Spain competed at the

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, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

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Archery

Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m * Venancio Jose :* Round 1 – 10.36 :* Round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m * Venancio Jose :* Round 1 – 20.95 :* Round 2 – 20.79 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m *

David Canal David Canal Valero (born 7 December 1978 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former Spain, Spanish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Achievements Personal bests *100 metres - 10.53 s (2002) *200 metres - 20.68 s (2004) *400 metres - 45.01 ...

:* Round 1 – 45.53 :* Round 2 – 45.54 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 m * José Manuel Cerezo :* Round 1 – 01:48.11 (→ did not advance) *

Roberto Parra Roberto Parra Mateo (born 6 April 1976 in Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the forem ...

:* Round 1 – 01:48.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 1.500 m *

Andrés Manuel Díaz Andrés Manuel Díaz (born 12 July 1969 in A Coruña) is a former Spanish middle-distance runner. He represented Spain at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000 and was the bronze medallist over 1500 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. ...

:* Round 1 – 03:38.54 :* Semifinal – 03:38.41 :* Final – 03:37.27 (→ 7th place) *

José Antonio Redolat José Antonio Redolat (born 17 February 1976 in Campanar) is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Competition record Personal bests *800 metres - 1:45.39 min (2000) *1500 metres - 3:31.21 min (2001) *One mile - 3:49.60 min (2001 ...

:* Round 1 – 03:38.66 :* Semifinal – 03:45.46 (→ did not advance) *

Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Mate (born 3 August 1978) is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Higuero won two bronze medal ...

:* Round 1 – 03:40.60 :* Semifinal – 03:38.37 :* Final – 03:38.91 (→ 8th place) Men's 5.000 m * Alberto García :* Round 1 – 14:11.65 (→ did not advance) *

Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Serhani ( ar, يوسف نصري; born 28 July 1979 in Larache, Morocco) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished fifth in the 3000 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and eleventh in the short race at the 20 ...

:* Round 1 – 13:34.49 (→ did not advance) Men's 10.000 m * José Ríos :* Round 1 – 27:51.40 :* Final – 28:50.31 (→ 18th place) * Enrique Molina :* Round 1 – 28:09.76 :* Final – DNF * Teodoro Cunado :* Round 1 – 29:10.90 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m hurdles * Iñigo Monreal :* Round 1 – 51.32 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m * Antonio Andres,

, Inigo Monreal,

Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Ramallo (born 7 April 1978 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is a former Spanish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμ ...

:* Round 1 – 03:06.87 (→ did not advance) Men's 3.000 m steeplechase * Luis Miguel Martín :* Round 1 – 08:24.04 :* Final – 08:22.75 (→ 5th place) * Eliseo Martín :* Round 1 – 08:24.97 :* Final – 08:23.00 (→ 6th place) * Marco Cepeda :* Round 1 – 08:40.01 (→ did not advance) Men's shot put * Manuel Martínez :* Qualifying – 19.94 :* Final – 20.55 (→ 6th place) Men's discus * David Martinez :* Qualifying – 61.50 (→ did not advance) Men's long jump *

Yago Lamela Santiago ("Yago") Lamela Tobío (July 24, 1977 – May 8, 2014) was a Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Cha ...

:* Qualifying – 7.89 (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump * Raul Chapado :* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km walk * Paquillo Fernández :* Final – 1:21:01 (→ 7th place) *

David Márquez David Márquez Laguna (born October 13, 1977, in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired male race walker from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto ...

:* Final – 1:24:36 (→ 20th place) *

José David Domínguez José David Domínguez Guimera (born December 29, 1980, in Cádiz) is a Spanish race walker. He finished ninth in the 20 km race at the 2003 World Championships in a personal best time of 1:20:15 hours, and eighteenth at the 2004 IAAF World ...

:* Final – 0:01:28 (→ 35th place) Men's 50 km walk *

Valentí Massana Valentín Massana Gracia (born July 5, 1970 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot m ...

:* Final – 3:46:01 (→ 4th place) *

Jesús Ángel García Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker. He has competed at eight Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporti ...

:* Final – 3:49:31 (→ 12th place) *

Mikel Odriozola Mikel Odriozola Domínguez (born 25 May 1973 in Errenteria, Guipúzcoa) is a Spanish racewalking, race walker. Achievements References *Spanish Olympic Committee
1973 births Living people Spanish male racewalkers Sportspeople from Gip ...

:* Final – 3:59:50 (→ 24th place) Men's marathon * Martín Fiz :* Final – 2:13:06 (→ 6th place) *

Alberto Juzdado Alberto Juzdado López (born August 20, 1966) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specialized in the marathon race. Juzdado won the Tokyo International Marathon race in 1998. Achievements Personal bests *3000 metres – 8:08.87 min (1998) * ...

:* Final – 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place) *

Abel Antón Abel Antón Rodrigo (born 24 October 1962 in Ojuel, municipality of Cabrejas del Campo, Soria) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 19 ...

:* Final – 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place) Men's decathlon *

Francisco Javier Benet Francisco Javier Benet Martín (born 25 March 1968 in Tétouan, Morocco) is a Spanish decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the wo ...

:* 100 m – 11.42 :* Long jump – 6.32 :* Shot put – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 400 m *

Norfalia Carabalí Norfalia Carabalí Villegas (born 21 January 1964 in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia) is a retired sprinter who competed predominantly in the 400 metres. She represented her native Colombia for most of her career before changing allegiance to Spai ...

:* Round 1 – 52.36 :* Round 2 – 52.63 (→ did not advance) Women's 800 m *

Mayte Martínez María Teresa ("Mayte") Martínez Jiménez (born 17 May 1976 in Valladolid) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships (she did not take part on 2003 Championships in P ...

:* Round 1 – 01:59.60 :* Semifinal – 02:03.27 (→ did not advance) Women's 1.500 m *

Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez (born 16 August 1976 in Luzern, Switzerland) is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specialises in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors. Career Fernández ha ...

:* Round 1 – 04:11.46 :* Semifinal – 04:10.92 (→ did not advance) * Natalia Rodríguez :* Round 1 – 04:22.82 (→ did not advance) Women's 5.000 m * Marta Domínguez :* Round 1 – 15:45.07 (→ did not advance) * Beatriz Santiago :* Round 1 – 15:31.94 (→ did not advance) Women's 10.000 m *

Maria Teresa Recio Maria Teresa Recio (born 7 July 1963 in Villares de la Reina) is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Achieve ...

:* Round 1 – 33:36.44 (→ did not advance) * Maria Abel :* Round 1 – 34:05.44 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 400 m * Julia Alba,

Miriam Bravo Miriam Bravo Acha (born 29 September 1974 in Deba, Gipuzkoa) is a retired Spanish sprinter and runner. In the 800 metres she finished fifth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade. In the 400 metres she finished ...

and

:* Round 1 – 03:32.45 (→ did not advance) Women's shot put *

Martina de la Puente Martina de la Puente Piñera (born 4 April 1975 in Gijón, Asturias) is a retired female shot putter from Spain. She set her personal best of 18.17 metres in 1999 in Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spani ...

:* Qualifying – 16.30 (→ did not advance) Women's discus * Alice Matějková :* Qualifying – 54.19 (→ did not advance) Women's javelin throw *

Marta Míguez Marta Míguez Telle (born March 3, 1973, in Louredo Cortegado, Ourense (province), Ourense) is a retired female javelin thrower from Spain. She set her personal best (59.43 metres) on July 21, 2001, in Valencia, Spain. Achievements References ...

:* Qualifying – 55.52 (→ did not advance) Women's long jump *

Concepción Montaner Concepción "Concha" Montaner Coll (born 14 January 1981 L'Eliana, Valencia) is a Spanish long jumper. She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she won her first major international ...

:* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) Women's triple jump *

Carlota Castrejana María Carlota Castrejana Fernández (born 25 April 1973 in Logroño) is a female triple jumper from Spain. Her personal best jump is 14.60 metres, achieved at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería. This is the current national record. Castr ...

:* Qualifying – 13.76 (→ did not advance) Women's high jump *

Marta Mendía Marta Mendía Valencia (born 18 May 1975 in Burlada, Navarra) is a former high jumper from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus u ...

:* Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance) Women's pole vault * Mari Mar Sanchez :* Qualifying – 4.25 (did not advance) Women's 20 km walk *

María Vasco María del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo (born December 26, 1975 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker. She won the bronze medal in the 20 km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Vasco was als ...

:* Final – 1:30:23 (→ Bronze medal) * Encarnacion Granados :* Final – 1:35:06 (→ 20th place) * Eva Perez :* Final – 1:36:35 (→ 27th place) Women's marathon * Ana Isabel Alonso :* Final – 2:36:45 (→ 30th place) * Griselda González :* Final – 2:38:28 (→ 33rd place) * Maria Luisa Munoz :* Final – 2:45:40 (→ 39th place) Women's heptathlon * Inma Clopés :* 100 m hurdles – 14.20 :* High jump – 1.66 :* Shot put – 12.70 :* 200 m – 26.25 :* Long jump – NM :* Javelin throw – DNS

Basketball

Men's team competition

*Preliminaries (1-4) :*Defeated Angola (64-45) :*Lost to Russia (63-71) :*Lost to Canada (77-91) :*Lost to Yugoslavia (65-78) :*Lost to Australia (80-91) *Classification matches :*9th-10th place: defeated China (84-64) → 9th place *Team roster :*

Alberto Herreros Alberto Herreros Ros (born 20 April 1969) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. He is considered to be one of the best Spanish basketball players and shooters of all-time. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall, he played at the small f ...

Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of th ...

:* Carlos Jiménez :* Francisco Alberto Angulo :* Ignacio de Miguel :* Ignacio Rodríguez :* John Bernard Rogers :*

Jorge Garbajosa Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro (born December 19, 1977), also known as The Pornoplayer, is a Spanish former professional basketball player and the current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation. Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in), he p ...

:* Juan Carlos Navarro :* Raúl López :*

Roberto Dueñas Roberto Dueñas Hernandez (born 1 November 1975) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. At a height of 7 ft 3 inches tall, he played at the center position. Professional career Dueñas was drafted with the last overall pi ...

Rodrigo De la Fuente Rodrigo de la Fuente Morgado (born 26 November 1976) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player and the current general manager of the basketball section of FC Barcelona. Professional career A 6 ft in (2.00 m) 220 l ...

Beach volleyball

* Javier Bosma and

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— 5th place (tied)

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Rafael Lozano Rafael Lozano Muñoz (born January 25, 1970, in Córdoba, Andalusia) is a former boxer from Spain. Professional career Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001. In 2006, he challenged Brahim Asloum for the WBA Intercontinental Flyweigh ...

**Round 1 – bye **Round 2 – defeated Danilo Lerio of Philippines **Quarterfinal – defeated Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya **Semifinal – defeated Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea **Final – lost to Brahim Asloum of France → Silver medal

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500 m * Jovino Gonzalez :* Qualifying heat – 01:40.761 :* Semifinal – 01:41.168 :* Final – 02:03.889 (→ 6th place) Men's kayak singles 1.000 m *

Emilio Merchán Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth ...

:* Qualifying heat – 03:36.591 :* Semifinal – 03:40.263 :* Final – 03:39.965 (→ 9th place) Men's canoe singles 500 m * Jose Manuel Crespo :* Qualifying heat – 01:53.862 :* Semifinal – 01:54.765 (→ did not advance) Men's canoe singles 1.000 m * Jose Manuel Crespo :* Qualifying heat – 04:04.528 :* Semifinal – 04:04.042 (→ did not advance) Men's canoe doubles 500 m *

José Alfredo Bea José Alfredo Bea García (born October 14, 1969) is a Spanish sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World ...

, David Mascató :* Qualifying heat – 01:44.973 :* Semifinal – 01:45.677 :* Final – 01:56.600 (→ 4th place) Men's canoe doubles 1.000 m *

, David Mascató :* Qualifying heat – 03:37.697 :* Semifinal – bye :* Final – 03:54.053 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles 500 m * Teresa Portela :* Qualifying heat – 01:59.153 :* Semifinal – 01:58.932 (→ did not advance) Women's kayak doubles 500 m * Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez, Belen Sanchez :* Qualifying heat – 01:45.527 :* Semifinal – 01:45.144 :* Final – 02:04.208 (→ 7th place) Women's kayak fours 500 m * Izaskun Aramburu,

Beatriz Manchon Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings oth ...

, Ana María Penas, Belen Sanchez :* Qualifying heat – 01:35.298 :* Semifinal – bye :* Final – 01:38.654 (→ 8th place)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles * Esteban Arakama :* Qualifying – 267.75 (→ did not advance) * Carles Juanmartí :* Qualifying – 275.88 (→ did not advance) Men's canoe singles * Jon Erguin :* Qualifying – 362.62 (→ did not advance) Men's canoe doubles * Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente :* Qualifying – 344.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles *

María Eizmendi María Eizmendi Pérez (born 14 February 1972 in San Sebastián) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2000. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of 14th twice in the K1 event ...

:* Qualifying – 311.17 :* Final – 276.55 (→ 14th place)

Cycling

Cross-country mountain bike

Men's competition *

José Antonio Hermida José Antonio Hermida Ramos (born August 24, 1978 in Puigcerdà, Girona) is a Spanish cyclist of Galician origin specializing in competitive mountain biking. He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after havin ...

:* Final – 2:11:42.91 (→ 4th place) *

Roberto Lezaun Roberto Lezaun Zubiria (born 23 July 1967) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Vuelta a España. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, offi ...

:* Final – 2:15:56.99 (→ 15th place) Women's competition *

Margarita Fullana Margarita Fullana Riera (born 9 April 1972), also known as Marga Fullana, is a Spanish mountain biker. She won the Bronze Medal in Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country, Women's Cross-Country Mountain Biking at the 2000 ...

:* Final – 1:49:57.39 (→ Bronze medal) *

Silvia Rovira Silvia Rovira (born 15 December 1967) is a Spanish cyclist. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ...

:* Final – 1:58:59.37 (→ 14th place)

Road cycling

Men's individual time trial * Abraham Olano :* Final – 0:58:31 (→ 4th place) * Santos González Capilla :* Final – 0:59:03 (→ 8th place) Men's road race * Óscar Freire :* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 17th place) * Abraham Olano :* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 60th place) *

Juan Carlos Domínguez Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (born 13 April 1971 in Íscar, Spain) is a former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1995 to 2006. In the 2006 Eneco Tour of Benelux he had a hematocrit above 50 before the start ...

:* Final – DNF (→ no ranking) * Santos González Capilla :* Final – DNF (→ no ranking) * Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero :* Final – DNF (→ no ranking) Women's individual time trial * Joane Somarriba Arrola :* Final – 0:43:06 (→ 5th place) *

Teodora Ruano María Teodora Adoracion ("Dori") Ruano Sanchón (born 11 January 1969) is a retired female track and road racing cyclist from Spain. She represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: in 1992, 2000, and 2004. Her biggest achievement ...

:* Final – 0:44:37.36 (→ 18th place) Women's road race * Joane Somarriba Arrola :* Final – 3:06:31 (→ 14th place) * Fatima Blazquez Lozano :* Final – 3:10:33 (→ 33rd place) * Mercedes Cagigas Amed :* Final – 3:28:29 (→ 48th place)

Track cycling

Men's sprint *

José Antonio Villanueva José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (born 3 February 1979 in Madrid) is a Spanish former track cyclist. Villanueva specialised in the sprint disciplines, where at world championships level he was won a silver medal in keirin and a bronze and a sil ...

**Qualifying – 10.556 **First round – defeated

Craig MacLean Craig MacLean MBE (Grantown-on-Spey, July 31, 1971) is a Scottish track cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the ...

of Great Britain **1/8 finals – defeated

Pavel Buráň Pavel Buran (born 25 April 1973) is a professional track cyclist from the Czech Republic. A multiple medalist at the European Championships, Buran won a bronze medal in the Keirin in 2000. As a junior, he is reputed to have done a track stand in ...

of Czech Republic **Quarterfinal – lost to Florian Rousseau of France **Final 5-8 – 6th place Men's individual pursuit *

Antonio Tauler Antonio Tauler Llull (born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist from Santa Margalida. Major results ; 1996 : 1st, Vuelta a Cartagena ; 1998 : 2nd, Stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia : 1998 World Cup :: 3rd, Pursuit, Berlin ; 1999 : 1s ...

**Qualifying – 04:34.415 (→ did not advance) Men's 1 km time trial *

David Cabrero David Cabrero (born 11 December 1976) is a Spanish cyclist. He competed in two events at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000 ...

**Final – 01:07.710 (→ 15th place) Men's point race *

Juan Llaneras Joan Llaneras Rosselló (born 17 May 1969 in Porreres, Majorca) is a former Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist. He specialises in the madison and points race events. Llaneras began his cycling career on the road with t ...

**Points – 14 **Laps down – 0 (→ ''Gold medal) Men's keirin *

**First round – heat – 3; place – 3 **Repechage – heat – 3; place – 1 **Second round – heat – 2; place – 4 (→ did not advance) Men's Olympic sprint *

José Antonio Escuredo José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (born 19 January 1970 in Girona) is a former Spanish racing cyclist, specialising in track cycling. He has won three silver and one bronze world championship medals and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ...

and

Salvador Meliá Salvador Meliá (born 1 April 1977) is a Spanish former track cyclist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially ...

**Qualifying – 45.799 (→ did not advance) Men's team pursuit * Miguel Alzamora,

Isaac Gálvez Isaac Gálvez López (20 May 1975 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain – 26 November 2006 in Ghent) was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the Six Days of Ghent cy ...

and José Francisco Jarque **Qualifying – 04:15.547 (did not advance) Men's Madison *

and

**Final – 3 (→ 13th place) Women's point pace *

**Points – 10 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard * Rafael Álvarez :* Preliminary – 377.55 :* Semifinal – 201.06 – 578.61 (17th place, did not advance) Men's 3 metre springboard * Jose-Miguel Gil :* Preliminary – 318.72 (33rd place, did not advance) Men's 10 metre platform * Ruben Santos :* Preliminary – 300.9 (36th place, did not advance) Women's 10 metre platform * Santos Leire :* Preliminary – 271.41 (27th place, did not advance) Women's 10 Metre Platform * Dolores Sáez de Ibarra :* Preliminary – 283.41 :* Semifinal – 163.11 – 446.52 (14th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four male fencers represented Spain in 2000. ; Men's sabre *

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* Jorge Pina * Alberto Falcón ; Men's team sabre * Jorge Pina, Antonio García,

Football

Men's tournament

;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarter-finals ;Semi-finals ;Gold medal match

Gymnastics

Men

;Artistic

Women

;Artistic ;Team ;Individual events

Handball

Field hockey

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (Group B): :* Spain — South Korea 1-1 :* Spain — Poland 1-4 :* Spain — Australia 2-2 :* Spain — India 2-3 :* Spain — Argentina 1-5 *Classification matches: :* 9th-12th place: Spain — Malaysia 1-0 :* 9th-10th place: Spain — Canada 3-0 → Ninth place *Team roster :* Jaime Amat :*

Pablo Amat Pablo "Pol" Amat Escudé (born 18 June 1978 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish retired field hockey player, who played as a striker. In 2008 he was awarded World Hockey Player of the Year, becoming the first Spaniard to win the award ...

Javier Arnau Xavier ("Xavi") Arnau Creus (born 20 March 1973 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey player from Spain. He won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The striker also particip ...

Jordi Casas Jordi Casas Gutiérrez (born 20 December 1976) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who finished in ninth position with the Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the Sta ...

:* Juan Dinarés :*

Juan Escarré Juan Escarré Urueña (born 23 February 1969 in Alicante) is a Spanish field hockey player, who competed for Spain in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, when he captured the silver medal with his national side. In December ...

:* Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas :*

Rodrigo Garza Rodrigo Garza Barbero (born 3 December 1979 in Madrid) is a retired field hockey defender/midfielder from Spain. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Club career After the Athens Games (200 ...

Bernardino Herrera Bernardino Herrera Casanueva (born 15 October 1977 in Santander, Cantabria) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Spain. He earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 during the Champions Trophy tournament in Lahore, Pakistan. He is ...

Ramón Jufresa Ramón Jufresa Lluch (born 18 April 1970 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Spain. He won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also participated in the 1 ...

:* Joaquín Malgosa :*

Xavier Ribas Xavier Ribas Centelles (born 16 February 1976) is a field hockey defender from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests ...

:* Josep Sánchez :*

Ramón Sala Ramón Sala Vallhonrat (born 8 August 1971 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital an ...

:* Eduardo Tubau :* Pablo Usoz *Head coach:

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Women's team competition

*Preliminary round (Group A): :* Spain — South Korea 0-0 :* Spain — Australia 1-1 :* Spain — Argentina 1-1 :* Spain — Great Britain 0-2 *Medal round: :* Spain — China 0-0 :* Spain — New Zealand 2-2 :* Spain — Netherlands 1-2 *Bronze medal game: :* Spain — Netherlands 0-2 → Fourth place *Team roster :* Amanda González :* Begoña Larzabal :*

Cibeles Romero Cibeles Romero Misioner (born 22 June 1978 in Madrid) is a former female field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the St ...

:* Elena Carrión :* Elena Urkizu :* Erdoitza Goikoetxea :*

Lucía López Lucía López Martínez (born January 31, 1974, in Barcelona) is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She played club hockey for Re ...

:* María Carmen Barea :* Maider Tellería :* María del Carmen Martín :*

María del Mar Feito María del Mar Feito Acebo (born 10 September 1975 in Madrid) is a former field hockey forward from Spain, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clock ...

:* Núria Camón :*

Nuria Moreno Nuria Moreno de Pedrón (born 7 June 1975 in Madrid) is a retired female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVI ...

Silvia Muñoz Silvia Muñoz Escudé (born September 18, 1979 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfield and forward player from Spain. She represented her native country at three consecutive Olympic Games: 2000, 2004 and 2008. Muñoz captained the Spai ...

:* Sonia Barrio :*

Sonia de Ignacio Sonia de Ignacio-Simo Casas (born January 24, 1971 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former female field hockey player from Spain, who represented her native country twice at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link ...

*Head coach:

Marc Lammers Marc Lammers (born 15 March 1969 in Oss, North Brabant) is a Dutch former field hockey player and head coach. In the past, he led the Spanish women's national team from 1999 to 2000 and the Dutch women's national team from 2000 to 2008. Under hi ...

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

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

Spain competed in nine events in the Sailing competition at the Sydney Olympics. In seven of the events, they finished in the top 10 but were unable to win a medal. This was the first time since 1972 that Spain failed to win an Olympic medal in sailing. ;Men ;Women ;Open ;Fleet racing ;Match racing

Shooting

Four Spanish shooters (two men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men ;Women

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle *

Eduardo Lorente Eduardo Lorente Ginesta (born 24 May 1977 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The sprinter won the gold medal ...

:* Preliminary heat – 22.96 (→ did not advance) Men's 100m freestyle *

Javier Botello Javier Botello (born 27 January 1976) is a Spanish former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000 ...

:* Preliminary heat – 50.87 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500m freestyle *

Frederik Hviid Frederik Carlo Hviid Köhler (born 9 November 1974 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a former long-distance freestyle and medley swimmer from Spain who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in ...

:* Preliminary heat – 15:14.37 (→ did not advance) *

Teo Edo Teo Edo Farré (born 2 December 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished in 24th in the 1500m Frees ...

:* Preliminary heat – 15:32.01 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m butterfly * Jorge Pérez :* Preliminary heat – 02:00.15 (→ did not advance) Men's 100m backstroke *

David Ortega David Ortega Pitarch (born 20 July 1979 in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón) is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Spain. He swam for Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics; the World Championships in 1998, 2003, 2005, and 2007; the Mediterr ...

:* Preliminary heat – 55.8 :* Semifinal – 56.33 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m backstroke * Guillermo Mediano :* Preliminary heat – 02:03.45 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m individual medley * Jordi Carrasco :* Preliminary heat – 02:02.89 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m individual medley *

:* Preliminary heat – 04:21.63 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle * Jorge Luis Ulibarri,

, Juan Benavides and

:* Preliminary heat – 03:22.76 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay *

, Santiago Castellanos, Daniel Morales and

:* Preliminary heat – 03:42.76 (→ did not advance) Women's 50m freestyle *

Ana Belén Palomo Ana Belén Palomo Jiménez (born 20 October 1977) is a freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests agai ...

:* Preliminary heat – 25.96 (→ did not advance) Women's 200m freestyle *

Laura Roca Laura Roca (born 8 January 1980) is a Spanish former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officia ...

:* Preliminary heat – 02:03.37 (→ did not advance) Women's 400m freestyle * Angels Bardina :* Preliminary heat – 04:17.55 (→ did not advance) Women's 100m butterfly *

María Peláez María Peláez Navarrete (born 13 November 1977 in Málaga, Andalusia) is a former butterfly swimmer from Spain, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992. She won the silver medal in the 200 ...

:* Preliminary heat – 01:01.47 (→ did not advance) Women's 200m butterfly *

Mireia García Mireia García Sánchez (born 31 July 1981 in Viladecans, Catalonia) is a former butterfly swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Prior to that tournament she won the bro ...

:* Preliminary heat – 02:10.96 :* Semifinal – 02:10.24 (→ did not advance) *

:* Preliminary heat – 02:14.66 (→ did not advance) Women's 200m breaststroke *

Lourdes Becerra Lourdes Becerra Portero (born 4 June 1973 in Sabadell, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona. Her best Olympic result came in 1996, when she finish ...

:* Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance) Women's 100m backstroke *

Nina Zhivanevskaya Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (russian: Нина Александровна Живаневская, born 24 June 1977) is a 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer from Russia, who has swum for Spain since 1999, following her marriage to a Spaniar ...

:* Preliminary heat – 01:01.97 :* Semifinal – 01:01.41 :* Final – 01:00.89 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 200m backstroke *

:* Preliminary heat – 02:11.60 :* Semifinal – 02:11.93 :* Final – 02:12.75 (→ 6th place) *

Ivette María Ivette María Tato (born 27 July 1975) is a former backstroke swimmer from Spain who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia for her native country. In the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center she finished in 23rd place in the 200 m Backst ...

:* Preliminary heat – 02:14.78 :* Semifinal – 02:15.11 (→ did not advance) Women's 400m individual medley *

:* Preliminary heat – 04:47.50 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay * Angels Bardina, Natalia Cabrerizo,

Paula Carballido Paula Carballido (born 30 June 1979) is a Spanish former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Ga ...

and

:* Preliminary heat – 08:13.62 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay * María Carmen Collado,

and

:* Preliminary heat – 04:15.54 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet *

Gemma Mengual Gemma Mengual Civil (born 12 April 1977 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish synchronised swimmer. She has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. On 15 February 2012 she announced her retirement. After retiring she became ...

, Paola Tirados :* Technical routine – 32.9 :* Free routine – 61.62 :* Final – 94.52 (8th place)

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Three of Spain's four triathletes finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon. Ivan Rana was the only one to place in the top eight, with a fifth-place finish in the men's event. Women's competition: *

Maribel Blanco Maribel Blanco Velasco (born 12 January 1969) is an athlete from Spain who competes in triathlon. Blanco competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olymp ...

— 2:06:37.84 (24th place) Men's competition: *

Iván Raña Iván Raña Fuentes (born 10 June 1979) is a Spanish triathlete and the winner of three medals in the World Triathlon Championships between the years of 2002-2004. He also has won three medals at the European League Triathlon as well, between ...

— 1:49:10.88 (5th place) *

Eneko Llanos Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava) is a Spanish triathlete. Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48. ...

— 1:50:48.35 (23rd place) * Jose Maria Merchan — did not finish

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Preliminary round (Group A) * Defeated Egypt (3-0) * Lost to Cuba (1-3) * Lost to Australia (1-3) * Lost to Brazil (1-3) * Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall Team roster *

Carlos Carreño Carlos Luís Carreño Cejudo (born 19 April 1973) is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, s ...

José Antonio Casilla José Antonio Casilla Cortés (born August 29, 1979, in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish retired volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city o ...

* Enrique de la Fuente * Miguel Angel Falasca *

José Luis Moltó José Luis Moltó Carbonell (born 29 June 1975 in Cocentaina, Alicante) is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In 2007 he was a member of the men's national team that ...

Rafael Pascual Rafael Pascual Cortés (born 16 March 1970, in Madrid) is a retired Spanish volleyball player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho", and "El León". He is widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players of all time. A two-time Olympian (1 ...

Cosme Prenafeta Cosme Prenafeta García (born December 9, 1971, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States ...

* Juan Carlos Robles * Ernesto Rodríguez * Juan José Salvador *

Luis Pedro Suela Luis Pedro Suela Méndez (born July 7, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished in the ninth place with the Men's national team. He is cu ...

Alexis Valido José Alexis Valido Moreno (born March 9, 1976) is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished ninth place with the Spain men's national volleyball team, Men' ...

Head coach: Raúl Lozano

Water polo

Men's tournament

*Preliminary round: 2-2-1 *Quarterfinal: defeated Croatia, 9-8 *Semifinal: lost to Russia, 8-7 *Bronze medal game: Lost to Yugoslavia, 8-3 → 4th place *Team roster :*

Ángel Andreo Ángel Luis Andreo Gabán (born 3 December 1972 in Madrid) is a Spanish water polo, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country in the Su ...

Daniel Ballart Daniel Ballart Sans (born 17 March 1973 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a water polo player from Spain. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when ...

Daniel Moro Daniel Moro (born 8 August 1973) is a Spanish male water polo player. He was a member of the Spain men's national water polo team, playing as a driver. He was a part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. On club le ...

:* Gabriel Hernández Paz :* Gustavo Marcos :*

Iván Moro Iván Moro Fernández (born December 25, 1974, in Madrid) is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country i ...

:* Javier Sánchez-Toril :*

Jesús Rollán Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada (4 April 1968 – 11 March 2006) was a water polo goalkeeper from Spain who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when Barcelon ...

Jordi Sans Jordi "Chiqui" Sans Juan (born August 3, 1965 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Four years earl ...

Manuel Estiarte Manel Estiarte Duocastella (born October 26, 1961 in Manresa) is a Spanish former water polo player born in Manresa, a municipality in Barcelona, Spain. He is currently a member of Pep Guardiola's technical staff at Manchester City FC. He is u ...

Pedro Francisco García Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

:* Salvador Gómez :*

Sergi Pedrerol Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé (born 16 December 1969 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years e ...

Weightlifting

Men
Women

Notes

Spanish Olympic Committee
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee website

References

Bibliography

* {{NOCin2000SummerOlympics Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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