# Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | José Luis Ballester Fernando León | Sailing | Tornado | July 23 |
| Gold | Begoña Vía Dufresne Theresa Zabell | Sailing | Women's 470 | July 24 |
| Gold | Spain men's national water polo team Ángel AndreoCarles SansDaniel BallartIvan MoroJesús RollánJordi SansJorge PayáJosep María AbarcaManuel EstiarteMiguel Ángel OcaPedro Francisco GarcíaSalvador GómezSergi Pedrerol | Water polo | Water polo | July 28 |
| Gold | Lorena Guréndez Tania Lamarca Estíbaliz Martínez Marta Baldó Nuria Cabanillas Estela Giménez | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic team | August 2 |
| Gold | Miguel Induráin | Cycling | Men's road time trial | August 3 |
| Silver | Ernesto Pérez | Judo | Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg) | July 20 |
| Silver | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Tennis | Women's singles | August 2 |
| Silver | Spain men's national field hockey team Jaume AmatPablo AmatJavier ArnauJordi ArnauÓscar BarrenaIgnacio CobosJuan DinarésJuan EscarréXavier EscudéJuantxo García-MauriñoAntonio GonzálezRamón JufresaJoaquín MalgosaVíctor PujolRamón SalaPablo Usoz | Field hockey | Men's tournament | August 2 |
| Silver | Abraham Olano | Cycling | Men's road time trial | August 3 |
| Silver | Sergi Bruguera | Tennis | Men's singles | August 3 |
| Silver | Fermín Cacho | Athletics | Men's 1500 m | August 3 |
| Bronze | Isabel Fernández | Judo | Women's Lightweight (56 kg) | July 24 |
| Bronze | Yolanda Soler | Judo | Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg) | July 26 |
| Bronze | Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Tennis | Women's doubles | August 1 |
| Bronze | Rafael Lozano | Boxing | Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) | August 1 |
| Bronze | Valentí Massana | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | August 2 |
| Bronze | Spain men's national handball team Juan PérezIñaki UrdangarínAlberto UrdialesJosé HombradosJordi NúñezJesús OlallaRaúl GonzálezRafael GuijosaFernando HernándezJesús FernándezJaume FortMateo GarraldaTalant DuyshebaevSalvador EsquerAitor Etxaburu | Handball | Men's tournament | August 4 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Handball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |

## 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
   * Abel Antón
   * Alejandro Gómez
   * Andrés Manuel Díaz
   * Arturo Ortiz
   * Carlos de la Torre
   * Carlos Sala
   * Daniel Plaza
   * Elisardo de la Torre
   * Fermín Cacho
   * Fernando Vázquez
   * Francisco Javier Navarro
   * Frutos Feo
   * Isaac Viciosa
   * Javier García
   * Jesús Font
   * Jordi Mayoral
   * José Manuel Arcos
   * Juan Gabriel Concepción
   * Manuel Francisco Borrega
   * Manuel Martínez
   * Miguel de los Santos
   * Reyes Estévez
   * Roberto Parra
   * Venancio José Murcia
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)
   * Ana Amelia Menéndez
   * Cristina Petite
   * Julia Vaquero
   * María Concepción Paredes
   * María Isabel Martínez
   * María José Mardomingo
   * María Teresa Zúñiga
   * Marta Domínguez
   * Sandra Myers

## 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

## Cycling
### Road competition

Men's individual time trial
* Miguel Induráin
   * 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)
* Fátima Blázquez
   * 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 Mújika
   * 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 Sáez
   * Preliminary heat — 216.36 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

## Fencing

Eleven fencers, nine men and two women, represented Spain in 1996.

### Men's foil

* Javier García
* José Francisco Guerra

### Men's épée

* César González
* Oscar Fernández
* Fernando de la Peña

### Men's team épée

* Oscar Fernández, César González, Raúl Maroto

### Men's sabre

* Fernando Medina
* Raúl Peinador
* Antonio García

### Men's team sabre

* Antonio García, Fernando Medina, Raúl Peinador

### Women's épée

* Taymi Chappé
* Rosa María Castillejo

## 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
   * Jaume Amat
   * Pablo Amat
   * Javier Arnau
   * Jordi Arnau
   * Óscar Barrena
   * Ignacio Cobos
   * Juan Dinarés
   * Juan Escarré
   * Xavier Escudé
   * Juantxo García-Mauriño
   * Antonio González
   * Ramón Jufresa
   * Joaquín Malgosa
   * Víctor Pujol
   * Ramón Sala
   * Pablo Usoz

### 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
   * Begoña Larzabal
   * Elena Carrión
   * Elena Urkizu
   * Lucía López
   * María Carmen Barea
   * María Cruz González
   * María Victoria González
   * Maider Tellería
   * María del Mar Feito
   * Mónica Rueda
   * Nagore Gabellanes
   * Natalia Dorado
   * Silvia Manrique
   * Sonia Barrio
   * Sonia de Ignacio
   * Teresa Motos

## Judo

Men's competition
* Ernesto Pérez
* José Tomás Toro
* León Villar
* Roberto Naveira
Women's competition
* Almudena Muñoz
* Cristina Curto
* Isabel Fernández
* Sara Alvarez
* Yolanda Soler

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Melquiades Verduras José Antonio Merín | Men's double sculls | 7:13.99 | 5 R | 6:59.57 | 4 FD | BYE | BYE | 6:55.00 | 18 |
| Jose Maria de Marco Juan Carlos Sáez | Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:46.66 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 6:29.37 | 3 FA | 6:28.09 | 4 |
| Fernando Climent David Morales Juan Manuel Florido Alfredo Girón | Men's lightweight coxless four | 6:28.05 | 4 R | 6:03.33 | 4 FC | BYE | BYE | 6:25.81 | 14 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anna Accensi Esperanza Márquez Nuria Domínguez | Women's lightweight double sculls | 7:51.05 | 4 R | 7:12.96 | 4 FC | BYE | BYE | 7:55.84 | 16 |
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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Jorge Maciel | Mistral One Design | 31 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 14 | — | — | 87.0 | 15 |
| José van der Ploeg | Finn | 1 | 8 | 15 | DNS | 17 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 5 | — | 69.0 | 7 |
| Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez | 470 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 5 | PMS | 3 | 13 | 2 | 76.0 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Mireia Casas | Mistral One Design | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 12 | — | — | 79.0 | 13 |
| Helen Montilla | Europe | 6 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 21 | PMS | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 111.0 | 17 |
| Theresa Zabell Begona Via Dufresne | 470 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Antón Garrote | Laser | 17 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 12 | DSQ | 172.0 | 22 |
| Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester | Tornado | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | PMS | 3 | DNC | 30.0 | |
| José Doreste Javier Hermida | Star | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | PMS | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | 57.0 | 7 |

### Match racing

| Athlete | Event | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Qualification races | Total | Rank | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Rank | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera | Soling | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | PMS | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 61.0 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jorge González | 50 m rifle three positions | 1155 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge González | 50 m rifle prone | 597 | 6 Q | 701.7 | 4 |
| Jorge González | 10 m air rifle | 575 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Pérez | Trap | 120 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Cristina Antolin | 50 m rifle three positions | 557 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristina Antolin | 10 m air rifle | 386 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Pilar Fernandez | 10 m air pistol | 378 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Pilar Fernandez | 25 m pistol | 578 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Quintanal | Double trap | 100 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gemma Usieto | Double trap | 90 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
* Blanca Cerón, Fátima Madrid, Susanna Garabatos and Claudia Franco
   * Heat — 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m 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 Fernández (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
   * Ángel Andreo
   * Carles Sans
   * Daniel Ballart
   * Iván Moro
   * Jesús Rollán
   * Jordi Sans
   * Jorge Payá
   * Josep María Abarca
   * Manuel Estiarte
   * Miguel Ángel Oca
   * Pedro Francisco García
   * Salvador Gómez
   * Sergi Pedrerol