Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 2021, this is the most recent time that Spain did not win at least eleven medals or three gold medals.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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
Group play
Quarterfinals
Classification round 5–8
Classification round 7/8
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
Judo
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)
Rowing
Sailing
Men
Women
Open
Shooting
Men
Women
Open
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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Spanish Olympic Committee
Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988
Olympics