Spain competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 179 competitors, 163 men and 16 women, took part in 104 events in 23 sports.[1]
| Spain at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ESP |
| NOC | Spanish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Los Angeles | |
| Competitors | 179 (163 men and 16 women) in 23 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alejandro Abascal |
| Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
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Archery
editIn its third Olympic archery competition, Spain was represented by two men and two women.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Montserrat Martin – 2418 points (→ 28th place)
- Ascension Guerra – 2304 points (→ 38th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Manuel Rubio – 2390 points (→ 37th place)
- José Prieto – 2341 points (→ 47th place)
Athletics
editMen's 400 metres
- Heat — 46.06
- Quarterfinals — 45.88 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 46.04
- Quarterfinals — 45.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Qualifying Heat — 3:37.68
- Semi-Finals — 3:35.70
- Final — 3:34.30 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Qualifying Heat — 3:45.44
- Semi-Finals — 3:36.55
- Final — 3:37.02 (→ 7th place)
- Qualifying Heat — 3:47.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
- Heat — 14:12.15 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Qualifying Heat — 28:57.78 (→ did not advance)
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 8.02m
- Final — 7.69m (→ 10th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final — 1:25:32 (→ 6th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Final — 4:03:09 (→ 7th place)
- Final — 4:05:47 (→ 9th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification — 66.38m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Qualifying Round — 5.45m
- Final — 5.20m (→ 9th place)
- Qualifying Round — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
- First Heat — 11.55s
- Second Heat — 11.76s (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.75m (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Basketball
edit- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary round (Group B)
- Defeated Canada (83-82)
- Defeated Uruguay (107-90)
- Defeated France (97-82)
- Defeated PR China (102-83)
- Lost to United States (68-101)
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated Australia (101-93)
- Semifinals
- Defeated Yugoslavia (74-61)
- Final
- Lost to United States (65-96) →
Silver Medal
- Lost to United States (65-96) →
- Team Roster
Boxing
editMen's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Agapito Gómez
- First Round — Defeated Mahjoub Mjirich (MAR), on points (3:2)
- Second Round — Lost to Marcelino Bolivar (VEN), on points (1:4)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Julio Gómez
- First Round — Lost to Alvaro Mercado (COL), on points (1:4)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Raul Trapero
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Türgüt Aykaç (TUR) 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- José Antonio Hernando
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Jean-Claude Labonte (SEY), 5:0
- Third Round — Defeated Douglas Odane (GHA), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Luis Ortiz (PUR), 0:5
Canoeing
editCycling
editFour cyclists represented Spain in 1984.
- Francisco Antequera — 23rd place
- Manuel Jorge Domínguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Miguel Induráin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- José Salvador Sanchis — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
editMen's 3m Springboard
- Preliminary round — 509.10 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Equestrianism
editFencing
editTwo fencers, both men, represented Spain in 1984.
Gymnastics
editHandball
edit- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary round (Group B)
- Lost to West Germany (16:18)
- Lost to Denmark (16:21)
- Lost to Sweden (25:26)
- Defeated United States (17:16)
- Defeated South Korea (31:25)
- Classification Match
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Switzerland (17:18) → 8th place
- Team Roster
Hockey
edit- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary round (Group A)
- Classification Matches
- Team Roster
Judo
editModern pentathlon
editThree male modern pentathletes represented Spain in 1984.
- Individual
- Team
- Jorge Quesada
- Eduardo Burguete
- Federico Galera
Rhythmic gymnastics
editRowing
editThere were eight competitions for men and Spain qualified four boats, but had no women competing in 1984.[2] Although he had competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics,[3] Manuel Vera Vázquez was still the youngest competitor of the Spanish rowing team.[2] The coxless pair of Fernando Climent and Luis María Lasúrtegui was a surprise medallist, and as of 2016, the team's silver medal is the only Olympic rowing medal that the nation has ever won.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| José Ramón Oyarzábal | Single sculls | 7:39.16 | 4 R | 7:33.68 | 3 SA/B | 7:32.72 | 4 FB | 7:36.78 | 11 |
| Fernando Climent Luis María Lasúrtegui |
Coxless pair | 6:54.34 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 6:53.58 | 2 FA | 6:48.87 | 
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| Isidro Martín José Manuel Bermúdez Joaquín Sabriá (cox) |
Coxed pair | 7:29.30 | 5 R | 7:42.23 | 4 FB | — | 7:34.38 | 10 | |
| Luis Miguel Oliver Jesús González Manuel Vera Vázquez Julio Oliver |
Quadruple sculls | 6:01.80 | 2 R | 6:08.65 | 2 FA | — | 6:04.99 | 6 | |
Sailing
edit- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Eduardo Bellini | Windglider | 3 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 92.0 | 12 | |
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Joaquín Blanco | Finn | 8 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 60.7 | 4 | |
| Luis Doreste Roberto Molina |
470 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 33.7 | 
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| Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer |
Flying Dutchman | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 91.7 | 11 | |
| Antonio Gorostegui José Luis Doreste |
Star | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 74.0 | 7 | |
Shooting
edit- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||
| Luis del Cerro | 50 m rifle prone | 588 | 30 |
| Ángel Corsino Fernández | 50 m free pistol | 543 | 27 |
| Jorge González | 50 m rifle three positions | 1146 | 11 |
| 50 m rifle prone | 588 | 30 | |
| 10 m air rifle | 572 | 30 | |
| Eduardo Jiménez | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 579 | 29 |
| José María Pigrau | 50 m rifle three positions | 1128 | 30 |
| 10 m air rifle | 574 | 26 | |
| Juan Segui | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 589 | 10 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Eva Suarez | 10 m air pistol | 379 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 25 m pistol | 569 | 32 | Did not advance | ||
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Rafael Axpe | Trap | 145 | 13 Q | 193 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| José Bladas | 144 | 18 Q | 190 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Jorge Guardiola | Skeet | 147 | 8 Q | 196 | 6 Q | 220 | 
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| Eladio Vallduvi | Trap | 145 | 11 Q | 192 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Gemma Usieto | 140 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
Swimming
editMen's 200m Freestyle
- Heat — 1:51.97
- B-Final — 1:51.77 (→ 10th place)
- Heat — 1:55.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Heat — 3:55.93
- B-Final — 3:55.25 (→ 10th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Heat — 15:30.09 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
- Heat — 15:44.85 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Heat — 57.90
- B-Final — 58.31 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Heat — 2:03.94
- Final — 2:04.53 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Heat — 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Heat — 2:21.25
- B-Final — 2:21.19 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Heat — 55.66
- B-Final — 55.61 (→ 12th place)
- Heat — 55.97 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Heat — 2:02.37
- B-Final — 2:01.82 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat — 2:08.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 7:32.21 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Synchronized swimming
editWater polo
edit- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary round (Group B)
- Defeated Brazil (19-12)
- Defeated Greece (12-9)
- Lost to United States (8-10)
- Final Round (Group D)
- Drew with West Germany (8-8)
- Defeated Netherlands (8-4)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (8-14)
- Drew with Australia (10-10) → 4th place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
editWrestling
editReferences
edit- ^ "Spain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Spain Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Vera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.