Spain, the previous host of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 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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Medal Name Sport Event Date José Luis Ballester Fernando León Sailing Tornado Begoña Vía Dufresne Theresa Zabell Sailing Women's 470 Water polo Water polo Lorena Guréndez Tania Lamarca Estíbaliz Martínez Marta Baldó Nuria Cabanillas Estela Giménez Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team Miguel Induráin Cycling Men's road time trial Ernesto Pérez Judo Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis Women's singles Field hockey Men's tournament Abraham Olano Cycling Men's road time trial Sergi Bruguera Tennis Men's singles Fermín Cacho Athletics Men's 1500 m Isabel Fernández Judo Women's Lightweight (56 kg) Yolanda Soler Judo Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg) Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis Women's doubles Rafael Lozano Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) Valentí Massana Athletics Men's 50 km walk Handball Men's tournament
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Medals by sportSport TotalSailing 2 0 0 2Cycling 1 1 0 2Gymnastics 1 0 0 1Water polo 1 0 0 1Tennis 0 2 1 3Judo 0 1 2 3Athletics 0 1 1 2Field hockey 0 1 0 1Boxing 0 0 1 1Handball 0 0 1 1Total 5 6 6 17
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 Jaume 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 AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMelquiades VerdurasJosé Antonio MerínMen's double sculls7:13.99 5 R6:59.57 4 FDcolspan=2 6:55.00 18Jose Maria de MarcoJuan Carlos SáezMen's lightweight double sculls6:46.66 1 Qcolspan=2 6:29.37 3 FA 6:28.09 4Fernando ClimentDavid MoralesJuan Manuel FloridoAlfredo GirónMen's lightweight coxless four6:28.05 4 R6:03.33 4 FC colspan=2 6:25.81 14 Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnna AccensiEsperanza MárquezNuria DomínguezWomen's lightweight double sculls7:51.05 4 R7:12.96 4 FC colspan=2 7:55.84 16 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 AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Jorge MacielMistral One Design31 923 1473182214colspan=2 87.015 José van der PloegFinn18 15 DNS 17 8 15 6 11 569.07Jordi CalafatKiko Sánchez470117 14 20 2 19 5 PMS 313276.09
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Mireia CasasMistral One Design14 13 1111 23 11 15 712 colspan=2 79.0 13 Helen MontillaEurope6 18 1217 21 PMS 47 7 1921111.017 Theresa ZabellBegona Via Dufresne4704 2 11 8 213 10 3 1 125.0
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Antón GarroteLaser17 15 1836 263118181712DSQ 172.0 22 Fernando León BoissierJosé Luis BallesterTornado22 4 5 5 2 43 PMS 3 DNC 30.0José DoresteJavier HermidaStar5 5 11 13 9 11PMS 115 257.07
Match racing AthleteEventQualification racesTotalRankQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank12345678910Luis DoresteDomingo ManriqueDavid VeraSoling4 8 12 13 PMS 5 8 10 104 61.0 8Did not advance8
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJorge González50 m rifle three positions115537Did not advance50 m rifle prone5976 Q701.7410 m air rifle57542Did not advanceJosé PérezTrap12013 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankCristina Antolin50 m rifle three positions55738Did not advance10 m air rifle38636 Did not advanceMaria Pilar Fernandez10 m air pistol37819Did not advance25 m pistol5789 Did not advanceMaría QuintanalDouble trap10011Did not advanceGemma Usieto9021 Did not advance
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