Spain at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Spain at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	13 (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)
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Spain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Regino Hernández	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	15 February
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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	0	2
Cross-country skiing	2	0	2
Figure skating	3	1	4
Skeleton	1	0	1
Snowboarding	3	1	4
Total	11	2	13

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan del Campo	Men's giant slalom	1:13.39	39	DNF
	Men's slalom	DNF
Joaquim Salarich	Men's slalom	52.07	33	DNF

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Spain qualified two male athletes. ^[4]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Imanol Rojo	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				37:35.5	+3:51.6	62
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	43:27.4	49	39:05.3	54	1:23:06.5	+6:46.5	49
	Men's 50 km classical	—				2:19:10.1	+10:48.0	35
Martí Vigo del Arco	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				DNF

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Imanol Rojo Martí Vigo del Arco	Men's team sprint	16:59.83	10	Did not advance

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javier Fernández	Men's singles	107.58	2 Q	197.66	4	305.24
Felipe Montoya		52.41	29	Did not advance
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin	Ice dancing	66.93	12 Q	101.40	11	168.33	12

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Spain qualified one male athlete. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ander Mirambell	Men's	51.64	21	52.06	26	51.59	22	Eliminated		2:35.29	23

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Queralt Castellet	Women's halfpipe	71.50	45.50	71.50	5 Q	59.75	67.75	43.75	67.75	7

Qualification Legend: Q – Qualify to final

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Lucas Eguibar	Men's snowboard cross	1:18.42	36	1:14.45	2	1:14.45	26	DNF	did not advance
Regino Hernández		1:13.67	3	Bye		1:13.67	3	3 Q	1 Q	1 FA	3
Laro Herrero		1:17.62	35	1:16.97	11	1:16.97	37	5	did not advance

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

References

1. "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. Nieto Moreno, Antonio (15 February 2018). "Snowboarder Regino Hernández wins Spain's first Winter medal in 26 years". elpais.com/. El País . Retrieved 17 February 2018.
3. Vallejo, Mario (17 February 2018). "Javier Fernández se sube al fin al podio olímpico con un bronce". www.rtve.es/. RTVE . Retrieved 17 February 2018.
4. "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
5. "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
6. Tetrault-Farber, Gabrielle (4 January 2018). "World champion Fernandez carries Spanish hopes". Reuters . London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
7. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.