Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.[1]

Spain at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors321 (216 men and 105 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Manuel Estiarte
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Almudena Gallardo Women's individual 625 36  Karaseva (BLR)
L 162-163		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Venancio Jose
  • Round 1 — 10.36
  • Round 2 — 10.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Venancio Jose
  • Round 1 — 20.95
  • Round 2 — 20.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 — 45.53
  • Round 2 — 45.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Round 1 — 01:48.11 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 01:48.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 m

  • Round 1 — 03:38.54
  • Semifinal — 03:38.41
  • Final — 03:37.27 (→ 8th place)
  • Round 1 — 03:38.66
  • Semifinal — 03:45.46 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 03:40.60
  • Semifinal — 03:38.37
  • Final — 03:38.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 5.000 m

  • Alberto Garcia
  • Round 1 — 14:11.65 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 13:34.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 m

  • Round 1 — 27:51.40
  • Final — 28:50.31 (→ 18th place)
  • Enrique Molina
  • Round 1 — 28:09.76
  • Final — DNF
  • Teodoro Cunado
  • Round 1 — 29:10.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

  • Round 1 — 51.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 — 03:06.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000 m steeplechase

  • Round 1 — 08:24.04
  • Final — 08:22.75 (→ 5th place)
  • Round 1 — 08:24.97
  • Final — 08:23.00 (→ 6th place)
  • Round 1 — 08:40.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's shot put

  • Qualifying — 19.94
  • Final — 20.55 (→ 6th place)

Men's discus

  • Qualifying — 61.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualifying — 7.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

  • Raul Chapado
  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km walk

  • Final — 1:21:01 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 1:24:36 (→ 20th place)
  • Final — 0:01:28 (→ 35th place)

Men's 50 km walk

  • Final — 3:46:01 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 3:49:31 (→ 12th place)
  • Final — 3:59:50 (→ 24th place)

Men's marathon

  • Final — 2:13:06 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place)
  • Final — 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place)

Men's decathlon

  • 100 m — 11.42
  • Long jump — 6.32
  • Shot put — DNS

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

  • Norfalia Carabali
  • Round 1 — 52.36
  • Round 2 — 52.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m

  • Round 1 — 01:59.60
  • Semifinal — 02:03.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1.500 m

  • Round 1 — 04:11.46
  • Semifinal — 04:10.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 04:22.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5.000 m

  • Round 1 — 15:45.07 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 15:31.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 m

  • Maria Teresa Recio
  • Round 1 — 33:36.44 (→ did not advance)
  • Maria Abel
  • Round 1 — 34:05.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 — 03:32.45 (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

  • Qualifying — 16.30 (→ did not advance)

Women's discus

  • Alice Matejkova
  • Qualifying — 54.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying — 55.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump

  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump

  • Qualifying — 13.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

  • Qualifying — 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's pole vault

  • Mari Mar Sanchez
  • Qualifying — 4.25 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km walk

  • Final — 1:30:23 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Encarnacion Granados
  • Final — 1:35:06 (→ 20th place)
  • Eva Perez
  • Final — 1:36:35 (→ 27th place)

Women's marathon

  • Final — 2:36:45 (→ 30th place)
  • Final — 2:38:28 (→ 33rd place)
  • Maria Luisa Munoz
  • Final — 2:45:40 (→ 39th place)

Women's heptathlon

  • Inma Clopés
  • 100 m hurdles — 14.20
  • High jump — 1.66
  • Shot put — 12.70
  • 200 m — 26.25
  • Long jump — NM
  • Javelin throw — DNS

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition
  • Preliminaries (1-4)
  • Defeated Angola (64-45)
  • Lost to Russia (63-71)
  • Lost to Canada (77-91)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (65-78)
  • Lost to Australia (80-91)
  • Classification matches
  • 9th-10th place: defeated China (84-64) → 9th place
  • Team roster

Beach volleyball

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Rafael Lozano
    • Round 1 — bye
    • Round 2 — defeated Danilo Lerio of Philippines
    • Quarterfinal — defeated Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya
    • Semifinal — defeated Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea
    • Final — lost to Brahim Asloum of France → Silver medal

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500 m

  • Jovino Gonzalez
  • Qualifying heat — 01:40.761
  • Semifinal — 01:41.168
  • Final — 02:03.889 (→ 6th place)

Men's kayak singles 1.000 m

  • Emilio Merchan
  • Qualifying heat — 03:36.591
  • Semifinal — 03:40.263
  • Final — 03:39.965 (→ 9th place)

Men's canoe singles 500 m

  • Jose Manuel Crespo
  • Qualifying heat — 01:53.862
  • Semifinal — 01:54.765 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 1.000 m

  • Jose Manuel Crespo
  • Qualifying heat — 04:04.528
  • Semifinal — 04:04.042 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe doubles 500 m

  • Qualifying heat — 01:44.973
  • Semifinal — 01:45.677
  • Final — 01:56.600 (→ 4th place)

Men's canoe doubles 1.000 m

  • Qualifying heat — 03:37.697
  • Semifinal — bye
  • Final — 03:54.053 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles 500 m

  • Qualifying heat — 01:59.153
  • Semifinal — 01:58.932 (→ did not advance)

Women's kayak doubles 500 m

  • Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez, Belen Sanchez
  • Qualifying heat — 01:45.527
  • Semifinal — 01:45.144
  • Final — 02:04.208 (→ 7th place)

Women's kayak fours 500 m

  • Qualifying heat — 01:35.298
  • Semifinal — bye
  • Final — 01:38.654 (→ 8th place)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles

  • Esteban Arakama
  • Qualifying — 267.75 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying — 275.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles

  • Jon Erguin
  • Qualifying — 362.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe doubles

  • Qualifying — 344.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles

  • Qualifying — 311.17
  • Final — 276.55 (→ 14th place)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cross-country mountain bike

Men's competition

  • Final — 2:11:42.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 2:15:56.99 (→ 15th place)

Women's competition

  • Final — 1:49:57.39 (→ Bronze medal)
  • Final — 1:58:59.37 (→ 14th place)

Road cycling

Men's individual time trial

  • Final — 0:58:31 (→ 4th place)
  • Santos Gonzalez Capilla
  • Final — 0:59:03 (→ 8th place)

Men's road race

  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 17th place)
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 60th place)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
  • Santos Gonzalez Capilla
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's individual time trial

  • Joane Somarriba Arrola
  • Final — 0:43:06 (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 0:44:37.36 (→ 18th place)

Women's road race

  • Joane Somarriba Arrola
  • Final — 3:06:31 (→ 14th place)
  • Fatima Blazquez Lozano
  • Final — 3:10:33 (→ 33rd place)
  • Mercedes Cagigas Amed
  • Final — 3:28:29 (→ 48th place)

Track cycling

Men's sprint

Men's individual pursuit

  • Antonio Tauler
    • Qualifying — 04:34.415 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1 km time trial

Men's point race

  • Juan Llaneras
    • Points — 14
    • Laps down — 0 (→ Gold medal')

Men's keirin

  • David Cabrero
    • First round — heat — 3; place — 3
    • Repechage — heat — 3; place — 1
    • Second round — heat — 2; place — 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Olympic sprint

Men's team pursuit

Men's Madison

Women's point pace

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 metre springboard

  • Preliminary — 377.55
  • Semifinal — 201.06 — 578.61 (17th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 metre springboard

  • Jose-Miguel Gil
  • Preliminary — 318.72 (33rd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 metre platform

  • Ruben Santos
  • Preliminary — 300.9 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 metre platform

  • Santos Leire
  • Preliminary — 271.41 (27th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Dolores Saez de Ibarra
  • Preliminary — 283.41
  • Semifinal — 163.11 — 446.52 (14th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four male fencers represented Spain in 2000.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Football
Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men
Artistic
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PM R V PB HB
Alejandro Barrenechea All-around      8.162 8.612 9.575 9.237 9.587 9.237 54.410 34
Victor Cano 9.087 9.650 9.462 8.825 8.875 9.662 55.561 31
Omar Cortes 8.112 9.675 9.550 9.325 9.537 9.650 55.849 26
Gervasio Deferr Vault N/A 9.712 N/A 9.712

Women
Artistic
Team
Individual events
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Laura Martinez All-around      9.518 9.612 9.062 9.637 37.829 12
Vault 9.612 N/A 9.612 5
Sara Moro All-around 9.318 9.637 8.725 9.650 37.330 21
Esther Moya All-around 9.631 9.550 9.187 9.712 38.080 9
Floor N/A 9.700 9.700 4
Vault 9.612 N/A 9.612 4

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group B):
  • Classification matches:
  • 9th-12th place: Spain — Malaysia 1-0
  • 9th-10th place: Spain — Canada 3-0 → Ninth place
  • Team roster
  • Head Coach: Antonio Forrellat

Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group A):
  • Spain — South Korea 0-0
  • Spain — Australia 1-1
  • Spain — Argentina 1-1
  • Spain — Great Britain 0-2
  • Medal round:
  • Bronze medal game:
  • Spain — Netherlands 0-2 → Fourth place
  • Team roster

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Spain competed in nine events in the Sailing competition at the Sydney Olympics. In seven of the events, they finished in the top 10 but were unable to win a medal.

Men's Mistral

  • Jorge Maciel Andres
  • Race 1 — 16
  • Race 2 — 17
  • Race 3 — (25)
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — 25
  • Race 6 — 22
  • Race 7 — 20
  • Race 8 — 20
  • Race 9 — (37) DNF
  • Race 10 — 15
  • Race 11 — 19
  • Final — 162 (22nd place)

Men's Double-handed dinghy (470)

  • Gustavo Martinez and Tunte Cantero
  • Race 1 — 17
  • Race 2 — 11
  • Race 3 — 15
  • Race 4 — 9
  • Race 5 — (18)
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 12
  • Race 8 — 2
  • Race 9 — 8
  • Race 10 — 4
  • Race 11 — (21)
  • Final — 81 (10th place)

Men's Laser

  • Race 1 — 3
  • Race 2 — (23)
  • Race 3 — 16
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — (44) OCS
  • Race 6 — 23
  • Race 7 — 5
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 16
  • Race 10 — 13
  • Race 11 — 10
  • Final — 97 (11th place)

Men's Tornado

  • Race 1 — 7
  • Race 2 — 9
  • Race 3 — 9
  • Race 4 — (14)
  • Race 5 — 6
  • Race 6 — (12)
  • Race 7 — 9
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 9
  • Race 10 — 4
  • Race 11 — 2
  • Final — 58 (9th place)

Men's Two-handed keelboat (Star)

  • Race 1 — 2
  • Race 2 — 4
  • Race 3 — (17) DSQ
  • Race 4 — 3
  • Race 5 — 11
  • Race 6 — 7
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — 10
  • Race 9 — 3
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — (17) OCS
  • Final — 55 (9th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Maria del Carmen Vaz
  • Race 1 — 4
  • Race 2 — 5
  • Race 3 — (14)
  • Race 4 — 9
  • Race 5 — (19)
  • Race 6 — 11
  • Race 7 — 8
  • Race 8 — 9
  • Race 9 — 6
  • Race 10 — 14
  • Race 11 — 6
  • Final — 72 (8th place)

Women's Single-handed dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — 2
  • Race 3 — 11
  • Race 4 — 13
  • Race 5 — 5
  • Race 6 — 1
  • Race 7 — (17)
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 11
  • Race 10 — 5
  • Race 11 — (28) OCS
  • Final — 61 (4th place)

Women's Double-handed dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 — 14
  • Race 2 — (18)
  • Race 3 — 5
  • Race 4 — 2
  • Race 5 — (19)
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 11
  • Race 8 — 2
  • Race 9 — 4
  • Race 10 — 9
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Final — 55 (6th place)

Mixed high performance Two-handed dinghy (49er)

  • Santiago Lopez-Vazquez and Javier de La Plaza
  • Race 1 — 1
  • Race 2 — 8
  • Race 3 — 11
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — 4
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 1
  • Race 8 — 11
  • Race 9 — 11
  • Race 10 — (18) OCS
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Race 12 — 1
  • Race 13 — 1
  • Race 14 — (12)
  • Race 15 — 10
  • Race 16 — 4
  • Final — 79 (4th place)

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four Spanish shooters (two men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jorge González 50 m rifle three positions 1150 33 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 593 19 Did not advance
10 m air rifle DNS Did not advance
Sergio Piñero Double trap 129 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marina Pons 50 m rifle three positions 565 34 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 388 36 Did not advance
Maria Pilar Fernandez 10 m air pistol 379 16 Did not advance
25 m pistol 575 20 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 22.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 50.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 15:14.37 (→ did not advance)
  • Preliminary heat — 15:32.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m butterfly

  • Preliminary heat — 02:00.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 55.8
  • Semifinal — 56.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 02:03.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m individual medley

  • Preliminary heat — 02:02.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m individual medley

  • Preliminary heat — 04:21.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 03:22.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Preliminary heat — 03:42.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 25.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 02:03.37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 04:17.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m butterfly

  • Preliminary heat — 01:01.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m butterfly

  • Preliminary heat — 02:10.96
  • Semifinal — 02:10.24 (→ did not advance)
  • Preliminary heat — 02:14.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m breaststroke

  • Preliminary heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 01:01.97
  • Semifinal — 01:01.41
  • Final — 01:00.89 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 200m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 02:11.60
  • Semifinal — 02:11.93
  • Final — 02:12.75 (→ 6th place)
  • Preliminary heat — 02:14.78
  • Semifinal — 02:15.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m individual medley

  • Preliminary heat — 04:47.50 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

  • Preliminary heat — 08:13.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Preliminary heat — 04:15.54 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Duet

  • Technical routine — 32.9
  • Free routine — 61.62
  • Final — 94.52 (8th place)

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Three of Spain's four triathletes finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon. Ivan Rana was the only one to place in the top eight, with a fifth-place finish in the men's event.

Women's competition:

Men's competition:

  • Iván Raña — 1:49:10.88 (5th place)
  • Eneko Llanos — 1:50:48.35 (23rd place)
  • Jose Maria Merchan — did not finish

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Defeated Egypt (3-0)
  • Lost to Cuba (1-3)
  • Lost to Australia (1-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (1-3)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
  • Team roster

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
  • Preliminary round: 2-2-1
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Croatia, 9-8
  • Semifinal: lost to Russia, 8-7
  • Bronze medal game: Lost to Yugoslavia, 8-3 → 4th place
  • Team roster

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Jon Tecedor + 105 kg 170.0 175.0 180.0 210.0 215.0 220.0 395.0 13


Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Josefa Pérez – 63 kg 80.0 82.5 85.0 95.0 100.0 102.5 187.5 7
Mónica Carrio – 75 kg 92.5 95.0 95.0 110.0 110.0 115.0 205.0 9

Notes

References
  1. "Spain at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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