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1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in Seoul, South Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports. 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 2020, 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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Archery

No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round. Women's Individual Competition: * Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th place Men's Individual Competition: * Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place) * Manuel Francisco Jiménez – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place) * Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place) Men's Team Competition: * Vazquez, Jiménez, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)


Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres * Antonio Prieto :* First Round — 28:22.52 :* Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place) * Antonio Serrano :* First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance) * José Manuel Albentosa :* First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *
Alfonso Abellán Alfonso Abellán López (born 21 July 1951) is a Spanish former long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and co ...
:* Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place) *
Honorato Hernández Honorato Hernández (born 29 June 1956) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...
:* Final — DNF Men's Long Jump *
Antonio Corgos Antonio Corgos Cervantes (born 10 March 1960 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired long jumper from Spain. He won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as one at the 1982 European Athletics Championships. He wa ...
:* Qualification — 7.88m :* Final — 8.03m (→ 5th place) Men's Decathlon *
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— 7753 points (→ 23rd place) :# 100 metres — 11.38s :# Long Jump — 7.08m :# Shot Put — 14.31m :# High Jump — 2.00m :# 400 metres — 50.24s :# 110m Hurdles — 14.97s :# Discus Throw — 46.34m :# Pole Vault — 4.40m :# Javelin Throw — 55.68m :# 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s Men's 20 km Walk *
José Marín José Marín may refer to: * José Marín (composer) (c. 1619–1699), Spanish Baroque harpist, guitarist and composer * José Marín (racewalker) (born 1950), retired Spanish race walker * José Manuel Marín (born 1971), Spanish archer * José ...
:* Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place) *
Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former 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 must appear ...
:* Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place) * Ricardo Pueyo :* Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place) Men's 50 km Walk *
José Marín José Marín may refer to: * José Marín (composer) (c. 1619–1699), Spanish Baroque harpist, guitarist and composer * José Marín (racewalker) (born 1950), retired Spanish race walker * José Manuel Marín (born 1971), Spanish archer * José ...
:* Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place) *
Jorge Llopart Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1980. The silver medal was Spain's first ever medal in ...
:* Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place) *
Manuel Alcalde Manuel Alcalde Fornieles (December 31, 1956 – April 23, 2004) was a male race walker from Spain. He represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988. He was born and died in Guadix, Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ...
:* Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay *
Blanca Lacambra Blanca Lacambra Sáiz (born 28 August 1965, in San Sebastián) is a retired Spanish sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Champions ...
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Esther Lahoz Esther Lahoz Castelló (born 2 May 1963 in Pancrudo) is a retired Spanish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Champi ...
, Cristina Pérez, Maite Zuñiga :* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's 10.000 metres * Ana Isabel Alonso :* Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)


Basketball


Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ;Classification round 5–8 ;Classification round 7/8


Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Antonio Caballero :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to
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(VIE), RSC-2 Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Bonifacio García :* First Round — Lost to
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(ZIM), 1:4 Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) * Tomás Ruiz :* First Round — Lost to Mark Elliot (GBR), 1:4 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Javier Martínez :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Win to Lucas Januario (MOZ), 5:0 :* Third Round — Lost to
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(NGA), 0:5 Heavyweight (– 91 kg) * José Ortega :* First Round — Lost to
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Canoeing

Men's C-1 500 metres * Narcisco Suárez :* Heat – ''1st (heat-2)'' :* Semifinal – 1:55.98 :* Final – 2:01.33 (→ 7th place) Men's C-1 1000 metres * Francisco López :* Heat – 4:16.02 :* Repechage; 4:22.34 :* Semifinal – 4:16.90 (→ did not advance) Men's C-2 500 metres *
Enrique Míguez Enrique Míguez (born 4 March 1966) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984 Events January ...
and Narcisco Suárez :* Heat – 1:48.75 :* Semifinal – 1:50.63 (→ did not advance) Men's K-1 500 metres *
Francisco Leal Francisco Leal (born August 26, 1968) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South ...
:* Heat – 1:47.71 :* Semifinal – 1:46.93 (→ did not advance) Men's K-1 1000 metres * José Reyes Rodríguez :* Heat – 3:59.95 :* Repechage – 3:53.39 :* Semifinal – 3:48.35 (→ did not advance) Men's K-2 500 metres * Fernando Fuentes and
Juan Manuel Sánchez Juan Manuel Sánchez de Castro (born 18 April 1965) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1991), a silve ...
:* Heat – 1:36.17 :* Repechage – 1:40.09 :* Semifinal – 1:36.22 (→ did not advance) Men's K-2 1000 metres *
Alberto Sánchez (canoeist) Alberto Sánchez (born 12 August 1969) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Barcelona ...
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Gregorio Vicente Gregorio Vicente (born 22 April 1969) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is ...
:* Heat – 3:32.97 :* Repechage – 3:32.92 (→ did not advance) Men's K-4 1000 metres *
Juan Manuel Sánchez Juan Manuel Sánchez de Castro (born 18 April 1965) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1991), a silve ...
, Fernando Fuentes, Francisco Javier Álvarez, and
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:* Heat – 3:06.96 :* Repechage – 3:16.79 :* Semifinal – 3:13.88 (→ did not advance)


Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, all male, represented Spain in 1988. ; Men's road race * Eduardo Manrique * Gonzalo Aguiar *
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; Men's team time trial * Javier Aldanondo * Javier Carbayeda * Arturo Gériz * José Rodríguez ; Men's sprint * José Moreno ; Men's 1 km time trial * Bernardo González ; Men's individual pursuit *
José Antonio Martiarena José Antonio Martiarena (born 14 January 1968) is a Spanish former track cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly know ...
; Men's team pursuit * Bernardo González * Xavier Isasa *
José Antonio Martiarena José Antonio Martiarena (born 14 January 1968) is a Spanish former track cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly know ...
* Agustín Sebastiá ; Men's points race * Antonio Salvador


Diving

Men's 3m Springboard *
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:* Preliminary Round — 483.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 10m Springboard * Emilio Ratia :* Preliminary Round — 425.73 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


Equestrianism

;Equestrians * Luis Antonio Álvarez * Luis Astolfi * José Ramón Beca * Alfredo Fernández-Duran * Juan Diego García * Juan Félix Matute *
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Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988. ; Men's foil * Andrés García *
Jesús Esperanza Jesús Esperanza (born 17 August 1960) is a Spanish foil fencer. He competed at the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially ...
; Men's épée *
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* Fernando de la Peña *
Manuel Pereira Manuel Pereira (born 18 June 1961) is a Spanish fencer. In 1989 he became the first Spaniard to earn a gold medal in épée in the World Fencing Championships. He also competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1988 and 1992 Summ ...
; Men's team épée * Ángel Fernández, Oscar Fernández,
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, Fernando de la Peña, Manuel Pereira ; Men's sabre * Antonio García


Gymnastics

Men's events :* Alvaro Montesinos :* Alfonso Rodríguez de Sadia :* Miguel Ángel Rubio Women's events :* Núria Belchi :*
Lidia Castillejo Lidia Castillejo Soriano (born 4 September 1969) is a Spanish gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...
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Nuria García Nuria García (born 13 March 1973) is a Spanish gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서 ...
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Manuela Hervás Manuela Hervás Rodríguez (born 8 January 1972) is a Spanish gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...
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Laura Muñoz Laura Muñoz (born 9 June 1970) is a Spanish gymnast. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 198 ...
:* Eva María Rueda


Handball

* Team roster :* Juan Javier Cabanas :* Jesús Ángel Fernández :*
Jaume Fort Jaume Fort Mauri (born July 25, 1966) is a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Cardedeu Cardedeu () is a small town in the comarca of Va ...
:* Jesús Gómez :* Ricardo Marín :*
Juan Francisco Muñoz Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo (born 25 June 1959) is a former Spanish male handball player. He was a member of the Spain men's national handball team. He was part of the team at the Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics, Handb ...
:* Juan Alfonso de la Puente :*
Jaime Puig Jaime Puig (born 17 June 1957) is a Spanish handball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seo ...
:* Javier Reino :* Lorenzo Rico :*
Julián Ruiz Julián Ruiz (born 25 February 1960) is a Spanish handball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known ...
:* Juan Sagalés :*
Eugenio Serrano Eugenio Serrano Gispert (born April 14, 1960) is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known ...
:*
Juan José Uría Juan José Uría Bazterrica (born July 25, 1956 in Gipuzkoa) is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially ...
:* Miguel Ángel Zúñiga *Head coach: Juan de Dios Román


Hockey

;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 :* Jaime Armengol :*
Ignacio Escudé Ignacio Escudé Torrente (born 9 January 1964) is a Spanish former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos ...
:* Jaime Escudé :* Javier Escudé :* Eduardo Fàbregas :* Juan de Dios García-Mauriño :* Andreu Gómez :* Santiago Grau :* José Antonio Iglesias :*
Joaquín Malgosa Joaquim Malgosa Morera (born 1 November 1963 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey defender. He played for the Atlètic Terrassa all his career, and won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics i ...
:* Juan Malgosa :* Jordi Oliva :*
Miguel de Paz Miguel de Paz Plá (born 31 January 1961) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r= ...
:* Miguel Ortego :*
Juan Carlos Peón Juan Carlos Peón (born 19 April 1963) is a Spanish former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and co ...
:* Miguel Rovira


Judo


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: * Eduardo Quesada – 4852 pts (→ 32nd place) * Leopoldo Centeno – 4814pts (→ 38th place) * Jorge Quesada – 0pt (→ 64th place) Men's Team Competition: * Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)


Rhythmic gymnastics

:* María Isabel Lloret (→ 5th) :* María Martín Rodríguez (→ 20th)


Rowing


Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open


Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Open


Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle *
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:* Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 400m Freestyle *
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:* Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Martin López-Zubero :* Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Martin López-Zubero :* Heat – 2:03.33 :* B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Joaquín Fernández :* Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) *
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:* Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place) Men's 200m Breaststroke *
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:* Heat – 2:17.06 :* Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Medal) * Joaquín Fernández :* Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 100m Butterfly * José Luis Ballester :* Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200m Butterfly * José Luis Ballester :* Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Martin López-Zubero :* Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place) *
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:* Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Martin López-Zubero :* Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Martin López-Zubero,
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, José Luis Ballester, and José Hernando :* Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Women's 200m Breaststroke *
Silvia Parera Silvia Parera Carrau (born 5 September 1969 in Mataró, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea ...
:* Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 100m Butterfly * María Luisa Fernández :* Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley *
Silvia Parera Silvia Parera Carrau (born 5 September 1969 in Mataró, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea ...
:* Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Natalia Autric,
Silvia Parera Silvia Parera Carrau (born 5 September 1969 in Mataró, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea ...
, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo :* Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)


Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988. ; Women's solo *
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Marta Amorós Marta Amorós Romagosa (born 9 August 1970) is a former synchronized swimmer from Spain. She competed in the women's solo competition at both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 199 ...
* Núria Ayala ; Women's duet *
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* Núria Ayala


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition * Javier Sánchez :* First round — Defeated
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(Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3 :* Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2 :* Third round — Lost to
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(Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6 *
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:* First round — Defeated
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(Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3 :* Second round — Lost to
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(Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6 *
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:* First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1 :* Second round — Defeated
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(Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6 :* Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6 Men's Doubles Competition *
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→ Silver Medal :* First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1 :* Second Round – Defeated
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and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1 :* Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3 :* Semifinals – Defeated
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and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2 :* Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9


Water polo


Men's tournament

* 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 :*
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:* Miguel Chillida :*
Marco Antonio González Marco Antonio González Junquera (born 9 July 1966 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain. He was a member of the national team that won the silver medal near his home town, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ...
:* Miguel Pérez :*
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 ...
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Jorge Payá Jorge "Jordi" Payá Rodríguez (born July 10, 1963 in Manresa, 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, Georgia. It was his se ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
*Head coach: Antonio Esteller


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