Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Spain
games=1996 Summer
competitors=199 men and 95 women
sports=19
flagbearer=Luís Doreste
gold=5
silver=6
bronze=6
total=17
rank=13

Spain competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Gold

* Miguel Indurain — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Time Trial

* Lorena Gurendez, Tania Lamarca, Estibaliz Martinez, Marta Baldo, Nuria Cabanillas, and Estela Gimenez — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

* José Luis Ballester and Fernando Leon — Sailing, Men's Tornado Competition

* Begoña Vía Dufresne and Theresa Zabell — Sailing, Women's 470 Competition

* Angel Luis Andreo, Carles Sans, Daniel Ballart, Ivan Moro, Jesús Miguel Rollán, Jordi Sans, Jorge Payá, Josep María Abarca, Manuel Estiarte, Miguel Ángel Oca, Pedro Francisco García, Salvador Gómez, and Sergi Pedrerol — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

* Fermin Cacho — Men's Athletics, 1500 metres

* Abraham Olano — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Time Trial

* Jaime Amat, Pablo Amat, Javier Arnau, Jordi Arnau, Oscar Barrena, Ignacio Cobos, Juan Dinarés, Juan Escarré, Xavier Escudé, Juantxo García-Mauriño, Antonio González, Ramón Jufresa, Joaquín Malgosa, Victor Pujol, Ramón Sala, and Pablo Usoz — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

* Ernesto Pérez — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

* Sergi Bruguera — Tennis, Men's Singles

* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — Tennis, Women's Singles

Bronze

* Valentin Massana — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk

* Rafael Lozano — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

* Juan Pérez, Iñaki Urdangarín, Alberto Urdiales, José Hombrados, Jordi Nuñez, Jesús Olalla, Raúl González, Rafael Guijosa, Fernando Hernández, Jesús Fernández, Jaume Fort, Mateo Garralda, Talant Dujshebaev, Salvador Esquer, and Aitor Etxaburu — Handball, Men's Team Competition

* Yolanda Soler — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

* Isabel Fernández — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)

* Conchita Martinez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — Tennis, Women's Doubles

Results and competitors by event

=Archery=

After their gold medal men's team performance four years earlier, Spain qualified only one archer for the 1996 Olympics. He lost his first match.

Men's Individual Competition:
*Antonio Vazquez → Round of 64, 60th place (0-1)

=Athletics =

Men's 5.000 metres
* Enrique Molina:* Qualification — 13:51.55:* Semifinal — 14:04.08:* Final — 13:12.91 (→ 7th place)

* Manuel Pancorbo:* Qualification — 13:57.42:* Semifinal — 14:39.64 (→ did not advance)

* Anacleto Jiménez:* Qualification — 14:16.57:* Semifinal — 13:50.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
*Iñigo Monreal:* Heat — 52.23s (→ did not advance)

*Oscar Pitillas:* Heat — 51.35s (→ did not advance)

* Salvador Vila:* Heat — 50.55s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Jesús Oliván:* Qualification — 7.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
* David Martínez:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon
* Antonio Peñalver:* Final Result — 8307 points (→ 2nd place)

* Francisco Javier Benet:* Final Result — 8107 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Marathon
*Martín Fiz — 2:13.20 (→ 4th place)
*Alberto Juztado — 2:17.24 (→ 18th place)
*Diego García — 2:22.11 (→ 53rd place)

Men's Competition:* Abel Antón:* Alejandro Gómez:* Andrés Manuel Díaz:* Arturo Ortiz:* Carlos de la Torre:* Carlos Sala:* Daniel Plaza:* Elisardo de la Torre:* Fermín Cacho:* Fernando Vázquez:* Francisco Javier Navarro:* Frutos Feo:* Isaac Viciosa:* Jaime Barroso:* Javier García:* Jesús Angel García:* Jesús Font:* Jordi Mayoral:* José Manuel Arcos:* Juan Gabriel Concepción:* Manuel Francisco Borrega:* Manuel Martínez:* Miguel de los Santos:* Reyes Estévez:* Roberto Parra:* Valentín Massana:* Venancio José Murcia
Women's 10.000 metres
* Julia Vaquero:* Qualification — 32:27.05:* Final — 31:27.07 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles
*Miriam Alonso:* Qualification — 56.53 (→ did not advance)

*Eva Paniagua:* Qualification — 58.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon
* Inmaculada Clapés:* Final Result — 5602 points (→ 24th place)

Women's Marathon
*María Rocío Ríos — 2:30.50 (→ 5th place)
*Mónica Pont — 2:33.27 (→ 14th place)
*Ana Isabel Alonso — 2:44.12 (→ 49th place)

Women's CompetitionWomen's 10km Walk
* María Vasco — 46:09 (→ 28th place)

* Encarna Granados — did not finish (→ no ranking)

:* Ana Amelia Menéndez:* Cristina Petite:* Julia Vaquero:* María Concepción Paredes:* María Isabel Martínez:* María José Mardomingo:* María Teresa Zúñiga:* Marta Domínguez:* Sandra Myers

=Boxing=

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Rafael Lozano → Bronze Medal:* First Round — Defeated Joseph Benhard (Namibia), 10-2 :* Second Round — Defeated Masibulele Makepula (South Africa), 14-3 :* Quarter Finals — Defeated Lamasara Lapaini (Indonesia), 10-9 :* Semi Finals — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 10-22

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial
*Miguel Indurain:* Final — 1:04:05 (→ Gold Medal)

*Abraham Olano:* Final — 1:04:17 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race
*Joane Somarriba :* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 21st place)

*Fatima Blazquez :* Final — 02:46:27 (→ 40th place)

*Izaskun Bengoa :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial
*Joane Somarriba :* Final — 38:55 (→ 13th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race
* Juan Llaneras:* Final — 17 points (→ 6th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country
* Jokin Mujika:* Final — 2:41:15 (→ 22nd place)

Women's Cross Country
* Laura Blanco:* Final — 2:04.20 (→ 20th place)

* Silvia Rovira:* Final — 2:09.17 (→ 26th place)

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
*José Miguel Gil:* Preliminary Heat — 295.47 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

*Rafael Álvarez:* Preliminary Heat — 208.83 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 3m Springboard
*Julia Cruz:* Preliminary Heat — 205.32 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 10m Platform
*Dolores Saez:* Preliminary Heat — 216.36 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* Spain — Germany 1-0:* Spain — Pakistan 3-0:* Spain — Argentina 2-1:* Spain — United States 7-1:* Spain — India 1-3
*Semi Finals::* Spain — Australia 2-1
*Final::* Spain — Netherlands 1-3 → Silver Medal
*Team Roster:* Jaime Amat:* Pablo Amat:* Javier Arnau:* Jordi Arnau:* Oscar Barrena:* Ignacio Cobos:* Juan Dinarés:* Juan Escarré:* Xavier Escudé:* Juantxo García-Mauriño:* Antonio González:* Ramón Jufresa:* Joaquín Malgosa:* Victor Pujol:* Ramón Sala:* Pablo Usoz

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round Robin::* Spain — Australia 0-4:* Spain — Germany 1-2:* Spain — Argentina 0-1:* Spain — Great Britain 2-2:* Spain — South Korea 0-2:* Spain — Netherlands 2-4 :* Spain — United States 0-2 (→ 8th and last place)
*Team Roster:* Begoña Larzabal:* Elena Carrión:* Elena Urkizu:* Lucía López:* María Carmen Barea:* María Cruz González:* María Victoria González:* Maider Tellería:* María del Mar Feito:* Mónica Rueda:* Nagore Gabellanes:* Natalia Dorado:* Silvia Manrique:* Sonia Barrio:* Sonia de Ignacio-Simo:* Teresa Motos

=Judo=

Men's Competition
*Ernesto Pérez
*José Tomás Toro
*León Villar
*Roberto Naveira

Women's Competition
*Almudena Muñoz
*Cristina Curto
*Isabel Fernández
*Sara Alvarez
*Yolanda Soler

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Juan Benavides:* Heat — 23.36 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Juan Benavides:* Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
* Frederik Hviid:* Heat — 15:42.40 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat — 55.36:* Final — 55.22 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat — 2:00.77:* Final — 2:00.74 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Marc Capdevila:* Heat — 1:02.69:* B-Final — 1:03.51 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Joaquín Fernández:* Heat — 2:16.05:* B-Final — 2:16.05 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
* José Luis Ballester:* Heat — 2:02.69 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Frederik Hviid:* Heat — 4:23.67:* B-Final — 4:22.47 (→ 9th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
* Claudia Franco:* Heat — 26.17:* B-Final — 26.04 (→ 11th place)

* Blanca Cerón:* Heat — 26.30 (→ 22nd place)

Women's 100m Freestyle
* Claudia Franco:* Heat — 57.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400m Freestyle
* Itziar Esparza:* Heat — 4:19.45 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle
* Itziar Esparza:* Heat — 8:50.22 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke
* Eva Piñera:* Heat — 1:04.41 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke
* Ivette María:* Heat — 2:18.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke
* María Olay:* Heat — 1:12.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Lourdes Becerra:* Heat — 2:33.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100m Butterfly
* María Pelaez:* Heat — 1:01.99 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly
* María Pelaez:* Heat — 2:13.85:* B-Final — 2:13.05 (→ 11th place)

* Barbara Franco:* Heat — 2:13.34:* B-Final — 2:14.16 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Silvia Parera:* Heat — 2:17.67:* B-Final — 2:19.92 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
* Lourdes Becerra:* Heat — 4:45.54:* B-Final — 4:45.17 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
* Blanca Cerón, Fátima Madrid, Susanna Garabatos, and Claudia Franco:* Heat — 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
* Eva Piñera, María Olay, María Pelaez, and Claudia Franco:* Heat — 4:15.63 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Albert Costa:* First round — Defeated Sebastien Lareau (Canada) 7-6 6-4:* Second round — Lost to Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 6-7 4-6

* Carlos Costa:* First round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 3-6 2-6

* Sergi Bruguera:* First round — Defeated Andrei Pavel (Romania) 2-6 6-1 8-6:* Second round — Defeated Arnaud Boetsch (France) 7-6 4-6 6-2:* Third round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 7-5:* Quarterfinals — Defeated MaliVai Washington (USA) 7-6 4-6 7-5:* Semifinals — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 7-6 6-2:* Final — Lost to Andre Agassi (USA) 2-6 3-6 1-6 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Singles Competition
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario :* First round — Defeated Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) 6-1 7-5:* Second round — Defeated Silvia Farina (Italy) 6-1 6-3:* Third round — Defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 6-4 7-6:* Quarterfinals — Defeated Kimiko Date (Japan) 4-6 6-3 10-8:* Semifinals — Defeated Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 6-4 1-6 6-3:* Final — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-7 2-6 (→ Silver Medal)

* Conchita Martínez:* First round — Defeated Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-1 6-2:* Second round — Defeated Radka Zrubakova (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4:* Third round — Defeated Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 6-2 7-5:* Quarterfinals — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 6-3 2-6 3-6

* Virginia Ruano Pascual:* First round — Defeated Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland) 6-4 6-2:* Second round — Lost to Iva Majoli (Croatia) 5-7 3-6

=Volleyball=

Men's Beach Competition

*Javier Bosma and Sixto Jimenez — 7th place overall

*Miguel Prieto and José Yuste — 17th place overall

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Spain — Germany 9-3:* Spain — Netherlands 8-7:* Spain — Yugoslavia 7-9:* Spain — Hungary 7-8:* Spain — Russia 8-6
*Quarter Finals:* Spain — United States 5-4
*Semi Finals:* Spain — Hungary 7-6
*Final:* Spain — Croatia 7-5 (→ Gold Medal)
*Team Roster:* Angel Luis Andreo:* Carles Sans:* Daniel Ballart:* Ivan Moro:* Jesús Miguel Rollán:* Jordi Sans:* Jorge Payá:* Josep María Abarca:* Manuel Estiarte:* Miguel Ángel Oca:* Pedro Francisco García:* Salvador Gómez:* Sergi Pedrerol

References

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*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Comité Olímpico Español - Atlanta 1996 |publisher=Comité Olímpico Español |url=http://atlanta1996.coe.es/ |year=2003 |language=Spanish |accessdate=2008-02-13