Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Spain.svg
IOC code ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Website www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors289 (194 men and 95 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer Luís Doreste
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain, the previous host of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 289 competitors, 194 men and 95 women, took part in 157 events in 22 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

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:

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification 13:51.55
  • Semifinal 14:04.08
  • Final 13:12.91 (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification 13:57.42
  • Semifinal 14:39.64 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification 14:16.57
  • Semifinal 13:50.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m hurdles

  • Heat 52.23s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 51.35s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 50.55s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

  • Heat 8:42.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification 7.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon

  • Final result 8307 points (→ 2nd place)
  • Final result 8107 points (→ 19th place)

Men's marathon

Men's 50 km walk

Men's competition


Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification 32:27.05
  • Final 31:27.07 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400m hurdles

  • Qualification 56.53 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification 58.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

  • Final result 5602 points (→ 24th place)

Women's marathon

Women's 10 km walk

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's flyweight ( 48 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's individual time trial

  • Final 1:04:05 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold medal)
  • Final 1:04:17 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver medal)

Women's individual road race

  • Final 02:37:06 (→ 21st place)
  • Final 02:46:27 (→ 40th place)
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's individual time trial

  • Final 38:55 (→ 13th place)

Track competition

Men's points race

  • Final 17 points (→ 6th place)

Mountain bike

Men's cross-country

  • Final 2:41:15 (→ 22nd place)

Women's cross-country

  • Final 2:04.20 (→ 20th place)
  • Final 2:09.17 (→ 26th place)

Diving

Men's 3m springboard

  • Preliminary heat 295.47 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Preliminary heat 208.83 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 3m springboard

  • Preliminary heat 205.32 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 10m platform

  • Preliminary heat 216.36 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Eleven fencers, nine men and two women, represented Spain in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's épée

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

  • Spain Netherlands 1-3 → Silver medal.svg Silver medal

Women's tournament

  • 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)

Judo

Men's competition

Women's competition

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Melquiades Verduras
José Antonio Merín
Men's double sculls 7:13.995 R6:59.574 FDBYE6:55.0018
Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Sáez
Men's lightweight double sculls 6:46.661 QBYE6:29.373 FA6:28.094
Fernando Climent
David Morales
Juan Manuel Florido
Alfredo Girón
Men's lightweight coxless four 6:28.054 R6:03.334 FCBYE6:25.8114
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anna Accensi
Esperanza Márquez
Nuria Domínguez
Women's lightweight double sculls 7:51.054 R7:12.964 FCBYE7:55.8416

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Jorge Maciel Mistral One Design 31923147318221487.015
José van der Ploeg Finn 1815DNS17815611569.07
Jordi Calafat
Kiko Sánchez
470 11714202195PMS313276.09
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Mireia Casas Mistral One Design 1413111123111571279.013
Helen Montilla Europe 618121721PMS4771921111.017
Theresa Zabell
Begona Via Dufresne
470 421182131031125.0Gold medal icon.svg
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Antón Garrote Laser 17151836263118181712DSQ172.022
Fernando León Boissier
José Luis Ballester
Tornado 22455243PMS3DNC30.0Gold medal icon.svg
José Doreste
Javier Hermida
Star 551113911PMS115257.07
Match racing
AthleteEventQualification racesTotalRankQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
12345678910
Luis Doreste
Domingo Manrique
David Vera
Soling 481213PMS581010461.08Did not advance8

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Jorge González 50 m rifle three positions 115537Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 5976 Q701.74
10 m air rifle 57542Did not advance
José Pérez Trap 12013Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Cristina Antolin 50 m rifle three positions 55738Did not advance
10 m air rifle 38636Did not advance
Maria Pilar Fernandez 10 m air pistol 37819Did not advance
25 m pistol 5789Did not advance
María Quintanal Double trap 10011Did not advance
Gemma Usieto 9021Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle

  • Heat 23.36 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m freestyle

  • Heat 51.20 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 1500m freestyle

  • Heat 15:42.40 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m backstroke

  • Heat 55.36
  • Final 55.22 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m backstroke

  • Heat 2:00.77
  • Final 2:00.74 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

  • Heat 1:02.69
  • B-final 1:03.51 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

  • Heat 2:16.05
  • B-final 2:16.05 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200m butterfly

  • Heat 2:02.69 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 400m individual medley

  • Heat 4:23.67
  • B-final 4:22.47 (→ 9th place)


Women's 50m freestyle

  • Heat 26.17
  • B-final 26.04 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat 26.30 (→ 22nd place)

Women's 100m freestyle

  • Heat 57.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400m freestyle

  • Heat 4:19.45 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800m freestyle

  • Heat 8:50.22 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m backstroke

  • Heat 1:04.41 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m backstroke

  • Heat 2:18.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m breaststroke

  • Heat 1:12.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200m breaststroke

  • Heat 2:33.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100m butterfly

  • Heat 1:01.99 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200m butterfly

  • Heat 2:13.85
  • B-final 2:13.05 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat 2:13.34
  • B-final 2:14.16 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m individual medley

  • Heat 2:17.67
  • B-final 2:19.92 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m individual medley

  • Heat 4:45.54
  • B-final 4:45.17 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Heat 4:15.63 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Tennis

Men's singles competition


Women's singles competition

Water polo

Men's tournament

  • Spain Germany 9-3
  • Spain Netherlands 8-7
  • Spain Yugoslavia 7-9
  • Spain Hungary 7-8
  • Spain Russia 8-6
  • Spain United States 5-4
  • Spain Hungary 7-6
  • Spain Croatia 7-5 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold medal)

Weightlifting

Notes

References

  1. "Spain at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-19.