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. 422 competitors, 297 men and 125 women, took part in 195 events in 29 sports.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date José Manuel Moreno Cycling Men's track time trial Martin López-Zubero Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke Daniel Plaza Athletics Men's 20 km walk Miriam Blasco Judo Women's Lightweight (56 kg) Almudena Muñoz Judo Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg) Luís Doreste Domingo Manrique Sailing Flying Dutchman José María van der Ploeg Sailing Finn Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez Sailing Men's 470 Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra Sailing Women's 470 Antonio VázquezAlfonso MenéndezJuan Holgado Archery Men's Team Field hockey Women's tournament Fermín Cacho Athletics Men's 1500 m Spain national under-23 football team Football Football Natalia Vía Dufresne Sailing Europe Antonio Peñalver Athletics Men's decathlon Carolina Pascual Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Jordi Arrese Tennis Men's singles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Conchita Martínez Tennis Women's doubles Faustino Reyes Boxing Featherweight (57 kg) Spain men's national water polo team Water polo Water polo Javier García Chico Athletics Men's pole vault Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis Women's singles
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Medals by sportSport TotalSailing 4 1 0 5Athletics 2 1 1 4Judo 2 0 0 2Archery 1 0 0 1Cycling 1 0 0 1Field hockey 1 0 0 1Football 1 0 0 1Swimming 1 0 0 1Tennis 0 2 1 3Boxing 0 1 0 1Gymnastics 0 1 0 1Water polo 0 1 0 1Total 13 7 2 22
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 1 4Athletics 44 15 59Badminton 1 1 2Baseball 20 – 20Basketball 12 11 23Boxing 7 – 7Canoeing 15 7 22Cycling 11 3 14Diving 2 1 3Equestrian 8 0 8Fencing 15 2 17Field hockey 16 15 31Football 17 – 17Gymnastics 2 8 10Handball 16 14 30Judo 5 7 12Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 22 0 22Sailing 13 4 17Shooting 10 5 15Swimming 9 12 21Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 2 2 4Tennis 4 2 6Volleyball 12 12 24Water polo 12 – 12Weightlifting 6 – 6Wrestling 10 – 10 Total 297 125 422
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.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJuan HolgadoIndividual125545did not advanceAlfonso Menéndez125742did not advanceAntonio Vázquez129118L 96–100did not advanceJuan HolgadoAlfonso MenéndezAntonio VázquezTeam380310W 233–230W 238–229W 234–236W 238–236
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTeresa FernándezIndividual125442did not advance
Athletics
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJuan Jesús Trapero100 m10.644did not advanceMiguel Ángel Gómez200 m21.465 q21.328did not advanceCayetano Cornet400 m46.134 q46.276did not advanceJosé Arconada800 m1:49.234colspan=2 did not advanceTomás de Teresa1:46.782 Qcolspan=2 1:46.084did not advanceLuis Javier González1:46.653 qcolspan=2 1:47.096did not advanceFermín Cacho1500 m3:37.041 Qcolspan=2 3:34.932 Q3:40.12José Luis González3:46.757colspan=2 did not advanceManuel Pancorbo3:37.626 qcolspan=2 3:39.524 Q3:43.5111Abel Antón5000 m13:31.483 Qcolspan=4 13:27.808Martín Fiz13:42.207colspan=4 did not advanceAntonio Serrano13:42.946colspan=4 did not advanceJosé Carlos Adán10,000 m28:50.3811colspan=4 did not advanceCarlos de la Torre28:55.4715colspan=4 did not advanceAlejandro Gómezcolspan=4 did not advanceCarlos Sala110 m hurdles13.623 Q13.805 did not advanceJosé Javier ArquésSergio LópezEnrique TalaveraJuan Jesús Trapero4 × 100 m relay39.601 Qcolspan=2 39.625 did not advanceCayetano CornetÁngel HerasManuel Moreno SánchezAntonio Sánchez4 × 400 m relay3:04.604colspan=4 did not advanceDiego GarcíaMarathoncolspan=6 2:14:569Rodrigo Gavelacolspan=6 2:16:2318José Esteban Montielcolspan=6 2:19:1532Valentí Massana20 km walkcolspan=6 Daniel Plazacolspan=6 1:21:45Miguel Ángel Prietocolspan=6 1:26:3810Jaime Barroso50 km walkcolspan=6 4:02:0814Jesús Ángel Garcíacolspan=6 3:58:4310José Maríncolspan=6 3:58:419
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCristina Castro Salvador100 m11.725 q11.798did not advanceJulia Merino400 m52.903 Q52.435did not advanceAmaia Andrés800 m2:02.675colspan=2 did not advanceMaite Zúñiga1500 m4:07.821 Qcolspan=2 4:04.005 Q4:00.596Estela Estévez3000 m8:55.707colspan=4 did not advanceMaría José Mardomingo100 m hurdles13.585 did not advanceMiriam Alonso400 m hurdles57.665colspan=2 did not advanceGregoria FerrerEsther LahozJulia MerinoCristina Pérez4 × 400 m relay3:31.356colspan=4 did not advanceEmilia Cano10 km walkcolspan=6 47:0322Mari Cruz Díazcolspan=6 45:3210Encarna Granadoscolspan=6 46:0014
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionÁngel HernándezLong jump NMdid not advanceJesús Oliván7.7818did not advanceSantiago MorenoTriple jump16.0428did not advanceGustavo Adolfo BeckerHigh jump2.268 q2.2811Arturo Ortiz2.1527did not advanceJavier GarcíaPole vault5.557 q5.75Daniel Martí5.4019 did not advanceAlberto Ruiz5.557 q5.3010David MartínezDiscus throw61.22960.169Julián SoteloJavelin throw75.3420did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMargarita RamosShot put16.8213did not advanceÁngeles BarreiroDiscus throw53.1425did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankFrancisco Javier Benet Result11.41 6.94 12.99 1.91 49.60 14.86 40.10 4.50 59.68 4:42.58748422Points 771 799 667 723 833 867 667 760 733 664Álvaro Burrell Result10.95 7.56 14.41 2.03 48.14 15.18 43.52 4.50 45.66 4:22.42795216Points 872 950 753 831 902 828 736 760 525 795Antonio Peñalver Result11.09 7.54 16.50 2.06 49.66 14.58 49.68 4.90 58.64 4:38.028412Points 841 945 882 859 830 901 864 880 717 693
Badminton
AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDavid SerranoMen's singlesL (9–15, 10–15)did not advanceEsther SanzWomen's singlesL (9–11, 5–11)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
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification round, 9th to 12th place
9th place match
Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification round, 5th to 8th place
5th place match
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRafael LozanoLight flyweightW 9–2W 6–2L 3–11 did not advanceÓscar VegaBantamweightL 9–2 did not advanceFaustino ReyesFeatherweightW 22–10W 24–15W 17–7W 14–9L 9–16Óscar PalominoLightweightL 10–11 did not advanceSergio ReyLight welterweightL did not advanceVíctor BauteWelterweightL did not advanceJosé OrtegaHeavyweightByeL did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom AthleteEventRun 1Run 2BestRankPere GuerreroMen's C-1148.49144.74144.7428Marc Vicente142.88139.38139.3824Javier EtxanizMen's K-1174.54116.47116.4722José María Martínez130.15124.69124.6935María EizmendiWomen's K-1143.39157.84143.3914Cristina Martínez168.14149.02149.0217
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrancisco LópezMen's C-1 500 m1:58.8451:56.604 Q1:57.517 did not advanceJosé Alfredo BeaMen's C-1 1000 m4:09.184 Q Bye4:25.638 did not advanceEnrique MíguezNarciso SuárezMen's C-2 500 m1:43.634colspan=2 1:42.824 did not advanceGregorio VicenteMen's K-1 500 m1:46.6861:41.724 Q1:43.537 did not advanceÓscar GarcíaMen's K-1 1000 m3:45.0853:36.704 Q3:41.847 did not advanceJuan José RomanJuan Manuel SánchezMen's K-2 500 m1:33.612 Q Bye1:30.424 Q1:30.934Men's K-2 1000 m3:21.642 Q Bye3:20.304 Q3:43.439Francisco CabezasMiguel GarcíaAlberto SánchezGregorio VicenteMen's K-4 1000 m2:58.673colspan=2 3:00.175 did not advanceSusana TorrejónWomen's K-1 500 m2:03.765colspan=2 2:00.337 did not advanceJoaquina CostaBelén SánchezWomen's K-2 500 m1:46.646colspan=2 1:53.374 Q1:44.969Luisa ÁlvarezJoaquina CostaAna María PenasBelén SánchezWomen's K-4 500 m1:38.726colspan=2 1:40.174 did not advance
Cycling
Fourteen cyclists, eleven men and three women, represented Spain in 1992. José Moreno won gold in the 1 km time trial.
Road AthleteEventTimeRank Ángel EdoMen's road race4:35:5615 Kiko García4:35:5624 Eleuterio Mancebo Miguel FernándezÁlvaro González de GaldeanoEleuterio ManceboDavid PlazaMen's team time trial2:06:115 Ainhoa ArtolazábalWomen's road race2:05:1334 Belén Cuevas2:05:2635 Teodora Ruano2:09:4242
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1SemifinalsRepechage 1FinalRound 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankJosé Manuel MorenoMen's sprint10.55068.246511.27863.841 Bye11.21664.194Bye did not advance8
Points race AthleteEventSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRank Gabriel Aynat Men's points race716 did not advance
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankAdolfo AlperiMen's individual pursuit4:42.53850.99614 q4:34.76052.409 did not advance7Adolfo AlperiGabriel AynatJonathan GarridoSantos GonzálezMen's team pursuit4:23.01354.75010 did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to quarterfinals Group A (medal); q = Qualify to quarterfinals Group B (non-medal)
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRank José Manuel Moreno Men's time trial1:03.342
Diving
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankJosé Miguel GilMen's 3 m springboard336.8423 did not advanceRafael ÁlvarezMen's 10 m platform390.818524.259Julia CruzWomen's 3 m springboard282.698436.4712
Equestrianism
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialScoreRankScoreRankJuan MatuteN'Est PasIndividual142643did not advance
Eventing