Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
| Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ESP |
| NOC | Spanish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan | |
| Competitors | 81 in 10 sports |
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Spain is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany (from which they withdrew due to the Spanish Civil War), and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Archery
One Spanish archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by winning the bronze medal and securing an outright berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Artistic swimming
Spain fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by placing third at the 2019 LEN European Champions Cup.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
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Duet | ||||||||
Athletics
Spanish athletes further achieved the entry standards in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
- Men's 110 metres hurdles: Orlando Ortega
- Men's 1500 metres: Adel Mechaal, Kevin López
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase: Fernando Carro, Daniel Arce, Ibrahim Eyzzadouni
- Men's marathon: Hamid Ben Daoud, Javier Guerra, Daniel Mateo
- Men's 20 km race walk: Diego García, Miguel Ángel López, Álvaro Martín
- Men's discus throw: Lois Maikel Martínez
- Men's hammer throw: Javier Cienfuegos
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Irene Sánchez-Escribano
- Women's 20 km race walk: Laura García-Caro, Raquel González, María Pérez
- Women's triple jump: Ana Peleteiro
Canoeing
Sprint
Spain has qualified several boats by earning an Olympic Quotta at the 2019 World Canoeing Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's K-1 200 m | |||||||
| Men's K-1 1000 m | |||||||
| Men's K-2 1000 m | |||||||
| Men's K-4 500 m | |||||||
| Women's K-1 200 m | |||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Equestrian
Spanish equestrians qualified a full squad in the team dressage competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.[3]
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Individual | ||||||||||
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See above | Team | — | |||||||
Football
Men's tournament
Spain men's football team qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth at the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy, signifying the country's return to the Olympic football scene for the first time since London 2012.[4]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
Sailing
Spanish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Men's RS:X | ||||||||||||||||
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Men's 470 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Blanca Manchón | Women's RS:X | |||||||||||||||
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Women's 470 | — | ||||||||||||||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Spanish shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Men's trap | |||||
| Women's trap | |||||
Swimming
Spanish swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[8][9] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top-two finish in the final (or in heat-declared winner races on time for long-distance freestyle) inside the federation's target standards at the Spanish Open and the 2020 European Championships in Budapest (11 to 17 May).
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Alberto Martínez | Men's 10 km open water | ||
Water polo
Men's tournament
The Spain men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.[10]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 11 players
Women's tournament
The Spain women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth, as the next highest-ranked squad, at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 11 players
References
- ^ "Mauro Nespoli adds third Italian recurve title of 2019 European Games". World Archery. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Russia Earns Two Olympic Berths At LEN Synchronized Swimming Champions Cup". Swimming World Magazine. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Keating, Steve (13 September 2018). "Equestrian: Werth weight in gold as Germany takes team dressage". Reuters. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Five-star Spain seal return to Olympic stage". FIFA. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Eight nations book Tokyo 2020 spot in the Women's 470". World Sailing. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "First Finn and Men's 470 Tokyo 2020 nations confirmed". World Sailing. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Water Polo: Spain and Italy power into men's world water polo final". Reuters. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.