Spain at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 179 competitors, 163 men and 16 women, took part in 104 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

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! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

| || Luis Doreste Roberto Molina || Sailing || 470 ||

| || Luis María Lasúrtegui Fernando Climent || Rowing || Men's coxless pair ||

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|| Basketball || Men's tournament ||

| || Narcisco Suárez Enrique Miguez || Canoeing || Men's C-2 500 m ||

| || José Manuel Abascal || Athletics || Men's 1500 m ||

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!colspan=7|Medals by sport

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|Sport

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|Total

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|Sailing || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1

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|Basketball || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1

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|Rowing || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1

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|Athletics || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 1

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|Canoeing || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 1

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!Total || style="background:gold;"| 1 || style="background:silver;"| 2 || style="background:#c96;"| 2 || 5

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Spain was represented by two men and two women.

Women's Individual Competition:

Montserrat Martin – 2418 points (→ 28th place)
Ascension Guerra – 2304 points (→ 38th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Manuel Rubio – 2390 points (→ 37th place)
José Prieto – 2341 points (→ 47th place)

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

Angel Heras

:* Heat — 46.06

:* Quarterfinals — 45.88 (→ did not advance)

Antonio Sánchez

:* Heat — 46.04

:* Quarterfinals — 45.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

José Manuel Abascal

:* Qualifying Heat — 3:37.68

:* Semi-Finals — 3:35.70

:* Final — 3:34.30 (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Andrés Vera

:* Qualifying Heat — 3:45.44

:* Semi-Finals — 3:36.55

:* Final — 3:37.02 (→ 7th place)

José Luis González

:* Qualifying Heat — 3:47.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

Jorge García

:* Heat — 14:12.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Antonio Prieto

:* Qualifying Heat — 28:57.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Juan Carlos Traspaderne

:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Santiago de la Parte

:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

Antonio Corgos

:* Qualification — 8.02m

:* Final — 7.69m (→ 10th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Josep Marín

:* Final — 1:25:32 (→ 6th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Jordi Llopart

:* Final — 4:03:09 (→ 7th place)

Manuel Alcalde

:* Final — 4:05:47 (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Raul Jimeno

:* Qualification — 66.38m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Alberto Ruiz

:* Qualifying Round — 5.45m

:* Final — 5.20m (→ 9th place)

Alfonso Cano

:* Qualifying Round — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

Teresa Rione

:* First Heat — 11.55s

:* Second Heat — 11.76s (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Isabel Mozún

:* Qualification — 1.75m (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group B)

:*Defeated Canada (83-82)

:*Defeated Uruguay (107-90)

:*Defeated France (97-82)

:*Defeated PR China (102-83)

:*Lost to United States (68-101)

Quarterfinals

:*Defeated Australia (101-93)

Semifinals

:*Defeated Yugoslavia (74-61)

Final

:*Lost to United States (65-96) → Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal

Team Roster

:* Fernando Romay

:* Juan San Epifanio

:* Ignacio Solozábal

:* José López

:* José Margall

:* Fernando Martín Espina

:* Juan de la Cruz

:* Andrés Jiménez

:* José Llorente

:* Fernando Arcega

:* José Beirán

:* Juan Corbalán

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Agapito Gómez
First Round — Defeated Mahjoub Mjirich (MAR), on points (3:2)
Second Round — Lost to Marcelino Bolivar (VEN), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Julio Gómez
First Round — Lost to Alvaro Mercado (COL), on points (1:4)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Raul Trapero
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Türgüt Aykaç (TUR) 0:5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

José Antonio Hernando
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Jean-Claude Labonte (SEY), 5:0
Third Round — Defeated Douglas Odane (GHA), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Lost to Luis Ortiz (PUR), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Spain in 1984.

;Individual road race

Francisco Antequera — 23rd place
Manuel Jorge Domínguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Miguel Induráin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
José Salvador Sanchis — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Ricardo Camacho

:* Preliminary round — 509.10 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Spain in 1984.

;Men's épée

Ángel Fernández

;Men's sabre

Antonio García

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group B)

:*Lost to West Germany (16:18)

:*Lost to Denmark (16:21)

:*Lost to Sweden (25:26)

:*Defeated United States (17:16)

:*Defeated South Korea (31:25)

Classification Match

:*7th/8th place: Lost to Switzerland (17:18) → 8th place

Team Roster

:*Cecilio Alonso

:*Juan Javier Cabanas

:*Juan de la Puente

:*Juan Pedro de Miguel

:*Pere García

:*Rafael López

:*Agustín Milián

:*Juan Francisco Muñoz

:*José Ignacio Novoa

:*Jaime Puig

:*Javier Reino

:*Lorenzo Rico

:*Julián Ruiz

:*Eugenio Serrano

:*Juan José Uría

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group A)

:* Spain – West Germany 1-3

:* Spain – Australia 1-3

:* Spain – India 3-4

:* Spain – United States 3-1

:* Spain – Malaysia 3-1

Classification Matches

:* 5th/8th place: Spain – Netherlands 0-0 (Netherlands win after penalty strokes, 10-4)

:* 7th/8th place: Spain – New Zealand 0-1 (→ 8th place)

Team Roster

:* José Agut

:* Javier Cabot

:* Juan Arbós

:* Andrés Gómez

:* Juan Carlos Peón

:* Jaime Arbós

:* Ricardo Cabot

:* Juan Malgosa

:* Carlos Roca

:* Mariano Bordas

:* Ignacio Cobos

:* Jordi Oliva

:* Miguel de Paz

:* Ignacio Escudé

:* Santiago Malgosa

:* José Miguel García

Judo

;Extra Lightweight, Men

Carlos Sotillo (=7th)

;Half Lightweight, Men

Francisco Rodríguez (=20th)

;Lightweight, Men

Joaquín Ruiz (=13th)

;Half Middleweight, Men

Ignacio Sanz (=20th)

;Middleweight, Men

Alfonso García (=12th)

;Half Heavyweight, Men

Alberto Rubio (=9th)

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented Spain in 1984.

;Individual

Jorge Quesada
Eduardo Burguete
Federico Galera

;Team

Jorge Quesada
Eduardo Burguete
Federico Galera

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

There were eight competitions for men and Spain qualified four boats, but had no women competing in 1984. Although he had competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Manuel Vera Vázquez was still the youngest competitor of the Spanish rowing team.

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

| align=left|José Ramón Oyarzábal

| align=left|Single sculls

| 7:39.16

| 4 R

| 7:33.68

| 3 SA/B

| 7:32.72

| 4 FB

| 7:36.78

| 11

|-align=center

| align=left|Fernando Climent Luis María Lasúrtegui

| align=left|Coxless pair

| 6:54.34

| 2 SA/B

| colspan=2

| 6:53.58

| 2 FA

| 6:48.87

|-align=center

| align=left|Isidro Martín José Manuel Bermúdez Joaquín Sabriá (cox)

| align=left|Coxed pair

| 7:29.30

| 5 R

| 7:42.23

| 4 FB

| colspan=2

| 7:34.38

| 10

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| align=left|Luis Miguel Oliver Jesús González Manuel Vera Vázquez Julio Oliver

| align=left|Quadruple sculls

| 6:01.80

| 2 R

| 6:08.65

| 2 FA

| colspan=2

| 6:04.99

| 6

Sailing

;Men

{|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|Eduardo Bellini

|align=left|Windglider

| 3

| 15

|<s>YMP</s>

| 24

| 13

| 11

| 8

| 92.0

| 12

;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|Joaquín Blanco

|align=left|Finn

|<s>DSQ</s>

| 8

| 18

| 4

| 6

| 2

| 1

| 60.7

| 4

|- align=center

|align=left|Luis Doreste Roberto Molina

|align=left|470

| 3

| 1

| 5

| 2

| 1

| 9

| <s>DNS</s>

| 33.7

|- align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer

|align=left|Flying Dutchman

| 6

| 9

| 14

| 11

| <s>16</s>

| 9

| 7

| 91.7

| 11

|- align=center

|align=left|Antonio Gorostegui José Luis Doreste

|align=left|Star

| 8

| <s>14</s>

| 10

| 5

| 4

| 7

| 74.0

| 7

Shooting

;Men

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Final

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!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Luis del Cerro

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|588

|30

|-align=center

|align=left|Ángel Corsino Fernández

|align=left|50 m free pistol

|543

|27

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Jorge González

|align=left|50 m rifle three positions

|1146

|11

|-align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|588

|30

|-align=center

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|572

|30

|-align=center

|align=left|Eduardo Jiménez

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|579

|29

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|José María Pigrau

|align=left|50 m rifle three positions

|1128

|30

|-align=center

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|574

|26

|-align=center

|align=left|Juan Segui

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|589

|10

;Women

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

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|align=left rowspan=2|Eva Suarez

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|379

|10

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|25 m pistol

|569

|32

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Open

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

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!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Rafael Axpe

|align=left rowspan=2|Trap

|145

|13 Q

|193

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Bladas

|144

|18 Q

|190

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left |Jorge Guardiola

|align=left |Skeet

|147

|8 Q

|196

|6 Q

|220

|-align=center

|align=left|Eladio Vallduvi

|align=left rowspan=2|Trap

|145

|11 Q

|192

|12

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Gemma Usieto

|140

|33

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Juan Carlos Vallejo

:* Heat — 1:51.97

:* B-Final — 1:51.77 (→ 10th place)

Javier Miralpeix

:* Heat — 1:55.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Juan Enrique Escalas

:* Heat — 3:55.93

:* B-Final — 3:55.25 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Rafael Escalas

:* Heat — 15:30.09 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Juan Enrique Escalas

:* Heat — 15:44.85 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Ricardo Aldabe

:* Heat — 57.90

:* B-Final — 58.31 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Ricardo Aldabe

:* Heat — 2:03.94

:* Final — 2:04.53 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Enrique Romero

:* Heat — 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Enrique Romero

:* Heat — 2:21.25

:* B-Final — 2:21.19 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

David López-Zubero

:* Heat — 55.66

:* B-Final — 55.61 (→ 12th place)

Harri Garmendia

:* Heat — 55.97 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Harri Garmendia

:* Heat — 2:02.37

:* B-Final — 2:01.82 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Harri Garmendia

:* Heat — 2:08.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Rafael Escalas

:* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Juan Enrique Escalas, Rafael Escalas, Juan Carlos Vallejo, and David López-Zubero

:* Heat — 7:32.21 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Synchronized swimming

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round (Group B)

:* Defeated Brazil (19-12)

:* Defeated Greece (12-9)

:* Lost to United States (8-10)

Final Round (Group D)

:* Drew with West Germany (8-8)

:* Defeated Netherlands (8-4)

:* Lost to Yugoslavia (8-14)

:* Drew with Australia (10-10) → 4th place

Team Roster

:* Leandro Ribera

:* José Morillo

:* Felix Férnandez

:* Alberto Canal

:* Manuel Estiarte

:* Pedro Robert

:* Rafael Aguilar

:* Jorge Signes

:* Antonio Aguilar

:* Jorge Carmona

:* Jorge Sans

:* Jorge Neira

:* Mariano Moya

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Spanish Olympic Committee