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.
Sydney 2000 marked the first time the Spanish Olympic team competed in Australia as Spain and other European nations boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary but Spain did take part in the Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm five months earlier due to Australian quarantine laws.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Isabel Fernández Judo Women's Lightweight (57 kg) Joan Llaneras Cycling Men's points race Gervasio Deferr Gymnastics Men's vault Gabriel Esparza Taekwondo Men's Flyweight (58 kg) Rafael Lozano Boxing Light Flyweight (48 kg) Football Men's tournament Nina Zhivanevskaya Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Margarita Fullana Cycling Women's cross-country Àlex Corretja Albert Costa Tennis Men's doubles María Vasco Athletics Women's 20 km walk Handball Men's tournament
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Medals by sportSport TotalCycling 1 0 1 2Gymnastics 1 0 0 1Judo 1 0 0 1Boxing 0 1 0 1Football 0 1 0 1Taekwondo 0 1 0 1Athletics 0 0 1 1Handball 0 0 1 1Swimming 0 0 1 1Tennis 0 0 1 1Total 3 3 5 11
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAlmudena GallardoWomen's individual62536L 162-163Did not advance
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 AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankAlejandro BarrenecheaAll-around 8.1628.6129.5759.2379.5879.23754.41034Víctor Cano9.0879.6509.4628.8258.8759.66255.56131Omar Cortes8.1129.6759.5509.3259.5379.65055.84926Gervasio DeferrVaultalign=center colspan=3 9.712align=center colspan=2 9.712
Women Artistic Team
Individual events AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankLaura MartinezAll-around 9.5189.6129.0629.63737.82912Vault9.612align=center colspan=3 9.6125Sara MoroAll-around9.3189.6378.7259.65037.33021Esther MoyaAll-around9.6319.5509.1879.71238.0809Flooralign=center colspan=3 9.7009.7004Vault9.612align=center colspan=3 9.6124
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