List of the best positions of Spain in the Olympic Summer events
This list contains the best positions reached so far by the Spanish athletes in the different events at the Summer Olympic Games.
Archery
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Individual | 9 (Round of 16) | Antonio Fernández Juan Ignacio Rodríguez |
2016 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Men's Team | 1 | Juan Holgado Alfonso Menéndez Antonio Vázquez |
1992 Barcelona |
Women's Individual | 13 13 (Round of 16) |
María Teresa Romero Almudena Gallardo |
1972 Munich 2004 Athens |
Women's Team | - | - | - |
Athletics
Men
Women
Badminton
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | 17 (Round of 32) 17(2nd Group Round) 17(2nd Group Round) |
Sergio Llopis Pablo Abián Pablo Abián |
2004 Athens 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Men's doubles | 17 (Round of 32) | José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis |
2004 Athens |
Women's singles | 1 | Carolina Marín | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's doubles | - | - | - |
Mixed doubles | - | - | - |
Basketball
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 2 | Men's team | 1984 Los Angeles 2008 Beijing 2012 London |
Women's tournament | 2 | Women's team | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Beach volleyball
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 2 | Javier Bosma, Pablo Herrera | 2004 Athens |
Women's tournament | 9 (Round of 16) | Liliana Fernández, Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández, Elsa Baquerizo |
2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Boxing
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Light-Flyweight | 2 | Rafael Lozano | 2000 Sidney |
Men's Flyweight | 5 (QF) | Ruperto Biete Luis Martínez |
1924 Paris 1948 London |
Men's Bantamweight | 4 | Álvaro Vicente | 1948 London |
Men's Featherweight | 2 | Faustino Reyes | 1992 Barcelona |
Men's Lightweight | 5 (QF) | Domingo Barrera José Antonio Hernando |
1964 Tokyo 1984 Los Angeles |
Men's Light welterweight | 17 (Rounf of 32) | Carmelo García Miguel Velásquez Mariano Pérez Sergio Rey Jonathan Alonso |
1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1992 Barcelona 2012 London |
Men's Welterweight | 5 (QF) | Aurelio Díaz Andrés Navarro |
1948 London 1960 Rome |
Men's Middleweight | 9 (Rounf of 16) | César Campuzano | 1928 Amsterdam |
Men's Light heavyweight | 9 (Rounf of 16) | José Montllor | 1928 Amsterdam |
Men's Heavyweight | 9 (Rounf of 16) | José Arturo Rubio Manuel García José Ortega |
1948 London 1960 Rome 1992 Barcelona |
Men's Super heavyweight | - | - | - |
Women's Flyweight | - | - | - |
Women's Lightweight | - | - | - |
Women's Middleweight | - | - | - |
Canoeing
Slalom
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's C-1 | 4 | Ander Elosegi | 2008 Beijing 2012 London |
Men's C-2 | 10 | Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente | 2000 Sidney |
Men's K-1 | 5 | Samuel Hernanz | 2012 London |
Women's K-1 | 1 | Maialen Chourraut | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Sprint
Cycling
Road cycling
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's road race | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | 2008 Beijing |
Men's Individual Time Trial | 1 | Miguel Indurain | 1996 Atlanta |
Women's road race | 7 | Joane Somarriba | 2004 Athens |
Women's Individual Time Trial | 5 | Joane Somarriba | 2000 Sidney |
Track cycling
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's sprint | 6 | José Antonio Villanueva | 2000 Sidney |
Men's team sprint | 7 | José Antonio Villanueva, José Antonio Escuredo, Salvador Meliá | 2004 Athens |
Men's keirin | 2 | José Antonio Escuredo | 2004 Athens |
Men's team pursuit | 3 | Carlos Castaño, Sergi Escobar, Asier Maeztu, Carlos Torrent | 2004 Athens |
Men's Omnium | 9 | Eloy Teruel | 2012 London |
Women's sprint | 19 | Tania Calvo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's team sprint | 7 | Tania Calvo, Helena Casas | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's keirin | 3 in Repechage | Helena Casas | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's team pursuit | - | - | - |
Women's Omnium | 13 | Leire Olaberria | 2012 London |
Mountain Bike
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's cross-country | 2 | José Antonio Hermida | 2004 Athens |
Women's cross-country | 3 | Margarita Fullana | 2000 Sidney |
BMX
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's bmx | - | - | - |
Women's bmx | - | - | - |
Diving
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 3 m springboard | 8 | Ricardo Camacho | 1980 Moscow |
Men's 10 m platform | 9 | Rafael Álvarez | 1992 Barcelona |
Men's Synchronized 3 m springboard | - | - | - |
Men's Synchronized 10 m platform | - | - | - |
Women's 3 m springboard | 12 | Julia Cruz | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's 10 m platform | 14 | María Dolores Sáez de Ibarra | 2000 Sidney |
Women's Synchronized 3 m springboard | - | - | - |
Women's Synchronized 10 m platform | - | - | - |
Equestrian
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Individual dressage | 3 | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | 2004 Athens |
Team dressage | 2 | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Juan Antonio Jimenez Ignacio Rambla, Rafael Soto |
2004 Athens |
Individual eventing | 5 | Joaquín Nogueras | 1948 London |
Team eventing | 5 | Joaquín Nogueras, Fernando Gazapo de Sagarra Santiago Martínez Larraz Luis Álvarez de Cervera, Santiago de la Rocha Fernando Villalón Gómez, Santiago Centenera |
1948 London 1992 Barcelona |
Individual jumping | 5 | José Navarro Morenés Jaime García |
1928 Amsterdam 1948 London |
Team jumping | 1 | José Navarro Morenés, José Álvarez de Bohórquez Julio García Fernández de los Ríos |
1928 Amsterdam |
Fencing
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Individual épée | 3 | José Luis Abajo | 2008 Beijing |
Men's Team épée | 5 | Spain | 1928 Amsterdam |
Men's Individual foil | 13 (Round of 16) | Javier García | 1996 Atlanta |
Men's Team foil | 12 | Andrés García, Ramiro Bravo José Francisco Guerra, Andrés Crespo, Jesús Esperanza |
1992 Barcelona |
Men's Individual sabre | 5 (QF) | Antonio García | 1992 Barcelona |
Men's Team sabre | 6 (QF) | Antonio García, Fernando Medina, Raúl Peinador | 1996 Atlanta |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Women's Individual épée | 17 (Round of 32) | Taymi Chappe | 1996 Atlanta |
Women's Team épée | - | - | - |
Women's Individual foil | 30 | Rosa María Castillejo | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's Team foil | - | - | - |
Women's Individual sabre | 32 (Round of 32) | Araceli Navarro | 2008 Beijing |
Women's Team sabre | - | - | - |
Field Hockey
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 2 | Men's team | 1980 Moscow 1996 Atlanta 2008 Beijing |
Women's tournament | 1 | Women's team | 1992 Barcelona |
Football
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 1 | Men's team | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's tournament | - | - | - |
Golf
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual | 5 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's individual | 21 | Azahara Muñoz | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics Men
Artistic gymnastics Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Women's Individual All-Around | 8 | Elena Gómez | 2004 Athens |
Women's Team All-Around | 4 | Esther Moya, Sara Moro, Laura Martínez Susana García, Marta Cusido, Paloma Moro |
2000 Sidney |
Women's Balance beam | 15 | Sonia Fraguas | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's Floor exercise | 3 | Patricia Moreno | 2004 Athens |
Women's Uneven bars | 7 | Cristina Fraguas | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's Vault | 4 | Esther Moya | 2000 Sidney |
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Women's Individual All-Around | 2 | Carolina Pascual | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's Group | 1 | Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Estela Giménez Lorena Guréndez, Tania Lamarca, Estíbaliz Martínez |
1996 Atlanta |
Trampoline
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Individual | - | - | - |
Women's Individual | - | - | - |
Handball
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 3 | Men's team | 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sidney 2008 Beijing |
Women's tournament | 3 | Women's team | 2012 London |
Judo
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Extra-Lightweight (-60kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | Kenji Uematsu | 2004 Athens |
Half-Lightweight (-66kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | Francisco Lorenzo (-65 kg) Óscar Peñas Sugoi Uriarte |
1992 Barcelona 2004 Athens 2012 London |
Lightweight (-73kg) | 7 (QF) | Joaquín Ruiz (-71 kg) | 1988 Seoul |
Half-middleweight (-81kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | Ignacio Sanz (-78 kg) | 1980 Moscow |
Middleweight (-90kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | José Luis de Frutos (-80 kg) | 1976 Montreal |
Half-heavyweight (-100kg) | 9 | Alberto Rubio | 1984 Los Angeles |
Heavyweight (+100kg) | 2 | Ernesto Pérez (+95 kg) | 1996 Atlanta |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Extra-Lightweight (-48kg) | 3 | Yolanda Soler | 1996 Atlanta |
Half-Lightweight (-52kg) | 1 | Almudena Muñoz | 1992 Barcelona |
Lightweight (-57kg) | 1 | Miriam Blasco (-56 kg) Isabel Fernández |
1992 Barcelona 2000 Sidney |
Half-middleweight (-63kg) | 7 | Begoña Gómez (-61 kg) Sara Álvarez (-61 kg) |
1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta |
Middleweight (-70kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | Úrsula Martín Leire Iglesias María Bernabéu |
2000 Sidney 2008 Beijing 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Half-heavyweight (-78kg) | 5 (Lost in Bronze medal match) | Esther San Miguel | 2008 Beijing |
Heavyweight (+78kg) | 13 | Inmaculada Vicent (+72 kg) | 1992 Barcelona |
Modern Pentathlon
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual | 8 | Jorge Quesada | 1984 Los Angeles |
Women's individual | - | - | - |
Rowing
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Single sculls | 11 | José Ramón Oyarzábal | 1984 Los Angeles |
Double sculls | 6 | Miguel Ángel Álvarez, José Antonio Merín | 1992 Barcelona |
Quadruple sculls | 5 | Juan Solano, Jesús González, Manuel Vera, Julio Oliver | 1980 Moscow |
Coxless pair | 2 | Fernando Climent, Luis María Lasúrtegui | 1984 Los Angeles |
Coxless four | 9 | Fernando Climent, José María de Marco Juan Luis Aguirre, Fernando Molina |
1992 Barcelona |
Coxed eight | 9 | Leandro Coll, Jaime Giralt, José Lasplazas, José Martínez Ricardo Massana, Eliseo Morales, Enrique Perez Juan Riba, Luis Omedes |
1924 Paris |
Lightweight Doble sculls | 4 | José María De Marco, Juan Saez Bernardos | 1996 Atlanta |
Lightweight coxless four | 12 | Mario Arranz Puente, Jesus Gonzalez Alvarez Carlos Loriente Perez, Alberto Domínguez Lorenzo |
2004 Athens |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Single sculls | 6 | Nuria Domínguez | 2004 Athens |
Doble sculls | - | - | - |
Quadruple sculls | - | - | - |
Coxless pair | 6 | Anna Boada, Aina Cid | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Coxed eight | - | - | - |
Lightweight Doble sculls | 11 | María Teresa Màs de Xaxars, Eva Mirones | 2004 Athens |
Rugby Sevens
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 10 | Men's team | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women's tournament | 7 | Women's team | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Sailing
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's RS:X | 9 | Iván Pastor Iván Pastor |
2008 Beijing 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Men's Finn | 1 | José van der Ploeg | 1992 Barcelona |
Men's Laser | 12 | Javier Hernández | 2012 London |
Men's 470 | 1 | Jordi Calafat, Franciasco Sanchez | 1992 Barcelona |
Men's 49er | 1 | Iker Martínez, Xabier Fernández | 2004 Athens |
Women's RS:X | 1 | Marina Alabau | 2012 London |
Women's Laser Radial | 11 | Alicia Cebrián | 2012 London |
Women's 470 | 1 | Theresa Zabell, Patricia Guerra Theresa Zabell, Begoña Via Dufresne |
1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta |
Women's 49erFX | 4 | Berta Betanzos, Támara Echegoyen | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Nacra 17 | 11 | Fernando Echavarri, Tara Pacheco | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Shooting
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
10m air pistol | 6 | Pablo Carrera | 2012 London |
10m air rifle | 13 | Enrique Claverol | 1992 Barcelona |
25m rapid fire pistol | 4 | José González | 1932 Los Angeles |
50m pistol | 2 | Ángel León | 1952 Helsinki |
50m rifle prone | 4 | Jorge González | 1996 Atlanta |
50m rifle three positions | 11 | Jorge González | 1984 Los Angeles |
Skeet | 3 | Jorge Guardiola | 1988 Seoul |
Trap | 5 | Jesús Serrano | 2012 London |
Doble Trap | 17 | Sergio Piñero | 2000 Sidney |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
10m air pistol | 6 | María Pilar Fernández Sonia Franquet |
1992 Barcelona 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
10m air rifle | 26 | Nieves Fernández | 1992 Barcelona |
25 metre pistol | 9 | María Pilar Fernández Sonia Franquet |
1996 Atlanta 2008 Beijing |
50 metre rifle three positions | 24 | Nieves Fernández | 1992 Barcelona |
Skeet | - | - | - |
Trap | 2 | María Quintanal | 2004 Athens |
Swimming
Men
Women
Synchronized swimming
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Women's duet | 2 | Andrea Fuentes, Gemma Mengual Andrea Fuentes, Ona Carbonell |
2008 Beijing 2012 London |
Women's team | 2 | Alba Cabello, Raquel Corral, Andrea Fuentes, Thaïs Henríquez Laura López, Gemma Mengual, Gisela Morón, Irina Rodríguez, Paola Tirados |
2008 Beijing |
Table Tenis
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | 17 (round of 32) | He Zhiwen | 2012 London |
Men's Team | - | - | - |
Women's singles | 9 (round of 16) | Shen Yanfei | 2012 London |
Women's team | 9 (round of 16) | Shen Yanfei, Zhu Fang, Galia Dvorak Shen Yanfei, Sara Ramírez, Galia Dvorak |
2008 Beijing 2012 London |
Taekwondo
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
-58Kg | 1 | Joel González | 2012 London |
-68Kg | 3 | Joel González | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
-80Kg | 2 | Nicolás García | 2012 London |
+80Kg | 7 | Jon García | 2004 Athens |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
-49Kg | 2 | Brigitte Yagüe | 2012 London |
-57Kg | 2 | Eva Calvo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
-67Kg | 9 | Elena Benítez | 2000 Sidney |
+67Kg | 8 | Irenae Ruiz | 2000 Sidney |
Tenis
Triathlon
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual | 2 | Javier Gómez Noya | 2012 London |
Women's individual | 7 | Ana Burgos Ainhoa Murúa |
2004 Athens 2012 London |
Volleyball
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 8 | Men's team | 1992 Barcelona |
Women's tournament | 8 | Women's team | 1992 Barcelona |
Water polo
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | 1 | Men's team | 1996 Atlanta |
Women's tournament | 2 | Women's team | 2012 London |
Weightlifting
Men
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (-56kg) | 6 | Dionisio Muñoz | 1984 Los Angeles |
Featherweight (-62kg) | 21 | José Luis Izquierdo (-60 kg) | 1960 Roma |
Lightweight (-69kg) | 10 | David Sánchez | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Middleweight (-77kg) | 6 | Andrés Mata | 2012 London |
Light-heavyweight(-85kg) | 21 | Jesús Rodríguez (-82.5 kg) | 1960 Roma |
Middle-heavyweight(-94kg) | 9 | Santiago Martínez | 2004 Athens |
Heavyweight(-105kg) | - | - | - |
Super heavyweight(+105kg) | 13 | Jon Tecedor | 2000 Sidney |
Women
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
-48kg | 12 | Gema Peris | 2004 Athens |
-53kg | - | - | - |
-58kg | - | - | - |
-63kg | 7 | Josefa Pérez | 2000 Sidney |
-69kg | - | - | - |
-75kg | 3 | Lidia Valentín | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
+75kg | - | - | - |
Wrestling
Greco-Roman
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (-59kg) | 27 | Santiago Cañete (-57 kg) | 1960 Rome |
Lightweight(-66kg) | 13 | Francisco Solé (-67 kg) | 1924 Paris |
Welterweight(-75kg) | 9 | José Alberto Recuero (-74 kg) | 2004 Athens |
Middleweight(-85kg) | - | - | - |
Heavyweight(-98kg) | - | - | - |
Heavyweight(-130kg) | - | - | - |
Men Freestyle
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (-57kg) | 14 | Miguel Ángel García | 1984 Los Angeles |
Lightweight(-65kg) | 13 | Francisco Barcia (-68 kg) | 1992 Barcelona |
Welterweight(-74kg) | 13 | Ignacio Ordóñez | 1984 Los Angeles |
Middleweight(-86kg) | 8 | Francisco Iglesias (-82 kg) | 1992 Barcelona |
Heavyweight(-97kg) | 11 | Santiago Morales | 1980 Moscow |
Heavyweight(-125kg) | 13 | Jesús Montesdeoca | 1984 Los Angeles |
Women Freestyle
Event | Best Place | Athlete | Olympic Games |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight (-48kg) | - | - | - |
Bantamweight (-53kg) | - | - | - |
Lightweight(-58kg) | - | - | - |
Welterweight(-63kg) | 13 | María Teresa Méndez | 2008 Beijing |
Middleweight(-69kg) | - | - | - |
Heavyweight(-75kg) | 3 | Maider Unda (-72 kg) | 2012 London |
See also
- Spain at the Olympics
- List of the best positions of Spain in the Olympic Winter events
- List of flag bearers for Spain at the Olympics
References
- ↑ "El Atletismo Español en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF). Spanish Athletics Federation. December 2012.
- ↑ "El Atletismo Español en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF). Spanish Athletics Federation. December 2012.
External links
- "Spain". International Olympic Committee.
- "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
- "Spain". Sports-Reference.com.
- "El Atletismo Español en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF). Spanish Athletics Federation.
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