Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 ||

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|| 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 ||

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|| 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 ||

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|| Handball || Men's tournament ||

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right;"

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

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|Sport

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|Total

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|Sailing || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 2

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|Cycling || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 2

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

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

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|Tennis || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 3

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|Judo || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 2 || 3

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|Athletics || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 2

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

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

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

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!Total || style="background:gold;"| 5 || style="background:silver;"| 6 || style="background:#c96;"| 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 (→ 16x16px 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 → 16x16px 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 (→ 16x16px Gold medal)

Abraham Olano

:* Final — 1:04:17 (→ 16x16px 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 → 16x16px 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

{| 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|Melquiades Verduras José Antonio Merín

|align=left|Men's double sculls

|7:13.99

|5 R

|6:59.57

|4 FD

|colspan=2

|6:55.00

|18

|-align=center

|align=left|Jose Maria de Marco Juan Carlos Sáez

|align=left|Men's lightweight double sculls

|6:46.66

|1 Q

|colspan=2

|6:29.37

|3 FA

|6:28.09

|-align=center

|align=left|Fernando Climent David Morales Juan Manuel Florido Alfredo Girón

|align=left|Men's lightweight coxless four

|6:28.05

|4 R

|6:03.33

|4 FC

|colspan=2

|6:25.81

|14

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

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

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Anna Accensi Esperanza Márquez Nuria Domínguez

|align=left|Women's lightweight double sculls

|7:51.05

|4 R

|7:12.96

|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

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

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

!10

!11

|- align=center

|align=left|Jorge Maciel

|align=left|Mistral One Design

|<s>31</s>

|<s>23</s>

|14

|18

|22

|14

|colspan=2

|87.0

|15

|- align=center

|align=left|José van der Ploeg

|align=left|Finn

|15

|<s>DNS</s>

|<s>17</s>

|15

|11

|69.0

|- align=center

|align=left|Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez

|align=left|470

|17

|14

|<s>20</s>

|19

|<s>PMS</s>

|13

|76.0

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

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

!10

!11

|- align=center

|align=left|Mireia Casas

|align=left|Mistral One Design

|14

|13

|11

|<s>23</s>

|11

|<s>15</s>

|12

|colspan=2

|79.0

|13

|- align=center

|align=left|Helen Montilla

|align=left|Europe

|18

|12

|17

|<s>21</s>

|<s>PMS</s>

|19

|21

|111.0

|17

|- align=center

|align=left|Theresa Zabell Begona Via Dufresne

|align=left|470

|<s>11</s>

|<s>10</s>

|25.0

;Open

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

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

!10

!11

|- align=center

|align=left|Antón Garrote

|align=left|Laser

|17

|15

|18

|<s>36</s>

|26

|31

|18

|17

|12

|<s>DSQ</s>

|172.0

|22

|- align=center

|align=left|Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester

|align=left|Tornado

|<s>PMS</s>

|<s>DNC</s>

|30.0

|- align=center

|align=left|José Doreste Javier Hermida

|align=left|Star

|11

|13

|11

|<s>PMS</s>

|<s>15</s>

|57.0

;Match racing

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="10"|Qualification races

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!rowspan="2"|Semifinals

!rowspan="2"|Final /

!rowspan="2"|Rank

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!10

|- align=center

|align=left|Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera

|align=left|Soling

|12

|<s>13</s>

|<s>PMS</s>

|10

|61.0

|colspan=3 |Did not advance

Shooting

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Jorge González

|align=left|50 m rifle three positions

|1155

|37

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|597

|6 Q

|701.7

|-align=center

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|575

|42

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Pérez

|align=left|Trap

|120

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Cristina Antolin

|align=left|50 m rifle three positions

|557

|38

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|386

|36

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Maria Pilar Fernandez

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|378

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|25 m pistol

|578

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left |María Quintanal

|align=left rowspan=2|Double trap

|100

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left |Gemma Usieto

|90

|21

|colspan=2|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

:* First round — Lost to Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 3-6 2-6

Sergi Bruguera

:* First round — Defeated Andrei Pavel (Romania) 2-6 6-1 8-6

:* Second round — Defeated Arnaud Boetsch (France) 7-6 4-6 6-2

:* Third round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 7-5

:* Quarterfinals — Defeated MaliVai Washington (USA) 7-6 4-6 7-5

:* Semifinals — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 7-6 6-2

:* Final — Lost to Andre Agassi (USA) 2-6 3-6 1-6 (→ 16x16px Silver medal)

Women's singles competition

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

:* First round — Defeated Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) 6-1 7-5

:* Second round — Defeated Silvia Farina (Italy) 6-1 6-3

:* Third round — Defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 6-4 7-6

:* Quarterfinals — Defeated Kimiko Date (Japan) 4-6 6-3 10-8

:* Semifinals — Defeated Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 6-4 1-6 6-3

:* Final — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-7 2-6 (→ 16x16px Silver medal)

Conchita Martínez

:* First round — Defeated Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-1 6-2

:* Second round — Defeated Radka Zrubáková (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4

:* Third round — Defeated Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 6-2 7-5

:* Quarterfinals — Lost to Mary Joe Fernández (USA) 6-3 2-6 3-6

Virginia Ruano Pascual

:* First round — Defeated Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland) 6-4 6-2

:* Second round — Lost to Iva Majoli (Croatia) 5-7 3-6

Water polo

Men's tournament

Preliminary round (Group A)

:* Spain — Germany 9-3

:* Spain — Netherlands 8-7

:* Spain — Yugoslavia 7-9

:* Spain — Hungary 7-8

:* Spain — Russia 8-6

Quarterfinals

:* Spain — United States 5-4

Semifinals

:* Spain — Hungary 7-6

Final

:* Spain — Croatia 7-5 (→ 16x16px Gold medal)

Team roster

:* Ángel Andreo

:* Carles Sans

:* Daniel Ballart

:* Iván Moro

:* Jesús Rollán

:* Jordi Sans

:* Jorge Payá

:* Josep María Abarca

:* Manuel Estiarte

:* Miguel Ángel Oca

:* Pedro Francisco García

:* Salvador Gómez

:* Sergi Pedrerol

Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Track competition

Mountain bike

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Tennis

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Notes

References