Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.
Medalists
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Archery
Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 m
Venancio Jose
Round 1 – 10.36
Round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m
Venancio Jose
Round 1 – 20.95
Round 2 – 20.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m
David Canal
Round 1 – 45.53
Round 2 – 45.54 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 m
José Manuel Cerezo
Round 1 – 01:48.11 (→ did not advance)
Roberto Parra
Round 1 – 01:48.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1.500 m
Andrés Manuel Díaz
Round 1 – 03:38.54
Semifinal – 03:38.41
Final – 03:37.27 (→ 7th place)
José Antonio Redolat
Round 1 – 03:38.66
Semifinal – 03:45.46 (→ did not advance)
Juan Carlos Higuero
Round 1 – 03:40.60
Semifinal – 03:38.37
Final – 03:38.91 (→ 8th place)
Men's 5.000 m
Alberto García
Round 1 – 14:11.65 (→ did not advance)
Yousef El Nasri
Round 1 – 13:34.49 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 m
José Ríos
Round 1 – 27:51.40
Final – 28:50.31 (→ 18th place)
Enrique Molina
Round 1 – 28:09.76
Final – DNF
Teodoro Cunado
Round 1 – 29:10.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m hurdles
Iñigo Monreal
Round 1 – 51.32 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m
Antonio Andres, David Canal, Inigo Monreal, Eduardo Iván Rodríguez
Round 1 – 03:06.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000 m steeplechase
Luis Miguel Martín
Round 1 – 08:24.04
Final – 08:22.75 (→ 5th place)
Eliseo Martín
Round 1 – 08:24.97
Final – 08:23.00 (→ 6th place)
Marco Cepeda
Round 1 – 08:40.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's shot put
Manuel Martínez
Qualifying – 19.94
Final – 20.55 (→ 6th place)
Men's discus
David Martinez
Qualifying – 61.50 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Yago Lamela
Qualifying – 7.89 (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump
Raul Chapado
Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km walk
Paquillo Fernández
Final – 1:21:01 (→ 7th place)
David Márquez
Final – 1:24:36 (→ 20th place)
José David Domínguez
Final – 0:01:28 (→ 35th place)
Men's 50 km walk
Valentí Massana
Final – 3:46:01 (→ 4th place)
Jesús Ángel García
Final – 3:49:31 (→ 12th place)
Mikel Odriozola
Final – 3:59:50 (→ 24th place)
Men's marathon
Martín Fiz
Final – 2:13:06 (→ 6th place)
Alberto Juzdado
Final – 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place)
Abel Antón
Final – 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place)
Men's decathlon
Francisco Javier Benet
100 m – 11.42
Long jump – 6.32
Shot put – DNS
Women's competition
Women's 400 m
Norfalia Carabalí
Round 1 – 52.36
Round 2 – 52.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m
Mayte Martínez
Round 1 – 01:59.60
Semifinal – 02:03.27 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1.500 m
Nuria Fernández
Round 1 – 04:11.46
Semifinal – 04:10.92 (→ did not advance)
Natalia Rodríguez
Round 1 – 04:22.82 (→ did not advance)
Women's 5.000 m
Marta Domínguez
Round 1 – 15:45.07 (→ did not advance)
Beatriz Santiago
Round 1 – 15:31.94 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 m
Maria Teresa Recio
Round 1 – 33:36.44 (→ did not advance)
Maria Abel
Round 1 – 34:05.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m
Julia Alba, Miriam Bravo, Norfalia Carabalí and Mayte Martínez
Round 1 – 03:32.45 (→ did not advance)
Women's shot put
Martina de la Puente
Qualifying – 16.30 (→ did not advance)
Women's discus
Alice Matějková
Qualifying – 54.19 (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw
Marta Míguez
Qualifying – 55.52 (→ did not advance)
Women's long jump
Concepción Montaner
Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Women's triple jump
Carlota Castrejana
Qualifying – 13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's high jump
Marta Mendía
Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)
Women's pole vault
Mari Mar Sanchez
Qualifying – 4.25 (did not advance)
Women's 20 km walk
María Vasco
Final – 1:30:23 (→ Bronze medal)
Encarnacion Granados
Final – 1:35:06 (→ 20th place)
Eva Perez
Final – 1:36:35 (→ 27th place)
Women's marathon
Ana Isabel Alonso
Final – 2:36:45 (→ 30th place)
Griselda González
Final – 2:38:28 (→ 33rd place)
Maria Luisa Munoz
Final – 2:45:40 (→ 39th place)
Women's heptathlon
Inma Clopés
100 m hurdles – 14.20
High jump – 1.66
Shot put – 12.70
200 m – 26.25
Long jump – NM
Javelin throw – DNS
Basketball
Men's team competition
Preliminaries (1-4)
Defeated Angola (64-45)
Lost to Russia (63-71)
Lost to Canada (77-91)
Lost to Yugoslavia (65-78)
Lost to Australia (80-91)
Classification matches
9th-10th place: defeated China (84-64) → 9th place
Team roster
Alberto Herreros
Alfonso Reyes
Carlos Jiménez
Francisco Alberto Angulo
Ignacio de Miguel
Ignacio Rodríguez
John Bernard Rogers
Jorge Garbajosa
Juan Carlos Navarro
Raúl López
Roberto Dueñas
Rodrigo De la Fuente
Beach volleyball
Javier Bosma and Fabio Diez — 5th place (tied)
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Rafael Lozano
Round 1 – bye
Round 2 – defeated Danilo Lerio of Philippines
Quarterfinal – defeated Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya
Semifinal – defeated Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea
Final – lost to Brahim Asloum of France → Silver medal
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's kayak singles 500 m
Jovino Gonzalez
Qualifying heat – 01:40.761
Semifinal – 01:41.168
Final – 02:03.889 (→ 6th place)
Men's kayak singles 1.000 m
Emilio Merchán
Qualifying heat – 03:36.591
Semifinal – 03:40.263
Final – 03:39.965 (→ 9th place)
Men's canoe singles 500 m
Jose Manuel Crespo
Qualifying heat – 01:53.862
Semifinal – 01:54.765 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe singles 1.000 m
Jose Manuel Crespo
Qualifying heat – 04:04.528
Semifinal – 04:04.042 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe doubles 500 m
José Alfredo Bea, David Mascató
Qualifying heat – 01:44.973
Semifinal – 01:45.677
Final – 01:56.600 (→ 4th place)
Men's canoe doubles 1.000 m
José Alfredo Bea, David Mascató
Qualifying heat – 03:37.697
Semifinal – bye
Final – 03:54.053 (→ 9th place)
Women's competition
Women's kayak singles 500 m
Teresa Portela
Qualifying heat – 01:59.153
Semifinal – 01:58.932 (→ did not advance)
Women's kayak doubles 500 m
Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez, Belen Sanchez
Qualifying heat – 01:45.527
Semifinal – 01:45.144
Final – 02:04.208 (→ 7th place)
Women's kayak fours 500 m
Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchon, Ana María Penas, Belen Sanchez
Qualifying heat – 01:35.298
Semifinal – bye
Final – 01:38.654 (→ 8th place)
Slalom
Men's competition
Men's kayak singles
Esteban Arakama
Qualifying – 267.75 (→ did not advance)
Carles Juanmartí
Qualifying – 275.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe singles
Jon Erguin
Qualifying – 362.62 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe doubles
Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente
Qualifying – 344.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's competition
Women's kayak singles
María Eizmendi
Qualifying – 311.17
Final – 276.55 (→ 14th place)
Cycling
Cross-country mountain bike
Men's competition
José Antonio Hermida
Final – 2:11:42.91 (→ 4th place)
Roberto Lezaun
Final – 2:15:56.99 (→ 15th place)
Women's competition
Margarita Fullana
Final – 1:49:57.39 (→ Bronze medal)
Silvia Rovira
Final – 1:58:59.37 (→ 14th place)
Road cycling
Men's individual time trial
Abraham Olano
Final – 0:58:31 (→ 4th place)
Santos González Capilla
Final – 0:59:03 (→ 8th place)
Men's road race
Óscar Freire
Final – 5:30:46 (→ 17th place)
Abraham Olano
Final – 5:30:46 (→ 60th place)
Juan Carlos Domínguez
Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
Santos González Capilla
Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's individual time trial
Joane Somarriba Arrola
Final – 0:43:06 (→ 5th place)
Teodora Ruano
Final – 0:44:37.36 (→ 18th place)
Women's road race
Joane Somarriba Arrola
Final – 3:06:31 (→ 14th place)
Fatima Blazquez Lozano
Final – 3:10:33 (→ 33rd place)
Mercedes Cagigas Amed
Final – 3:28:29 (→ 48th place)
Track cycling
Men's sprint
José Antonio Villanueva
Qualifying – 10.556
First round – defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
1/8 finals – defeated Pavel Buráň of Czech Republic
Quarterfinal – lost to Florian Rousseau of France
Final 5-8 – 6th place
Men's individual pursuit
Antonio Tauler
Qualifying – 04:34.415 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1 km time trial
David Cabrero
Final – 01:07.710 (→ 15th place)
Men's point race
Juan Llaneras
Points – 14
Laps down – 0 (→ Gold medal)Men's keirinDavid Cabrero
First round – heat – 3; place – 3
Repechage – heat – 3; place – 1
Second round – heat – 2; place – 4 (→ did not advance)Men's Olympic sprintJosé Antonio Escuredo, José Antonio Villanueva and Salvador Meliá
Qualifying – 45.799 (→ did not advance)Men's team pursuitMiguel Alzamora, Isaac Gálvez, Antonio Tauler and José Francisco Jarque
Qualifying – 04:15.547 (did not advance)Men's MadisonJuan Llaneras and Isaac Gálvez
Final – 3 (→ 13th place)Women's point paceTeodora Ruano
Points – 10 (→ 7th place)
DivingMen's 3 metre springboardRafael Álvarez
Preliminary – 377.55
Semifinal – 201.06 – 578.61 (17th place, did not advance)Men's 3 metre springboardJose-Miguel Gil
Preliminary – 318.72 (33rd place, did not advance)Men's 10 metre platformRuben Santos
Preliminary – 300.9 (36th place, did not advance)Women's 10 metre platformSantos Leire
Preliminary – 271.41 (27th place, did not advance)Women's 10 Metre PlatformDolores Sáez de Ibarra
Preliminary – 283.41
Semifinal – 163.11 – 446.52 (14th place, did not advance)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Four male fencers represented Spain in 2000.
Men's sabre
Fernando Medina
Jorge Pina
Alberto Falcón
Men's team sabre
Jorge Pina, Antonio García, Fernando Medina
Football
Men's tournament
Group play
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Gymnastics
Men
Artistic
Women
Artistic
Team
Individual events
Handball
Field hockey
Men's team competitionPreliminary round (Group B): Spain — South Korea 1-1
Spain — Poland 1-4
Spain — Australia 2-2
Spain — India 2-3
Spain — Argentina 1-5Classification matches: 9th-12th place: Spain — Malaysia 1-0
9th-10th place: Spain — Canada 3-0 → Ninth placeTeam roster Jaime Amat
Pablo Amat
Javier Arnau
Jordi Casas
Juan Dinarés
Juan Escarré
Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas
Rodrigo Garza
Bernardino Herrera
Ramón Jufresa
Joaquín Malgosa
Xavier Ribas
Josep Sánchez
Ramón Sala
Eduardo Tubau
Pablo UsozHead coach: Antonio Forrellat
Women's team competitionPreliminary round (Group A): Spain — South Korea 0-0
Spain — Australia 1-1
Spain — Argentina 1-1
Spain — Great Britain 0-2Medal round: Spain — China 0-0
Spain — New Zealand 2-2
Spain — Netherlands 1-2Bronze medal game: Spain — Netherlands 0-2 → Fourth placeTeam roster Amanda González
Begoña Larzabal
Cibeles Romero
Elena Carrión
Elena Urkizu
Erdoitza Goikoetxea
Lucía López
María Carmen Barea
Maider Tellería
María del Carmen Martín
María del Mar Feito
Núria Camón
Nuria Moreno
Silvia Muñoz
Sonia Barrio
Sonia de IgnacioHead coach: Marc Lammers
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
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
Spain competed in nine events in the Sailing competition at the Sydney Olympics. In seven of the events, they finished in the top 10 but were unable to win a medal. This was the first time since 1972 that Spain failed to win an Olympic medal in sailing.
Men
Women
Open
Fleet racing
Match racing
Shooting
Four Spanish shooters (two men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men
Women
SwimmingMen's 50m freestyleEduardo Lorente
Preliminary heat – 22.96 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m freestyleJavier Botello
Preliminary heat – 50.87 (→ did not advance)Men's 1500m freestyleFrederik Hviid
Preliminary heat – 15:14.37 (→ did not advance)
Teo Edo
Preliminary heat – 15:32.01 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m butterflyJorge Pérez
Preliminary heat – 02:00.15 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m backstrokeDavid Ortega
Preliminary heat – 55.8
Semifinal – 56.33 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m backstrokeGuillermo Mediano
Preliminary heat – 02:03.45 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m individual medleyJordi Carrasco
Preliminary heat – 02:02.89 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m individual medleyFrederik Hviid
Preliminary heat – 04:21.63 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m freestyleJorge Luis Ulibarri, Eduardo Lorente, Juan Benavides and Javier Botello
Preliminary heat – 03:22.76 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m medley relayDavid Ortega, Santiago Castellanos, Daniel Morales and Javier Botello
Preliminary heat – 03:42.76 (→ did not advance)Women's 50m freestyleAna Belén Palomo
Preliminary heat – 25.96 (→ did not advance)Women's 200m freestyleLaura Roca
Preliminary heat – 02:03.37 (→ did not advance)Women's 400m freestyleAngels Bardina
Preliminary heat – 04:17.55 (→ did not advance)Women's 100m butterflyMaría Peláez
Preliminary heat – 01:01.47 (→ did not advance)Women's 200m butterflyMireia García
Preliminary heat – 02:10.96
Semifinal – 02:10.24 (→ did not advance)
María Peláez
Preliminary heat – 02:14.66 (→ did not advance)Women's 200m breaststrokeLourdes Becerra
Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance)Women's 100m backstrokeNina Zhivanevskaya
Preliminary heat – 01:01.97
Semifinal – 01:01.41
Final – 01:00.89 (→ Bronze medal)Women's 200m backstrokeNina Zhivanevskaya
Preliminary heat – 02:11.60
Semifinal – 02:11.93
Final – 02:12.75 (→ 6th place)
Ivette María
Preliminary heat – 02:14.78
Semifinal – 02:15.11 (→ did not advance)Women's 400m individual medleyLourdes Becerra
Preliminary heat – 04:47.50 (→ did not advance)Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relayAngels Bardina, Natalia Cabrerizo, Paula Carballido and Laura Roca
Preliminary heat – 08:13.62 (→ did not advance)Women's 4 × 100 m medley relayMaría Carmen Collado, Mireia García, Ivette María and Laura Roca
Preliminary heat – 04:15.54 (→ did not advance)
Synchronized swimmingDuetGemma Mengual, Paola Tirados
Technical routine – 32.9
Free routine – 61.62
Final – 94.52 (8th place)
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Three of Spain's four triathletes finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon. Ivan Rana was the only one to place in the top eight, with a fifth-place finish in the men's event.Women's competition:
Maribel Blanco — 2:06:37.84 (24th place)Men's competition:
Iván Raña — 1:49:10.88 (5th place)
Eneko Llanos — 1:50:48.35 (23rd place)
Jose Maria Merchan — did not finish
Volleyball
Men's team competitionPreliminary round (Group A) Defeated Egypt (3-0)
Lost to Cuba (1-3)
Lost to Australia (1-3)
Lost to Brazil (1-3)
Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overallTeam rosterCarlos Carreño
José Antonio Casilla
Enrique de la Fuente
Miguel Angel Falasca
José Luis Moltó
Rafael Pascual
Cosme Prenafeta
Juan Carlos Robles
Ernesto Rodríguez
Juan José Salvador
Luis Pedro Suela
Alexis ValidoHead coach: Raúl Lozano
Water polo
Men's tournament
Preliminary round: 2-2-1
Quarterfinal: defeated Croatia, 9-8
Semifinal: lost to Russia, 8-7
Bronze medal game: Lost to Yugoslavia, 8-3 → 4th placeTeam roster Ángel Andreo
Daniel Ballart
Daniel Moro
Gabriel Hernández Paz
Gustavo Marcos
Iván Moro
Javier Sánchez-Toril
Jesús Rollán
Jordi Sans
Manuel Estiarte
Pedro Francisco García
Salvador Gómez
Sergi Pedrerol
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Notes
Spanish Olympic Committee
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee website
References
Bibliography
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