page_title: Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
section_title: Slalom
hierarchical_section_title: Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Canoeing / Slalom
caption_attribution_description: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1 Maialen Chourraut (ESP)
context_page_description: Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed in all but two Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. In 2012, the Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 278 athletes, 166 men and 112 women, competed in 23 sports.
  Spain left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals, failing short of the total achieved in Beijing by a single medal. Three of the medals were awarded in taekwondo and canoeing, and two each in sailing, swimming, and synchronized swimming. Three Spanish athletes won more than a single medal in London, while all of their competitors in synchronized swimming and taekwondo won at least one medal. Spain's competitors in team sports also proved successful in London, as the women's handball and water polo teams won silver and bronze medals respectively. The men's basketball team managed to repeat its silver medal from Beijing.
context_section_description: Spain qualified boats for the following events.
caption: Maialen Chourraut in K-1 semifinal
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