Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led Olympics boycott, Spain competed under its NOC flag instead of its national flag. 155 competitors, 146 men and 9 women, took part in 75 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

| || Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer|| Sailing || Flying Dutchman ||

| || Jordi Llopart || Athletics || Men's 50 kilometres walk ||

| ||

|| Field hockey || Men's tournament ||

| || Herminio Menéndez Guillermo del Riego || Canoeing || Men's K-2 500 metres ||

| || David López-Zubero || Swimming || Men's 100 metre butterfly ||

| || Herminio Menéndez Luis Gregorio Ramos || Canoeing || Men's K-2 1000 metres ||

Archery

After not competing in archery in 1976, Spain returned to the sport in 1980. Two Spanish men competed.

Men's Individual Competition:

Antonio Vazquez — 2240 points (→ 29th place)
Francisco Peralta — 2181 points (→ 33rd place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Colomán Trabado

:* Heat — 1:47.9

:* Semifinals — 1:48.1 (→ did not advance)

Antonio Páez

:* Heat — 1:49.5

:* Semifinals — 1:47.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

José Luis González

:* Heat — 3:40.9

:* Semifinals — 3:42.6 (→ did not advance)

José Manuel Abascal

:* Heat — 3:44.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Antonio Prieto

:* Heat — 29:12.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Isidoro Hornillos, Colomán Trabado, Benjamín González, and José Casabona

:* Heat — 3:06.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Javier Moracho

:* Heat — 13.72

:* Semifinals — 13.80

:* Final — 13.78 (→ 7th place)

Carlos Sala

:* Heat — 14.28

:* Semifinals — 14.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Juan Lloveras

:* Heat — 50.48

:* Semifinals — 51.86 (→ did not advance)

José Casabona

:* Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Domingo Ramón

:* Heat — 8:31.9

:* Semifinals — 8:22.0

:* Final — 8:15.8 (→ 4th place)

Francisco Sánchez

:* Heat — 8:27.5

:* Semifinals — 8:19.0

:* Final — 8:18.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

Roberto Cabrejas

:* Qualification — 2.21 m

:* Final — 2.10 m (→ 16th place)

Martí Perarnau

:* Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Antonio Corgos

:* Qualification — 7.96 m

:* Final — 8.09 m (→ 7th place)

Alberto Solanas

:* Qualification — 7.73 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Ramon Cid

:* Qualification — 16.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Eleuterio Anton

:* Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Josep Marín

:* Final — 1:26:45.6 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Jordi Llopart

:* Final — 3:51:25 (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

Josep Marín

:* Final — 4:03:08 (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Canoeing

Diving

Men's Springboard

Ricardo Camacho

:* Preliminary round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)

:* Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1980.

;Men's foil

Miguel Roca
Jesús Esperanza

;Men's épée

José Pérez

;Men's sabre

Valentín Paraíso

Football

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group C)

:* Spain – East Germany 1-1 (0-0)

:* Spain – Syria 0-0 (0-0)

:* Spain – Algeria 1-1 (1-0) → did not advance

Team roster

:* Joaquín Alonso

:* Marcos Alonso

:* Francisco Buyo

:* Miguel de Andrés

:* Juan Antonio Felipe

:* Agustín Gajate

:* Angel González

:* Francisco Guerri

:* Jorge David López

:* Víctor Muñoz

:* Urbano Ortega

:* Enrique Ramos

:* Hipólito Rincón

:* Agustín Rodríguez

:* Santiago Urquiaga

:* Manuel Zúñiga

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group A)

:* Lost to East Germany (17-21)

:* Defeated Denmark (20-19)

:* Lost to Hungary (17-20)

:* Drew with Cuba (24-24)

:* Defeated Poland (24-22)

Classification Match

:* 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (24-23) → 5th place

Team Roster

:* Agustín Milián

:* Eugenio Serrano

:* Francisco López

:* Gregorio López

:* Javier Cabanas

:* Jesús María Albisu

:* José Ignacio Novoa

:* José María Pagoaga

:* Juan Alfonso de la Puente

:* Juan Francisco Muñoz

:* Juan José Uría

:* Juan Pedro de Miguel

:* Rafael López

:* Vicente Calabuig

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

:* Spain – Soviet Union 2-1

:* Spain – Tanzania 12-0

:* Spain – India 2-2

:* Spain – Poland 6-0

:* Spain – Cuba 11-0

Final

:* Spain – India 3-4 → 16x16px Silver Medal

Team Roster:

:* Juan Amat

:* Juan Arbós

:* Jaime Arbós

:* Javier Cabot

:* Ricardo Cabot

:* Miguel Chaves

:* Juan Coghen

:* Miguel de Paz

:* Francisco Fábregas

:* José Garcia

:* Rafael Garralda

:* Santiago Malgosa

:* Paulino Monsalve

:* Juan Pellón

:* Carlos Roca

:* Jaime Zumalacárregui

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

Federico Galera — 5.001 pts, 25th place
José Serrano — 4.887 pts, 29th place
Manuel Montesinos — 4.811 pts, 32nd place

Men's Team Competition:

Galera, Serrano, and Montesinos — 14.699pts, 9th place

Rowing

Sailing

;Open

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|- align=center

|align=left|José Luis Doreste

|align=left|Finn

|<s>DSQ</s>

|DSQ

|13

|DNF

|122.7

|17

|- align=center

|align=left|Gustavo Doreste Alfredo Rigau

|align=left|470

|<s>9</s>

|54.1

|- align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer

|align=left|Flying Dutchman

|<s>DNS</s>

|19.0

|- align=center

|align=left|Antonio Gorostegui José Benavides

|align=left|Star

|<s>12</s>

|72.7

Shooting

;Open

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|José Luis Calvo

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|591

|32

|-align=center

|align=left |Enrique Camarena

|align=left |Skeet

|189

|26

|-align=center

|align=left|Juan Casamajo

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|592

|25

|-align=center

|align=left|Jaime González

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|586

|22

|-align=center

|align=left |Francisco Pérez

|align=left |Skeet

|195

|-align=center

|align=left|Ricardo Sancho

|align=left|Trap

|190

|10

|-align=center

|align=left|Juan Segui

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|583

|26

|-align=center

|align=left|Eladio Vallduvi

|align=left|Trap

|195

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

David López-Zubero

:* Heats — 52,43

:* Semi-Finals — 52,81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Ramón Lavín

:* Heats — 1.56,99 (→ did not advance)

David López-Zubero

:* Heats — 1.53,22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Rafael Escalas

:* Final — 15.21,88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

David López-Zubero

:* Final — 55,16 (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

Natalia Más, Margarita Armengol, Laura Flaque, and Gloria Casado

:* Final — 3.58,73 (→ 8th place)

Water polo

Wrestling

Notes

Flags indicate the autonomous community (or country) of birth of each athlete.

References

External links

Spanish Olympic Committee