Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Barcelona
Competitors	422 (297 men and 125 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Felipe de Borbón
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 13 Silver 7 Bronze 2 Total 22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold José Manuel Moreno Cycling Men's track time trial July 27  Gold Martin López-Zubero Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke July 28  Gold Daniel Plaza Athletics Men's 20 km walk July 31  Gold Miriam Blasco Judo Women's Lightweight (56 kg) July 31  Gold Almudena Muñoz Judo Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg) August 1  Gold Luís Doreste Domingo Manrique Sailing Flying Dutchman August 2  Gold José María van der Ploeg Sailing Finn August 2  Gold Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez Sailing Men's 470 August 3  Gold Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra Sailing Women's 470 August 3  Gold Antonio Vázquez Alfonso Menéndez Juan Holgado Archery Men's Team August 4  Gold Spain women's national field hockey team Anna Maiques   Mercedes Coghen Celia Correa   Nagore Gabellanes Elisabeth Maragall   Natalia Dorado María Ángeles Rodríguez   Nuria Olivé María Carmen Barea   Silvia Manrique Marívi González   Sonia Barrio Maider Tellería   Teresa Motos María Isabel Martínez   Virginia Ramírez Field hockey Women's tournament August 7  Gold Fermín Cacho Athletics Men's 1500 m August 8  Gold Spain national under-23 football team Santiago Cañizares   Javier Manjarín Albert Ferrer   Francisco Veza Mikel Lasa   Toni Roberto Solozábal   Gabriel Vidal Juanma López   Paco Soler David Villabona   Miguel José Amavisca   Rafael Berges Luis Enrique   Antonio Pinilla Pep Guardiola   Kiko Abelardo   Alfonso Football Football August 8  Silver Natalia Vía Dufresne Sailing Europe August 3  Silver Antonio Peñalver Athletics Men's decathlon August 6  Silver Carolina Pascual Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around August 8  Silver Jordi Arrese Tennis Men's singles August 8  Silver Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Conchita Martínez Tennis Women's doubles August 8  Silver Faustino Reyes Boxing Featherweight (57 kg) August 9  Silver Spain men's national water polo team Daniel Ballart   Miguel Ángel Oca Jesús Rollán   Pedro Francisco García Jordi Sans   Ricardo Sánchez Josep Picó   Rubén Michavila Manuel Estiarte   Salvador Gómez Manuel Silvestre   Sergi Pedrerol Marco Antonio González Water polo Water polo August 9  Bronze Javier García Chico Athletics Men's pole vault August 7  Bronze Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis Women's singles August 7

Medals by sport Sport Total Sailing 4 1 0 5 Athletics 2 1 1 4 Judo 2 0 0 2 Archery 1 0 0 1 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Field hockey 1 0 0 1 Football 1 0 0 1 Swimming 1 0 0 1 Tennis 0 2 1 3 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Gymnastics 0 1 0 1 Water polo 0 1 0 1 Total 13 7 2 22

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 4 × 400 m 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 Ángel 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

Basketball

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

Fourteen cyclists, eleven men and three women, represented Spain in 1992. José Moreno won gold in the 1 km time trial.

Men's road race

• Ángel Edo
• Kiko García
• Jose Luis Indurain Larraya

Men's team time trial

• Miguel Fernández
• Álvaro González de Galdeano
• Eleuterio Mancebo
• David Plaza

Men's sprint

• José Moreno

Men's 1 km time trial

• José Moreno

Men's individual pursuit

• Adolfo Alperi

Men's team pursuit

• Adolfo Alperi
• Gabriel Aynat
• Jonathan Garrido
• Santos González

Men's points race

• Gabriel Aynat

Women's road race

• Ainhoa Ortolazabal — 2:05:13 (→ 34th place)
• Belen Cuevas — 2:05:26 (→ 35th place)
• Teodora Ruano — 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

• Andrés García
• Ramiro Bravo
• José Francisco Guerra

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

• Fernando de la Peña
• Raúl Maroto
• Manuel Pereira

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

• Antonio García
• Raúl Peinador
• José Luis Álvarez

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

• Rosa María Castillejo
• Montserat Esquerdo

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

• ( 1.) Santiago Cañizares
• ( 2.) Albert Ferrer
• ( 3.) Mikel Lasa
• ( 4.) Roberto Solozábal
• ( 5.) Juanma López
• ( 6.) David Villabona
• ( 7.) José Amavisca
• ( 8.) Luis Enrique
• ( 9.) Pep Guardiola
• (10.) Abelardo
• (11.) Javier Manjarín
• (12.) Paqui
• (13.) Toni
• (14.) Gabriel Vidal
• (15.) Paco Soler
• (16.) Miguel
• (17.) Rafael Berges
• (18.) Antonio Pinilla
• (19.) Kiko
• (20.) Alfonso

• Head Coach

• Vicente Miera

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Judo

• Begoña Gómez Martín

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1992.

Individual

• Jesús Centeno
• Leopoldo Centeno
• Carles Lerín

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

Men

Women

Open

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1992.

Women's solo

• Eva López
• Marta Amorós
• Nuria Ayala

Women's duet

• Eva López
• Marta Amorós

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

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Spanish Olympic Committee