# Spain at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

In 1992, Spain had competitors in archery, wheelchair basketball, swimming, weightlifting, shooting, boccia, cycling, fencing, judo, tennis, 7-per-side football, table tennis and athletics.
Spain won 34 gold medal, 31 silver medals and 42 bronze medals. Spain finished fifth in total medals.

## Background

The Games were held in Barcelona. Competitors with spinal cord injuries, amputations, cerebral palsy, Les Autres and vision impairments were eligible to compete in these Games.

## Hosting

In 1992, the Games were held at home for Spain, with the Games being staged in Barcelona. 82 countries participated. These were the first Games to be broadcast live on television. The Games used the same venues as the Summer Olympics.
Organizers decided to not charge an admission fee to events in order to attempt to foster interest locally in disability sport. Domestically, there was very little interest in the Paralympic Games when compared to the Olympic Games.

## Intellectual disabilities

A separate competition was held in Madrid where competitors with intellectual disabilities competed that ran immediately following the completion of the 1992 Paralympics. The Games were sponsored by the Association Nacional Prestura de Servicio (ANDE) and sanctioned by the International Coordinating Committee of World Sport Organizations for the Disabled and the International Association of Sport for the Mentally Handicapped Spain led efforts to include competitors with intellectual disabilities into the Paralympic movement, creating an international federation for these competitors in 1986.

## Archery

1 of Spain's silver medals came in archery. It was won by an archer with a physical disability.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's teams open details | South Korea (KOR) Hyun Kwan Cho Sung Hee Kim Hak Young Lee | Spain (ESP) Jose Luis Hermosin Jose Fernandez Antonio Rebollo | France (FRA) Jean-Michel Favre Jean Francois Garcia Rene Le Bras |

## Athletics

22 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 12 bronze medals came in athletics. 35 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, 9 by athletes with physical disabilities and 4 by athletes with cerebral palsy.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m B1 details | Sergei Sevastianov Unified Team | | José Manuel Rodríguez Spain |
| 100 m B1 details | Júlio Requena Spain | | José Manuel Rodríguez Spain |
| 100 m B2 details | Marcelino Paz Spain | Omar Turro Cuba | Miroslaw Pych Poland |
| 200 m B1 details | Carlos Conceicao Portugal | Julio Requena Spain | Darren Collins Australia |
| 200 m B2 details | Marcelino Paz Spain | Ingo Geffers Germany | Omar Turro Cuba |
| 200 m C8 details | Frank Bruno Canada | Hoon Son South Korea | Jose Manuel González Spain |
| 400 m B2 details | Omar Turro Cuba | Jose Antonio Sanchez Spain | Ingo Geffers Germany |
| 400 m C8 details | Frank Bruno Canada | Javier Salmerón Spain | José Manuel González Spain |
| 800 m B2 details | Waldemar Kikolski Poland | Jose Antonio Sanchez Spain | Noel Thatcher Great Britain |
| 800 m TS4 details | Javier Conde Spain | Patrice Gerges France | Sergey Silchenco Unified Team |
| 1500 m B2 details | Noel Thatcher Great Britain | Waldemar Kikolski Poland | Jose Antonio Sanchez Spain |
| 1500 m TS4 details | Javier Conde Spain | Sergey Silchenco Unified Team | Yan Jian Wu China |
| 5000 m B2 details | Mariano Ruiz Spain | Waldemar Kikolski Poland | Michel Pavon France |
| 5000 m TS4 details | Javier Conde Spain | Yan Jian Wu China | Angel Marin Spain |
| 10000 m TS4 details | Javier Conde Spain | Angel Marin Spain | Sergey Silchenco Unified Team |
| Marathon B2 details | Stephen Brunt Great Britain | José Ortiz Spain | Paul Collet France |
| 4 × 100 m relay B1–B3 details | Spain (ESP) Jorge Nunez Marcelino Paz Juan Antonio Prieto Júlio Requena | Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Curtis Robert Latham Brinley Reynolds Mark Whiteley | United States (USA) Andre Asbury Brian Pegram Chris Piper Courtney Williams |
| 4 × 100 m relay C5–8 details | United States (USA) Freeman Register James Anderson Gregory Taylor Thomas Dietz | Spain (ESP) Javier Salmerón Marcelino Saavedra Julian Galilea José Manuel González | Portugal (POR) Stos. Correia Antonio Jose Silva Jose Dias Mario Santos |
| 4 × 400 m relay B1–B3 details | Spain (ESP) Jose Antonio Sanchez Sergio Sanchez Juan Antonio Prieto Enrique Sanchez | Great Britain (GBR) Simon Butler Andrew Curtis Noel Thatcher Mark Whiteley | Italy (ITA) Vincenzo Ciacio Claudio Costa Sandro Filipozzi Aldo Manganaro |
| High jump B2 details | Alejo Velez Spain | Juan Carlos Prieto Spain | Mohamad Othman Malaysia |
| High jump B2 details | Alejo Velez Spain | Juan Carlos Prieto Spain | Akihito Motohashi Japan |
| Long jump B2 details | Wentao Huang China | Juan Viedma Spain | Koichi Takada Japan |
| Long jump J4 details | Ruben Alvarez Spain | Georgios Toptsis Greece | Patrice Gerges France |
| Triple jump B1 details | José Manuel Rodríguez Spain | Sergei Sevastianov Unified Team | Robert Latham Great Britain |
| Triple jump B2 details | Juan Viedma Spain | Aleksei Lashmanov Unified Team | Wentao Huang China |
| Triple jump J3–4 details | Shao Yang China | Lin Qiu China | Ruben Alvarez Spain |
| Discus throw B1 details | Alfonso Fidalgo Spain | Siegmund Turteltaube Germany | Richard Ruffalo United States |
| Javelin throw B1 details | Jorge Mendoza Spain | Richard Ruffalo United States | Mineho Ozaki Japan |
| Shot put B1 details | Alfonso Fidalgo Spain | Andres Martinez Spain | James Mastro United States |
| Pentathlon B1 details | Sergei Sevastianov Unified Team | Vytautas Girnius Lithuania | Jorge Mendoza Spain |
| Pentathlon B2 details | Miroslaw Pych Poland | Juan Antonio Prieto Spain | Frantisek Godri Czechoslovakia |
| Pentathlon PW3–4 details | Vojtech Vasicek Czechoslovakia | Jose Abal Spain | Kevin Saunders United States |
| 100 m B1 details | Purificacion Santamarta Spain | Purificacion Ortiz Spain | Tracey Hinton Great Britain |
| 100 m B2 details | Adria Santos Brazil | Rima Batalova Unified Team | Beatriz Mendoza Spain |
| 200 m B1 details | Purificacion Santamarta Spain | Tracey Hinton Great Britain | Purificacion Ortiz Spain |
| 200 m B2 details | Rima Batalova Unified Team | Marsha Green Australia | Beatriz Mendoza Spain |
| 400 m B1 details | Purificacion Santamarta Spain | Tracey Hinton Great Britain | Sigita Kriaučiūnienė Lithuania |
| 800 m B1 details | Purificacion Santamarta Spain | Sigita Kriaučiūnienė Lithuania | Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia |
| 1500 m B1 details | Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia | Sigita Kriaučiūnienė Lithuania | Mayte Espinosa Spain |
| Long jump B1 details | Purificacion Ortiz Spain | Anette Burger Germany | Kerstin Gaedicke Germany |
| Long jump B2 details | Raisa Zhuravleva Unified Team | Magdalena Amo Spain | Ana Lopez Spain |

## Boccia

2 of Spain's gold medals came in boccia. Both were won by players with cerebral palsy.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed individual C1 details | Antonio Cid Spain | James Thomson United States | Henrik Jorgensen Denmark |
| Mixed team C1–C2 details | Spain (ESP) Manuel Fernandez Daniel Outeiro Juan Tellechea Antonio Cid | Denmark (DEN) Henrik Jorgensen Mansoor Siddiqi Lone Bak-Pedersen Tove Jacobsen | Ireland (IRL) Martin McDonagh Thomas Leahy Jason Kearney William Johnston |

## Cycling

1 of Spain's gold medals and 3 bronze medals came in cycling. 2 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, and 2 with physical disabilities.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's road race LC1 details | Francisco Trujillo France | Wolfgang Eibeck Austria | Jose Antonio Garcia Spain |
| Men's road race LC3 details | Norbert Zettler Austria | Pier Beltram United States | Miguel Perez Spain |
| Men's tandem open details | Germany (GER) Hans-Jorg Furrer Frank Hoefle | Netherlands (NED) Catharinus Beumer Jan Mulder | Spain (ESP) Jose Santiago Juan Carlos Molina |
| Mixed tandem open details | Spain (ESP) Ignacio Rodriguez Belen Perez | United States (USA) Elizabeth Heller Gregory Evangelatos | Italy (ITA) Maria Erlacher Klaus Fruet |

## Wheelchair fencing

1 of Spain's gold medals and 2 bronze medals came in fencing. All were won by fencers with physical disabilities.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée 2 details | Esther Weber Germany | Mariella Bertini Italy | Gema Victoria Hassen Bey Spain |
| Épée 3–4 details | Francisca Bazalo Spain | Josette Bourgain France | Laura Presutto Italy |
| Team épée details | Italy (ITA) Mariella Bertini Rossana Giarrizzo Laura Presutto Deborah Taffoni | France (FRA) Josette Bourgain Patricia Picot Veronique Soetemondt | Spain (ESP) Francisca Bazalo Gema Victoria Hassen Bey Cristina Perez |

## Judo

1 of Spain's gold medals, 1 silver medal came in athletics. Both were won by athletes with vision impairments.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 65 kg details | Juan Damian Matos Spain | Shinichi Ishizue Japan | Akhmed Gazimagomedov Unified Team |
| Men's 65 kg details | Juan Damian Matos Spain | Shinichi Ishizue Japan | Michael Murch Great Britain |
| Men's 71 kg details | Simon Jackson Great Britain | Mario Talavera Spain | Pier Morten Canada |
| Men's 71 kg details | Simon Jackson Great Britain | Mario Talavera Spain | Eiji Miyauchi Japan |

## Shooting

1 of Spain's silver medals came in shooting. It was won by a shooter with a physical disability.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed sport pistol SH1–3 details | Jan Boonen Belgium | Luis Salgado Spain | Hubert Aufschnaiter Austria |

## Swimming

7 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 22 bronze medals came in swimming. 9 medals were won by swimmers with vision impairments, 28 by swimmers with physical disabilities and 6 by swimmers with cerebral palsy.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m butterfly S5 details | Pascal Pinard France | Thierry le Gloanic France | Javier Torres Spain |
| 50 m butterfly S6 details | David Foppolo France | Peter Lund Denmark | Jesus Iglesias Spain |
| 50 m freestyle B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Pablo Corral Spain | Kingsley Bugarin Australia |
| 50 m freestyle B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Pablo Corral Spain | Fredrik Nasman Sweden |
| 50 m freestyle S3 details | Jean-Louis Flamengo France | Jordi Pascual Spain | Tommy Hunter Great Britain |
| 50 m freestyle S4 details | Pierre Bellot France | Gene Viens United States | Pau Marc Munoz Spain |
| 50 m freestyle S6 details | Peter Lund Denmark | Jesus Iglesias Spain | Kevin Sullivan United States |
| 100 m breaststroke B1 details | Christian Bundgaard Denmark | John Morgan United States | Jordi Mari Spain |
| 100 m breaststroke B2 details | Vitalii Krylov Unified Team | Kingsley Bugarin Australia | Jose Pedrajas Spain |
| 100 m breaststroke SB3 details | Bernd Eickemeyer Germany | John Petersson Denmark | Javier Torres Spain |
| 100 m breaststroke SB6 details | Matthias Schlubeck Germany | Simon Ahlstad Sweden | Juan Castane Spain |
| 100 m butterfly B1–2 details | John Morgan United States | Tim Reddish Great Britain | Pablo Corral Spain |
| 100 m freestyle B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Pablo Corral Spain | Tim Reddish Great Britain |
| 100 m freestyle S3 details | Jean-Louis Flamengo France | Tommy Hunter Great Britain | Jordi Pascual Spain |
| 100 m freestyle S4 details | Pierre Bellot France | Pau Marc Munoz Spain | Stig Morten Sandvik Norway |
| 100 m freestyle S6 details | Peter Lund Denmark | Kevin Sullivan United States | Jesus Iglesias Spain |
| 150 m individual medley SM3 details | Jean-Louis Flamengo France | Kenneth Cairns Great Britain | Jordi Pascual Spain |
| 150 m individual medley SM4 details | Krzysztof Sleczka Poland | Javier Torres Spain | John Petersson Denmark |
| 200 m backstroke B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Juan Diego Gil Spain | Ziv Better Israel |
| 200 m breaststroke B2 details | Vitalii Krylov Unified Team | Kingsley Bugarin Australia | Jose Pedrajas Spain |
| 200 m freestyle S6 details | Peter Lund Denmark | Jeremy Gervan Canada | Jesus Iglesias Spain |
| 200 m individual medley B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Kingsley Bugarin Australia | Pablo Corral Spain |
| 200 m individual medley SM6 details | Eric Lindmann France | Sebastian Xhrouet Belgium | Roger Vial Spain |
| 400 m freestyle B2 details | Christopher Holmes Great Britain | Ziv Better Israel | Daniel Llambrich Spain |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay S1–6 details | Spain (ESP) Juan Fuertes Javier Torres Roger Vial Jesus Iglesias | France (FRA) Pascal Pinard Eric Lindmann Thierry le Gloanic David Foppolo | Great Britain (GBR) William McQueen Mark Butler Andrew Stubbs Kevin Walsh |
| 4×50 m medley relay S1–6 details | France (FRA) Thierry le Gloanic Eric Lindmann David Foppolo Pascal Pinard | Spain (ESP) Juan Fuertes Javier Torres Juan Castane Jesus Iglesias | United States (USA) Gary Bogue Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Kevin Sullivan |
| 50 m backstroke S2 details | Sonia Guirado Spain | Mairead Berry Ireland | Sandrine Serres France |
| 50 m backstroke S3–4 details | Arancha Gonzalez Spain | M. Paz Montserrat Spain | Susana Carvalheira Portugal |
| 50 m breaststroke SB2 details | Tara Flood Great Britain | Regina Cachan Spain | Frouwkje Harkema Netherlands |
| 50 m butterfly S3–4 details | Tracy Barrell Australia | Regina Cachan Spain | Jaenette Bouma Netherlands |
| 50 m freestyle S2 details | Liv Tone Lind Norway | Sandrine Serres France | Sonia Guirado Spain |
| 50 m freestyle S3–4 details | Arancha Gonzalez Spain | M. Paz Montserrat Spain | Tara Flood Great Britain |
| 100 m breaststroke SB4 details | Outi Hokkanen Sweden | Jenny Newstead New Zealand | Ana Martin Spain |
| 100 m breaststroke SB9 details | Begona Reina Spain | Kristina Brokholc Sweden | Beate Lobenstein Germany |
| 100 m butterfly S8 details | Laura Tramuns Spain | Silvia Vives Spain | Asa Wilhelmsson Sweden |
| 100 m butterfly S10 details | Claudia Hengst Germany | Ana Bernardo Spain | Judith Young Australia |
| 100 m freestyle S2 details | Liv Tone Lind Norway | Sandrine Serres France | Sonia Guirado Spain |
| 100 m freestyle S3–4 details | Arancha Gonzalez Spain | Tara Flood Great Britain | M. Paz Montserrat Spain |
| 400 m freestyle S10 details | Claudia Hengst Germany | Sarah Bailey Great Britain | Ana Bernardo Spain |

## Table tennis

3 of Spain's bronze medals came in table tennis. All medals were won by table tennis players with physical disabilities.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Open 6–10 details | Kimmo Jokinen Finland | Michael Gerke Germany | Gilles de la Bourdonnaye France |
| Open 6–10 details | Kimmo Jokinen Finland | Michael Gerke Germany | Enrique Agudo Spain |
| Singles 5 details | Kam Shing Kwong Hong Kong | Guy Tisserant France | So Boo Kim South Korea |
| Singles 5 details | Kam Shing Kwong Hong Kong | Guy Tisserant France | Manuel Robles Spain |
| Singles 10 details | Michael Gerke Germany | Gilles de la Bourdonnaye France | Thomas Goeller Austria |
| Singles 10 details | Michael Gerke Germany | Gilles de la Bourdonnaye France | Enrique Agudo Spain |

## Wheelchair basketball

When Spain played the United States on the second day of competition, 12,500 people were in attendance. Organizers had to turn away 4,000 people who had wanted to attend. Philip Craven, future President of the International Paralympic Committee, played his first Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball at these games when he scored 30 points against the Spanish team.