Spain competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, People's Republic of China, with a total of 286 athletes and competed in 25 sports.
Medalists
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Archery
Spain sent one archer to the Olympics.
Daniel Morillo earned a spot to compete in the men's competition.
Athletics
The list with the athletes classified for the 2008 Summer Olympics were released in July, after the
Campeonato de España de Atletismo 2008 can be found on the following ref.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Badminton
Spain sent two badminton players to Beijing;
Pablo Abián - men's singles &
Yoana Martínez
Yoana Martínez Barbero (born 18 November 1980) is a Spanish badminton player. Martínez played at the 2001 World Badminton Championships where she was defeated by Nicole Grether in the first round. In 2004, she won her first senior national title ...
- women's singles.
Basketball
Spain's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the
2006 FIBA World Championship
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...
. On the other hand, the women's team finished second at the
EuroBasket Women 2007
The 2007 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2007, was the 31st regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Italy and took place from September 24, 2007 to October 7, 2007. Russia w ...
, and qualified for the final five Olympic spots at the
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.
Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for ...
.
;2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball team 'slanty-eye' photo incident
Both men and women 2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball teams were a part of the 'slanty-eye'
gesture photo incident that took place before the Beijing Olympics. The photo was a feature ad as a newspaper spread in Spain, showing all players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese (
Epicanthic fold
An epicanthic fold or epicanthus is a skin fold of the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner (medial canthus) of the eye. However, variation occurs in the nature of this feature and the possession of "partial epicanthic folds" or "slight ...
) on a basketball court adorned with a
Chinese dragon
The Chinese dragon, also known as ''loong'', ''long'' or ''lung'', is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most ...
. The photo was part of a publicity campaign for team sponsor Seur and was used only in Spain.
"It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way", said forward
Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáez (, ; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA champion ...
. "I'm sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive."
Guard
José Calderón said the team was responding to a request from the photographer. "We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture", said Calderón. "Without a doubt, some ... press didn't see it that way."
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Gold medal match
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
Boxing
Spain qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament.
Kelvin de la Nieve
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earned a qualifying spot at the second European qualifying tournament.
[2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
Canoeing
Slalom
Spain sent three people, two men and one woman, to compete in the slalom events at the
2008 Summer Olympics.
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Pursuit
;Omnium
Mountain biking
Diving
Spain will send one man and one woman to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Spain sent two men and one woman to compete in equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, however
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, and therefore dressage team, were unable to compete because Beatriz's horse, ''Fabergé'', suffered an injury shortly before the start of the games.
Dressage
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Field hockey
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Semifinals
;Gold medal match
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;7th–8th place
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
Rhythmic
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game
;Final rank
Judo
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Spain will send one man to compete at the modern pentathlon:
Jaime López
Rowing
Spain send one rower to the
2008 Summer Olympics –
Nuria Domínguez. She competed in the women's singles event. This was her third Olympic appearance as she rowed in the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
and the
2004 Summer Olympics.
[Men's Dominguez to row lone Spanish boat at Games]
;Women
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 qualified in 10 Olympic sailing classes and will be sending 16 athletes to the
races in Qingdao, China.
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
;Singles
;Team
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
Water polo
Only the men's team qualified to play on these Olympic Games. The team finished in fifth place.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
All times are China Standard Time
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(UTC+8
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With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
;Quarterfinal
;Classification round (5th–6th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Women's freestyle
See also
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Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Spain sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country's delegation consisted of 232 people, including 133 athletes competing in 15 sports. Attending the opening ceremony on September 6 was Infanta Elena, Duchess ...
References
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