Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
first participated at the
Olympic Games
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in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in most
Summer Olympic Games since 1920. Spain has also participated in every
Winter Olympic Games
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since 1936. Its team is organised by the
Spanish Olympic Committee
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(COE, ''
Comité Olímpico Español'') created in 1924.
Spain withdrew from the
1936 Summer Olympics in
Nazi Germany
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because of the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, and also boycotted the
1956 Games in
Melbourne
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because of the
Soviet Union
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's
invasion
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of
Hungary
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. The
equestrian events in 1956 were held five months earlier in
Stockholm, and Spain did participate in those events.
Spain hosted the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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, the home city of then-president of the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC),
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: ''Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló'', ; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh P ...
.
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
athletes have won a total of 174 medals in 33 different sports and the country currently ranks 25th in the
all-time Summer Olympics medal count, with
sailing
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as the top medal-producing sport. Five of those medals were won at the Winter Games.
The COE counts one medal more than the IOC because they recognized one won by
Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós in
live pigeon shooting in the 1900 Summer Olympics, while the IOC doesn't recognize the event as an official one as the winners were given a money award.
Hosted Games
Spain has hosted the Games on 1 occasion.
Unsuccessful bids
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by summer sport
Medals by winter sport
List of medalists
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Spanish athletes with most Olympic medals
*Only Spanish athletes who achieved 3 or more medals or 2 gold medals are included in the following table.
Summary by sport
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Basque pelota
Spain is credited with a gold medal in the only appearance of basque pelota as a medal sport at the Olympics in 1900, though the French team (one of only two teams to enter) withdrew shortly before the competition started and so no competition was held.
[1900 basque pelota results from olympic.org]
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Boxing
Equestrian
Spain had one competitor in the first equestrian events in 1900, competing in the mail coach event.
Fencing
Spain's 1900 Olympic debut included 1 fencer, Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, 4th Duke of Gor, who competed in each of the 3 weapons' individual amateur events and reached the semifinals (5th to 8th place) in the sabre.
Football
Handball
Rowing
Spain's 1900 Olympic debut included 5 rowers, a men's single sculler and a men's coxed four team (for which the sculler served as coxswain).
Sailing
Volleyball
See also
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* :Olympic competitors for Spain
* Spain at the Paralympics
References
External links
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{{National sports teams of Spain