Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Spain at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Spain at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	99 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904–1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Spain is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany because of the nation's civil war and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Competitors

The following is the provisional list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football and water polo are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	14	7	21
Boxing	1	1	2
Canoeing	8	7	15
Diving	0	1	1
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	3
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	0	7	7
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1
Sailing	6	5	11
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	3	2	5
Water polo	0	12	12
Total	51	45	99

Archery

Two Spanish archers qualified for the mixed team recurve, along with the men's and women's individual recurve, by winning the gold medal at the 2023 European Games in Krakow, Poland.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual
	Women's individual
	Mixed team			—

Athletics

Spanish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[2]

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	800 m


	1500 m


	5000 m			—
	5000 m			—
	3000 m steeplechase			—
	Marathon	—


Álvaro Martín	20 km walk	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	1500 m
	1500 m
	3000 m steeplechase			—
	Marathon	—


María Pérez	20 km walk	—

Achieved qualifying marks

Men's 800 metres: Adrián Ben, Saúl Ordóñez, Mohamed Attaoui
Men's 1500 metres: Adrián Ben, Mario García Romo, Adel Mechaal
Men's 5000 metres: Mohamed Katir, Thierry Ndikumwenayo
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase: Víctor Ruiz
Men's marathon: Ayad Lamdassem, Abdelaziz Merzougui, Tariku Novales
Men's 20 km walk: Diego García, Alberto Amezcua
Women's 1500 metres: Marta Pérez, Esther Guerrero
Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Irene Sánchez-Escribano
Women's marathon: Marta Galimany, Meritxell Soler, Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou

Both Álvaro Martín and María Pérez have guaranteed their participation at the Games through winning their corresponding 20 km walk events at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, as per the criteria approved by the Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA).

Boxing

Spain entered two boxers (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian José Quiles (men's featherweight), with Laura Fuertes (women's flyweight) slated to become the country's first female boxer in history at the Games, secured the spots on the Spanish squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[3]^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Quiles	Men's featherweight
Laura Fuertes	Women's flyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Spanish canoeists qualified eight boats in the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-2 500 m
	K-1 1000 m
	K-2 500 m
	K-4 500 m			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-1 200 m
	C-2 500 m
	K-1 500 m
	K-4 500 m			—

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to semifinals; q = Qualify to quarterfinals; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); FC = Qualify to final C (non-medal)

As Antía Jácome qualified in both C-1 and C-2 events, only two women have earned quotas in canoe out of three possible.

Diving

Spanish divers secured a quota place for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final of the women's individual platform at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Women's 10 m platform

Equestrian

Spanish equestrians have qualified a full squad in the team jumping competition through the 2023 European Championships in Milan, Italy.

Jumping

Event	Qualification								Final					Total
	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Individual


Team									—

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Spain men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania.^[5]

Team roster

Men's team event – one team of 18 players

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Spain entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete in the group all-around competition, following the nation's successful third-place finish in the qualifying round at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[6]^[7] Additionally, Spain also entered two individual gymnasts through achieving the top-20 in the individual all-round of the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual
	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
	Group

Modern pentathlon

Spanish modern pentathletes confirmed a single quota place for Paris 2024. Laura Heredia secured her selection in the women's event by winning a silver medal and finishing among the eight highest-ranked modern pentathletes eligible for qualification at the 2023 European Games in Krakow, Poland.^[8]^[9]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Laura Heredia	Women's

Sailing

Spanish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																						Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	Final rank
	Men's IQFoil
	Women's IQFoil

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Men's Laser											—
	Men's 49er
	Women's 49erFX

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	470												—
	Nacra 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Spanish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[10]^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Women's trap

Swimming

Spanish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—
Hugo González	Men's 100 m backstroke
	Men's 200 m backstroke
	Men's 200 m individual medley
	Men's 200 m butterfly
	Women's 100 m backstroke
	Women's 200 m backstroke

Achieved qualifying marks

Men's 1500 m freestyle: Carlos Garach
Men's 200 m butterfly: Arbidel González
Women's 100 m backstroke: Carmen Weiler
Women's 200 m backstroke: África Zamorano

Hugo González has guaranteed his participation at the Games through reaching at least one final at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, as per the criteria approved by the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN).

Water polo

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain women's	Women's tournament

Women's tournament

Spain women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Team roster

Women's team event – one team of 12 players

References

^ Wells, Chris (25 June 2023). "Spanish pair qualifies first Olympic quota places at European Games". World Archery. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Laura Fuertes hace historia y se convierte en la primera boxeadora española en unos Juegos Olímpicos" [Laura Fuertes makes history and becomes the first Spanish female boxer at the Olympic Games] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Ukraine, Israel and Spain qualify for Paris Olympics in men's soccer". USA Today. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ Bregman, Scott (16 September 2022). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "3rd European Games: Sotero and Malan lead Italian charge to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". UIPM. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "European Games 2023: Alice Sotero and Giorgio Malan claim double gold for Italy as 16 athletes clinch modern pentathlon quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Fátima Gálvez logra la plata en el Mundial de trap y la plaza olímpica para París 2024" [Fátima Gálvez achieves a silver and an Olympic spot for Paris 2024 at the Worlds] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[1] Wells, Chris (25 June 2023). "Spanish pair qualifies first Olympic quota places at European Games". World Archery. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[2] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[3] "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[4] "Laura Fuertes hace historia y se convierte en la primera boxeadora española en unos Juegos Olímpicos" [Laura Fuertes makes history and becomes the first Spanish female boxer at the Olympic Games] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[5] "Ukraine, Israel and Spain qualify for Paris Olympics in men's soccer". USA Today. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[6] Bregman, Scott (16 September 2022). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[7] "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[8] "3rd European Games: Sotero and Malan lead Italian charge to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". UIPM. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[9] "European Games 2023: Alice Sotero and Giorgio Malan claim double gold for Italy as 16 athletes clinch modern pentathlon quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[10] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[11] "Fátima Gálvez logra la plata en el Mundial de trap y la plaza olímpica para París 2024" [Fátima Gálvez achieves a silver and an Olympic spot for Paris 2024 at the Worlds] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

[12] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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