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. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of

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. 422 competitors, 297 men and 125 women, took part in 195 events in 29 sports.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Archery

The four Spaniards had little success in the individual round, with only one qualifying for the elimination matches. He lost in the first round. The men's team, however, surprised the world by pulling off four upsets to claim the gold medal—Spain's first archery medal—in front of a home crowd. ;Men ;Women

Athletics

;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Men's decathlon

Badminton

Baseball

Men's team competition

Spain came within half an inning of losing all seven of its preliminary round games in the first official Olympic baseball tournament. Trailing

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6-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Spain rallied for three runs to win its only Olympic victory in the sport. *Preliminary round :*Lost to United States (1:4) :*Lost to Japan (1:12) :*Lost to Dominican Republic (2:11) :*Lost to Chinese Taipei (0:20) :*Lost to Cuba (0:18) :*Lost to Italy (1:14) :*Defeated Puerto Rico (7:6) → 8th place *Men's Team Roster :* Antonio Salazar :* Enrique Cortés Pes :* Félix Manuel Cano :* Francisco Javier Aristu :* Gabriel Valarezo :* Javier Díez :* Jesús Lisarri :* José Arza :* José Luis Becerra :* José María Pulido :* Juan Ignacio Damborenea :* Juan Manuel Salmerón :* Juan Pedro Belza :* Luis Carlos León :* Manuel Martínez :* Miguel Ángel Pariente :* Miguel Stella :* Oscar Rebolleda :* Xavier Camps :* Xavier Civit

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Classification round, 9th to 12th place ;9th place match

Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Classification round, 5th to 8th place ;5th place match

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Fourteen cyclists, eleven men and three women, represented Spain in 1992. José Moreno won gold in the 1 km time trial.

Road

Track

;Sprint ;Points race ;Pursuit Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to quarterfinals Group A (medal); q = Qualify to quarterfinals Group B (non-medal) ;Time trial

Diving

Equestrianism

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

17 fencers, 15 men and 2 women represented Spain in 1992. ;Men ;Women

Football

;Summary ;Team roster *Preliminary round (group C) :*

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— Colombia 4-0 (3-0) :*

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2-0 (0-0) :*

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Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

2-0 (1-0) *Quarterfinals :*

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1-0 (0-0) *Semifinals :*

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Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

2-0 (1-0) *Final :*

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3-2 (0-1) → Gold Medal

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women ;;Team ;;Individual finals

Rhythmic

Handball

;Summary

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Spain — France 16-18 :* Spain — Egypt 23-18 :* Spain — Romania 21-20 :* Spain — Unified Team 18-24 :* Spain — Germany 19-18 *Classification Match :* 5th-6th place: Spain — South Korea 36-21 (→ Fifth place) *Team roster :*

Alberto Urdiales Alberto Urdiales Márquez (born 17 November 1968 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 200 ...

:* Aleix Franch :* Angel Hermida :*

David Barrufet David Barrufet Bofill (born 4 June 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish handball goalkeeper, who last played for FC Barcelona Handbol during the 2009-10 season. He began playing handball in SAFA Horta school in Barcelo ...

Enric Masip Enric Masip Borrás (born September 1, 1969 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish handball player. He is considered one of the best Spanish handball players ever. Formed in the younger categories of BM Granollers, in 1987 begun to play with the fir ...

:* Fernando Bolea :* Iñaki Urdangarín :* Jaume Fort :* Javier Cabanas :*

Juan Francisco Alemany Juan Francisco Alemany Marín (born 12 November 1963) is a Spanish former handball player. He was a member of the Spain men's national handball team. He was part of the team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juego ...

:* Juan Francisco Muñoz :*

Lorenzo Rico Lorenzo Rico (born 17 January 1962) is a Spanish handball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs ...

Luis Eduardo García Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

Mateo Garralda Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish retired handballer and the current head coach of the Chilean national team. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and ...

:* Ricardo Marín *Head coach: Javier García Cuesta

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Spain — Austria 16-20 :* Spain — Norway 16-20 :* Spain — South Korea 18-28 *Classification Match :* 7th-8th place: Spain — Nigeria 26-17 (→ Seventh place) *Team roster :* Amaia Ugartemendía :* Begoña Sánchez :* Blanca Martín-Calero :* Cristina Gómez Arquer :* Dolores Ruiz :* Esperanza Tercero :* Karmele Makazaga :* María Eugenia Sánchez :* Mercedes Fuertes :* Montserrat Marín :* Montserrat Puche :* Paloma Arranz :* Raquel Vizcaíno :* Rita María Hernández *Head coach: Francisco Sanchez Sanchez

Hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

*Preliminary round (group B) :*

— New Zealand 3-0 :*

— Malaysia 5-2 :*

— Unified Team 4-0 :*

— Pakistan 1-6 :*

— Netherlands 2-3 *Classification Matches :* 5th-8th place:

— India 2-0 :* 5th-6th place:

— Great Britain 2-1 (→ Fifth place) *Team roster :* Santiago Grau (gk) :*

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 ...

( c) :* Joaquín Malgosa :* Miguel Ortego :* Juantxo García-Mauriño :* Jaime Amat :* Jordi Aviles :* Pedro Jufresa :* José Antonio Iglesias :* Xavier Escudé :*

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 ...

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:* Juan Dinarés :*

David Freixa David Freixa (born 24 March 1967) is a Spanish former field hockey player who competed in 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 t ...

Pablo Usoz Pablo Usoz Ciriza (born 31 December 1968) is a Spanish field hockey player and coach. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is th ...

:* Ramón Jufresa (gk) *Head coach: Santiago Cortes

Women's tournament

;Team roster *Preliminary round (group A) :*

— Germany 2-2 :*

— Canada 2-1 :*

— Australia 1-0 *Semi Finals :*

— South Korea 2-1 (after extra time) *Final :*

— Germany 2-1 (after extra time) → Gold Medal)

Judo

;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1992.

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

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Open

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1992. ; Women's solo * Eva López * Marta Amorós *

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; Women's duet * Eva López * Marta Amorós

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

;Summary

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :* Defeated Canada (3-2) :* Lost to Italy (0-3) :* Lost to Unified States (2-3) :* Defeated Japan (3-2) :* Defeated France (3-2) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to Cuba (0-3) *Classification Matches :* 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) :* 7th/8th place: Lost to Unified Team (2-3) → 8th place *Team roster :* Ángel Alonso :* Benjamín Vicedo :* Francisco Hervás :*

Héctor López Héctor Headley López Swainson (July 8, 1929 – September 29, 2022) was a Panamanian professional baseball left fielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 196 ...

:* Jesús Garrido :* Jesús Sánchez :* Juan Carlos Robles :* Miguel Ángel Maroto :*

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 ...

:* Venancio Costa :* Francisco Sánchez :*

Ernesto Rodríguez Ernesto Hernán Rodríguez Gómez (born January 15, 1969 in Cordoba, Argentina) is a volleyball player who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished ninth place with the Men's National Team. He also c ...

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :* Lost to Unified Team (0-3) :* Lost to Japan (0-3) :* Lost to Unified States (0-3) *Classification Match :* 7th/8th place: Lost to PR China (0-3) → 8th and last place *Team roster :* Ana María Tostado :* Asunción Domenech :*

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:* Estela Domínguez :* Inmaculada González :* Inmaculada Torres :* Laura de la Torre :* María del Mar Rey :* Marta Gens :* Olga Martín :* Rita Oraá :* Virginia Cardona *Head coach: Jaime Fernández Barros

Water polo

Men's tournament

*Preliminary round (Group B) :* Spain — Netherlands 12-6 :* Spain — Greece 11-6 :* Spain — Hungary 8-5 :* Spain — Italy 9-9 :* Spain — Cuba 12-10 *Semifinals :* Spain — United States 6-4 *Final :* Spain — Italy 8-9 (→ Silver medal) *Team roster :* Daniel Ballart :*

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 :* Josep Picó :*

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 ...

Manuel Silvestre Manuel Silvestre Sánchez (born June 2, 1965 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal near his home town, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spai ...

:* Marco Antonio González :* Miguel Ángel Oca :*

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 ...

:* Ricardo Sánchez :* Rubén Michavila :* 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

Wrestling

References

External links

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