Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	289 (194 men and 95 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Luís Doreste
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Spain 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]

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:

Antonio Vazquez → Round of 64, 60th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

Enrique Molina

Qualification — 13:51.55
Semifinal — 14:04.08
Final — 13:12.91 (→ 7th place)

Manuel Pancorbo

Qualification — 13:57.42
Semifinal — 14:39.64 (→ did not advance)

Anacleto Jiménez

Qualification — 14:16.57
Semifinal — 13:50.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m hurdles

Iñigo Monreal

Heat — 52.23s (→ did not advance)

Oscar Pitillas

Heat — 51.35s (→ did not advance)

Salvador Vila

Heat — 50.55s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

Elisardo de la Torre

Heat — 8:42.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

Jesús Oliván

Qualification — 7.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

David Martínez

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon

Antonio Peñalver

Final result — 8307 points (→ 2nd place)

Francisco Javier Benet

Final result — 8107 points (→ 19th place)

Men's marathon

Martín Fiz — 2:13.20 (→ 4th place)
Alberto Juzdado — 2:17.24 (→ 18th place)
Diego García — 2:22.11 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 50 km walk

Valentí Massana — 3'44:19 (→ Bronze medal)

Jaime Barroso — 4'01:09 (→ 22nd place)

Jesús Ángel García — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's competition

Women's 10.000 metres

Julia Vaquero

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

Women's 400m hurdles

Miriam Alonso

Qualification — 56.53 (→ did not advance)

Eva Paniagua

Qualification — 58.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

Inmaculada Clapés

Final result — 5602 points (→ 24th place)

Women's marathon

Rocío Ríos — 2:30.50 (→ 5th place)
Mónica Pont — 2:33.27 (→ 14th place)
Ana Isabel Alonso — 2:44.12 (→ 49th place)

Women's 10 km walk

María Vasco — 46:09 (→ 28th place)

Encarna Granados — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Beach volleyball

Javier Bosma and Sixto Jimenez — 7th place overall

Miguel Prieto and José Yuste — 17th place overall

Boxing

Men's flyweight (– 48 kg)

Rafael Lozano → Bronze medal

First round — Defeated Joseph Benhard (Namibia), 10-2
Second round — Defeated Masibulele Makepula (South Africa), 14-3
Quarterfinals — Defeated La Paene Masara (Indonesia), 10-9
Semifinals — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 10-22

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's individual time trial

Miguel Indurain

Final — 1:04:05 (→ Gold medal)

Abraham Olano

Final — 1:04:17 (→ Silver medal)

Women's individual road race

Joane Somarriba

Final — 02:37:06 (→ 21st place)

Fatima Blazquez

Final — 02:46:27 (→ 40th place)

Izaskun Bengoa

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's individual time trial

Joane Somarriba

Final — 38:55 (→ 13th place)

Track competition

Men's points race

Juan Llaneras

Final — 17 points (→ 6th place)

Mountain bike

Men's cross-country

Jokin Mujika

Final — 2:41:15 (→ 22nd place)

Women's cross-country

Laura Blanco

Final — 2:04.20 (→ 20th place)

Silvia Rovira

Final — 2:09.17 (→ 26th place)

Diving

Men's 3m springboard

José Miguel Gil

Preliminary heat — 295.47 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Rafael Álvarez

Preliminary heat — 208.83 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 3m springboard

Julia Cruz

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

Women's 10m platform

Dolores Saez

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

Oscar Fernández, César González, Raúl Maroto

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Antonio García, Fernando Medina, Raúl Peinador

Women's épée

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round (Group A):

Spain — Germany 1-0
Spain — Pakistan 3-0
Spain — Argentina 2-1
Spain — United States 7-1
Spain — India 1-3

Semifinals:

Spain — Australia 2-1

Final:

Spain — Netherlands 1-3 → Silver medal

Team roster

Women's tournament

Preliminary round robin:

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)

Team roster

Judo

Men's competition

Women's competition

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle

Juan Benavides

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

Men's 100m freestyle

Juan Benavides

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

Men's 1500m freestyle

Frederik Hviid

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

Men's 100m backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

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

Men's 200m backstroke

Martin López-Zubero

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

Men's 100m breaststroke

Marc Capdevila

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

Men's 200m breaststroke

Joaquín Fernández

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

Men's 200m butterfly

José Luis Ballester

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

Men's 400m individual medley

Frederik Hviid

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

Women's 50m freestyle

Claudia Franco

Heat — 26.17
B-final — 26.04 (→ 11th place)

Blanca Cerón

Heat — 26.30 (→ 22nd place)

Women's 100m freestyle

Claudia Franco

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

Women's 400m freestyle

Itziar Esparza

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

Women's 800m freestyle

Itziar Esparza

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

Women's 100m backstroke

Eva Piñera

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

Women's 200m backstroke

Ivette María

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

Women's 100m breaststroke

María Olay

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

Women's 200m breaststroke

Lourdes Becerra

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

Women's 100m butterfly

María Peláez

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

Women's 200m butterfly

María Peláez

Heat — 2:13.85
B-final — 2:13.05 (→ 11th place)

Bárbara Franco

Heat — 2:13.34
B-final — 2:14.16 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m individual medley

Silvia Parera

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

Women's 400m individual medley

Lourdes Becerra

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

Women's 4x100m freestyle relay

Blanca Cerón, Fátima Madrid, Susanna Garabatos and Claudia Franco

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

Women's 4x100m medley relay

Eva Piñera, María Olay, María Peláez and Claudia Franco

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

Tennis

Men's singles competition

Albert Costa

First round — Defeated Sébastien Lareau (Canada) 7-6 6-4
Second round — Lost to Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 6-7 4-6

Carlos Costa

First round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 3-6 2-6

Sergi Bruguera

First round — Defeated Andrei Pavel (Romania) 2-6 6-1 8-6
Second round — Defeated Arnaud Boetsch (France) 7-6 4-6 6-2
Third round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 7-5
Quarterfinals — Defeated MaliVai Washington (USA) 7-6 4-6 7-5
Semifinals — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 7-6 6-2
Final — Lost to Andre Agassi (USA) 2-6 3-6 1-6 (→ Silver medal)

Women's singles competition

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

First round — Defeated Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) 6-1 7-5
Second round — Defeated Silvia Farina (Italy) 6-1 6-3
Third round — Defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 6-4 7-6
Quarterfinals — Defeated Kimiko Date (Japan) 4-6 6-3 10-8
Semifinals — Defeated Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 6-4 1-6 6-3
Final — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-7 2-6 (→ Silver medal)

Conchita Martínez

First round — Defeated Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-1 6-2
Second round — Defeated Radka Zrubáková (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4
Third round — Defeated Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 6-2 7-5
Quarterfinals — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 6-3 2-6 3-6

Virginia Ruano Pascual

First round — Defeated Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland) 6-4 6-2
Second round — Lost to Iva Majoli (Croatia) 5-7 3-6

Water polo

Men's tournament

Preliminary round (Group A)

Spain — Germany 9-3
Spain — Netherlands 8-7
Spain — Yugoslavia 7-9
Spain — Hungary 7-8
Spain — Russia 8-6

Quarterfinals

Spain — United States 5-4

Semifinals

Spain — Hungary 7-6

Final

Spain — Croatia 7-5 (→ Gold medal)

Team roster

Weightlifting

Notes

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References

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Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Athletics

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Track competition

Mountain bike

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Tennis

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Notes

References

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