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Spain At The 1980 Summer Olympics




Spain competed at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow under the IOC Country Code ESP (from its Spanish name España). It was the thirteenth appearance of the European nation.


MEDALS

Spain finished in 20th position in the final medal rankings


Gold



Silver



Bronze






RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

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

Men's Individual Competition:




Diving

Men's Springboard
  • Ricardo Camacho

  • Preliminary Round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)

  • Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)






Hockey


Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round

  • Spain — Soviet Union 2-1

  • Spain — Tanzania 12-0

  • Spain — India 2-2

  • Spain — Poland 6-0

  • Spain — Cuba 11-0

  • Final

  • Spain — India 3-4 → Silver Medal



Team Roster:




Football


Men's Team Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C)

July 20 , 1980 Republican Stadium, Kiev
East Germany - Spain 1-1 (0-0)

July 22 , 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Spain - Syria 0-0 (0-0)

July 24 , 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Spain - Algeria 1-1 (1-0)

FINAL STANDINGS:



  • 3. Spain 3 0 3 0 ( 2- 2) 3

4. Syria 3 0 1 2 ( 0- 8) 1

  • Qualified for quarter-finals


TEAM ROSTER

Joaquín Alonso González
Marcos Alonso
Francisco Buyo
Miguel De Andrés
Juan Antonio Felipe
Agustín Gajate
Angel González
Francisco Guerri
Jorge David López
Víctor Muñoz
Urbano Ortega
Enrique Ramos
Hipólito Rincón
Agustín Rodríguez
Santiago Urquiaga
Manuel Zuñiga





Handball


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




Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Galera, Serrano, and Montesinos — 14.699pts, 9th place





Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Butterfly

Women's 4x100m Freestyle