Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Spain
games=1992 Summer
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 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.

Medalists

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

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

* Theresa 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 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 4x400m 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
* Gold Medal)
*Miguel Prieto — 1:26:38 (→ 10th place)
*Valentin Massana — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk
*Josep Marín — 3:58:41 (→ 15th place)
*Jesús 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)

*Angel 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
*María 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)

=Baseball=

Men's Team Competition

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.
*Preliminary Round:*Lost to United States (1:4):*Lost to Japan (1:12):*Lost to Dominican Republic (2:11):*Lost to Chinese Taipei (0:20):*Lost to Cuba (0:18):*Lost to Italy (1:14):*Defeated Puerto Rico (7:6) → 8th place
*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

=Basketball=

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):*Lost to PR China (63-66):*Defeated Czechoslovakia (59-58):*Lost to United States (59-114)
*Classification Matches:*5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (92-80):*5th/6th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (59-58) → 5th place
*Team Roster:*Patrícia Hernandez:*Carolina Mujica :*Blanca Ares :*Pilar Alonso :*Monica Pulgar :*Margarita Geuer :*Almudena Vara :*Ana Belén Alvaro :*Monica Messa :*Marina Ferragut:*Elisabeth Cebrian :*Carlota Castrejana
*Head Coach: José Maria Buceta

=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)

=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)

=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 Masip:* 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 Corres:* 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

=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)

=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

References

* [http://barcelona1992.coe.es/ Spanish Olympic Committee]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ESP/summer/1992/ sports-reference]