Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
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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
Canoeing
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)
Equestrianism
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
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
Jaime 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
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men
Women
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
Women
Open
Match racing
Shooting
Men
Women
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
Weightlifting
Notes
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
Olympics