Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China with 286 athletes.

Medalists

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	8th	—	—	—	—
Day 2	9th	1	0	0	1
Day 3	10th	0	0	1	1
Day 4	11th	0	0	0	0
Day 5	12th	0	0	0	0
Day 6	13th	0	0	0	0
Day 7	14th	0	0	0	0
Day 8	15th	0	0	0	0
Day 9	16th	1	0	0	1
Day 10	17th	1	3	0	4
Day 11	18th	0	0	1	1
Day 12	19th	0	1	0	1
Day 13	20th	0	1	0	1
Day 14	21th	1	0	0	1
Day 15	22th	0	1	0	1
Day 16	23th	1	3	0	4
Day 17	24th	0	1	1	2
Total		5	10	3	18

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	0	0	0	0
Athletics	0	0	0	0
Badminton	0	0	0	0
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	0	0
Canoeing	1	2	0	3
Cycling	2	1	1	4
Diving	0	0	0	0
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Handball	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	0	0
Rowing	0	0	0	0
Sailing	1	1	0	2
Shooting	0	0	0	0
Swimming	0	0	0	0
Synchronized swimming	0	2	0	2
Table tennis	0	0	0	0
Taekwondo	0	0	0	0
Tennis	1	1	0	2
Volleyball	0	0	0	0
Weightlifting	0	0	0	0
Wrestling	0	0	0	0
Total	5	10	3	18

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Samuel Sánchez	Cycling	Men's Road Race
Gold	Joan Llaneras	Cycling	Men's Points Race
Gold	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	Men's Singles
Gold	Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz Blanco	Sailing	Tornado Class
Gold	Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres
Silver	Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández	Sailing	49er Class
Silver	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	Tennis	Women's Doubles
Silver	Gervasio Deferr	Gymnastics	Men's Floor
Silver	Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler	Cycling	Men's Madison
Silver	Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual	Synchronized swimming	Women's Duet
Silver	David Cal	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres
Silver	David Cal	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
Silver	Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	Synchronized swimming	Women's team
Silver	Francisco Cortes<br\>Santi Freixa<br\>Francisco Fábregas<br\>Víctor Sojo<br\>Alexandre Fabregas<br\>Pablo Amat<br\>Eduardo Tubau<br\>Roc Oliva<br\>Juan Fernandez<br\>Ramón Alegre<br\>Xavier Ribas<br\>Albert Sala<br\>Rodrigo Garza<br\>Sergi Enrique<br\>Eduard Arbos<br\>David Alegre	Field Hockey	Men's tournament
Silver	Pau Gasol<br\>Rudy Fernández<br\>Ricky Rubio<br\>Juan Carlos Navarro<br\>José Calderón<br\>Felipe Reyes<br\>Carlos Jiménez<br\>Raúl López<br\>Berni Rodríguez<br\>Marc Gasol<br\>Álex Mumbrú<br\>Jorge Garbajosa	Basketball	Men's tournament
Bronze	José Luis Abajo	Fencing	Men's Individual Épée
Bronze	Leire Olaberría	Cycling	Women's Points Race
Bronze	José Javier Hombrados<br\>Alberto Entrerríos<br\>Albert Rocas<br\>Raúl Entrerríos<br\>Rubén Garabaya<br\>Carlos Prieto<br\>Ion Belaustegui<br\>Demetrio Lozano<br\>David Davis<br\>David Barrufet<br\>Juan García Lorenzana<br\>Iker Romero<br\>Cristian Malmagro<br\>Victor Tomás González	Handball	Men's tournament

Medals by genre
Genre				Total
Men	4	6	2	12
Women	0	3	1	4
Mixed/Open	1	1	0	2
Total	5	10	3	18

<br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> <br\> For the following rankings:

 * Q denotes "qualified by right" (usually the 3 firsts of a heat, etc.)
 * q denotes "qualified by mark" (usually the bests that didnt qualify, etc.)
 * The rank position denotes the athlete position overall the round (if there are for examnple 4 heats of runners in that round and
   the athlete finishes 1st on one of them, but overall he has the 4th mark between all the heats, his rank will be 4th.)

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Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Spain sent one archer to the Olympics. Daniel Morillo earned a spot to compete in the men's competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Daniel Morillo	Individual	657	33	Markivan Ivashko (UKR) (32) W 115-107	Juan René Serrano (MEX) (1) L 112-111	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

<br\> Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Ángel David Rodríguez	10.34	34 q	10.35	33rd	Did not advance
200 m	Ángel David Rodríguez	20.87	29 q	20.96	28th	Did not advance
800 m	Manuel Olmedo	1:45.78	7 Q			1:45.91	9th	Did not advance
	Antonio Manuel Reina	1:46.30	15 q			1:46.40	=13th	Did not advance
	Miguel Quesada	1:48.06	40th			Did not advance
1500 m	Juan Carlos Higuero	3:41.70	31 Q			3:37.31	4 Q	3:34.44	5th
	Arturo Casado	3:36.42	13 Q			3:41.57	23rd	Did not advance
	Reyes Estévez	3:39.62	23rd			Did not advance
5000 m	Jesús España	13:48.88	20 Q					13:55.94	14th
	Alemayehu Bezabeh	13:37.88	5 q					13:30.48	11th
	Alberto García	13:58.20	28th			Did not advance
10000 m	Juan Carlos de la Ossa							27:54.20	17th
	Carlos Castillejo							28:13.68	23rd
	Ayad Lamdassen							28:13.73	24th
110 m hurdles	Jackson Quiñonez	13.41	5 Q	13.47	13 Q	13.40	6 Q	13.69	8th
3000 m steeplechase	Rubén Palomeque	8:58.50	36th					Did not advance
	José Luis Blanco	8:37.37	31st					Did not advance
	Eliseo Martín	8:23.19	14th					Did not advance
Marathon	Julio Rey							DNF	--
	Chema Martínez							2:14:00	16th
	José Ríos							2:32:35	72th
20 km walk	Francisco Javier Fernández							1:20:32	7th
	Juan Manuel Molina							1:21:25	12th
	Benjamín Sánchez							1:21:38	13th
50 km walk	Jesús Ángel García							3:44:08	4th
	Mikel Odriozola							3:51:30	13th
	Santiago Pérez							3:59:41	26th

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Luis Felipe Meliz	7.95	10 q	8.07	7th
High jump	Javier Bermejo	2.20	29th	Did not advance
Shot put	Manuel Martínez	19.81	19th	Did not advance
Discus throw	Mario Pestano	64.42	7 q	63.42	9th
	Frank Casañas	64.99	4 Q	66.49	5th

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	David Gómez
		Results	Event Points	Event Rank	Total Points	Rank
	100 m	1:59:46.9	834	19	834	19
	Long jump	6.85	778	31	1.612	29
	Shot put	13.58	703	27	2315	28
	High jump	1.81	636	34	2951	32
	400 m	49.27	849	13	3800	29
	110 m hurdles	14.61	897	18	4697	26
	Discus throw	40.17	668	24	5365	27
	Pole vault	NM	0	-	5365	28
	Javelin throw	62.22	771	13	6136	25
	1500 m	4:30.74	740	6	6876	25
	Final				6876	25th

Women

<br\> Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
1500 m	Iris Fuentes-Pila	4:14.10	21 Q					4:04.86	8th
	Natalia Rodríguez	4:05.30	7 Q					4:03.19	6th
5000 m	Dolores Checa	15:31.22	24th			Did not advance
10000 m	Isabel Checa							33:17.88	29th
100 m hurdles	Josephine Onyia	12.68	1 Q			12.86	9th	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Laia Forcadell	58.64	26th			Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Marta Domínguez	9:22.11	5 Q					Did not finish
	Rosa Morató	9:45.33	29th					Did not advance
	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	9:29.40	16 Q					9:35.16	12th
Marathon	Alessandra Aguilar							2:39:29	54th
	Yesenia Centeno							2:36:25	45th
	María José Pueyo							2:48:01	64th
20 km walk	María Vasco							1:27:25	5th
	Beatriz Pascual							1:27:44	6th
	María José Poves							1:30:51	18th

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Concepción Montaner	6,53	16th	Did not advance
Triple jump	Carlota Castrejana	14.02	16th	Did not advance
High jump	Ruth Beitia	1.93	=1 q	1.96	=7th
Pole Vault	Naroa Agirre	4.40	13th	Did not advance
Shot put	Irache Quintanal	no mark	no rank	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Mercedes Chilla	61.81	8 Q	58.13	9th
Hammer throw	Berta Castells	62.44	41st	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Spain will send two players: Pablo Abián - men's singles & Yoana Martínez - women's singles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Abián	Singles	Navickas (LTU)  L 21-23 21-12 9-21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yoana Martínez	Singles	Carroll (AUS)  W 21-9 21-16	Yulianti (INA)  L 9-21 14-21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the reigning world champions, having won the 2006 FIBA World Championship. It will be the men's team's eleventh Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished second at the EuroBasket Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

The 12-player roster for the Spain Men's Basketball Senior National Team was announced on 9 June 2008.

The 12-player roster for the Spain Women's Basketball Senior National Team was announced on 15 July 2008.

During the Games controversy has surrounded an official Olympic photo made by the men's basketball team using the "slant-eyes" gesture.

Men

Spain National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Pau Gasol 28 – (1980-07-06)July 6, 1980 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Los Angeles Lakers G/F 5 Rudy Fernández 23 – (1985-04-04)April 4, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Portland Trail Blazers PG 6 Ricky Rubio 17 – (1990-10-21)October 21, 1990 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Joventut Badalona G 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 28 – (1980-06-13)June 13, 1980 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FC Barcelona PG 8 José Calderón 26 – (1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Toronto Raptors F/C 9 Felipe Reyes 28 – (1980-03-16)March 16, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Real Madrid SF 10 Carlos Jiménez (C) 32 – (1976-02-10)February 10, 1976 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CB Málaga PG 11 Raúl López 28 – (1980-04-15)April 15, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Real Madrid SG 12 Berni Rodríguez 28 – (1980-06-07)June 7, 1980 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) CB Málaga C 13 Marc Gasol 23 – (1985-01-29)January 29, 1985 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Memphis Grizzlies SF 14 Álex Mumbrú 29 – (1979-06-12)June 12, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid PF 15 Jorge Garbajosa 30 – (1977-12-19)December 19, 1977 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Khimki BC	Head coach Aíto García Reneses Assistant coaches Juan Antonio Orenga Joaquín 'Quimet' Costa Trainers José 'Pepiño' Casal Ignacio 'Nacho' Coque Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Qualifying Round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10
Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
China	5	2	3	366	400	-34	7
Germany	5	1	4	330	390	-60	6
Angola	5	0	5	321	477	-156	5

  Qualified for quarterfinals

  Disqualified

August 10 14:30

Game 9

Spain	81–66	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20-16, 15-13, 27-17, 19-20
Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 7 Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2		Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Tsartsaris 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes Sanchez (Dominican Republic)

August 12 16:45

Game 22

China	75–85 (OT) (OT)	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 28-17, 15-10, 11-25, Overtime: 3-13
Pts: Liu 19 Rebs: Yao, Yi 9 Asts: Yao, Sun 3		Pts: P. Gasol 29 Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8 Asts: Fernández 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Jose Carrion (Puerto Rico)

August 14 09:00

Game 31

Germany	59–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 21-27, 12-20, 11-13
Pts: Hamann 15 Rebs: Kaman 10 Asts: Hamann 3		Pts: Calderón 15 Rebs: M. Gasol 8 Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy)

August 16 22:15

Game 48

Spain	82–119	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22-31, 23-30, 18-25, 19-33
Pts: Reyes 19 Rebs: Reyes 8 Asts: Fernández, Rubio 3		Pts: James 18 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: James, Paul 8

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)

August 18 16:45

Game 58

Angola	50–98	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 7-25, 11-31, 9-27
Pts: Mingas 10 Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5 Asts: Costa 5		Pts: P. Gasol 31 Rebs: P. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (United States)

Quarterfinals

August 20 14:30

Match 65

Spain	72–59	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 15-15, 14-12, 21-21
Scoring by half: 37-26, 35-23
Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: P. Gasol 10 Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2		Pts: Banić 15 Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5 Asts: Kus, Nicević 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)

Semifinals

August 22 20:00

Match 71

Spain	91–86	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 19-23, 22-24, 29-20
Scoring by half: 40-42, 51-44
Pts: P. Gasol 19 Rebs: C. Jimenez 7 Asts: R. Rubio 4		Pts: S. Jasaitis, S. Jasikevicius 19 Rebs: S. Jasaitis 8 Asts: S. Jasikevicius 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083

Final / Gold Medal Match

August 24 Follows bronze medal game

Gold medal game - Game 76

Spain	107–118	United States
Scoring by quarter: 31-38, 30-31, 21-22, 25-27
Scoring by half: 61-69, 46-49
Pts: Fernández 22 Rebs: Reyes 7 Asts: Navarro 4		Pts: Wade 27 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: Bryant 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)

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Women

Spain Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 4 Laura Nicholls González 19 – (1989-02-26)February 26, 1989 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Celta Vigourban C 5 Cindy-Orquidea Lima 27 – (1981-06-21)June 21, 1981 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) CB San José PF 6 Tamara Abalde 19 – (1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Lamar Cardinals SG 7 Isabel Sánchez 20 – (1987-09-16)September 16, 1987 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca C 8 Maria-Lucia Pascua 25 – (1983-03-21)March 21, 1983 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) CB San José SG 9 Laia Palau 28 – (1979-09-10)September 10, 1979 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ros Casares Valencia PG 10 Elisa Aguilar 31 – (1976-10-15)October 15, 1976 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ros Casares Valencia G 11 Nuria Martínez 24 – (1984-02-29)February 29, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Dynamo Moscow PF 12 Anna Montañana 27 – (1980-10-24)October 24, 1980 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca SF 13 Amaya Valdemoro (C) 31 – (1976-08-18)August 18, 1976 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CSKA Samara SF 14 Maria Revuelto 26 – (1982-01-27)January 27, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CB San José SG 15 Alba Torrens 18 – (1989-08-30)August 30, 1989 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Celta Vigourban	Head coach Evaristo Pérez Assistant coaches Víctor Lapeña Susana García Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Qualifying Round - Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	0	491	276	+215	10
China	4	1	358	346	+12	9
Spain	3	2	357	324	+33	8
Czech Republic	2	3	346	356	-10	7
New Zealand	1	4	320	423	-103	6
Mali	0	5	255	402	-147	5

  Qualified for quarterfinals

  Disqualified

August 9 14:30

Match 3

China	67–64	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 19-9, 15-20, 15-20
Pts: Bian 15 Rebs: Bian 12 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Torrens 18 Rebs: Montanana 7 Asts: Palau 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Jose Carrion (Puerto Rico)

August 11 09:00

Match 7

New Zealand	62–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 7-18, 20-22, 20-20, 15-25
Pts: Harmon 22 Rebs: Wallbutton 6 Asts: Harmon 3		Pts: Sanchez 19 Rebs: Montanana 7 Asts: Aguilar, Sanchez, Torrens 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Abreu Muhimua (Mozambique)

August 13 11:15

Match 14

Spain	74–55	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 13-6, 20-11, 16-17
Pts: Montanana 20 Rebs: Pascua 8 Asts: Palau 5		Pts: Viteckova 12 Rebs: Machová 8 Asts: Machová 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (Finland)

August 15 20:00

Match 23

United States	93–55	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 17-17, 23-10, 31-11
Pts: Thompson 17 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Lawson, Leslie, Parker 2		Pts: Valdemoro 17 Rebs: Nicholls 5 Asts: Martinez 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy)

August 17 09:00

Match 25

Mali	47–79	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 5-19, 16-17, 12-22, 13-21
Pts: Sissoko 17 Rebs: Diawara 15 Asts: Diawara, Kanoute 2		Pts: Valdemoro 21 Rebs: Montanana 9 Asts: Montanana, Aguilar, Lima, Martinez 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Elena Chernova (Russia)

Quarterfinals

August 19 22:15

Game 63

Russia	84–65	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10-21, 22-19, 24-15, 28-10
Pts: Schegoleva 19 Rebs: Stepanova 10 Asts: Abrosimova 3		Pts: Valdemoro 16 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: tied 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Belosevic (SRB)

Final Rank = 5th.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Kelvin de la Nieve earned a qualifying spot at the second European qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kelvin de la Nieve	Light flyweight	Yanez (USA) L 12-9	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Cal	C-1 500 m	1.47:995	2 QF			1:48.397
	C-1 1000 m	3.58:756	5 QF			3:52.751
Saúl Craviotto <br\> Carlos Pérez Rial	K-2 500 m	1:28.983	3 QF			1:28.736

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teresa Portela	K-1 500 m	1:51.654	QS	1:54.981	13th	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón<br\>Sonia Molanes	K-2 500 m	1:46.646	QS	1:45.313	10th	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón<br\>Sonia Molanes<br\>Teresa Portela<br\>Jana Smidakova	K-4 500 m	1:37.914	QS	1:37.172	1 QF	1:35.366	5th

Slalom

Spain will send three people - two men and one woman - to compete in the slalom events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Total	Rank
Ander Elosegui	C-1	87.00	85.47	176.45	7 Q	91.16	5 Q	89.93	180.59	4th

Athlete	Event	Heats				Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank	Time	Penalty Seconds	Rank	Time	Penalty Seconds	Total	Rank
Guillermo Díez-Canedo	K-1	84.95	88.07	173.02	12 Q	90.06	2	14th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats				Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank	Time	Penalty Seconds	Rank	Time	Penalty Seconds	Total	Rank
Maialen Chourraut	K-1	147.95	105.44	253.39	16th	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Coloma	Cross-country	2:09:05	28th
José Antonio Hermida	Cross-country	2:01:01	10th
Iñaki Lejarreta	Cross-country	2:00:21	8th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marga Fullana	Cross-country	Did not finish

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Contador	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:03:29	4th
Óscar Freire	Road race	Did not finish
Samuel Sánchez	Road race	6:23:49
	Time trial	1:04:37	6th
Carlos Sastre	Road race	6:31:06 (+7:17)	49th
Alejandro Valverde	Road race	6:24:19 (+0:30)	13th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Sanchis	Road race	3:32:52	19th
Marta Vilajosana	Road race	3:43:25	25th

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Semifinals				Finals
		Time	Rank	Rival	Rival Time	Time	Rank	Rival	Rival Time	Time	Rank
Sergi Escobar	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.102	10	Did not advance
Toni Tauler	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.462	6 Q	Alexei Markov (RUS)	4:22:308	4:24:974 L	6th	Did not advance
Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu Antonio Miguel Sebastián Muntaner	Men's team pursuit	4:06.509	7 Q	New Zealand	3:57.536	Overlapped	-	Did not advance

Points Race

Athlete	Event	Sprint points	Extra laps	Total points	Rank
Joan Llaneras	Men's points race	20	2	60
Leire Olaberría	Women's points race	13	0	13

Madison

Cyclist 1	Cyclist 2	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Joan Llaneras	Toni Tauler	Men's Madison	7	+0

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain will send one man and one woman to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javier Illana	3 m Individual Springboard	423.90	20th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Benítez	3 m Individual Springboard	194.05	30th	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Spain will send two men and one woman to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Jordi Domingo	Prestige	Individual	64.042	28th	Did not advance
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Fabergé	Individual	DNS*	-	Did not advance
Juan Manuel Muñoz	Fuego XII	Individual	66.083	22 Q	68.160	16th	Did not advance
Jordi Domingo Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Juan Manuel Muñoz	as above	Team	DNS*	-			Did not advance

(*) - Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and the spanish equestrian team couldn't join the competition because Beatriz's horse, Fabergé, suffered an injury short before the start of the games.

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Luis Abajo	Individual épée		Kim Won Jin (KOR) W 15 - 14	Jerome Jeannet (FRA) W 15 - 9	Diego Confalonieri (ITA) W 14 - 13	Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) L 12 - 15	Gabor Boczko (HUN) W 8 - 7
Javier Menéndez	Individual foil	Roland Schlosser (AUT) L 9 - 15	Did not advance
Jaime Martí	Individual sabre		Nikolay Kovalev (RUS) W 15 - 12	Zhong Man (CHN) L 14 - 15	Did not advance
Jorge Pina	Individual sabre		Diego Ochhiuzzi (ITA) W 15 - 9	Aldo Montano (ITA) W 15 - 14	Nicolas Lopez (FRA) L 10 - 15	Did not advance		7th

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Araceli Navarro	Individual sabre	Angelica Larios (MEX) W 15 - 4	Rebecca Ward (USA) L 7(WD) - 12	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Francisco Cortes (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
5. Francisco Fábregas (c)
6. Víctor Sojo
8. Alexandre Fabregas
9. Pablo Amat
10. Eduardo Tubau
11. Roc Oliva

12. Juan Fernandez
13. Ramón Alegre
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
20. Sergi Enrique
21. Eduard Arbos
23. David Alegre

Reserve:

3. Franc Dinares

Preliminary round - Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	12	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4
Germany	11	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6
South Korea	7	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2
New Zealand	7	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1
Belgium	4	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4
China	1	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9

  Qualified for semifinals

  Disqualified

11 August 2008 20:30

Spain

4 – 2

Belgium

	Amat  8' Freixa  20' Ribas  41' Sojo  49' Goals Truyens  26' Dekeyser  63'

13 August 2008 20:30

New Zealand

0 – 1

Spain

	Goals Freixa  70'

15 August 2008 08:30

Spain

2 – 1

China

	Ribas  17' Amat  67' Goals Na Yubo  6'

17 August 2008 21:00

Germany

1 – 0

Spain

	Fuerste  34' Goals

19 August 2008 18:30

South Korea

1 – 2

Spain

	Yoon Sung-Hoon  69' Goals Freixa  12'  53'

Semifinals

21 August 2008 20:30

Spain

3 − 2

Australia

	Tubau  39'  44' Freixa  68' Goals Abbott  1' Ockenden  37'

Final / Gold Medal Match

23 August 2008 20:30

Germany

1 – 0

Spain

	C. Zeller  16' Goals

Women

Head Coach: Pablo Usoz

1. María Jesús Rosa (GK)
2. Julia Menendez
3. Rocío Ybarra
7. Barbara Malda
9. Silvia Muñoz (c)
10. Silvia Bonastre
11. Maria Romagosa
12. Marta Ejarque

13. Raquel Huertas
14. Pilar Sanchez
17. Núria Camón
19. Maria Lopez de Eguilaz (GK)
20. Montse Cruz
21. Esther Termens
22. Gloria Comerma
23. Georgina Olivia

Reserve:

5. Paula Paula

Preliminary round - Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	15	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11
China	10	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10
Australia	10	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8
Spain	6	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8
South Korea	3	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5
South Africa	0	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16

  Qualified for semifinals

  Disqualified

10 August 2008 10:30

China

3 – 0

Spain

	Fu Baorong  17' Li Hongxia  31' Gao Lihua  37' Goals

12 August 2008 10:30

Australia

6 – 1

Spain

	Lambert  27'  60' Hudson  47' Eastham  54' Halliday  66' Rivers  70' Goals Muñoz  6'

14 August 2008 18:00

Spain

2 – 1

South Korea

	Camón  8' Sanchez  22' Goals Kim Jong-Eun  37'

16 August 2008 21:00

Spain

1 – 0

South Africa

	Romagosa  31' Goals

18 August 2008 18:30

Netherlands

2 – 0

Spain

	Paumen  22' Hoog  69' Goals

Seventh and eight place

20 August 2008 11:00

Spain

3 – 2 (AET)

United States

	Termens  8' Huertas  68' Ybarra  84' (GG) Goals Sensenig  30' Loy  59'

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Men

Qualification Stage

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						All-around
		Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Isaac Botella	All-around	14.975	13.600	14.900	16.050 Q			59.525
Manuel Carballo	All-around	14.650	14.475	14.900		15.275	13.025	72.325
Gervasio Deferr	All-around	15.825 Q			15.075	14.600	13.725	59.225
Rafa Martínez	All-around	15.750 R	15.550	14.800	14.325	15.100	15.275	90.800	10 Q
Sergio Muñoz	All-around	14.575	12.700	15.150	16.100	13.675	13.300	85.500
Iván San Miguel	All-around		13.775	15.200	16.050	14.375	14.525	73.925
Isaac Botella<br\>Manuel Carballo<br\>Gervasio Deferr<br\>Rafa Martínez<br\>Rafa Martínez<br\>Sergio Muñoz<br\>|Iván San Miguel	Team qualification	61.000	56.650	60.150	63.950	59.350	56.825	357.925	11th

• The spanish artistic team did not quality to the final.

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Final
		Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	Horizontal Bar	Total	Rank
Isaac Botella	Vault				16.075			16.075	8th
Gervasio Deferr	Floor	15.775						15.775
Rafa Martínez	Individual all-around	15.450	15.000	14.375	15.575	15.525	15.575	91.500	10th

Women

Qualification Stage

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				All-around
		Vault	Uneven Bars	Beam	Floor	Total	Rank
Laura Campos	All-around	14.200	13.075	13.975	13.775	55.025	49th
Lenika de Simone	All-around	14.100	13.550	14.100	13.850	55.600	47th

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Almudena Cid Tostado	Individual	16.675	16.800	16.600	16.750	66.825	10 Q	17.000	17.000	17.150	16.950	68.100	8th

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 Ropes	3 Hoops & 2 Clubs	Total	Rank	5 Ropes	3 Hoops & 2 Clubs	Total	Rank
Bárbara González Lara González Isabel Pagán Ana Pelaz Verónica Ruiz Elisabet Salom	Team	15.725	14.375 (-0,40 pen)	30.100	11th	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Only the men's team qualified to play on the olympic games.

Men's Team

• Albert Rocas
• Alberto Entrerríos
• Carlos Prieto
• Cristian Malmagro
• David Barrufet
• David Davis
• Demetrio Lozano
• Iker Romero
• Jon Belaustegui
• José Javier Hombrados
• Juanín García
• Raúl Entrerríos
• Rubén Garabaya
• Víctor Tomás

Men

Preliminary round - Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	33	9
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	-24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	-60	0

  Qualified for quarterfinals

  Disqualified

10 August 09:00	Croatia	31–29	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)
	Lackovic, Dzomba 5	(Report)	Garcia 8

12 August 15:45	Spain	30–29	Poland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)
	Rocas 7	(Report)	Jurasik, Lijewski 4

14 August 15:45	China	22–36	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Cui 5	(Report)	Tomas 7

16 August 14:00	France	28–21	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)
	Gille 6	(Report)	Garcia 7

18 August 10:45	Spain	36–35	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Romero 8	(Report)	Pacheco Filho 12

Quarterfinals

20 August 20:15	South Korea	24–29	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
	Jeong 7	(Report)	Rocas 8

Semifinals

22 August 20:15	Iceland	36–30	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
	Sigurðsson 7, Geirsson 7	(Report)	Rocas 6

Bronze Medal Match

24 August 13:30	Croatia	29–35	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
	Duvnjak 7	(Report)	Garcia, Prieto 7

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Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Óscar Peñas	−66 kg	L  Mirali Sharipov (UZB) 0000-1010	Did not advance
David Alarza	−90 kg	W  Alexis Chiclana (PUR) 1101-0100	L  Amar Benikhlef (ALG) 0001-1020	Did not advance		L  El Assri (MAR) 0000-0000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage <br\>Round	Repechage <br\>Quarterfinals	Repechage <br\>Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ana Carrascosa	−52 kg	W  Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa (MGL) 0100-0000	L  Xian Dongmei (CHN) 0000-1000	Did not advance		W<br\>got a bye	W  Monteiro (POR) 0101-0001	L  Kim (KOR) 0001-1010	Did not advance	7th
Isabel Fernández	−57 kg		W  Valerie Gotay (USA) 0010-0000	L  Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) 0000-0001	Did not advance		L  Quadros (BRA) 0000-0001	Did not advance
Leire Iglesias	−70 kg	W  Mayra Silva (BRA) 0020-0011	W  Geyrise Emane Ekpwa (FRA) 0001-0000	L  Annett Bohm (GER) 0000-1000	Did not advance		W  Smal (UKR) 0011-0000	W  Alvear (COL) 0001-0000	L  Bosch (NED) 0000-1001	5th*
Esther San Miguel	−78 kg	W  Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) 0002-0000	W  Edinanci Silva (BRA) 0011-0010	W  Lucia Morico (ITA) 0220-0011	L  Yang Xiuli (CHN) 1031-0000				L  Possamaï (FRA) 0010-0100	5th*

• "*" Their rank is 5th because on Judo there's 2 bronze matches for each category.

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain will send one man to compete at the moder pentathlon: Jaime López

Men

Athlete	Shoot		Fence		Swim		Ride		Run		Total
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Final Rank
Jaime López	1.132	13	808	=19	1276	20	0 (DNF)	=35	980	35	4196	36th

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Spain will send one rower to the 2008 Summer Olympics – Nuria Dominguez Asensio. She will compete in the women’s singles event. This is her third Olympic appearance as she rowed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals			Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Type	Time	Rank	Type	Time	Rank	Final Rank
Nuria Dominguez Asensio	Single Sculls	7:58.03	3 Q	7:49.60	4 Q -> S C/D	C/D	8:03.61	2 Q -> F C	C	7:36.12	2	14th

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Spain qualified in 10 Olympic sailing classes and will be sending 16 athletes to the races in Qingdao, China.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race
Iván Pastor	Sailboard	8	13	18	18	16	9	4	4	6	15	16	109	9th
Javier Hernández	Laser	17	25	11	13	28	BFD	19	13	5	CAN	-	121	14th
Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento	470	8	2	6	9	13	13	13	4	11	18	8	87	5th

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race
Marina Alabau	Sailboard	3	5	5	2	5	11	8	5	4	9	8	65	4th
Susana Romero	Laser Radial	18	7	20	14	20	21	19	13	16	CAN	-	127	24th
Laia Tutzo Natalia Via-Dufresne	470	4	5	2	6	13	10	13	17	2	17	20	92	10th
Mónica Azón Sandra Azón Graciela Prisionero	Yngling	11	9	14	6	14	4	14	9	CAN	CAN	-	67	14th

Open

Athlete	Event	Points per race																Score	Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal race
Rafael Trujillo	Finn	12	4	3	14	20	20	OCS	1								6	107.0	80	9th
Xabier Fernández <br\>Iker Martínez	49er	1	10	17	2	OCS	5	7	10	3	4	1	2	CAN	CAN	CAN	2	84	64
Fernando Echavarri<br\>Antón Paz	Tornado	1	6	1	4	7	13	1	7	1	8						4		44

• OCS – On the Course Side of the starting line
• DSQ – Disqualified
• DNF – Did Not Finish
• DNS – Did Not Start
• CAN – Race Cancelled.
• BFD –

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Luis Martínez	10 m air rifle	589	32	Did not advance		32th
	50 m rifle Prone	582	50	Did not advance		50th
Juan José Aramburu	Skeet	118 (+3)	8	Did not advance		8th
Mario Núñez	Skeet	115	21	Did not advance		21th
Alberto Fernández	Trap	106	33	Did not advance		33th
Jesús Serrano	Trap	116	10	Did not advance		10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Maria Pilar Fernandez	10 m air pistol	379	25	Did not advance		25th
	25 m pistol	582	9	Did not advance		9th
Sonia Franquet	10 m air pistol	382	14	Did not advance		14th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
50 m freestyle	Javier Noriega	22.33	22th	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	Marcos Rivera	15:18.98	26th			Did not advance
100 m backstroke	Aschwin Wildeboer	53.67	4 Q	53.51	4 Q	53.51	7th
200 m backstroke	Aschwin Wildeboer	DNS	no rank	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	Borja Iradier	1:01.83	35th	Did not advance
	Melquiades Álvarez	1:01.89	37th	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	Melquiades Álvarez	2:12.59	27th	Did not advance
	Sergio García	2:14.30	34th	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Rafael Muñoz	52.53	30th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Javier Muñoz	2:00.24	32th	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	Brenton Cabello	2:03.08	33th	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	Javier Núñez	4:22.69	24th			Did not advance
10 km open water	Kiko Hervás					1:52:16.5	13th

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
100 m freestyle	María Fuster	DNS	no rank	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	Melani Costa	1:59.50	18th	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	Erika Villaécija	4:14.25	23th			Did not advance
800 m freestyle	Erika Villaécija	8:32.27	16th			Did not advance
100 m backstroke	Mercedes Peris	1:02.30	28th	Did not advance
	Nina Zhivanevskaya	1:00.54	13 Q	1:00.50	11th	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	Lydia Morant	2:13.87	25th	Did not advance
	Escarlata Bernard	2:12.86	24th	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	Mireia Belmonte	2:29.46	24th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Mireia Belmonte	DNS	no rank	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	Mireia Belmonte	2:12.75	Q	2:13.45	14th	Did not advance
	María Peláez	2:15.97	27th	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	Mireia Belmonte	4:37.91	14th			Did not advance
4×200 m freestyle	Arantxa Ramos Erika Villaécija María Fuster Melani Costa Noemi Féliz García	8:00.90	14th			Did not advance
4×100 m medley	Mireia Belmonte María Fuster Ángela San Juan Nina Zhivanevskaya	4:06.40	15th			Did not advance
10 km open water	Yurema Requena					1:59:46.9	13th

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine			Free Routine (Preliminary)					Free Routine (Final)
		Points	50% to free routines	Rank	Points	50%	Rank	Total pre	Rank pre	Points	50%	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual	Duet	97.667	48.834	2 Q	98.167	49.084	2	97.918	2 Q	99.000	49.500	2	98.334
Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	Team	97.833	48.917	2*						98.667	49.334	2	-

(*) - There was no qualification on the team event.

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alfredo Carneros	Singles	W  Adel Massaad (EGY) 11-9, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8	L  Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND) 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11	Did not advance
He Zhi Wen	Singles			L  Jang Song Man (PRK) 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 8-11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Fang Zhu Jin	Singles		W  Margaryta Pesotska (UKR) 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7, 1-9	L  Li Jie (NED) 11-8, 4-11, 7-11, 12-14, 5-11	Did not advance
Yanfei Shen Zhang	Singles			W  Sandra Paovic (CRO) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9	L  Tie Yana (HKG) 11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 4-11, 5-11	Did not advance

The three women will also take part in the team competition.

Women's Team

Qualification round - Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	9	0
Japan	5	3	2	1	6	5
Spain	4	3	1	2	5	6
Australia	3	3	0	3	0	9

  Qualified for semifinals

  Qualified for bronze play-off

  Disqualified

August 13

Korea Republic	3–0	Spain

August 14

Japan	3–2	Spain
Spain	3–0	Australia

Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Antonio Ramos	−58 kg	W  Alfonso Martinez (BIZ) 2-1	W  Márcio Wenceslau (BRA) 3-2	L  Gabriel Mercedes (DOM) 2-3			L  Rohullah Nikpai (AFG) 1-4	5th*
Jon Garcia Aguado	+80 kg	L  Akmal Irgashev (UZB) 10-11	Did not advance				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rosana Simon Alamo	+67 kg	L  Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) 4-5	Did not advance				Did not advance

• (*) - On Taekwondo, there are 2 Bronze Medal Finals.

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Nicolás Almagro	Singles	G Monfils (FRA)	L 4-6 6-3, 4-6	Did not advance
David Ferrer	Singles	J Tipsarevic (SRB)	L 6-7 2-6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal	Singles	P Starace (ITA)	W 6-2 3-6 6-2	L Hewitt (AUS)	W 6-1 6-2	I Andreev (RUS)	W 6-4 6-2	J Melzer (AUT)	W 6-0 6-4	N Djokovic (SRB)	W 6-4 1-6 6-4	F Gonzalez (CHI)	W 6-3 7-6 6-3
Tommy Robredo	Singles	A Seppi (ITA)	L 4-6 6-4 6-8	Did not advance
Nicolas Almagro <br\>David Ferrer	Doubles			K Anderson (RSA)  J Coetzee (RSA)	W 3-6 6-3 6-4	S Aspelin (SWE)  T Johansson (SWE)	L 6-7 4-6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal <br\>Tommy Robredo	Doubles			J Bjorkman (SWE)  R Soderling (SWE)	W 6-3 6-3	C Guccione (AUS)  L Hewitt (AUS)	L 2-6 6-7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Nuria Llagostera Vives	Singles	K Zakopalova (CZE)	W 2-6 6-3 7-5	J Zheng (CHN)	L 7-6 1-6 4-6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Singles	S Bamme (AUT)	L 2-6 6-4 4-6	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro	Singles	S Peng (CHN)	L 5-7 6-7	Did not advance
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Singles	A Molik (AUS)	W 6-1 6-1	D Safina (RUS)	L 6-7 1-6	Did not advance
Nuria Llagostera Vives <br\>Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Doubles			E Vesnina (RUS)  V Zvonareva (RUS)	L 6-2 1-6 3-6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues <br\>Virginia Ruano Pascual	Doubles			M Koryttseva (UKR)  T Perebiynis (UKR)	W 6-3 6-4	S Stosur (AUS)  R Stubbs (AUS)	W 4-6 6-4 6-4	L Davenport (USA)  L Huber (USA)	W 5-7 7-6 8-6	Z Yan (CHN)  Z Jie (CHN)	W 6-4 7-6	S Williams (USA)  V Williams (USA)	L 2-6 0-6

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Javier Gómez Noya	Individual	18:08	59:06	31:03	1:49:13.92	4th
Iván Raña	Individual	18:22	58:52	31:14	1:49:22.03	5th

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Ana Burgos	Individual	20:57	1:05:28	35:11	2:02:43.85	20th
Ainhoa Murúa	Individual	19:59	1:07:06	36:38	2:04:48.07	38th

Volleyball

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Spain's beach volleyball team Herrera / Mesa (Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa) qualified for the men's Olympic beach volleyball tournament.

Men

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Team Herrera-Mesa

#	Name	Date of Birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Pablo Herrera	(1982-06-29)June 29, 1982 (age 26)	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	-	-
2	Raúl Mesa	(1982-04-16)April 16, 1982 (age 26)	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	-	-

Preliminary round - Pool A

	Directly Advance to Round of 16
	3rd Place/Lucky-Loser Playoffs
	Eliminated

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Xu - Wu (CHN)	6	3	0	135	104	6	1
2	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	5	2	1	114	107	4	2
3	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	4	1	2	111	133	2	5
4	Kais Kr. - Vesik (EST)	3	0	3	133	149	2	6

Aug 10,2008 22:00	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	2 – 0	Kais Kr. - Vesik (EST)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	Set 1 Set 2

Aug 12,2008 23:00	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	2 – 0	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	Set 1 Set 2

Aug 14,2008 16:00	Xu - Wu (CHN)	2 – 0	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	Beach Volleyball Ground Attendance: 13 15
	Set 1 Set 2

Round of 16

Aug 16,2008 20:00	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	0 – 2	Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	Set 1 Set 2

Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Only the men's team qualified to play on these olympics games.

Men

Preliminary round - Group A

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7-10
	Will play for places 9-12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	-17	2
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	-40	0

Aug 10, 2008 9:30	Game 1	Spain	16–6	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5-2, 4-2, 3-1, 4-1
		Garcia 3, Molina 3	Goals	Feltham 2

Aug 12, 2008 10:50	Game 8	Spain	9–8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4-0, 2-4, 2-2, 1-2
		Garcia 3	Goals	Whalan 2, Woods 2

Aug 14, 2008 12:10	Game 15	Hungary	8–5	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Ciric (SRB), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 4-2, 0-0, 2-0
		Varga D. 2, Benedek 2, Kis 2	Goals	Molina 2

Aug 16, 2008 14:00	Game 22	Spain	12–6	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Chaney (USA), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3-0, 4-1, 3-4, 2-1
		Molina 3	Goals	Janovic N 2, Ivovic 2

Aug 18, 2008 15:20	Game 29	Spain	10–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-0, 3-5, 2-1
		Perrone 7	Goals	Theodoropoulos 2

Quarterfinals

Aug 20, 2008 17:20	Game 34	Spain	5–9	Serbia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Klopper (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 1-5, 1-2, 2-2
		Molina 2	Goals	Pijetlovic 4

Classification 5th-6th

Aug 24, 2008 13:00	Game 42	Croatia	9–11	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Chaney (USA), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-5, 1-3, 3-3
		Buslje 2, Dogas 2	Goals	Garcia 4

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Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jose Juan Navarro	-94 kg	173.0	=10	210.0	=10	383.0	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lidia Valentin	-75 kg	115.0	5	135.0	6	250.0	5th

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Francisco Sanchez	−55 kg	L  Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR) 1-3, 1-3	Did not advance				Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Teresa Mendez	−63 kg	L  Lise Golliot-Legrand (FRA) 0-1, 0-2	Did not advance				Did not advance
Maider Unda	−72 kg	W  Oksana Vashchuk (UKR) 1-0, 3-1	L  Stanka Zlateva (BUL) 3-2, 0-6, 1-4	Did not advance		W  Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) 5-2, 1-1(W), 1-0	L  Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) 1-2, 0-1	5th

See also

• Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics