• Source: Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Spain 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






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

Women

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

Women

Open

Match racing




Shooting



Men

Women




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 (→ 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 (→ 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 (→ 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




Weightlifting






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