Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg
IOC code ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Website www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Moscow
Competitors155 (146 men and 9 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Herminio Menéndez
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led Olympics boycott, Spain competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 155 competitors, 146 men and 9 women, took part in 75 events in 18 sports. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Alejandro Abascal
Miguel Noguer 		Sailing Flying Dutchman July 29
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jordi Llopart Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk July 30
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Spain men's national field hockey team
Field hockey Men's tournament July 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Herminio Menéndez
Guillermo del Riego 		Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres August 1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze David López-Zubero Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly July 23
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Herminio Menéndez
Luis Gregorio Ramos 		Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres August 2

Archery

After not competing in archery in 1976, Spain returned to the sport in 1980. Two Spanish men competed.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.9
  • Semifinals — 1:48.1 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:49.5
  • Semifinals — 1:47.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40.9
  • Semifinals — 3:42.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 3:44.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — 29:12.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:06.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 13.72
  • Semifinals — 13.80
  • Final — 13.78 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 14.28
  • Semifinals — 14.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 50.48
  • Semifinals — 51.86 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.9
  • Semifinals — 8:22.0
  • Final — 8:15.8 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 8:27.5
  • Semifinals — 8:19.0
  • Final — 8:18.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.21 m
  • Final — 2.10 m (→ 16th place)
  • Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.96 m
  • Final — 8.09 m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 7.73 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:26:45.6 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3:51:25 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final — 4:03:08 (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Canoeing

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1980.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Football

Men's Team Competition
  • Spain – East Germany 1-1 (0-0)
  • Spain – Syria 0-0 (0-0)
  • Spain – Algeria 1-1 (1-0) → did not advance

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
  • Lost to East Germany (17-21)
  • Defeated Denmark (20-19)
  • Lost to Hungary (17-20)
  • Drew with Cuba (24-24)
  • Defeated Poland (24-22)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (24-23) → 5th place

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Spain – India 3-4 → Silver medal.svg Silver Medal

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rowing

Sailing

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
José Luis Doreste Finn DSQDSQ133DNF8DNF122.717
Gustavo Doreste
Alfredo Rigau 		470 662384954.16
Alejandro Abascal
Miguel Noguer 		Flying Dutchman 412411DNS19.0Gold medal icon.svg
Antonio Gorostegui
José Benavides 		Star 7876741272.77

Shooting

Open
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
José Luis Calvo 50 m rifle prone 59132
Enrique Camarena Skeet 18926
Juan Casamajo 50 m rifle prone 59225
Jaime González 25 m rapid fire pistol 58622
Francisco Pérez Skeet 1957
Ricardo Sancho Trap 19010
Juan Segui 25 m rapid fire pistol 58326
Eladio Vallduvi Trap 1955

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52,43
  • Semi-Finals — 52,81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1.56,99 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 1.53,22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

  • Final — 15.21,88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Final — 55,16 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)


Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

  • Final — 3.58,73 (→ 8th place)

Water polo

Wrestling

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ "Spain at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
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