Spain at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Spain at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Spain.svg
IOC code ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Website www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors13 (11 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Lucas Eguibar [1]
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.

Contents

On 15 February, Regino Hernández became Spain's first Winter Olympic medalist in 26 years (since the 1992 Winter Olympics) when he won the bronze medal in men's snowboard cross. [2] He also became the first ever Olympic medalist in snowboarding for Spain, with all previous Spanish Winter Olympic medals coming from alpine skiing disciplines.

On 17 February, Javier Fernández won Spain's first ever Olympic medal in ice sports when he won the bronze medal in the men's single figure skating competition. [3]

These achievements made this edition Spain's most successful Winter Olympics to date in terms of total medal count. For the first time, both Spanish sports federations in charge of winter sports (Real Federación Española de Deportes de Invierno and Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo) got medals in the same Winter Olympics.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Regino Hernández Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross 15 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Javier Fernández Figure skating Men's singles 17 February

Competitors

The following is the list of a number of competitors participating in the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 202
Cross-country skiing 202
Figure skating 314
Skeleton 101
Snowboarding 314
Total11213

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Juan del Campo Men's giant slalom 1:13.3939DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Joaquim Salarich Men's slalom 52.0733DNF

Cross-country skiing

Spain qualified two male athletes. [4]

Distance
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Imanol Rojo Men's 15 km freestyle 37:35.5+3:51.662
Men's 30 km skiathlon 43:27.44939:05.3541:23:06.5+6:46.549
Men's 50 km classical 2:19:10.1+10:48.035
Martí Vigo del Arco Men's 15 km freestyle DNF
Sprint
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Imanol Rojo
Martí Vigo del Arco
Men's team sprint 16:59.8310Did not advance

Figure skating

Based on placements in the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Spain qualified 4 athletes (3 male and 1 female) in the men's singles and ice dancing events. [5] One of the men's quotas was directly given to Javier Fernández, the other men's quota and the ice dance quota was decided according to the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and the National Championships results. [6]

AthleteEventSP / SDFS / FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Javier Fernández Men's singles 107.582 Q197.664305.24Bronze medal icon.svg
Felipe Montoya 52.4129Did not advance
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Ice dancing 66.9312 Q101.4011168.3312

Skeleton

Spain qualified one male athlete. [7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ander Mirambell Men's 51.642152.062651.5922Eliminated2:35.2923

Snowboarding

Freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Queralt Castellet Women's halfpipe 71.5045.5071.505 Q59.7567.7543.7567.757

Qualification Legend: Q – Qualify to final

Snowboard cross
AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestSeed
TimeRankTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Lucas Eguibar Men's snowboard cross 1:18.42361:14.4521:14.4526DNFdid not advance
Regino Hernández 1:13.673Bye1:13.6733 Q1 Q1 FA3Bronze medal icon.svg
Laro Herrero 1:17.62351:16.97111:16.97375did not advance

Qualification legend: Q – Qualify to next round, FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.

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