# Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports. At the closing ceremony, a short Catalan segment was performed on a part of the Olympic Stadium, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Barcelona.
As of 2024, this is the most recent time that Spain did not win at least eleven medals or three gold medals.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | José Doreste | Sailing | Finn | 27 September |
| Silver | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | Tennis | Men's doubles | 1 October |
| Bronze | Sergio López | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 23 September |
| Bronze | Jorge Guardiola | Shooting | Skeet | 24 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletics | 27 | 7 | 34 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
| Canoeing | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Cycling | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Fencing | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Gymnastics | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Handball | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Judo | 3 | – | 3 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sailing | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Shooting | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Swimming | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
| Tennis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | – | 6 |
| Wrestling | 9 | – | 9 |
| Total | 200 | 29 | 229 |

## Archery

No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th place
Men's Individual Competition:
* Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)
* Manuel Francisco Jiménez – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)
* Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place)
Men's Team Competition:
* Vazquez, Jiménez, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)

## Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres
* Antonio Prieto
   * First Round — 28:22.52
   * Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)
* Antonio Serrano
   * First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)
* José Manuel Albentosa
   * First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Alfonso Abellán
   * Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)
* Honorato Hernández
   * Final — DNF
Men's Long Jump
* Antonio Corgos
   * Qualification — 7.88m
   * Final — 8.03m (→ 5th place)
Men's Decathlon
* Antonio Peñalver — 7753 points (→ 23rd place)
   * 100 metres — 11.38s
   * Long Jump — 7.08m
   * Shot Put — 14.31m
   * High Jump — 2.00m
   * 400 metres — 50.24s
   * 110m Hurdles — 14.97s
   * Discus Throw — 46.34m
   * Pole Vault — 4.40m
   * Javelin Throw — 55.68m
   * 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s
Men's 20 km Walk
* José Marín
   * Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)
* Daniel Plaza
   * Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)
* Ricardo Pueyo
   * Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 50 km Walk
* José Marín
   * Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)
* Jorge Llopart
   * Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)
* Manuel Alcalde
   * Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Maite Zuñiga
   * Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
* Ana Isabel Alonso
   * Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 485 | 302 | +183 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 484 | 435 | +49 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 590 | 522 | +68 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 479 | 455 | +24 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 433 | 527 | −94 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 568 | −230 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 18 September 1988
| Spain | 53–97 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 32–48, 21–49 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| Egypt | 70–113 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| China | 74–106 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| Canada | 84–94 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 51–45, 33–49 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Brazil | 110–118 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Quarterfinals

* 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 16:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 74–77 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 40–41, 34–36 |||
| Pts: San Epifanio 17 Rebs: Martínez, Jiménez 7 Asts: Montero 3 | | Pts: Gaze 28 Rebs: Sengstock 5 Asts: 4 players 1 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 5–8

* 28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) 14:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 96–91 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 41–42, 55–49 |||
| Pts: Triano 27 Rebs: Raffin 8 Asts: Raffin 4 | | Pts: Jiménez 16 Rebs: Jiménez 6 Asts: Solozábal 5 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 7/8

* 29 September 1988 19:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 93–92 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 47–45, 46–47 |||
| Pts: Morales 25 Rebs: Ortíz, Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4 | | Pts: Jiménez 31 Rebs: Jiménez 8 Asts: Solozábal 6 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Antonio Caballero
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Bonifacio García
   * First Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
* Tomás Ruiz
   * First Round — Lost to Mark Elliot (GBR), 1:4
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Javier Martínez
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Win to Lucas Januario (MOZ), 5:0
   * Third Round — Lost to Adewale Adgebusi (NGA), 0:5
Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
* José Ortega
   * First Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics (HUN), 0:5

## Canoeing

Men's C-1 500 metres
* Narcisco Suárez
   * Heat – 1st (heat-2)
   * Semifinal – 1:55.98
   * Final – 2:01.33 (→ 7th place)
Men's C-1 1000 metres
* Francisco López
   * Heat – 4:16.02
   * Repechage; 4:22.34
   * Semifinal – 4:16.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's C-2 500 metres
* Enrique Míguez and Narcisco Suárez
   * Heat – 1:48.75
   * Semifinal – 1:50.63 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-1 500 metres
* Francisco Leal
   * Heat – 1:47.71
   * Semifinal – 1:46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-1 1000 metres
* José Reyes Rodríguez
   * Heat – 3:59.95
   * Repechage – 3:53.39
   * Semifinal – 3:48.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-2 500 metres
* Fernando Fuentes and Juan Manuel Sánchez
   * Heat – 1:36.17
   * Repechage – 1:40.09
   * Semifinal – 1:36.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-2 1000 metres
* Alberto Sánchez (canoeist) and Gregorio Vicente
   * Heat – 3:32.97
   * Repechage – 3:32.92 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-4 1000 metres
* Juan Manuel Sánchez, Fernando Fuentes, Francisco Javier Álvarez, and Juan José Román
   * Heat – 3:06.96
   * Repechage – 3:16.79
   * Semifinal – 3:13.88 (→ did not advance)

## Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, all male, represented Spain in 1988.

### Men's road race

* Eduardo Manrique
* Gonzalo Aguiar
* Iván Alemany

### Men's team time trial

* Javier Aldanondo
* Javier Carbayeda
* Arturo Gériz
* José Rodríguez

### Men's sprint

* José Moreno

### Men's 1 km time trial

* Bernardo González

### Men's individual pursuit

* José Antonio Martiarena

### Men's team pursuit

* Bernardo González
* Xavier Isasa
* José Antonio Martiarena
* Agustín Sebastiá

### Men's points race

* Antonio Salvador

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* José Miguel Gil
   * Preliminary Round — 483.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 10m Springboard
* Emilio Ratia
   * Preliminary Round — 425.73 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

## Equestrianism
### Equestrians

* Luis Antonio Álvarez
* Luis Astolfi
* José Ramón Beca
* Alfredo Fernández-Duran
* Juan Diego García
* Juan Félix Matute
* Santiago de la Rocha
* Pedro Sánchez

## Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.

### Men's foil

* Andrés García
* Jesús Esperanza

### Men's épée

* Ángel Fernández
* Fernando de la Peña
* Manuel Pereira

### Men's team épée

* Ángel Fernández, Oscar Fernández, Raúl Maroto, Fernando de la Peña, Manuel Pereira

### Men's sabre

* Antonio García

## Gymnastics

Men's events
   * Alvaro Montesinos
   * Alfonso Rodríguez de Sadia
   * Miguel Ángel Rubio
Women's events
   * Núria Belchi
   * Lidia Castillejo
   * Nuria García
   * Manuela Hervás
   * Laura Muñoz
   * Eva María Rueda

## Handball

* Team roster
   * Juan Javier Cabanas
   * Jesús Ángel Fernández
   * Jaume Fort
   * Jesús Gómez
   * Ricardo Marín
   * Juan Francisco Muñoz
   * Juan Alfonso de la Puente
   * Jaime Puig
   * Javier Reino
   * Lorenzo Rico
   * Julián Ruiz
   * Juan Sagalés
   * Eugenio Serrano
   * Juan José Uría
   * Miguel Ángel Zúñiga
* Head coach: Juan de Dios Román

## Hockey
### Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A)
   * Spain – Pakistan 1-5
   * Spain – Netherlands 1-1
   * Spain – Kenya 4-2
   * Spain – Argentina 0-1
   * Spain – Australia 0-1
* Classification Matches
   * 9th/12th place: Spain – Canada 2-0
   * 9th/10th place: Spain – South Korea 2-0 (→ 9th place)
* Team roster
   * Jaime Armengol
   * Ignacio Escudé
   * Jaime Escudé
   * Javier Escudé
   * Eduardo Fàbregas
   * Juan de Dios García-Mauriño
   * Andreu Gómez
   * Santiago Grau
   * José Antonio Iglesias
   * Joaquín Malgosa
   * Juan Malgosa
   * Jordi Oliva
   * Miguel de Paz
   * Miguel Ortego
   * Juan Carlos Peón
   * Miguel Rovira

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
* Eduardo Quesada – 4852 pts (→ 32nd place)
* Leopoldo Centeno – 4814pts (→ 38th place)
* Jorge Quesada – 0pt (→ 64th place)
Men's Team Competition:
* Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)

## Rhythmic gymnastics

   * María Isabel Lloret (→ 5th)
   * María Martín Rodríguez (→ 20th)

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Carlos Iniesta | Division II | 5 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 81.7 | 8 |
| José Luis Doreste | Finn | 7 | 3 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 38.1 | |
| Fernando León Boissier Kiko Sánchez | 470 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | PMS | 1 | 8 | 55.0 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Adelina Gonzalez Patricia Guerra | 470 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | RET | DSQ | 13 | 90.7 | 10 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Luis Doreste Miguel Noguer | Flying Dutchman | 11 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 96.0 | 13 |
| Francisco García Luis López Cristina De Borbón | Tornado | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | RET | 18 | RET | 154.0 | 20 |
| Juan Costas José Pérez | Star | 11 | 12 | RET | 14 | 19 | 9 | PMS | 123.0 | 17 |
| Antonio Gorostegui Jaime Monjo José Manuel Valades Domingo Manrique | Soling | 16 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 17 | RET | 128.0 | 17 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jorge González | 50 m rifle three positions | 1168 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge González | 50 m rifle prone | 593 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge González | 10 m air rifle | 579 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Segui | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 588 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Eva Suarez | 10 m air pistol | 379 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eva Suarez | 25 m pistol | 569 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Rafael Axpe | Trap | 145 | 13 Q | 193 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Bladas | Trap | 144 | 18 Q | 190 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Guardiola | Skeet | 147 | 8 Q | 196 | 6 Q | 220 | |
| Eladio Vallduvi | Trap | 145 | 11 Q | 192 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gemma Usieto | Trap | 140 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Daniel Serra
   * Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
* Daniel Serra
   * Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero
   * Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero
   * Heat – 2:03.33
   * B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Joaquín Fernández
   * Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
* Sergi López
   * Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Sergi López
   * Heat – 2:17.06
   * Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Joaquín Fernández
   * Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* José Luis Ballester
   * Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
* José Luis Ballester
   * Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Martin López-Zubero
   * Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
* Sergi López
   * Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Martin López-Zubero
   * Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Martin López-Zubero, Ramón Camallonga, José Luis Ballester, and José Hernando
   * Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Silvia Parera
   * Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
* María Luisa Fernández
   * Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Silvia Parera
   * Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo
   * Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

## Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.

### Women's solo

* Eva López
* Marta Amorós
* Núria Ayala

### Women's duet

* Eva López
* Núria Ayala

## Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Javier Sánchez
   * First round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3
   * Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2
   * Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6
* Emilio Sánchez
   * First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3
   * Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6
* Sergio Casal
   * First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1
   * Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6
   * Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6
Men's Doubles Competition
* Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver Medal
   * First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1
   * Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1
   * Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3
   * Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2
   * Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9

## Water polo
### Men's tournament

* Preliminary round (Group B)
   * Defeated China (13-6)
   * Defeated United States (9-7)
   * Drew with Hungary (6-6)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (8-10)
   * Defeated Greece (12-9)
* Classification round (Group D)
   * Lost to Australia (7-8)
   * Defeated Italy (11-9) → 6th place
* Team roster
   * Jesús Rollán
   * Miguel Chillida
   * Marco Antonio González
   * Miguel Pérez
   * Manuel Estiarte
   * Pere Robert
   * Jorge Payá
   * José Antonio Rodriguez
   * Jordi Sans
   * Salvador Gómez
   * Mariano Moya
   * Jorge Neira
   * Pedro Francisco García
* Head coach: Antonio Esteller