Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	286 (164 men and 122 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearers	David Cal [1] (opening) Joan Llaneras (closing)
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 5 Silver 11 Bronze 3 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Spain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, with a total of 286 athletes, 164 men and 122 women, took part in 154 events in 25 sports. ^[2]

Medalists

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Samuel Sánchez Cycling Men's road race  Gold Joan Llaneras Cycling Men's points race  Gold Rafael Nadal Tennis Men's singles  Gold Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz Blanco Sailing Tornado class  Gold Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez Canoeing Men's K-2 500 m  Silver Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández Sailing 49er class  Silver Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual Tennis Women's doubles  Silver Gervasio Deferr Gymnastics Men's floor exercises  Silver Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler Cycling Men's Madison  Silver Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Synchronized swimming Women's duet  Silver David Cal Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m  Silver David Cal Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m  Silver Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Synchronized swimming Women's team  Silver Spain men's national field hockey team David Alegre Ramón Alegre Pablo Amat Eduard Arbos Francisco Cortes Sergi Enrique Alexandre Fabregas Francisco Fábregas Juan Fernandez Santi Freixa Rodrigo Garza Roc Oliva Xavier Ribas Albert Sala Víctor Sojo Eduardo Tubau Field hockey Men's tournament  Silver Spain men's national basketball team José Calderón Rudy Fernández Jorge Garbajosa Marc Gasol Pau Gasol Carlos Jiménez Raúl López Álex Mumbrú Juan Carlos Navarro Felipe Reyes Berni Rodríguez Ricky Rubio Basketball Men's tournament  Silver Lydia Valentin Weightlifting Women's 75 kg  Bronze José Luis Abajo Fencing Men's individual épée  Bronze Leire Olaberría Cycling Women's points race  Bronze Spain men's national handball team David Barrufet Jon Belaustegui David Davis Alberto Entrerrios Raul Entrerrios Ruben Garabaya Juan Garcia Jose Javier Hombrados Demetrio Lozano Cristian Malmagro Carlos Prieto Albert Rocas Iker Romero Víctor Tomás Handball Men's tournament

Medals by sport Sport Total Basketball 0 1 0 1 Canoeing 1 2 0 3 Cycling 2 1 1 4 Fencing 0 0 1 1 Field hockey 0 1 0 1 Gymnastics 0 1 0 1 Handball 0 0 1 1 Sailing 1 1 0 2 Synchronized swimming 0 2 0 2 Tennis 1 1 0 2 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Total 5 11 3 19

Delegation

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	32	22	54
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	1	—	1
Canoeing	5	5	10
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	2	1	3
Fencing	4	1	5
Field hockey	16	16	32
Gymnastics	6	9	15
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	2	4	6
Modern pentathlon	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	9	7	16
Shooting	5	2	7
Swimming	10	13	23
Synchronized swimming	—	9	9
Table tennis	2	3	5
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	4	5	9
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	0	2
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	2	3
Total	164	122	286

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain sent one archer to the Olympics. Daniel Morillo earned a spot to compete in the men's competition. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Morillo	Men's individual	657	33	Ivashko  (UKR) (32) W 115–107	Serrano  (MEX) (1) L 111–112	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The list with the athletes classified for the 2008 Summer Olympics were released in July, after the Campeonato de España de Atletismo 2008 can be found on the following ref. ^[4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ángel David Rodríguez	100 m	10.34	4 q	10.35	8	Did not advance
	200 m	20.87	4 q	20.96	8	Did not advance
Antonio Manuel Reina	800 m	1:46.30	3 q	—		1:46.40	7	Did not advance
Manuel Olmedo		1:45.78	1 Q	—		1:45.91	4	Did not advance
Miguel Quesada		1:48.06	4	—		Did not advance
Arturo Casado	1500 m	3:36.42	2 Q	—		3:41.57	11	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Higuero		3:41.70	3 Q	—		3:37.31	3 Q	3:34.44	4
Reyes Estévez		3:39.62	8	—		Did not advance
Alberto García	5000 m	13:58.20	9	—				Did not advance
Alemayehu Bezabeh		13:37.88	5 q	—				13:30.48	11
Jesús España		13:48.88	4 Q	—				13:55.94	14
Ayad Lamdassen	10000 m	—						28:13.73	24
Carles Castillejo		—						28:13.68	23
Juan Carlos de la Ossa		—						27:54.20	17
Jackson Quiñónez	110 m hurdles	13.41	2 Q	13.47	3 Q	13.40	3 Q	13.69	8
Eliseo Martín	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.19	12	—				Did not advance
José Luis Blanco		8:37.37	5	—				Did not advance
Rubén Palomeque		8:58.50	12	—				Did not advance
Julio Rey	Marathon	—						DNF
José Ríos		—						2:32:35	72
José Manuel Martínez		—						2:14:00	16
Benjamín Sánchez	20 km walk	—						1:21:38	13
Juan Manuel Molina		—						1:21:25	12
Paquillo Fernández		—						1:20:32	7
Jesús Ángel García	50 km walk	—						3:44:08	4
Mikel Odriozola		—						3:51:30	13
Santiago Pérez		—						3:59:41	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Luis Felipe Méliz	Long jump	7.95	10 q	8.07	7
Javier Bermejo	High jump	2.20	29	Did not advance
Manuel Martínez	Shot put	19.81	19	Did not advance
Frank Casañas	Discus throw	64.99	4 Q	66.49	5
Mario Pestano		64.42	7 q	63.42	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
David Gómez	Result	11.12	6.85	13.58	1.81	49.27	14.61	40.17	NM	62.22	4:30.74	6876	24
	Points	834	778	703	636	849	897	668	0	771	740

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Iris Fuentes-Pila	1500 m	4:14.10	2 Q	—		4:04.86	8
Natalia Rodríguez		4:05.30	2 Q	—		4:03.19	6
Dolores Checa	5000 m	15:31.22	13	—		Did not advance
Isabel Checa	10000 m	—				33:17.88	29
Josephine Onyia	100 m hurdles	12.68	1 Q	12.86	5	Did not advance
Laia Forcadell	400 m hurdles	58.64	7	Did not advance
Marta Domínguez	3000 m steeplechase	9:22.11	2 Q	—		DNF
Rosa Morató		9:45.33	12	—		Did not advance
Zulema Fuentes-Pila		9:29.40	4 Q	—		9:35.16	12
Alessandra Aguilar	Marathon	—				2:39:29	54
María José Pueyo		—				2:48:01	64
Yesenia Centeno		—				2:36:25	45
Beatriz Pascual	20 km walk	—				1:27:44	6
María Vasco		—				1:27:25	5
María José Poves		—				1:30:51	18

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Concepción Montaner	Long jump	6.53	16	Did not advance
Carlota Castrejana	Triple jump	14.02	16	Did not advance
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.93	=1 q	1.96	=7
Naroa Agirre	Pole vault	4.40	13	Did not advance
Irache Quintanal	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance
Mercedes Chilla	Javelin throw	61.81	8 Q	58.13	9
Berta Castells	Hammer throw	62.44	41	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain sent two badminton players to Beijing; Pablo Abián - men's singles & Yoana Martínez - women's singles. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Abián	Men's singles	Navickas  (LTU) L 21–23, 12–21, 9–21	Did not advance
Yoana Martínez	Women's singles	Carroll  (AUS)  W 21–9, 21–16	Yulianti  (INA)  L 9–21, 14–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. On the other hand, the women's team finished second at the EuroBasket Women 2007, and qualified for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball team 'slanty-eye' photo incident

Both men and women 2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball teams were a part of the 'slanty-eye' gesture photo incident that took place before the Beijing Olympics. The photo was a feature ad as a newspaper spread in Spain, showing all players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese (Epicanthic fold) on a basketball court adorned with a Chinese dragon. The photo was part of a publicity campaign for team sponsor Seur and was used only in Spain. ^[6]

"It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way", said forward Pau Gasol. "I'm sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive." ^[7]

Guard José Calderón said the team was responding to a request from the photographer. "We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture", said Calderón. "Without a doubt, some ... press didn't see it that way." ^[8]

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^{[9] [10]}

Spain men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Pau Gasol 28 – (1980-07-06)July 6, 1980 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Los Angeles Lakers G/F 5 Rudy Fernandez 23 – (1985-04-04)April 4, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Portland Trail Blazers PG 6 Ricky Rubio 17 – (1990-10-21)October 21, 1990 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Joventut Badalona G 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 28 – (1980-06-13)June 13, 1980 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FC Barcelona PG 8 José Calderón 26 – (1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Toronto Raptors F/C 9 Felipe Reyes 28 – (1980-03-16)March 16, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Real Madrid SF 10 Carlos Jiménez  (C) 32 – (1976-02-10)February 10, 1976 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CB Málaga PG 11 Raül López 28 – (1980-04-15)April 15, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Real Madrid SG 12 Berni Rodríguez 28 – (1980-06-07)June 7, 1980 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) CB Málaga C 13 Marc Gasol 23 – (1985-01-29)January 29, 1985 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Memphis Grizzlies SF 14 Álex Mumbrú 29 – (1979-06-12)June 12, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid PF 15 Jorge Garbajosa 30 – (1977-12-19)December 19, 1977 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Khimki BC	Head coach Aíto García Reneses Assistant coach(es) Juan Antonio Orenga Quim Costa Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

10 August 2008 14:30

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Spain	81–66	Greece
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20
Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 7 Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2		Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Tsartsaris 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

12 August 2008 16:45

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China	75–85 (OT)	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–17, 15–10, 11–25,  Overtime: 3–13
Pts: Liu 19 Rebs: Yao, Yi 9 Asts: Yao, Sun 3		Pts: P. Gasol 29 Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8 Asts: Fernández 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: José Carrión (PUR)

14 August 2008 09:00

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Germany	59–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter:15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13
Pts: Hamann 15 Rebs: Kaman 10 Asts: Hamann 3		Pts: Calderón 15 Rebs: M. Gasol 8 Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)

16 August 2008 22:15

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Spain	82–119	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 23–30, 18–25, 19–33
Pts: Reyes 19 Rebs: Reyes 8 Asts: Fernández, Rubio 3		Pts: James 18 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: James, Paul 8

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

18 August 2008 16:45

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Angola	50–98	Spain
Scoring by quarter:23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27
Pts: Mingas 10 Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5 Asts: Costa 5		Pts: P. Gasol 31 Rebs: P. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008 14:30

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Spain	72–59	Croatia
Scoring by quarter:22–11, 15–15, 14–12, 21–21
Scoring by half:37–26, 35–33
Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: P. Gasol 10 Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2		Pts: Banić 15 Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5 Asts: Kus, Nicević 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Semifinals

22 August 2008 20:00

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Spain	91–86	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter:21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20
Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44
Pts: P Gasol 19 Rebs: Jiménez 7 Asts: Rubio 4		Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19 Rebs: Jasaitis 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

Gold medal match

24 August 2008 14:00

Report

Spain	107–118	United States
Scoring by quarter: 31–38, 30–31, 21–22, 25–27
Scoring by half: 61–69, 46–49
Pts: Fernández 22 Rebs: Reyes 7 Asts: Navarro 4		Pts: Wade 27 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: Bryant 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spain roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^{[11] [12]}

Spain women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 4 Laura Nicholls 19 – (1989-02-26)February 26, 1989 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Celta Vigourban C 5 Cindy Lima 27 – (1981-06-21)June 21, 1981 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) CB San José PF 6 Tamara Abalde 19 – (1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Lamar Cardinals SG 7 Isabel Sánchez 20 – (1987-09-16)September 16, 1987 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca C 8 Lucila Pascua 25 – (1983-03-21)March 21, 1983 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) CB San José SG 9 Laia Palau 28 – (1979-09-10)September 10, 1979 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ros Casares Valencia PG 10 Elisa Aguilar 31 – (1976-10-15)October 15, 1976 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ros Casares Valencia G 11 Nuria Martínez 24 – (1984-02-29)February 29, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Dynamo Moscow PF 12 Anna Montañana 27 – (1980-10-24)October 24, 1980 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca SF 13 Amaya Valdemoro  (C) 31 – (1976-08-18)August 18, 1976 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CSKA Samara SF 14 María Revuelto 26 – (1982-01-27)January 27, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CB San José SG 15 Alba Torrens 18 – (1989-08-30)August 30, 1989 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Celta Vigourban	Head coach Evaristo Pérez Assistant coach(es) Víctor Lapeña Susana García Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	491	276	+215	10	Quarterfinals
2	China (H)	5	4	1	358	346	+12	9
3	Spain	5	3	2	357	324	+33	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	356	−10	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	320	423	−103	6
6	Mali	5	0	5	255	402	−147	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

9 August 2008 14:30

Report

China	67–64	Spain
Scoring by quarter:18–15, 19–9, 15–20, 15–20
Pts: Bian 15 Rebs: Bian 12 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Torrens 18 Rebs: Montañana 7 Asts: Palau 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Jose Carrion (PUR)

11 August 2008 09:00

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New Zealand	62–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 20–22, 20–20, 15–25
Pts: Harmon 22 Rebs: Wallbutton 6 Asts: Harmon 3		Pts: Sanchez 19 Rebs: Montañana 7 Asts: Aguilar, Sánchez, Torrens 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Abreu Muhimua (MOZ)

13 August 2008 11:15

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Spain	74–55	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 13–6, 30–11, 16–17
Pts: Montañana 20 Rebs: Pascua 8 Asts: Palau 5		Pts: Viteckova 12 Rebs: Machová 8 Asts: Machová 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

15 August 2008 20:00

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United States	93–55	Spain
Scoring by quarter:22–17, 17–17, 23–10, 31–11
Pts: Thompson 17 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Lawson, Leslie, Parker 2		Pts: Valdemoro 17 Rebs: Nicholls 5 Asts: Martínez 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)

17 August 2008 09:00

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Mali	47–79	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 5–19, 16–17, 12–22, 13–21
Pts: Sissoko 17 Rebs: Diawara 15 Asts: Diawara, Kanouté 2		Pts: Valdemoro 21 Rebs: Montañana 9 Asts: Montañana, Aguilar, Lima, Martínez 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS)

Quarterfinals

19 August 2008 22:15

Report

Russia	84–65	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 22–19, 24–15, 28–10
Pts: Shchegoleva 19 Rebs: Stepanova 10 Asts: Rakhmatulina 4		Pts: Valdemoro 16 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: Valdemoro, Palau, Torrens 1

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Kelvin de la Nieve earned a qualifying spot at the second European qualifying tournament. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kelvin de la Nieve	Light flyweight	Yanez  (USA) L 9–12	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Spain sent three people, two men and one woman, to compete in the slalom events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Guillermo Díez-Canedo	Men's K-1	84.95	4	88.07	13	173.02	12 Q	90.06	14	Did not advance
Ander Elosegi	Men's C-1	87.00	4	85.47	4	176.45	7 Q	91.16	5 Q	89.93	4	180.59	4
Maialen Chourraut	Women's K-1	147.95	17	105.44	12	253.39	16	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Cal	C-1 500 m	1.47:995	1 QF	Bye		1:48.397
	C-1 1000 m	3.58:756	1 QF	Bye		3:52.751
Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez Rial	K-2 500 m	1:28.983	2 QF	Bye		1:28.736

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Teresa Portela	K-1 500 m	1:51.654	2 QS	1:54.981	6	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes	K-2 500 m	1:46.646	5 QS	1:45.313	4	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes Maria Teresa Portela Jana Smidakova	K-4 500 m	1:37.914	4 QS	1:37.172	1 Q	1:35.366	5

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Contador	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:03:29	4
Óscar Freire	Road race	Did not finish
Samuel Sánchez	Road race	6:23:49
	Time trial	1:04:37	6
Carlos Sastre	Road race	6:31:06	49
Alejandro Valverde		6:24:19	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Sanchis	Road race	3:32:52	19
Marta Vilajosana		3:43:25	25

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Sergi Escobar	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.102	10	Did not advance
Antonio Tauler		4:22.462	6 Q	Markov  (RUS) 4:24.974	6	Did not advance
Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu Antonio Miguel Parra David Muntaner	Men's team pursuit	4:06.509	7 Q	New Zealand  (NZL) LAP	—	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Joan Llaneras	Men's points race	60	2
Leire Olaberría	Women's points race	13	0
Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler	Men's madison	7	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Coloma Nicolás	Men's cross-country	2:09:05	28
José Antonio Hermida		2:01:01	10
Iñaki Lejarreta		2:00:21	8
Margarita Fullana	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain will send one man and one woman to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javier Illana	3 m springboard	423.90	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenifer Benítez	3 m springboard	194.05	30	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain sent two men and one woman to compete in equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, however Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, and therefore dressage team, were unable to compete because Beatriz's horse, Fabergé, suffered an injury shortly before the start of the games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jordi Domingo	Prestige	Individual	64.042	28	Did not advance
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Fabergé		DNS		Did not advance
Juan Manuel Muñoz	Fuego XII		66.083	22 Q	68.160	16	Did not advance
Jordi Domingo Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Juan Manuel Muñoz	See above	Team	—						DNS

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Luis Abajo	Individual épée	Bye	Kim W-J  (KOR) W 15–14	Jeannet  (FRA) W 15–9	Confalonieri  (ITA) W 14–13	Tagliariol  (ITA) L 12–15	Boczkó  (HUN) W 8–7
Javier Menéndez	Individual foil	—	Schlosser  (AUT) L 9–15	Did not advance
Jaime Martí	Individual sabre	Bye	Kovalev  (RUS) W 15–12	Zhong M  (CHN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Jorge Pina		Bye	Occhiuzzi  (ITA) W 15–9	Montano  (ITA) W 15–14	Lopez  (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Araceli Navarro	Individual sabre	Larios  (MEX) W 15–4	Ward  (USA) L 7–12	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spanish roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[14]

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Francisco Cortes (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
5. Francisco Fábregas (c)
6. Víctor Sojo
8. Alexandre Fabregas
9. Pablo Amat
10. Eduardo Tubau
11. Roc Oliva
12. Juan Fernandez
13. Ramón Alegre
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
20. Sergi Enrique
21. Eduard Arbos
23. David Alegre

Reserve:

3. Franc Dinares
22. Xavier Castillano (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
3	South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7	Fifth place game
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Seventh place game
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4	Ninth place game
6	China (H)	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

11 August 2008 20:30 Spain   4–2   Belgium Amat  8' Freixa  20' Ribas  41' Sojo  49' Report Truyens  26' Dekeyser  63' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Roel van Eert (NED)

13 August 2008 20:30 New Zealand   0–1   Spain Report Freixa  70' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

15 August 2008 08:30 Spain   2–1   China Ribas  17' Amat  67' Report Na Yubo  6' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

17 August 2008 21:00 Germany   1–0   Spain Fürste  34' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) David Gentles (AUS)

19 August 2008 18:30 South Korea   1–2   Spain Yoon Sung-hoon  69' Report Freixa  12', 53' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (USA)

Semifinals

21 August 2008 20:30 Spain   3−2   Australia Tubau  39', 44' Freixa  68' Report Abbott  1' Ockenden  37' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Christian Blasch (GER)

Gold medal match

23 August 2008 20:30 Germany   1–0   Spain C. Zeller  16' Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) David Gentles (AUS)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[15]

Head Coach: Pablo Usoz

1. María Jesús Rosa (GK)
2. Julia Menéndez
3. Rocío Ybarra
7. Bárbara Malda
9. Silvia Muñoz (c)
10. Silvia Bonastre
11. María Romagosa
12. Marta Ejarque
13. Raquel Huertas
14. Pilar Sánchez
17. Núria Camón
19. María Lopéz (GK)
20. Montse Cruz
21. Esther Termens
22. Gloria Comerma
23. Georgina Olivia

Reserve:

5. Paula Paula
8. Panadero Yurena

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 10:30 China   3–0   Spain Fu Baorong  17' Li Hongxia  31' Gao Lihua  37' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Marelize de Clerk (RSA)

12 August 2008 10:30 Australia   6–1   Spain Lambert  27', 60' Hudson  47' Eastham  54' Halliday  66' Rivers  70' Report Muñoz  6' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Miao Lin (CHN)

14 August 2008 18:00 Spain   2–1   South Korea Camón  8' Sanchez  22' Report Kim Jong-eun  37' Umpires: Anne McRae (GBR) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

16 August 2008 21:00 Spain   1–0   South Africa Romagosa  31' Report Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

18 August 2008 18:30 Netherlands   2–0   Spain Paumen  22' Hoog  69' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Minka Woolley (AUS)

7th–8th place

20 August 2008 11:00 Spain   3–2 (a.e.t.)   United States Termens  8' Huertas  68' Ybarra  84' Report Sensenig  30' Loy  59' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Isaac Botella Pérez	Team	14.975	13.600	14.900	16.050 Q	—				Did not advance
Manuel Carballo		14.650	14.475	14.900	—	15.275	13.025	—
Gervasio Deferr		15.825 Q	—		15.075	14.600	13.725	—
Rafael Martínez		15.750	15.550	14.800	14.325	15.100	15.275	90.800	10 Q
Sergio Muñoz		14.575	12.700	15.150	16.100	13.675	13.300	85.500	40
Iván San Miguel		—	13.775	15.200	16.050	14.375	14.525	—
Total		61.000	56.650	60.150	63.950	59.350	56.825	357.925	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Isaac Botella Pérez	Vault	—			16.075	—		16.075	8
Gervasio Deferr	Floor	15.775	—					15.775
Rafael Martínez	All-around	15.450	15.000	14.375	15.575	15.525	15.575	91.500	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Laura Campos	All-around	13.775	14.200	13.075	13.975	55.025	49	Did not advance
Lenika de Simone		13.850	14.100	13.550	14.100	55.600	47	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Almudena Cid Tostado	Individual	16.675	16.800	16.600	16.750	66.825	10 Q	17.000	17.000	17.150	16.950	68.100	8

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops & 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops & 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Bárbara González Lara González Isabel Pagán Ana Pelaz Verónica Ruiz Elisabet Salom	Team	15.725	14.375	30.100	11	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^{[16] [17]}

Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jose Javier Hombrados (1972-04-07)7 April 1972 (aged 36) 1.97 m 175 1 BM Ciudad Real 2 LB Alberto Entrerrios (1976-11-07)7 November 1976 (aged 31) 1.92 m 164 505 BM Ciudad Real 4 RW Albert Rocas (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 26) 1.88 m 68 275 FC Barcelona Handbol 5 CB Raul Entrerrios (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 27) 1.85 m 83 180 BM Valladolid 6 P Ruben Garabaya (1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 29) 2.01 m 98 212 FC Barcelona Handbol 7 P Carlos Prieto (1980-02-02)2 February 1980 (aged 28) 2.04 m 66 73 BM Valladolid 8 RB Jon Belaustegui (1979-03-19)19 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.95 m 83 185 CB Ciudad de Logroño 11 LB Demetrio Lozano (1975-09-26)26 September 1975 (aged 32) 1.96 m 210 449 FC Barcelona Handbol 15 LW David Davis (1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 31) 1.85 m 78 115 BM Ciudad Real 16 GK David Barrufet (1970-06-04)4 June 1970 (aged 38) 1.97 m 259 1 FC Barcelona Handbol 17 LW Juanín García (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 30) 1.76 m 128 508 FC Barcelona Handbol 18 LB Iker Romero (1980-06-15)15 June 1980 (aged 28) 1.96 m 127 480 FC Barcelona Handbol 21 RB Cristian Malmagro (1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.97 m 13 33 SDC San Antonio 27 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 23) 1.76 m 23 70 FC Barcelona Handbol

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	−24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	−60	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 09:00	Croatia	31 – 29	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ulrich (GER)
	Lacković, Džomba 5	(16–11)	García 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 15:45	Spain	30 – 29	Poland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Rocas 7	(16–17)	Jurasik, Lijewski 4
	3× 1×	Report	4× 5×

14 August 2008 15:45	China	22 – 36	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Cui 5	(12–16)	Tomás 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

16 August 2008 14:00	France	28 – 21	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Gille 6	(16–10)	García 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

18 August 2008 10:45	Spain	36 – 35	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Romero 8	(20–17)	Pacheco Filho 12
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 20:15	South Korea	24 – 29	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Jeong Yi-kyeong 7	(13–14)	Rocas 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:15	Iceland	36 – 30	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Sigurðsson, Geirsson 7	(17–15)	Rocas 7
	4× 9×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008 13:30	Croatia	29 – 35	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Duvnjak 7	(14–12)	García, Prieto 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Final rank

 Bronze

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Óscar Peñas	−66 kg	Bye	Sharipov  (UZB) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
David Alarza	−90 kg	Bye	Chiclana  (PUR) W 1101–0100	Benikhlef  (ALG) L 0001–1020	Did not advance		El Assri  (MAR) L 0000–0000 YUS	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ana Carrascosa	−52 kg	Bundmaa  (MGL) W 0100–0000	Xian Dm  (CHN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Bye	Monteiro  (POR) W 0101–0001	Kim K-O  (KOR) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Isabel Fernández	−57 kg	Bye	Gotay  (USA) W 0010–0000	Gravenstijn  (NED) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Quadros  (BRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Leire Iglesias	−70 kg	Aguiar  (BRA) W 0020–0011	Émane  (FRA) W 0001–0000	Böhm  (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Smal  (UKR) W 0011–0000	Alvear  (COL) W 0001–0000	Bosch  (NED) L 0000–1001	5
Esther San Miguel	−78 kg	Moskalyuk  (RUS) W 0002–0000	Silva  (BRA) W 0011–0010	Morico  (ITA) W 0220–0011	Yang Xl  (CHN) W 1031–0000	Bye			Possamaï  (FRA) W 0010–0100	5

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain will send one man to compete at the modern pentathlon: Jaime López

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Jaime López	Men's	183	13	1132	17–18	=19	808	2:07.02	20	1276	DNF	=35	0	10:05.80	35	980	4196	36

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain send one rower to the 2008 Summer Olympics – Nuria Domínguez. She competed in the women's singles event. This was her third Olympic appearance as she rowed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^[18]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nuria Domínguez	Single sculls	7:58.03	3 QF	7:49.60	4 SC/D	8:03.61	2 FC	7:36.12	14

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified in 10 Olympic sailing classes and will be sending 16 athletes to the races in Qingdao, China.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Iván Pastor	RS:X	8	13	18	18	16	9	4	4	6	15	16	109	9
Javier Hernández	Laser	17	25	11	13	28	BFD	19	13	5	CAN	EL	121	14
Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento	470	8	2	6	9	13	13	13	4	11	18	8	87	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Marina Alabau	RS:X	3	5	5	2	5	11	8	5	4	9	8	65	4
Susana Romero	Laser Radial	18	7	20	14	20	21	19	13	16	CAN	EL	127	24
Laia Tutzó Natalia Vía Dufresne	470	4	5	2	6	13	10	13	17	2	17	20	92	10
Mónica Azón Sandra Azón Graciela Pisonero	Yngling	11	9	14	6	14	4	14	9	CAN	CAN	EL	67	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Rafael Trujillo	Finn	12	4	3	14	20	20	OCS	1	CAN	CAN	—					6	80	9
Xabier Fernández Iker Martínez	49er	1	10	17	2	OCS	5	7	10	3	4	1	2	CAN	CAN	CAN	2	64
Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz	Tornado	1	6	1	4	7	13	1	7	1	8	—					4	44

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan José Aramburu	Skeet	118 S/O 3	8	Did not advance
Alberto Fernández	Trap	106	33	Did not advance
Luis Martínez	10 m air rifle	589	32	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	582	50	Did not advance
Mario Núñez	Skeet	115	21	Did not advance
Jesús Serrano	Trap	116	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maria Pilar Fernandez	10 m air pistol	379	25	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	582	9	Did not advance
Sonia Franquet	10 m air pistol	382	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melquiades Álvarez	100 m breaststroke	1:01.89	37	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.59	27	Did not advance
Brenton Cabello	200 m individual medley	2:03.08	33	Did not advance
Sergio García	200 m breaststroke	2:14.30	34	Did not advance
Francisco Hervás Jodar	10 km open water	—				1:52:16.5	13
Borja Iradier	100 m breaststroke	1:01.83	35	Did not advance
Rafael Muñoz	100 m butterfly	52.53	30	Did not advance
Javier Noriega	50 m freestyle	22.33	22	Did not advance
Javier Núñez	200 m butterfly	2:00.24	32	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:22.69	24	—		Did not advance
Marcos Rivera	1500 m freestyle	15:18.98	26	—		Did not advance
Aschwin Wildeboer	100 m backstroke	53.67	4 Q	53.51	4 Q	53.51	7
	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mireia Belmonte García	200 m breaststroke	2:29.46	24	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.75	14 Q	2:13.45	14	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:37.91	14	—		Did not advance
Escarlata Bernard	200 m backstroke	2:12.86	24	Did not advance
Melania Costa	200 m freestyle	1:59.50	18	Did not advance
María Fuster	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Lydia Morant	200 m backstroke	2:13.87	25	Did not advance
María Peláez	200 m individual medley	2:15.97	27	Did not advance
Mercedes Peris	100 m backstroke	1:02.30	28	Did not advance
Yurema Requena	10 km open water	—				1:59:46.9	13
Erika Villaécija	400 m freestyle	4:14.25	23	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:32.27	16	—		Did not advance
Nina Zhivanevskaya	100 m backstroke	1:00.54	13 Q	1:00.50	11	Did not advance
Melania Costa Noemi Féliz García María Fuster Arantxa Ramos Erika Villaécija	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.90	14	—		Did not advance
Mireia Belmonte García María Fuster Ángela San Juan Nina Zhivanevskaya	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:06.40	15	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual	Duet	48.834	2	49.084	97.918	2 Q	49.500	98.334
Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	Team	48.917	2	—			49.334	98.251

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alfredo Carneros	Men's singles	Massaad  (EGY) W 4–2	Kamal  (IND) L 2–4	Did not advance
He Zhi Wen		Bye		Jang S-M  (PRK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Shen Yanfei	Women's singles	Bye		Paović  (CRO) W 4–2	Tie Y N  (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Zhu Fang		Bye	Pesotska  (UKR) W 4–1	Li J  (NED) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Galia Dvorak Shen Yanfei Zhu Fang	Women's team	Group D   South Korea  (KOR) L 0 – 3   Japan  (JPN) L 2 – 3   Australia  (AUS) W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Antonio Ramos	Men's −58 kg	Martinez  (BIZ) W 2–1	Wenceslau  (BRA) W 3–2	Mercedes  (DOM) L 2–3	Bye	Nikpai  (AFG) L 1–4	Did not advance	5
Jon García Aguado	Men's +80 kg	Irgashev  (UZB) L 10–11	Did not advance
Rosana Simon Alamo	Women's +67 kg	Kedzierska  (SWE) L 4–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Almagro	Singles	Monfils  (FRA) L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
David Ferrer		Tipsarević  (SRB) L 6–7(8–10), 2–6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal		Starace  (ITA) W 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	Hewitt  (AUS) W 6–1, 6–2	Andreev  (RUS) W 6–4, 6–2	Melzer  (AUT) W 6–0, 6–4	Djokovic  (SRB) W 6–4, 1–6, 6–4	González  (CHI) W 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Tommy Robredo		Seppi  (ITA) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–8	Did not advance
Nicolás Almagro David Ferrer	Doubles	—	Anderson / Coetzee  (RSA) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Aspelin / Johansson  (SWE) L 6–7(6–8), 4–6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo		—	Björkman / Söderling  (SWE) W 6–3, 6–3	Guccione / Hewitt  (AUS) L 2–6, 6–7(5–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nuria Llagostera Vives	Singles	Zakopalová  (CZE) W 2–6, 6–3, 7–5	Zheng J  (CHN) L 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues		Bammer  (AUT) L 2–6, 6–4, 4–6	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro		Peng S  (CHN) L 5–7, 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance
María José Martínez Sánchez		Molik  (AUS) W 6–1, 6–1	Safina  (RUS) L 6–7(3–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Doubles	—	Vesnina / Zvonareva  (RUS) L 6–2, 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual		—	Koryttseva / Perebiynis  (UKR) W 6–3, 6–4	Stosur / Stubbs  (AUS) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Davenport / Huber  (USA) W 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 8–6	Yan Z / Jie Z  (CHN) W 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	S Williams / V Williams  (USA) L 2–6, 0–6

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Javier Gómez Noya	Men's	18:08	0:27	59:06	0:29	31:03	1:49:13.92	4
Iván Raña		18:22	0:26	58:52	0:28	31:14	1:49:22.03	5
Ana Burgos	Women's	20:57	0:31	1:05:28	0:36	35:11	2:02:43.85	20
Ainhoa Murúa		19:59	0:29	1:07:06	0:36	36:38	2:04:48.07	38

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Herrera Raúl Mesa	Men's	Pool A   Wu – Xu  (CHN) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 15–21)   Gosch – Horst  (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–12)   Kais – Vesik  (EST) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 23–21)	2 Q	Gibb – Rosenthal  (USA) L 0 – 2 (24–26, 17–21)	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Only the men's team qualified to play on these Olympic Games. The team finished in fifth place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Spanish roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[15]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Iñaki Aguilar	GK	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	9 September 1983	CN Barcelona
2	Mario José García	CB	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	15 July 1983	CN Alcorcon
3	David Martín	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	2 January 1977	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
4	Ricardo Perrone	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	21 December 1976	CN Barcelona
5	Guillermo Molina	D	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	16 March 1984	Brescia
6	Marc Minguell	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	14 January 1985	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
7	Iván Gallego	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	13 April 1984	CN Terrassa
8	Svilen Piralkov	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	8 April 1975	CN Terrassa
9	Xavier Vallès	CF	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	4 September 1979	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
10	Felipe Perrone	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	27 February 1986	Savona
11	Iván Pérez	CF	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	29 June 1971	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
12	Xavier García	D	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	5 January 1984	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
13	Ángel Andreo	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	3 December 1972	Waterpolo Zaragoza

Head coach: Rafael Aguilar

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9	Qualified for the semifinals
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5	Will play for places 7–10
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2	Will play for places 7–12
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 9:30	Report	Spain	16–6	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 4–2, 3–1, 4–1
		Molina  3, X. García  3, Piralkov  2, Vallès  2, F. Perrone  2	Goals	Feltham  2

12 August 2008 10:50	Report	Spain	9–8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 2–4, 2–2, 1–2
		X. García  3	Goals	Whalan  2, Woods  2

14 August 2008 12:10	Report	Hungary	8–5	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 0–0, 2–0
		Dé. Varga  2, Benedek  2, Kis  2	Goals	Molina  2

16 August 2008 14:00	Report	Spain	12–6	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Chaney (USA), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–1, 3–4, 2–1
		Molina  3, F. Perrone  2, X. García  2	Goals	N. Janović  2, Ivović  2

18 August 2008 15:20	Report	Spain	10–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–0, 3–5, 2–1
		F. Perrone  7	Goals	Theodoropoulos  2

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 17:20	Report	Spain	5–9	Serbia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijinb Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Klopper (NED)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 1–5, 1–2, 2–2
		Molina  2	Goals	Pijetlović  4, Ćirić  2, Vujasinović  2

Classification round (5th–6th place)

24 August 2008 13:00	Report	Croatia	9–11	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Chaney (USA), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–5, 1–3, 3–3
		Bušlje  2, Đogaš  2	Goals	X. García  4, Minguell  3, F. Perrone  2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Juan Navarro	Men's −94 kg	173	=10	210	=10	383	10
Lydia Valentin	Women's −75 kg	115	5	135	6	250

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francisco Sánchez	−55 kg	Bye	Kim H-S  (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María Teresa Méndez	−63 kg	Bye	Legrand  (FRA) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					13
Maider Unda	−72 kg	—	Vashchuk  (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Zlateva  (BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Akuffo  (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Wieszczek  (POL) L 1–3 PP	5

See also

• Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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