Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Spain at the Olympic Games
Flag of Spain IOC code  ESP NOC Spanish Olympic Committee Website www.coe.es (Spanish)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	229 (200 men and 29 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Cristina de Borbón
Medals Rank: 25	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 4
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Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports.^[1] At the closing ceremony, a segment of their culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics In Barcelona.

Medalists

Gold

• José Doreste — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Silver

• Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez — Tennis, Men's Doubles Team Competition

Bronze

• Jorge Guardiola — Shooting, Men's Skeet
• Sergio López — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Archery

No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th place

Men's Individual Competition:

• Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)
• Avi Jiminex-Tar – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)
• Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Vazquez, Jiminex-Tar, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Antonio Prieto

• First Round — 28:22.52
• Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)

• Antonio Serrano

• First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)

• José Manuel Albentosa

• First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Alfonso Abellán

• Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Antonio Corgos

• Qualification — 7.88m
• Final — 8.03m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Antonio Peñalver — 7753 points (→ 23rd place)

1. 100 metres — 11.38s
2. Long Jump — 7.08m
3. Shot Put — 14.31m
4. High Jump — 2.00m
5. 400 metres — 50.24s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.97s
7. Discus Throw — 46.34m
8. Pole Vault — 4.40m
9. Javelin Throw — 55.68m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s

Men's 20 km Walk

• José Marín

• Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)

• Daniel Plaza

• Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)

• Ricardo Pueyo

• Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• José Marín

• Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)

• Jorge Llopart

• Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)

• Manuel Alcalde

• Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Teresa Zuñiga

• Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Ana Isabel Alonso

• Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to United States (53-97)
• Defeated Egypt (113-70)
• Defeated China (106-74)
• Defeated Canada (94-84)
• Defeated Brazil (118-110)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Australia (74-77)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Canada (91-96)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (92-93) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Quique Andreu
• Fernando Arcega
• José Biriukov
• Andrés Jiménez
• José Luis Llorente
• Josep María Margall
• Antonio Martín Espina
• Ferran Martínez
• José Antonio Montero
• Juan Antonio San Epifanio
• Ignacio Solozábal
• Jordi Villacampa

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Antonio Caballero

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Bonifacio García

• First Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4

• Javier Martínez
• José Ortega
• Tomás Ruiz

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.

Men's foil

• Andrés García
• Jesús Esperanza

Men's épée

• Ángel Fernández
• Fernando de la Peña
• Manuel Pereira

Men's team épée

• Ángel Fernández, Oscar Fernández, Raúl Maroto, Fernando de la Peña, Manuel Pereira

Men's sabre

• Antonio García

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Eduardo Quesada – 4852 pts (→ 32nd place)
• Leopoldo Centeno – 4814pts (→ 38th place)
• Jorge Quesada – 0pt (→ 64th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Daniel Serra

• Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Daniel Serra

• Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Martin López-Zubero

• Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Martin López-Zubero

• Heat – 2:03.33
• B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Joaquín Fernández

• Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

• Sergio López

• Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Sergio López

• Heat – 2:17.06
• Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Joaquín Fernández

• Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Luis Ballester

• Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• José Luis Ballester

• Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Martin López-Zubero

• Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

• Sergio López

• Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Martin López-Zubero

• Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Martin López-Zubero, Ramón Camallonga, José Luis Ballester, and José Hernando

• Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Silvia Parera

• Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• María Luisa Fernández

• Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Silvia Parera

• Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo

• Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.

Women's solo

• Eva López
• Marta Amorós
• Nuria Ayala

Women's duet

• Eva López
• Nuria Ayala

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Javier Sánchez

• First round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3
• Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2
• Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6

• Emilio Sánchez

• First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3
• Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6

• Sergio Casal

• First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1
• Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6
• Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver Medal

• First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1
• Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1
• Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3
• Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2
• Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9

Water polo

Men's tournament

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Defeated China (13-6)
• Defeated United States (9-7)
• Drew with Hungary (6-6)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (8-10)
• Defeated Greece (12-9)

• Classification round (Group D)

• Lost to Australia (7-8)
• Defeated Italy (11-9) → 6th place

• Team roster

• Jesús Rollán
• Miguel Chillida
• Marco Antonio González
• Miguel Pérez
• Manuel Estiarte
• Pere Robert
• Jorge Payá
• José Antonio Rodriguez
• Jordi Sans
• Salvador Gómez
• Mariano Moya
• Jorge Neira
• Pedro Francisco García

• Head Coach: Antonio Esteller

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Spain at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

External links

• Spanish Olympic Committee