Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Spain
games=2000 Summer
competitors=221 men and 105 women
sports=22
flagbearer=Manuel Estiarte
gold=3
silver=3
bronze=5
total=11

Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Spain finished in 25th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and 11 medals overall.

Gold

* Juan Llaneras — Cycling, Men's Points Race
* Gervasio Deferr — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
* Isabel Fernández — Judo, Women's Lightweight (57 kg)

Silver

* Rafael Lozano — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
* David Albelda, Iván Amaya, Miguel Angulo, Daniel Aranzubía, Joan Capdevila, Jordi Ferrón, Gabriel García de la Torre, Xavier Hernández, Jesús María Lacruz, Alberto Luque, Carlos Marchena, Felipe Ortiz, Carles Puyol, José María Romero, Ismael Ruiz, Raúl Tamudo, Antonio Velamazán, and Unai Vergara — Soccer, Men's Team Competition
* Gabriel Esparza — Taekwondo, Men's 58 kg Division

Bronze

* Maria Vasco — Athletics, Women's 20 km Walk
* Margarita Fullana — Cycling, Women's Cross-Country (Mountainbike)
* Iñaki Urdangarín, Alberto Urdiales, Andriy Xepkin, Antonio Ortega, Juan Pérez, Antonio Ugalde, Jordi Nuñez, Xavier O'Callaghan, Jesús Olalla, Rafael Guijosa, Demetrio Lozano, Enric Masip, David Barrufet, Talant Dujshebaev, and Mateo Garralda — Handball, Men's Team Competition
* Nina Zhivanevskaya — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Alex Corretja and Albert Costa — Tennis, Men's Doubles

Results by event

=Archery=

Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.

=Athletics=

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m
*Venancio Jose
*# Round 1 – 10.36
*# Round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m
*Venancio Jose
*# Round 1 – 20.95
*# Round 2 – 20.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m
*David Canal
*# Round 1 – 45.53
*# Round 2 – 45.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m
*José Manuel Cerezo
*# Round 1 – 01:48.11 (→ did not advance)
*Roberto Parra
*# Round 1 – 01:48.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 m
*Andres Diaz
*# Round 1 – 03:38.54
*# Semifinal – 03:38.41
*# Final – 03:37.27 (→ 8th place)
*José Antonio Redolat
*# Round 1 – 03:38.66
*# Semifinal – 03:45.46 (→ did not advance)
*Juan Carlos Higuero
*# Round 1 – 03:40.60
*# Semifinal – 03:38.37
*# Final – 03:38.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 5.000 m
*Alberto Garcia
*# Round 1 – 14:11.65 (→ did not advance)
*Yousef El Nasri
*# Round 1 – 13:34.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 m
*José Ríos
*# Round 1 – 27:51.40
*# Final – 28:50.31 (→ 18th place)
*Enrique Molina
*# Round 1 – 28:09.76
*# Final – DNF
*Teodoro Cunado
*# Round 1 – 29:10.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
*Iñigo Monreal
*# Round 1 – 51.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m
*Antonio Andres, David Canal, Inigo Monreal, Eduardo Rodriquez
*# Round 1 – 03:06.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase
*Luis Miguel Martín
*# Round 1 – 08:24.04
*# Final – 08:22.75 (→ 5th place)
*Eliseo Martín
*# Round 1 – 08:24.97
*# Final – 08:23.00 (→ 6th place)
*Marco Cepeda
*# Round 1 – 08:40.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put
*Manuel Martínez
*# Qualifying – 19.94
*# Final – 20.55 (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus
*David Martinez
*# Qualifying – 61.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
*Yago Lamela
*# Qualifying – 7.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump
*Raul Chapado
*# Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk
*Francisco Javier Fernández
*# Final – 1:21:01 (→ 7th place)
*David Márquez
*# Final – 1:24:36 (→ 20th place)
*José David Domínguez
*# Final – 0:01:28 (→ 35th place)

Men's 50 km Walk
*Valentí Massana
*# Final – 3:46:01 (→ 4th place)
*Jesús Ángel García
*# Final – 3:49:31 (→ 12th place)
*Mikel Odriozola
*# Final – 3:59:50 (→ 24th place)

Men's Marathon
*Martín Fiz
*# Final – 2:13:06 (→ 6th place)
*Alberto Juzdado
*# Final – 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place)
*Abel Antón
*# Final – 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place)

Men's Decathlon
*Francisco Javier Benet
*# 100 m – 11.42
*# Long Jump – 6.32
*# Shot Put – DNS

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m
*Norfalia Carabali
*# Round 1 – 52.36
*# Round 2 – 52.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m
*Mayte Martínez
*# Round 1 – 01:59.60
*# Semifinal – 02:03.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1.500 m
*Nuria Fernández
*# Round 1 – 04:11.46
*# Semifinal – 04:10.92 (→ did not advance)
*Natalia Rodríguez
*# Round 1 – 04:22.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5.000 m
*Marta Domínguez
*# Round 1 – 15:45.07 (→ did not advance)
*Beatriz Santiago
*# Round 1 – 15:31.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 m
*Maria Teresa Recio
*# Round 1 – 33:36.44 (→ did not advance)
*Maria Abel
*# Round 1 – 34:05.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m
*Julia Alba, Miriam Bravo, Norfalia Carabali, and Mayte Martinez
*# Round 1 – 03:32.45 (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put
*Martina de la Puente
*# Qualifying – 16.30 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus
*Alice Matejkova
*# Qualifying – 54.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
*Marta Miguez
*# Qualifying – 55.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Concepción Montaner
*# Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump
*Carlota Castrejana
*# Qualifying – 13.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump
*Marta Mendía
*# Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault
*Mari Mar Sanchez
*# Qualifying – 4.25 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk
*Maria Vasco
*# Final – 1:30:23 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Encarnacion Granados
*# Final – 1:35:06 (→ 20th place)
*Eva Perez
*# Final – 1:36:35 (→ 27th place)

Women's Marathon
*Ana Isabel Alonso
*# Final – 2:36:45 (→ 30th place)
*Griselda Gonzalez
*# Final – 2:38:28 (→ 33rd place)
*Maria Luisa Munoz
*# Final – 2:45:40 (→ 39th place)

Women's Heptathlon
*Inma Clopés
*# 100 m Hurdles – 14.20
*# High Jump – 1.66
*# Shot Put – 12.70
*# 200 m – 26.25
*# Long Jump – NM
*# Javelin Throw – DNS

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminaries (1-4)
*#Defeated Angola (64-45)
*#Lost to Russia (63-71)
*#Lost to Canada (77-91)
*#Lost to Yugoslavia (65-78)
*#Lost to Australia (80-91)
*Classification Matches:*9th-10th place: Defeated China (84-64) → 9th place
*Team Roster:* Alberto Herreros:* Alfonso Reyes:* Carlos Jiménez:* Francisco Alberto Angulo:* Ignacio de Miguel:* Ignacio Rodríguez:* John Bernard Rogers:* Jorge Garbajosa:* Juan Carlos Navarro:* Raúl López:* Roberto Dueñas:* Rodrigo de la Fuente

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Rafael Lozano
**Round 1 – Bye
**Round 2 – Defeated Danilo Lerio of Philippines
**Quarterfinal – Defeated Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya
**Semifinal – Defeated Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea
**Final – Lost to Brahim Asloum of France → Silver Medal

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Jovino Gonzalez
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:40.761
*# Semifinal – 01:41.168
*# Final – 02:03.889 (→ 6th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1.000 m
*Emilio Merchan
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:36.591
*# Semifinal – 03:40.263
*# Final – 03:39.965 (→ 9th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
*Jose Manuel Crespo
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:53.862
*# Semifinal – 01:54.765 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1.000 m
*Jose Manuel Crespo
*# Qualifying Heat – 04:04.528
*# Semifinal – 04:04.042 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
*Jose Alfredo Bea, David Mascato
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:44.973
*# Semifinal – 01:45.677
*# Final – 01:56.600 (→ 4th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1.000 m
*Jose Alfredo Bea, David Mascato
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:37.697
*# Semifinal – Bye
*# Final – 03:54.053 (→ 9th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Teresa Portela
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:59.153
*# Semifinal – 01:58.932 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
*Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez, Belen Sanchez
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:45.527
*# Semifinal – 01:45.144
*# Final – 02:04.208 (→ 7th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
*Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchon, Ana Maria Penas, Belen Sanchez
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:35.298
*# Semifinal – Bye
*# Final – 01:38.654 (→ 8th place)

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Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles
*Esteban Arakama
*# Qualifying – 267.75 (→ did not advance)
*Carlos Juanmarti
*# Qualifying – 275.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles
*Jon Erguin
*# Qualifying – 362.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles
*Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente
*# Qualifying – 344.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles
*Maria Eizmendi
*# Qualifying – 311.17
*# Final – 276.55 (→ 14th place)

=Cycling=

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Competition
*José Antonio Hermida
*# Final – 2:11:42.91 (→ 4th place)
*Roberto Lezaun
*# Final – 2:15:56.99 (→ 15th place)

Women's Competition
*Margarita Fullana
*# Final – 1:49:57.39 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Silvia Rovira
*# Final – 1:58:59.37 (→ 14th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial
*Abraham Olano
*# Final – 0:58:31 (→ 4th place)
*Santos Gonzalez Capilla
*# Final – 0:59:03 (→ 8th place)

Men's Road Race
*Óscar Freire
*# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 17th place)
*Abraham Olano
*# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 60th place)
*Juan Carlos Dominguez
*# Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
*Santos Gonzalez Capilla
*# Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
*Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
*# Final – DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial
*Joane Somarriba Arrola
*# Final – 0:43:06 (→ 5th place)
*Teodora Ruano
*# Final – 0:44:37.36 (→ 18th place)

Women's Road Race
*Joane Somarriba Arrola
*# Final – 3:06:31 (→ 14th place)
*Fatima Blazquez Lozano
*# Final – 3:10:33 (→ 33rd place)
*Mercedes Cagigas Amed
*# Final – 3:28:29 (→ 48th place)

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint
*Jose Villanueva
**Qualifying – 10.556
**First Round – Defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
**1/8 Finals – Defeated Pavel Buran of Czech Republic
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Florian Rousseau of France
**Final 5-8 – 6th place

Men's Individual Pursuit
*Antonio Tauler
**Qualifying – 04:34.415 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1 km Time Trial
*David Cabrero
**Final – 01:07.710 (→ 15th place)

Men's Point Race
*Juan Llaneras
**Points – 14
**Laps Down – 0 (→ "Gold Medal"')

Men's Keirin
*David Cabrero
**First Round – Heat – 3; Place – 3
**Repechage – Heat – 3; Place – 1
**Second Round – Heat – 2; Place – 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint
*José Antonio Escuredo, José Villanueva, and Slavador Melia
**Qualifying – 45.799 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit
*Miguel Alzamora, Isaac Gálvez, Antonio Tauler, and José Francisco Jarque
**Qualifying – 04:15.547 (did not advance)

Men's Madison
*Juan Llaneras and Isaac Gálvez
**Final – 3 (→ 13th place)

Women's Point Race
*Teodora Ruano
**Points – 10 (→ 7th place)

=Diving=

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Rafael Álvarez
*# Preliminary – 377.55
*# Semi-final – 201.06 – 578.61 (17th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Jose – Miguel Gil
*# Preliminary – 318.72 (33rd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Ruben Santos
*# Preliminary – 300.9 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
*Santos Leire
*# Preliminary – 271.41 (27th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
*Dolores Saez de Ibarra
*# Preliminary – 283.41
*# Semi-final – 163.11 – 446.52 (14th place, did not advance)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B)::* Spain — South Korea 1-1:* Spain — Poland 1-4:* Spain — Australia 2-2:* Spain — India 2-3:* Spain — Argentina 1-5
*Classification Matches::* 9th-12th place: Spain — Malaysia 1-0:* 9th-10th place: Spain — Canada 3-0 → Ninth place
*Team Roster:* Jaime Amat:* Pablo Amat:* Javier Arnau:* Jordi Casas:* Juan Dinarés:* Juan Escarré:* Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas:* Rodrigo Garza:* Bernardino Herrera:* Ramón Jufresa:* Joaquín Malgosa:* Xavier Ribas:* Josep Sánchez:* Ramón Sala:* Eduardo Tubau:* Pablo Usoz
*Head Coach: Antonio Forrellat

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* Spain — South Korea 0-0:* Spain — Australia 1-1:* Spain — Argentina 1-1:* Spain — Great Britain 0-2
*Medal Round::* Spain — China 0-0:* Spain — New Zealand 2-2:* Spain — Netherlands 1-2
*Bronze Medal Game::* Spain — Netherlands 0-2 → Fourth place
*Team Roster:* Amanda González:* Begoña Larzabal:* Cibeles Romero:* Elena Carrión:* Elena Urkizu:* Erdoitza Goikoetxea:* Lucía López:* María Carmen Barea:* Maider Tellería:* María del Carmen Martín:* María del Mar Feito:* Núria Camón:* Nuria Moreno:* Silvia Muñoz:* Sonia Barrio:* Sonia de Ignacio-Simo
*Head Coach: Marc Lammers

=Sailing=

Spain competed in nine events in the Sailing competition at the Sydney Olympics. In seven of the events, they finished in the top 10 but were unable to win a medal.

Men's Mistral
*Jorge Maciel Andres
*# Race 1 – 16
*# Race 2 – 17
*# Race 3 – (25)
*# Race 4 – 8
*# Race 5 – 25
*# Race 6 – 22
*# Race 7 – 20
*# Race 8 – 20
*# Race 9 – (37) DNF
*# Race 10 – 15
*# Race 11 – 19
*# Final – 162 (22nd place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Gustavo Martinez and Tunte Cantero
*# Race 1 – 17
*# Race 2 – 11
*# Race 3 – 15
*# Race 4 – 9
*# Race 5 – (18)
*# Race 6 – 3
*# Race 7 – 12
*# Race 8 – 2
*# Race 9 – 8
*# Race 10 – 4
*# Race 11 – (21)
*# Final – 81 (10th place)

Men's Laser
*Luís Martínez
*# Race 1 – 3
*# Race 2 – (23)
*# Race 3 – 16
*# Race 4 – 8
*# Race 5 – (44) OCS
*# Race 6 – 23
*# Race 7 – 5
*# Race 8 – 3
*# Race 9 – 16
*# Race 10 – 13
*# Race 11 – 10
*# Final – 97 (11th place)

Men's Tornado
*Fernando Leon and José Luis Ballester
*# Race 1 – 7
*# Race 2 – 9
*# Race 3 – 9
*# Race 4 – (14)
*# Race 5 – 6
*# Race 6 – (12)
*# Race 7 – 9
*# Race 8 – 3
*# Race 9 – 9
*# Race 10 – 4
*# Race 11 – 2
*# Final – 58 (9th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
*José Maria van der Ploeg and Rafael Trujillo
*# Race 1 – 2
*# Race 2 – 4
*# Race 3 – (17) DSQ
*# Race 4 – 3
*# Race 5 – 11
*# Race 6 – 7
*# Race 7 – 4
*# Race 8 – 10
*# Race 9 – 3
*# Race 10 – 11
*# Race 11 – (17) OCS
*# Final – 55 (9th place)

Women's Mistral
*Maria del Carmen Vaz
*# Race 1 – 4
*# Race 2 – 5
*# Race 3 – (14)
*# Race 4 – 9
*# Race 5 – (19)
*# Race 6 – 11
*# Race 7 – 8
*# Race 8 – 9
*# Race 9 – 6
*# Race 10 – 14
*# Race 11 – 6
*# Final – 72 (8th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
*Neus Garriga
*# Race 1 – 10
*# Race 2 – 2
*# Race 3 – 11
*# Race 4 – 13
*# Race 5 – 5
*# Race 6 – 1
*# Race 7 – (17)
*# Race 8 – 3
*# Race 9 – 11
*# Race 10 – 5
*# Race 11 – (28) OCS
*# Final – 61 (4th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Natalia Via Dufresne and Sandra Azón
*# Race 1 – 14
*# Race 2 – (18)
*# Race 3 – 5
*# Race 4 – 2
*# Race 5 – (19)
*# Race 6 – 3
*# Race 7 – 11
*# Race 8 – 2
*# Race 9 – 4
*# Race 10 – 9
*# Race 11 – 5
*# Final – 55 (6th place)

Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
*Santiago Lopez-Vazquez and Javier de La Plaza
*# Race 1 – 1
*# Race 2 – 8
*# Race 3 – 11
*# Race 4 – 8
*# Race 5 – 4
*# Race 6 – 3
*# Race 7 – 1
*# Race 8 – 11
*# Race 9 – 11
*# Race 10 – (18) OCS
*# Race 11 – 5
*# Race 12 – 1
*# Race 13 – 1
*# Race 14 – (12)
*# Race 15 – 10
*# Race 16 – 4
*# Final – 79 (4th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
*Eduardo Lorente
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Javier Botello
*# Preliminary Heat – 50.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
*Frederik Hviid
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:14.37 (→ did not advance)

*Teo Edo
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:32.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly
*Jorge Pérez
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:00.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke
*David Ortega
*# Preliminary Heat – 55.8
*# Semi-final – 56.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke
*Guillermo Mediano
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:03.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
*Jordi Carrasco
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:02.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
*Frederik Hviid
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:21.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle
*Jorge Luis Ulibarri, Eduardo Lorente, Juan Benavides, and Javier Botello
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:22.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*David Ortega, Santiago Castellanos, Daniel Morales, and Javier Botello
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:42.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle
*Ana Belén Palomo
*# Preliminary Heat – 25.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle
*Laura Roca
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:03.37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle
*Angels Bardina
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:17.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly
*María Pelaez
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:01.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly
*Mireia García
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:10.96
*# Semi-final – 02:10.24 (→ did not advance)
*María Pelaez
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:14.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke
*Lourdes Becerra
*# Preliminary Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke
*Nina Zhivanevskaya
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:01.97
*# Semi-final – 01:01.41
*# Final – 01:00.89 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke
*Nina Zhivanevskaya
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:11.60
*# Semi-final – 02:11.93
*# Final – 02:12.75 (→ 6th place)
*Ivette María
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:14.78
*# Semi-final – 02:15.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
*Lourdes Becerra
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:47.50 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Angels Bardina, Natalia Cabrerizo, Paula Carballido, and Laura Roca
*# Preliminary Heat – 08:13.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
*María Carmen Collado, Mireia García, Ivette María, and Laura Roca
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:15.54 (→ did not advance)

=Synchronized swimming=

Duet
*Gemma Mengual, Paola Tirados
*# Technical Routine – 32.9
*# Free Routine – 61.62
*# Final – 94.52 (8th place)

=Triathlon=

Three of Spain's four triathletes finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon. Ivan Rana was the only one to place in the top eight, with a fifth place finish in the men's event.

Women's Competition:
*Maribel Blanco — 2:06:37.84 (24th place)

Men's Competition:
*Iván Raña — 1:49:10.88 (5th place)
*Eneko Llanos — 1:50:48.35 (23rd place)
*Jose Maria Merchan — Did not finish

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Egypt (3-0):* Lost to Cuba (1-3):* Lost to Australia (1-3) :* Lost to Brazil (1-3):* Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
*Team Roster:*Carlos Carreño:*José Antonio Casilla:*Enrique de la Fuente:*Miguel Angel Falasca:*José Luis Moltó:*Rafael Pascual:*Cosme Prenafeta:*Juan Carlos Robles:*Ernesto Rodríguez:*Juan José Salvador:*Luis Pedro Suela:*Alexis Valido
*Head Coach: Raúl Lozano

Men's Beach Competition

*Javier Bosma and Fabio Diez — 5th place (tied)

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary round: 2-2-1
*Quarterfinal: Defeated Croatia, 9-8
*Semifinal: Lost to Russia, 8-7
*Bronze Medal Game: Lost to Yugoslavia, 8-3 → 4th place
*Team Roster:* Angel Luis Andreo:* Daniel Ballart:* Daniel Moro:* Gabriel Hernández:* Gustavo Marcos:* Iván Moro:* Javier Sánchez-Toril:* Jesús Miguel Rollán:* Jordi Sans:* Manuel Estiarte:* Pedro Francisco García:* Salvador Gómez:* Sergi Pedrerol

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