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Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors229 (200 men and 29 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer Cristina de Borbón
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports.[1] At the closing ceremony, a short Catalan segment was performed on a part of the Olympic Stadium, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Barcelona.

As of 2024, this is the most recent time that Spain did not win at least eleven medals or three gold medals.

Medalists

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Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 1 4
Athletics 27 7 34
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 5 5
Canoeing 13 0 13
Cycling 13 0 13
Diving 2 0 2
Equestrian 7 0 7
Fencing 8 0 8
Field hockey 16 0 16
Gymnastics 3 8 11
Handball 15 0 15
Judo 3 3
Modern pentathlon 3 3
Rowing 13 0 13
Sailing 14 3 17
Shooting 5 2 7
Swimming 7 4 11
Synchronized swimming 3 3
Tennis 3 1 4
Water polo 13 13
Weightlifting 6 6
Wrestling 9 9
Total 200 29 229

Archery

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No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Vazquez, Jiménez, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)

Athletics

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Men's 10.000 metres

  • First Round — 28:22.52
  • Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)
  • First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)
  • First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)
  • Final — DNF

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.88m
  • Final — 8.03m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.38s
  2. Long Jump — 7.08m
  3. Shot Put — 14.31m
  4. High Jump — 2.00m
  5. 400 metres — 50.24s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.97s
  7. Discus Throw — 46.34m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.40m
  9. Javelin Throw — 55.68m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)
  • Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)
  • Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)


Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)

Basketball

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Men's tournament

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Team roster

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

Spain men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G/F 4 Jordi Villacampa 24 – (1963-10-11)11 October 1963 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Joventut Badalona Spain
5 José Luis Llorente 29 – (1959-01-06)6 January 1959 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto Spain
SF 6 José Biriukov 25 – (1963-02-03)3 February 1963 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto Spain
SF 7 Josep Maria Margall 33 – (1955-03-17)17 March 1955 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Joventut Badalona Spain
PF 8 Andrés Jiménez 26 – (1962-06-06)6 June 1962 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet Spain
C 9 Enrique Andreu 20 – (1967-10-20)20 October 1967 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CEB Llíria Spain
PG 10 José Antonio Montero 23 – (1965-01-03)3 January 1965 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Club Joventut Badalona Spain
F 11 Fernando Arcega 28 – (1960-09-03)3 September 1960 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Zaragoza Spain
PG 12 Ignacio Solozábal 30 – (1958-01-08)8 January 1958 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet Spain
F/C 13 Ferran Martínez 20 – (1968-04-25)25 April 1968 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) RCD Espanyol Bàsquet Spain
C 14 Antonio Martín Espina 22 – (1966-06-18)18 June 1966 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto Spain
SF 15 Juan Antonio San Epifanio 29 – (1959-06-12)12 June 1959 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet Spain
Head coach
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3  Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5  China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6 9th–12th classification round
6  Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
18 September 1988
Spain  53–97  United States
Scoring by half: 32–48, 21–49

20 September 1988
Egypt  70–113  Spain
Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56

21 September 1988
China  74–106  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57

23 September 1988
Canada  84–94  Spain
Scoring by half: 51–45, 33–49

24 September 1988
Brazil  110–118  Spain
Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57
Quarterfinals
26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
16:30
Spain  74–77  Australia
Scoring by half: 40–41, 34–36
Pts: San Epifanio 17
Rebs: Martínez, Jiménez 7
Asts: Montero 3
Pts: Gaze 28
Rebs: Sengstock 5
Asts: 4 players 1
Classification round 5–8
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
14:30
Canada  96–91  Spain
Scoring by half: 41–42, 55–49
Pts: Triano 27
Rebs: Raffin 8
Asts: Raffin 4
Pts: Jiménez 16
Rebs: Jiménez 6
Asts: Solozábal 5
Classification round 7/8
29 September 1988
19:30
Puerto Rico  93–92  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–45, 46–47
Pts: Morales 25
Rebs: Ortíz, Mincy 8
Asts: Ortíz 4
Pts: Jiménez 31
Rebs: Jiménez 8
Asts: Solozábal 6

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Canoeing

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Men's C-1 500 metres

  • Heat – 1st (heat-2)
  • Semifinal – 1:55.98
  • Final – 2:01.33 (→ 7th place)

Men's C-1 1000 metres

  • Heat – 4:16.02
  • Repechage; 4:22.34
  • Semifinal – 4:16.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's C-2 500 metres

  • Heat – 1:48.75
  • Semifinal – 1:50.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's K-1 500 metres

  • Heat – 1:47.71
  • Semifinal – 1:46.93 (→ did not advance)

Men's K-1 1000 metres

  • Heat – 3:59.95
  • Repechage – 3:53.39
  • Semifinal – 3:48.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's K-2 500 metres

  • Heat – 1:36.17
  • Repechage – 1:40.09
  • Semifinal – 1:36.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's K-2 1000 metres

  • Heat – 3:32.97
  • Repechage – 3:32.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's K-4 1000 metres

  • Heat – 3:06.96
  • Repechage – 3:16.79
  • Semifinal – 3:13.88 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

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Thirteen cyclists, all male, represented Spain in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race

Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 483.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 10m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 425.73 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Equestrianism

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Equestrians

Fencing

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Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre

Gymnastics

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Men's events

Women's events

Handball

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  • Team roster

Hockey

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Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Spain – Pakistan 1-5
  • Spain – Netherlands 1-1
  • Spain – Kenya 4-2
  • Spain – Argentina 0-1
  • Spain – Australia 0-1
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Spain – Canada 2-0
  • 9th/10th place: Spain – South Korea 2-0 (→ 9th place)
  • Team roster

Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Carlos Iniesta Division II 5 21 27 1 2 24 6 81.7 8
José Luis Doreste Finn 7 3 1 DSQ 3 4 3 38.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Fernando León Boissier
Kiko Sánchez
470 4 11 4 4 PMS 1 8 55.0 4
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Adelina Gonzalez
Patricia Guerra
470 8 6 4 10 RET DSQ 13 90.7 10
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Luis Doreste
Miguel Noguer
Flying Dutchman 11 16 13 7 11 17 4 96.0 13
Francisco García
Luis López
Cristina De Borbón
Tornado 19 20 19 18 RET 18 RET 154.0 20
Juan Costas
José Pérez
Star 11 12 RET 14 19 9 PMS 123.0 17
Antonio Gorostegui
Jaime Monjo
José Manuel Valades
Domingo Manrique
Soling 16 16 18 12 13 17 RET 128.0 17

Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jorge González 50 m rifle three positions 1168 15 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 593 32 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 579 40 Did not advance
Juan Segui 25 m rapid fire pistol 588 18 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Eva Suarez 10 m air pistol 379 10 Did not advance
25 m pistol 569 32 Did not advance
Open
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Rafael Axpe Trap 145 13 Q 193 11 Did not advance
José Bladas 144 18 Q 190 18 Did not advance
Jorge Guardiola Skeet 147 8 Q 196 6 Q 220 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eladio Vallduvi Trap 145 11 Q 192 12 Did not advance
Gemma Usieto 140 33 Did not advance

Swimming

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Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:03.33
  • B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
  • Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:17.06
  • Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Synchronized swimming

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Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Tennis

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Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Water polo

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Men's tournament

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  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Defeated China (13-6)
  • Defeated United States (9-7)
  • Drew with Hungary (6-6)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (8-10)
  • Defeated Greece (12-9)
  • Classification round (Group D)
  • Lost to Australia (7-8)
  • Defeated Italy (11-9) → 6th place
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Spain at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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