Bruno
Canada (CAN)
 Hoon Son
South Korea (KOR)
 Jose Manuel González
Spain (ESP)
400 m B2
 Omar Turro
Cuba (CUB)
 Jose Antonio Sanchez
Spain (ESP)
 Ingo Geffers
Germany (GER)
400 m C8
 Frank Bruno
Canada (CAN)
 Javier Salmeron
Spain (ESP)
 José Manuel González
Spain (ESP)
800 m B2
 Waldemar Kikolski
Poland (POL)
 Jose Antonio Sanchez
Spain (ESP)
 Noel Thatcher
Great Britain (GBR)
800 m TS4
 Javier Conde
Spain (ESP)
 Patrice Gerges
France (FRA)
 Sergey Silchenco
Unified Team (EUN)
1500 m B2
 Neol Thatcher
Great Britain (GBR)
 Waldemar Kikolski
Poland (POL)
 Jose Antonio Sanchez
Spain (ESP)
1500 m TS4
 Javier Conde
Spain (ESP)
 Sergey Silchenco
Unified Team (EUN)
 Yan Jian Wu
China (CHN)
5000 m B2
 Mariano Ruiz
Spain (ESP)
 Waldemar Kikolski
Poland (POL)
 Michel Pavon
France (FRA)
5000 m TS4
 Javier Conde
Spain (ESP)
 Yan Jian Wu
China (CHN)
 Angel Marin
Spain (ESP)
10000 m TS4
 Javier Conde
Spain (ESP)
 Angel Marin
Spain (ESP)
 Sergey Silchenco
Unified Team (EUN)
Marathon B2
 Stephen Brunt
Great Britain (GBR)
 José Ortiz
Spain (ESP)
 Paul Collet
France (FRA)
4×100 m relay B1–B3
 Spain (ESP)
Jorge Nunez
Marcelino Paz
Juan Antonio Prieto
Júlio Requena
 Great Britain (GBR)
Andrew Curtis
Robert Latham
Brinley Reynolds
Mark Whiteley
 United States (USA)
Andre Asbury
Brian Pegram
Chris Piper
Courtney Williams
4×100 m relay C5–8
 United States (USA)
Freeman Register
James Anderson
Gregory Taylor
Thomas Dietz
 Spain (ESP)
Javier Salmeron
Marcelino Saavedra
Julian Galilea
José Manuel González
 Portugal (POR)
Stos. Correia
Antonio Jose Silva
Jose Dias
Mario Santos
4×400 m relay B1–B3
 Spain (ESP)
Jose Antonio Sanchez
Sergio Sanchez
Juan Antonio Prieto
Enrique Sanchez
 Great Britain (GBR)
Simon Butler
Andrew Curtis
Noel Thatcher
Mark Whiteley
 Italy (ITA)
Vincenzo Ciacio
Claudio Costa
Sandro Filipozzi
Aldo Manganaro
High jump B2
 Alejo Velez
Spain (ESP)
 Juan Carlos Prieto
Spain (ESP)
 Mohamad Othman
Malaysia (MAS)
 Akihito Motohashi
Japan (JPN)
Long jump B2
 Wentao Huang
China (CHN)
 Juan Viedma
Spain (ESP)
 Koichi Takada
Japan (JPN)
Long jump J4
 Ruben Alvarez
Spain (ESP)
 Georgios Toptsis
Greece (GRE)
 Patrice Gerges
France (FRA)
Triple jump B1
 José Manuel Rodríguez
Spain (ESP)
 Sergei Sevastianov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Robert Latham
Great Britain (GBR)
Triple jump B2
 Juan Viedma
Spain (ESP)
 Aleksei Lashmanov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Wentao Huang
China (CHN)
Triple jump J3–4
 Shao Yang
China (CHN)
 Lin Qiu
China (CHN)
 Ruben Alvarez
Spain (ESP)
Discus throw B1
 Alfonso Fidalgo
Spain (ESP)
 Siegmund Turteltaube
Germany (GER)
 Richard Ruffalo
United States (USA)
Javelin throw B1
 Jorge Mendoza
Spain (ESP)
 Richard Ruffalo
United States (USA)
 Mineho Ozaki
Japan (JPN)
Shot put B1
 Alfonso Fidalgo
Spain (ESP)
 Andres Martinez
Spain (ESP)
 James Mastro
United States (USA)
Pentathlon B1
 Sergei Sevastianov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Vytautas Girnius
Lithuania (LTU)
 Jorge Mendoza
Spain (ESP)
Pentathlon B2
 Miroslaw Pych
Poland (POL)
 Juan Antonio Prieto
Spain (ESP)
 Frantisek Godri
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Pentathlon PW3–4
 Vojtech Vasicek
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
 Jose Abal
Spain (ESP)
 Kevin Saunders
United States (USA)
100 m B1
 Purificacion Santamarta
Spain (ESP)
 Purificacion Ortiz
Spain (ESP)
 Tracey Hinton
Great Britain (GBR)
100 m B2
 Adria Santos
Brazil (BRA)
 Rima Batalova
Unified Team (EUN)
 Beatriz Mendoza
Spain (ESP)
200 m B1
 Purificacion Santamarta
Spain (ESP)
 Tracey Hinton
Great Britain (GBR)
 Purificacion Ortiz
Spain (ESP)
200 m B2
 Rima Batalova
Unified Team (EUN)
 Marsha Green
Australia (AUS)
 Beatriz Mendoza
Spain (ESP)
400 m B1
 Purificacion Santamarta
Spain (ESP)
 Tracey Hinton
Great Britain (GBR)
 Sigita Kriaučiūnienė
Lithuania (LTU)
800 m B1
 Purificacion Santamarta
Spain (ESP)
 Sigita Kriaučiūnienė
Lithuania (LTU)
 Pavla Valnickova
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
1500 m B1
 Pavla Valnickova
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
 Sigita Kriaučiūnienė
Lithuania (LTU)
 Mayte Espinosa
Spain (ESP)
Long jump B1
 Purificacion Ortiz
Spain (ESP)
 Anette Burger
Germany (GER)
 Kerstin Gaedicke
Germany (GER)
Long jump B2
 Raisa Zhuravleva
Unified Team (EUN)
 Magdalena Amo
Spain (ESP)
 Ana Lopez
Spain (ESP)

Boccia

2 of Spain's gold medals came in boccia. Both were won by players with cerebral palsy.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed individual C1
 Antonio Cid
Spain (ESP)
 James Thomson
United States (USA)
 Henrik Jorgensen
Denmark (DEN)
Mixed team C1–C2
 Spain (ESP)
Manuel Fernandez
Daniel Outeiro
Juan Tellechea
Antonio Cid
 Denmark (DEN)
Henrik Jorgensen
Mansoor Siddiqi
Lone Bak-Pedersen
Tove Jacobsen
 Ireland (IRL)
Martin McDonagh
Thomas Leahy
Jason Kearney
William Johnston

Cycling

1 of Spain's gold medals and 3 bronze medals came in cycling. 2 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, and 2 with physical disabilities.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze  Jong Kil Kim
South Korea (KOR)
Men's road race LC1
 Francisco Trujillo
France (FRA)
 Wolfgang Eibeck
Austria (AUT)
 Jose Antonio Garcia
Spain (ESP)
Men's road race LC3
 Norbert Zettler
Austria (AUT)
 Pier Beltram
United States (USA)
 Miguel Perez
Spain (ESP)
Men's tandem open
 Germany (GER)
Hans-Jorg Furrer
Frank Hoefle
 Netherlands (NED)
Catharinus Beumer
Jan Mulder
 Spain (ESP)
Jose Santiago
Juan Carlos Molina
Mixed tandem open
 Spain (ESP)
Ignacio Rodriguez
Belen Perez
 United States (USA)
Elizabeth Heller
Gregory Evangelatos
 Italy (ITA)
Maria Erlacher
Klaus Fruet

Wheelchair fencing

1 of Spain's gold medals and 2 bronze medals came in fencing. All were won by fencers with physical disabilities.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Épée 2
 Esther Weber
Germany (GER)
 Mariella Bertini
Italy (ITA)
 Gema Victoria Hassen Bey
Spain (ESP)
Épée 3–4
 Francisca Bazalo
Spain (ESP)
 Josette Bourgain
France (FRA)
 Laura Presutto
Italy (ITA)
Team épée
 Italy (ITA)
Mariella Bertini
Rossana Giarrizzo
Laura Presutto
Deborah Taffoni
 France (FRA)
Josette Bourgain
Patricia Picot
Veronique Soetemondt
 Spain (ESP)
Francisca Bazalo
Gema Victoria Hassen Bey
Cristina Perez

Judo

1 of Spain's gold medals, 1 silver medal came in athletics. Both were won by athletes with vision impairments.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 65 kg
 Juan Damian Matos
Spain (ESP)
 Shinichi Ishizue
Japan (JPN)
 Akhmed Gazimagomedov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Michael Murch
Great Britain (GBR)
Men's 71 kg
 Simon Jackson
Great Britain (GBR)
 Mario Talavera
Spain (ESP)
 Pier Morten
Canada (CAN)
 Eiji Miyauchi
Japan (JPN)

Shooting

1 of Spain's silver medals came in shooting. It was won by a shooter with a physical disability.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed sport pistol SH1–3
 Jan Boonen
Belgium (BEL)
 Luis Salgado
Spain (ESP)
 Hubert Aufschnaiter
Austria (AUT)

Swimming

7 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 22 bronze medals came in swimming. 9 medals were won by swimmers with vision impairments, 28 by swimmers with physical disabilities and 6 by swimmers with cerebral palsy.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m butterfly S5
 Pascal Pinard
France (FRA)
 Thierry le Gloanic
France (FRA)
 Javier Torres
Spain (ESP)
50 m butterfly S6
 David Foppolo
France (FRA)
 Peter Lund
Denmark (DEN)
 Jesus Iglesias
Spain (ESP)
50 m freestyle B2
 Christopher Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
 Pablo Corral
Spain (ESP)
 Kingsley Bugarin
Australia (AUS)
 Fredrik Nasman
Sweden (SWE)
50 m freestyle S3
 Jean-Louis Flamengo
France (FRA)
 Jordi Pascual
Spain (ESP)
 Tommy Hunter
Great Britain (GBR)
50 m freestyle S4
 Pierre Bellot
France (FRA)
 Gene Viens
United States (USA)
 Pau Marc Munoz
Spain (ESP)
50 m freestyle S6
 Peter Lund
Denmark (DEN)
 Jesus Iglesias
Spain (ESP)
 Kevin Sullivan
United States (USA)
100 m breaststroke B1
 Christian Bundgaard
Denmark (DEN)
 John Morgan
United States (USA)
 Jordi Mari
Spain (ESP)
100 m breaststroke B2
 Vitalii Krylov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Kingsley Bugarin
Australia (AUS)
 Jose Pedrajas
Spain (ESP)
100 m breaststroke SB3
 Bernd Eickemeyer
Germany (GER)
 John Petersson
Denmark (DEN)
 Javier Torres
Spain (ESP)
100 m breaststroke SB6
 Matthias Schlubeck
Germany (GER)
 Simon Ahlstad
Sweden (SWE)
 Juan Castane
Spain (ESP)
100 m butterfly B1–2
 John Morgan
United States (USA)
 Tim Reddish
Great Britain (GBR)
 Pablo Corral
Spain (ESP)
100 m freestyle B2
 Christopher Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
 Pablo Corral
Spain (ESP)
 Tim Reddish
Great Britain (GBR)
100 m freestyle S3
 Jean-Louis Flamengo
France (FRA)
 Tommy Hunter
Great Britain (GBR)
 Jordi Pascual
Spain (ESP)
100 m freestyle S4
 Pierre Bellot
France (FRA)
 Pau Marc Munoz
Spain (ESP)
 Stig Morten Sandvik
Norway (NOR)
100 m freestyle S6
 Peter Lund
Denmark (DEN)
 Kevin Sullivan
United States (USA)
 Jesus Iglesias
Spain (ESP)
150 m individual medley SM3
 Jean-Louis Flamengo
France (FRA)
 Kenneth Cairns
Great Britain (GBR)
 Jordi Pascual
Spain (ESP)
150 m individual medley SM4
 Krzysztof Sleczka
Poland (POL)
 Javier Torres
Spain (ESP)
 John Petersson
Denmark (DEN)
200 m backstroke B2
 Christopher Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
 Juan Diego Gil
Spain (ESP)
 Ziv Better
Israel (ISR)
200 m breaststroke B2
 Vitalii Krylov
Unified Team (EUN)
 Kingsley Bugarin
Australia (AUS)
 Jose Pedrajas
Spain (ESP)
200 m freestyle S6
 Peter Lund
Denmark (DEN)
 Jeremy Gervan
Canada (CAN)
 Jesus Iglesias
Spain (ESP)
200 m individual medley B2
 Christopher Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
 Kingsley Bugarin
Australia (AUS)
 Pablo Corral
Spain (ESP)
200 m individual medley SM6
 Eric Lindmann
France (FRA)
 Sebastian Xhrouet
Belgium (BEL)
 Roger Vial
Spain (ESP)
400 m freestyle B2
 Christopher Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
 Ziv Better
Israel (ISR)
 Daniel Llambrich
Spain (ESP)
4×50 m freestyle relay S1–6
 Spain (ESP)
Juan Fuertes
Javier Torres
Roger Vial
Jesus Iglesias
 France (FRA)
Pascal Pinard
Eric Lindmann
Thierry le Gloanic
David Foppolo
 Great Britain (GBR)
William McQueen
Mark Butler
Andrew Stubbs
Kevin Walsh
4×50 m medley relay S1–6
 France (FRA)
Thierry le Gloanic
Eric Lindmann
David Foppolo
Pascal Pinard
 Spain (ESP)
Juan Fuertes
Javier Torres
Juan Castane
Jesus Iglesias
 United States (USA)
Gary Bogue
Gregory Burns
Daniel Butler
Kevin Sullivan
50 m backstroke S2
 Sonia Guirado
Spain (ESP)
 Mairead Berry
Ireland (IRL)
 Sandrine Serres
France (FRA)
50 m backstroke S3–4
 Arancha Gonzalez
Spain (ESP)
 M. Paz Montserrat
Spain (ESP)
 Susana Carvalheira
Portugal (POR)
50 m breaststroke SB2
 Tara Flood
Great Britain (GBR)
 Regina Cachan
Spain (ESP)
 Frouwkje Harkema
Netherlands (NED)
50 m butterfly S3–4
 Tracy Barrell
Australia (AUS)
 Regina Cachan
Spain (ESP)
 Jaenette Bouma
Netherlands (NED)
50 m freestyle S2
 Liv Tone Lind
Norway (NOR)
 Sandrine Serres
France (FRA)
 Sonia Guirado
Spain (ESP)
50 m freestyle S3–4
 Arancha Gonzalez
Spain (ESP)
 M. Paz Montserrat
Spain (ESP)
 Tara Flood
Great Britain (GBR)
100 m breaststroke SB4
 Outi Hokkanen
Sweden (SWE)
 Jennifer Newstead
New Zealand (NZL)
 Ana Martin
Spain (ESP)
100 m breaststroke SB9
 Begona Reina
Spain (ESP)
 Kristina Brokholc
Sweden (SWE)
 Beate Lobenstein
Germany (GER)
100 m butterfly S8
 Laura Tramuns
Spain (ESP)
 Silvia Vives
Spain (ESP)
 Asa Wilhelmsson
Sweden (SWE)
100 m butterfly S10
 Claudia Hengst
Germany (GER)
 Ana Bernardo
Spain (ESP)
 Judith Young
Australia (AUS)
100 m freestyle S2
 Liv Tone Lind
Norway (NOR)
 Sandrine Serres
France (FRA)
 Sonia Guirado
Spain (ESP)
100 m freestyle S3–4
 Arancha Gonzalez
Spain (ESP)
 Tara Flood
Great Britain (GBR)
 M. Paz Montserrat
Spain (ESP)
400 m freestyle S10
 Claudia Hengst
Germany (GER)
 Sarah Bailey
Great Britain (GBR)
 Ana Bernardo
Spain (ESP)

Table tennis

3 of Spain's bronze medals came in table tennis. All medals were won by table tennis players with physical disabilities.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open 6–10
 Kimmo Jokinen
Finland (FIN)
 Michael Gerke
Germany (GER)
 Gilles de la Bourdonnaye
France (FRA)
 Enrique Agudo
Spain (ESP)
Singles 5
 Kam Shing Kwong
Hong Kong (HKG)
 Guy Tisserant
France (FRA)
 So Boo Kim
South Korea (KOR)
 Manuel Robles
Spain (ESP)
Singles 10
 Michael Gerke
Germany (GER)
 Gilles de la Bourdonnaye
France (FRA)
 Thomas Goeller
Austria (AUT)
 Enrique Agudo
Spain (ESP)

Wheelchair basketball

When Spain played the United States on the second day of competition, 12,500 people were in attendance. Organizers had to turn away 4,000 people who had wanted to attend.[12] Philip Craven, future President of the International Paralympic Committee, played his first Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball at these games when he scored 30 points against the Spanish team.[13]

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