Spain at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Spain at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es (Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	179 (163 men and 16 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Alejandro Abascal
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 2 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Luis Doreste Roberto Molina Sailing 470 July 31  Silver Luis María Lasúrtegui Fernando Climent Rowing Men's coxless pair August 5  Silver men's national basketball team, SpainSpain men's national basketball team Fernando Romay   Juan de la Cruz Juan Antonio San Epifanio   Andrés Jiménez Ignacio Solozábal   José Llorente Juan Manuel López Iturriaga   Fernando Arcega José Margall   José Manuel Beirán Fernando Martín Espina   Juan Corbalán Basketball Men's tournament August 10  Bronze Narcisco Suárez Enrique Miguez Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m August 10  Bronze José Manuel Abascal Athletics Men's 1500 m August 11

Medals by sport Sport Total Sailing 1 0 0 1 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Canoeing 0 0 1 1 Total 1 2 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 (→ 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) → 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
  1. First Round — Defeated Mahjoub Mjirich (MAR), on points (3:2)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Marcelino Bolivar (VEN), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

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

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

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

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• José Antonio Hernando
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Jean-Claude Labonte (SEY), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Defeated Douglas Odane (GHA), 5:0
  4. 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 Indurain — 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 Millán
• 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

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.^[2] Although he had competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics,^[3] Manuel Vera Vázquez was still the youngest competitor of the Spanish rowing team.^[2] The coxless pair of Fernando Climent and Luis María Lasúrtegui was a surprise medallist, and as of 2016, the team's silver medal is the only Olympic rowing medal that the nation has ever won.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Ramón Oyarzábal	Single sculls	7:39.16	4 R	7:33.68	3 SA/B	7:32.72	4 FB	7:36.78	11
Fernando Climent Luis María Lasúrtegui	Coxless pair	6:54.34	2 SA/B	Bye		6:53.58	2 FA	6:48.87
Isidro Martín José Manuel Bermúdez Joaquín Sabriá (cox)	Coxed pair	7:29.30	5 R	7:42.23	4 FB	N/A		7:34.38	10
Luis Miguel Oliver Jesús González Manuel Vera Vázquez Julio Oliver	Quadruple sculls	6:01.80	2 R	6:08.65	2 FA	N/A		6:04.99	6

Sailing

Shooting

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

1. "Spain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
2. "Spain Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
3. "Manuel Vera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
4. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

External links

• Spanish Olympic Committee