Spain At The 1992 Summer Olympics

	competitors	314 men and 128 women
	sports	25
	flagbearer	Felipe De Borbón
	gold	13
	silver	7
	bronze	2
	total	22
	rank	6

Spain was the host nation for the ''' 1992 Summer Olympics ''' in Barcelona . The Games were quite unique 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 .

MEDALS

Gold

Antonio Vázquez , Alfonso Menéndez , and Juan Holgado — Archery, Men's Team Competition

Fermín Cacho — Athletics, Men's 1.500m

Daniel Plaza — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk

José Moreno — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Santiago Cañizares , Albert Ferrer , Mikel Lasa , Roberto Solozábal , Juan Manuel López , David Villabona , José Amavisca , Luis Enrique , Josep Guardiola , Abelardo Fernández , Javier Manjarín , Francisco Veza , Antonio Jiménez , Gabriel Vidal , Francisco Soler , Miguel Hernández , Rafael Berges , Antonio Pinilla , Kiko Narváez , and Alfonso Pérez Muñoz — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Anna Maiques , Celia Correa , Elisabeth Maragall , María Ángeles Rodríguez , María Carmen Barea , Marívi González , Maider Tellería , María Isabel Martínez , Mercedes Coghen , Nagore Gabellanes , Natalia Dorado , Nuria Olivé , Silvia Manrique , Sonia Barrio , Teresa Motos , and Virginia Ramírez — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition

José María Van Der Ploeg — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Luís Doreste and Domingo José Manrique — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

Jorge Calafat and Kiko Sánchez — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition

Teresa Zabell and Patricia Guerra — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition

Martin López-Zubero — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

Almudena Muñoz — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

Miriam Blasco — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)

Silver

Antonio Peñalver — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

Faustino Reyes — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Carolina Pascual — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around

Natalia Vía-Dufresne — Sailing, Women's Europe Individual Competition

Jordi Arrese — Tennis, Men's Singles Competition

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez — Tennis, Women's Doubles Competition

Daniel Ballart , Jesús Miguel Rollán , Jordi Sans , Josep Picó , Manuel Estiarte , Manuel Silvestre , Marco Antonio González , Miguel Ángel Oca , Pedro Francisco García , Ricardo Sánchez , Rubén Michavila , Salvador Gómez , and Sergi Pedrerol — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — Tennis, Women's Singles Competition

Javier García — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

RESULTS AND COMPETITORS BY EVENT

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 Marathon

Diego García — 2:14.56 (→ 9th place)

Rodrigo Gavela — 2:16.23 (→ 18th place)

José Esteban Montiel — 2:19.15 (→ 32nd place)

Baseball

Spain came within half an inning of losing all seven of its preliminary round games in the first official Olympic baseball tournament. Trailing Puerto Rico 6-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Spain rallied for three runs to win its only Olympic victory in the sport.

Men's Team Competition:

Spain - 8th place (1-6)

Men's Team Roster

Antonio Salazar

Enrique Cortés Pes

Félix Manuel Cano

Francisco Javier Aristu

Gabriel Valarezo

Javier Díez

Jesús Lisarri

José Arza

José Luis Becerra

José María Pulido

Juan Ignacio Damborenea

Juan Manuel Salmerón

Juan Pedro Belza

Luis Carlos León

Manuel Martínez

Miguel Ángel Pariente

Miguel Stella

Oscar Rebolleda

Xavier Camps

Xavier Civit

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

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

Ainhoa Ortolazabal

Final — 2:05:13 (→ 34th place)

Belen Cuevas

Final — 2:05:26 (→ 35th place)

Teodora Ruano

Final — 2:08:13 (→ 42nd place)

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.) Juan Manuel López

( 6.) David Villabona

( 7.) José Amavisca

( 8.) Luis Enrique

( 9.) Josep Guardiola

(10.) Abelardo Fernández

(11.) Javier Manjarín

(12.) Francisco Veza ("Paqui")

(13.) Antonio Jiménez ("Toni")

(14.) Gabriel Vidal

(15.) Francisco Soler

(16.) Miguel Hernández

(17.) Rafael Berges

(18.) Antonio Pinilla

(19.) Kiko Narváez ("Kiko")

(20.) Alfonso Pérez Muñoz

Head Coach

Vicente Miera

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain – France 16-18

Spain – Egypt 23-18

Spain – Romania 21-20

Spain – Unified Team 18-24

Spain – Germany 19-18

Classification Match

5th-6th place: Spain – South Korea 36-21 (→ '''Fifth place''')

Team Roster

Alberto Urdiales

Aleix Franch

Angel Hermida

David Barrufet

Enric Massip

Fernando Bolea

Iñaki Urdangarín

Jaume Fort

Javier Cabanas

Juan Francisco Alemany

Juan Francisco Muñoz

Lorenzo Rico

Luis Eduardo García

Mateo Garralda

Ricardo Marín

Head Coach: Javier García Cuesta

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain – Austria 16-20

Spain – Norway 16-20

Spain – South Korea 18-28

Classification Match

7th-8th place: Spain – Nigeria 26-17 (→ '''Seventh place''')

Team Roster

Amaia Ugartemendía

Begoña Sánchez

Blanca Martín-Calero

Cristina Gómez

Dolores Ruiz

Esperanza Tercero

Karmele Makazaga

María Eugenia Sánchez

Mercedes Fuertes

Montserrat Marín

Montserrat Puche

Paloma Arranz

Raquel Vizcaíno

Rita María Hernández

Head Coach: Francisco Sanchez Sanchez

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain – New Zealand 3-0

Spain – Malaysia 5-2

Spain – Unified Team 4-0

Spain – Pakistan 1-6

Spain – Netherlands 2-3

Classification Matches

5th-8th place: Spain – India 2-0

5th-6th place: Spain – Great Britain 2-1 (→ '''Fifth place''')

Team Roster

Santiago Grau (gk)

Ignacio Escudé

Joaquín Malgosa

Miguel Ortego

Juantxo García-Mauriño

Jaime Amat

Jordi Aviles

Pedro Jufresa

José Antonio Iglesias

Xavier Escudé

Javier Arnau

Victor Pujol

Juan Dinarés

David Freixa

Pablo Usoz

Ramón Jufresa (gk)

Head Coach: Santiago Cortes

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Spain – Germany 2-2

Spain – Canada 2-1

Spain – Australia 1-0

Semi Finals

Spain – South Korea 2-1 (after extra time)

Final

Spain – Germany 2-1 (after extra time) → Gold Medal)

Team Roster

Anna Maiques

Celia Correa

Elisabeth Maragall

María Ángeles Rodríguez

María Carmen Barea

Marívi González

Maider Tellería

María Isabel Martínez

Mercedes Coghen

Nagore Gabellanes

Natalia Dorado

Nuria Olivé

Silvia Manrique

Sonia Barrio

Teresa Motos

Virginia Ramírez

Head Coach: José Manuel Brasa

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Sergio Roura

# Heat – 15:26.18 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

# Heat – 55.37

# Final – 54.96 (→ 4th place)

Carlos Ventosa

# Heat – 56.62

# B-Final – 56.78 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

# Heat – 1:59.22

# Final – 1:58.47 (→ Gold Medal)

Jorge Pérez

# Heat – 2:03.68 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Román Camallonga

# Heat – 1:03.48 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Sergio López

# Heat – 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Sergio López

# Heat – 2:14.68

# Final – 2:13.29 (→ 4th place)

Joaquín Fernández

# Heat – 2:14.93

# B-Final – 2:15.52 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Martin López-Zubero

# Heat – 54.04

# Final – 54.19 (→ 7th place)

Jaime Fernández

# Heat – 55.62 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

José Luis Ballester

# Heat – 2:01.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Jorge Pérez

# Heat – 2:01.63 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Martin López-Zubero

# Heat – 2:03.07

# B-Final – 2:03.34 (→ 9th place)

Joaquín Fernández

# Heat – 2:06.09 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Jorge Pérez

# Heat – 4:21.33

# B-Final – 4:22.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Martin López-Zubero , Román Camallonga , Jaime Fernández , and Carlos Ventosa

# Heat – 3:44.12 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Claudia Franco

# Heat – 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Claudia Franco

# Heat – 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Natalia Pulido

# Heat – 58.54 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Natalia Pulido

# Heat – 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Itziar Esparza

# Heat – 4:22.27 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Itziar Esparza

# Heat – 8:55.65 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Núria Castelló

# Heat – 1:05.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Núria Castelló

# Heat – 2:16.24 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Cristina Rey

# Heat – 2:20.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Rocío Ruiz

# Heat – 1:13.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Lourdes Becerra

# Heat – 2:37.69 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

María Pelaez

# Heat – 1:02.79 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Barbara Franco

# Heat – 1:02.83 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

María Pelaez

# Heat – 2:15.77

# B-Final – 2:15.07 (→ 15th place)

María Luisa Fernández

# Heat – 2:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Silvia Parera

# Heat – 2:17.97

# B-Final – 2:18.53 (→ 10th place)

Lourdes Becerra

# Heat – 2:23.51 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Silvia Parera

# Heat – 4:50.16

# B-Final – 4:48.77 (→ 12th place)

Elisenda Pérez

# Heat – 4:56.78 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Núria Castelló , Rocío Ruiz , María Pelaez , and Claudia Franco

# Heat – 4:19.27 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Emilio Sanchez

# 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 Sanchez

# 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 Martinez

# 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 Sanchez-Vicario , 4-6, 4-6

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario → Bronze Medal

# First round — Defeated Irina Spirlea (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 Martinez 6-4, 6-4

# Semifinals — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 3-6 6-3 1-6

Women's Doubles Competition

Conchita Martinez and Arantxa Sanchez-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 Fernandez (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 2-6

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Defeated Canada (3-2)

Lost to Italy (0-3)

Lost to Unified States (2-3)

Defeated Japan (3-2)

Defeated France (3-2)

Quarterfinals

Lost to Cuba (0-3)

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (0-3)

7th/8th place: Lost to Unified Team (2-3) → '''8th place'''

Team Roster

Angel Alonso

Benjamín Vicedo

Francisco Hervás

Héctor López

Jesús Garrido

Jesús Sánchez

Juan Carlos Robles

Miguel Ángel Maroto

Rafael Pascual

Venancio Costa

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Lost to Unified Team (0-3)

Lost to Japan (0-3)

Lost to Unified States (0-3)

Classification Match

7th/8th place: Lost to PR China (0-3) → '''8th and last place'''

Team Roster

Ana María Tostado

Asunción Domenech

Carmen Beatriz Miranda

Estela Domínguez

Inmaculada González

Inmaculada Torres

Laura De La Torre

María Del Mar Rey

Marta Gens

Olga Martín

Rita María Oraá

Virginia Cardona

Head Coach: Jaime Fernández Barros

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Spain – Netherlands 12-6

Spain – Greece 11-6

Spain – Hungary 8-5

Spain – Italy 9-9

Spain – Cuba 12-10

Semi Finals

Spain – United States 6-4

Final

Spain – Italy 8-9 (→ Silver Medal)

Team Roster

Daniel Ballart

Jesús Miguel Rollán

Jordi Sans

Josep Picó

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Silvestre

Marco Antonio González

Miguel Ángel Oca

Pedro Francisco García

Ricardo Sánchez

Rubén Michavila

Salvador Gómez

Sergi Pedrerol

REFERENCE

Spanish Olympic Committee

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