Spain at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ESP
Nocname:	Spanish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	113 (103 men, 10 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Enrique Rodríguez
Rank:	30
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Spain competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 113 competitors, 103 men and 10 women, took part in 68 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Juan Carlos I did not attend the Montreal Olympics in response of the African boycott of the games.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
Total	0	2	0	2

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's 800 metres

• Andrés Ballbé

• Heat - 1:48.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Mariano Haro

• Heat - 28:11.66

• Final - 28:00.28 (→ 6th place)
• José Luis Ruiz

• Heat - 31:03.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Luis Sarriá, Francisco Javier García, and Javier Martínez

• Heat - 39.93

• Semi Final - DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Agustin Fernández - 2:28:37 (→ 46th place)
• Antonio Baños - 2:31:01 (→ 51st place)
• Santiago Manguan - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

• Juan Carrasco

• Qualification - 2.05m (→ did not advance)
• Francisco Martín

• Qualification - 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Rafael Blanquer

• Qualification - 6.19m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Carmen Valero

• Heat - 2:06.14 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

• Carmen Valero

• Heat - 4:17.65 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Enrique Rodríguez

• First Round  - Lost to Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), RSC-3

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Vicente Rodríguez

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Defeated Mbarek Zarrougui (MAR), RSC-2

• Third Round  - Lost to Jong Jo-Ung (PRK), 2:3

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Juan Francisco Rodríguez

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Lost to Charles Mooney (USA), 1:4

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Antonio Rubio

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Lost to Reinaldo Valiente (CUB), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight ( - 63.5 kg)

• José Manuel Gómet

• First Round  - Lost to Narong Boonfuang (THA), KO-1

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• Fernando Henríquez
• Guillermo Del Riego
• Herminio Menéndez
• José María Esteban
  • José Ramón López José Seguín
• Luis Gregorio Ramos

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Four cyclists represented Spain in 1976.

Individual road race

• Bernardo Alfonsel - 4:47:27 (→ 10th place)
• Rafael Ladrón - 4:49:01 (→ 32nd place)
• Juan José Moral - 4:49:01 (→ 33rd place)
• Paulino Martínez - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

• Carmen Belén Núñez
• Conchita García
• Ricardo Camacho

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

• Alfonso Segovia
• Eduardo Amorós
• José María Rosillo
• Luis Álvarez de Cervera

Football

See main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Lost to Brazil (1-2)

• Lost to East Germany (0-1)

→ did not advance

• Team roster

• Antonio Olmo

• Cundi

• Isidoro San José

• José Vicente Sánchez

• Luis Arconada

• Miguel Mir

• Santiago Idigoras

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• Fernando Bertrand
• Gabriel Calvo
• José de la Casa

Women's Competition

• Elisa Cabello
• Eloisa Marcos
• Mercedes Vernetta

Hockey

See main article: Hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• Defeated West Germany (4-1)

• Drew with Pakistan (2-2)

• Drew with New Zealand (1-1)

• Lost to Belgium (2-3)
• Play-Off Match Group B

• Lost to New Zealand (0-1, after extra time)
• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Defeated Malaysia (2-1)

• 5th-6th place: Lost to West Germany (1-9) → 6th place
• Team roster

• Agustín Churruca

• Agustín Masana

• Francisco Codina

• Francisco Fábregas

• Francisco Segura

• Jaime Arbós

• Jorge Fábregas

• José Sallés

• Juan Amat

• Juan Arbós

• Juan Colomer

• Juan Pellón

• Luis Alberto Carrera

• Luis Twose

• Ramón Quintana

• Ricardo Cabot
• Head coach: Horst Wein

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• José Luis de Frutos
• Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• Alejandro Abascal
• Antonio Gorostegui
• Félix Anglada
• Félix Gancedo
• Humberto Costas
• Jesús Turró
• José Luís Doreste
• José María Benavides
• Juan Costas
• Pedro Luís Millet

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
align=left	Juan Ávalos	align=left	Skeet	194	7
Esteban Azcue		181	11
Enrique Camarena	align=left	Skeet	192	14
Luis del Cerro	50 m rifle prone	586	41
Jaime González	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	20
José María Pigrau	50 m rifle prone	584	51
Juan Segui	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	20
Eladio Vallduvi		175	21
José del Villar	50 m rifle three positions	1114	45

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• • David López-Zubero Fernando Gómez-Reino
• Jesús Fuentes
• Jorge Comas
• José Bas
• Mario Lloret
• Miguel Lang
• Pedro Balcells
• Santiago Esteva

Women's Competition

• • Antonia Real Magda Camps
  • Montserrat Majo Rosa Estiarte
• Silvia Fontana

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• Angel Francisco

External links

• Spanish Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spain at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ESP/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.