Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ESP
Nocname:	Spanish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	286
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	David Cal^[1] (opening) Joan Llaneras (closing)
Rank:	14
Gold:	5
Silver:	11
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Spain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, with a total of 286 athletes and competed in 25 sports.^[2]

Medalists

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See main article: article and 2008 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's road race
			Men's points race
			Men's singles
				Tornado class
			Men's K-2 500 m
			49er class
			Women's doubles
			Men's floor exercises
			Men's Madison
			Women's duet
			Men's C-1 1000 m
			Men's C-1 500 m
			Women's team
	Spain men's national field hockey team		Men's tournament
	Spain men's national basketball team		Men's tournament
			Women's 75 kg
			Men's individual épée
			Women's points race
	Spain men's national handball team		Men's tournament

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
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	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	1
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	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	1
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	2
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Total	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	5	bgcolor=#dce5e5	11	bgcolor=#ffdab9	3	19

Delegation

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	32	22	54
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	1		1
Canoeing	5	5	10
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	2	1	3
Fencing	4	1	5
Field hockey	16	16	32
Gymnastics	6	9	15
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	2	4	6
Modern pentathlon	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	9	7	16
Shooting	5	2	7
Swimming	10	13	23
Synchronized swimming		9	9
Table tennis	2	3	5
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	4	5	9
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	0	2
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	2	3
Total	164	122	286

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain sent one archer to the Olympics. Daniel Morillo earned a spot to compete in the men's competition.^[3]

Athletics

See main article: article and 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.^[4]

Men

Track & road events

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Luis Felipe Méliz	Long jump	7.95	10 q	8.07	7
Javier Bermejo	High jump	2.20	29	Did not advance
Manuel Martínez	Shot put	19.81	19	Did not advance
Frank Casañas	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	64.99	4 Q	66.49	5
Mario Pestano	64.42	7 q	63.42	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
David Gómez	Result	11.12	6.85	13.58	1.81	49.27	14.61	40.17		62.22	4:30.74	6876	24
Points	834	778	703	636	849	897	668	0	771	740

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Iris Fuentes-Pila	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	4:14.10	2 Q	4:04.86	8
Natalia Rodríguez	4:05.30	2 Q	4:03.19	6
Dolores Checa	5000 m	15:31.22	13	Did not advance
Isabel Checa	10000 m	33:17.88	29
Josephine Onyia	100 m hurdles	12.68	1 Q	12.86	5	Did not advance
Laia Forcadell	400 m hurdles	58.64	7	Did not advance
Marta Domínguez	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	9:22.11	2 Q
Rosa Morató	9:45.33	12	Did not advance
Zulema Fuentes-Pila	9:29.40	4 Q	9:35.16	12
Alessandra Aguilar	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:39:29	54
María José Pueyo	2:48:01	64
Yesenia Centeno	2:36:25	45
Beatriz Pascual	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:27:44	6
María Vasco	1:27:25	5
María José Poves	1:30:51	18

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Concepción Montaner	Long jump	6.53	16	Did not advance
Carlota Castrejana	Triple jump	14.02	16	Did not advance
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.93	=1 q	1.96	=7
Naroa Agirre	Pole vault	4.40	13	Did not advance
Irache Quintanal	Shot put		—	Did not advance
Mercedes Chilla	Javelin throw	61.81	8 Q	58.13	9
Berta Castells	Hammer throw	62.44	41	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain sent two badminton players to Beijing; Pablo Abián - men's singles & Yoana Martínez - women's singles.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Abián	Men's singles	L 21–23, 12–21, 9–21	Did not advance
Yoana Martínez	Women's singles	W 21–9, 21–16	L 9–21, 14–21	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. On the other hand, the women's team finished second at the EuroBasket Women 2007, and qualified for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball team 'slanty-eye' photo incidentBoth men and women 2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball teams were a part of the 'slanty-eye' gesture photo incident that took place before the Beijing Olympics. The photo was a feature ad as a newspaper spread in Spain, showing all players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese (Epicanthic fold) on a basketball court adorned with a Chinese dragon. The photo was part of a publicity campaign for team sponsor Seur and was used only in Spain.^[6]

"It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way", said forward Pau Gasol. "I'm sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive."^[7]

Guard José Calderón said the team was responding to a request from the photographer. "We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture", said Calderón. "Without a doubt, some ... press didn't see it that way."^[8]

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Boxing

See main article: article and 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.^[9]

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Spain sent three people, two men and one woman, to compete in the slalom events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Guillermo Díez-Canedo	Men's K-1	84.95	4	88.07	13	173.02	12 Q	90.06	14	Did not advance
Ander Elosegi	Men's C-1	87.00	4	85.47	4	176.45	7 Q	91.16	5 Q	89.93	4	180.59	4
Maialen Chourraut	Women's K-1	147.95	17	105.44	12	253.39	16	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	David Cal	C-1 500 m	1.47:995	1 QF	1:48.397
C-1 1000 m	3.58:756	1 QF	3:52.751
Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez Rial	K-2 500 m	1:28.983	2 QF	1:28.736

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Teresa Portela	K-1 500 m	1:51.654	2 QS	1:54.981	6	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes	K-2 500 m	1:46.646	5 QS	1:45.313	4	Did not advance
Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes Maria Teresa Portela Jana Smidakova	K-4 500 m	1:37.914	4 QS	1:37.172	1 Q	1:35.366	5

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Alberto Contador	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	1:03:29	4
Óscar Freire	Road race	Did not finish
align=left rowspan="2"	Samuel Sánchez	Road race	6:23:49
Time trial	1:04:37	6
Carlos Sastre	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	6:31:06	49
Alejandro Valverde	6:24:19	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Sanchis	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	3:32:52	19
Marta Vilajosana	3:43:25	25

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Sergi Escobar	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.102	10	Did not advance
Antonio Tauler	4:22.462	6 Q	4:24.974	6	Did not advance
Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu Antonio Miguel Parra David Muntaner	Men's team pursuit	4:06.509	7 Q		—	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Joan Llaneras	Men's points race	60	2
Leire Olaberría	Women's points race	13	0
Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler	Men's madison	7	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Coloma Nicolás	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	2:09:05	28
José Antonio Hermida	2:01:01	10
Iñaki Lejarreta	2:00:21	8
Margarita Fullana	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain will send one man and one woman to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain sent two men and one woman to compete in equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, however Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, and therefore dressage team, were unable to compete because Beatriz's horse, Fabergé, suffered an injury shortly before the start of the games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jordi Domingo	Prestige	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	64.042	28	Did not advance
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Fabergé			Did not advance
Juan Manuel Muñoz	Fuego XII	66.083	22 Q	68.160	16	Did not advance
Jordi Domingo Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Juan Manuel Muñoz	See above	Team

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Luis Abajo	Individual épée		W 15–14	W 15–9	W 14–13	L 12–15	W 8–7
Javier Menéndez	Individual foil		L 9–15	Did not advance
Jaime Martí	align=left rowspan=2	Individual sabre		W 15–12	L 14–15	Did not advance
Jorge Pina		W 15–9	W 15–14	L 10–15	Did not advance

Women

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

7th–8th place

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Isaac Botella Pérez	Team	14.975	13.600	14.900	16.050 Q	Did not advance
Manuel Carballo	14.650	14.475	14.900		15.275	13.025	colspan=2
Gervasio Deferr	15.825 Q	15.075	14.600	13.725	colspan=2
Rafael Martínez	15.750	15.550	14.800	14.325	15.100	15.275	90.800	10 Q
Sergio Muñoz	14.575	12.700	15.150	16.100	13.675	13.300	85.500	40
Iván San Miguel		13.775	15.200	16.050	14.375	14.525	colspan=2
Total	61.000	56.650	60.150	63.950	59.350	56.825	357.925	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Isaac Botella Pérez	Vault	16.075	16.075	8
Gervasio Deferr	Floor	15.775	15.775
Rafael Martínez	All-around	15.450	15.000	14.375	15.575	15.525	15.575	91.500	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Laura Campos	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	13.775	14.200	13.075	13.975	55.025	49	Did not advance
Lenika de Simone	13.850	14.100	13.550	14.100	55.600	47	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Final rank

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Óscar Peñas	−66 kg		L 0000–1010	Did not advance
David Alarza	−90 kg		W 1101–0100	L 0001–1020	Did not advance		L 0000–0000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ana Carrascosa	−52 kg	W 0100–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			W 0101–0001	L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Isabel Fernández	−57 kg		W 0010–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Leire Iglesias	−70 kg	W 0020–0011	W 0001–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 0011–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–1001	5
Esther San Miguel	−78 kg	W 0002–0000	W 0011–0010	W 0220–0011	W 1031–0000	W 0010–0100	5

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain will send one man to compete at the modern pentathlon: Jaime López

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain send one rower to the 2008 Summer Olympics – Nuria Domínguez. She competed in the women's singles event. This was her third Olympic appearance as she rowed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Iván Pastor	RS:X	8	13	18	18	16	9	4	4	6	15	16	109	9
Javier Hernández	Laser	17	25	11	13	28	BFD	19	13	5	CAN	EL	121	14
Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento	470	8	2	6	9	13	13	13	4	11	18	8	87	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Marina Alabau	RS:X	3	5	5	2	5	11	8	5	4	9	8	65	4
Susana Romero	Laser Radial	18	7	20	14	20	21	19	13	16	CAN	EL	127	24
Laia Tutzó Natalia Vía Dufresne	470	4	5	2	6	13	10	13	17	2	17	20	92	10
Mónica Azón Sandra Azón Graciela Pisonero	Yngling	11	9	14	6	14	4	14	9	CAN	CAN	EL	67	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Rafael Trujillo	Finn	12	4	3	14	20	20	OCS	1	CAN	CAN	6	80	9
Xabier Fernández Iker Martínez	49er	1	10	17	2	OCS	5	7	10	3	4	1	2	CAN	CAN	CAN	2	64
Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz	Tornado	1	6	1	4	7	13	1	7	1	8	4	44

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan José Aramburu	Skeet	118 S/O 3	8	Did not advance
Alberto Fernández	Trap	106	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Luis Martínez	10 m air rifle	589	32	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	582	50	Did not advance
Mario Núñez	Skeet	115	21	Did not advance
Jesús Serrano	Trap	116	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maria Pilar Fernandez	10 m air pistol	379	25	Did not advance
25 m pistol	582	9	Did not advance
Sonia Franquet	10 m air pistol	382	14	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Melquiades Álvarez	100 m breaststroke	1:01.89	37	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:12.59	27	Did not advance
Brenton Cabello	200 m individual medley	2:03.08	33	Did not advance
Sergio García	200 m breaststroke	2:14.30	34	Did not advance
Francisco Hervás Jodar	10 km open water	1:52:16.5	13
Borja Iradier	100 m breaststroke	1:01.83	35	Did not advance
Rafael Muñoz	100 m butterfly	52.53	30	Did not advance
Javier Noriega	50 m freestyle	22.33	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Javier Núñez	200 m butterfly	2:00.24	32	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:22.69	24	Did not advance
Marcos Rivera	1500 m freestyle	15:18.98	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aschwin Wildeboer	100 m backstroke	53.67	4 Q	53.51	4 Q	53.51	7
200 m backstroke			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Mireia Belmonte García	200 m breaststroke	2:29.46	24	Did not advance
200 m butterfly			Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:12.75	14 Q	2:13.45	14	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:37.91	14	Did not advance
Escarlata Bernard	200 m backstroke	2:12.86	24	Did not advance
Melania Costa	200 m freestyle	1:59.50	18	Did not advance
María Fuster	100 m freestyle			Did not advance
Lydia Morant	200 m backstroke	2:13.87	25	Did not advance
María Peláez	200 m individual medley	2:15.97	27	Did not advance
Mercedes Peris	100 m backstroke	1:02.30	28	Did not advance
Yurema Requena	10 km open water	1:59:46.9	13
align=left rowspan=2	Erika Villaécija	400 m freestyle	4:14.25	23	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:32.27	16	Did not advance
Nina Zhivanevskaya	100 m backstroke	1:00.54	13 Q	1:00.50	11	Did not advance
Melania Costa Noemi Féliz García María Fuster Arantxa Ramos Erika Villaécija	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.90	14	Did not advance
Mireia Belmonte García María Fuster Ángela San Juan Nina Zhivanevskaya	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:06.40	15	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual	Duet	48.834	2	49.084	97.918	2 Q	49.500	98.334
Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	Team	48.917	2	49.334	98.251

Table tennis

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Singles

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	Rank
Alfredo Carneros	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 4–2	L 2–4	Did not advance
He Zhi Wen	L 2–4	Did not advance
Shen Yanfei	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4–2	L 1–4	Did not advance
Zhu Fang		W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Taekwondo

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Antonio Ramos	Men's −58 kg	W 2–1	W 3–2	L 2–3		L 1–4	Did not advance	5
Jon García Aguado	Men's +80 kg	L 10–11	Did not advance
Rosana Simon Alamo	Women's +67 kg	L 4–5	Did not advance

Tennis

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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	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
David Ferrer	L 6–7^(8–10), 2–6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal	W 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	W 6–1, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–0, 6–4	W 6–4, 1–6, 6–4	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Tommy Robredo	L 4–6, 6–4, 6–8	Did not advance
Nicolás Almagro David Ferrer	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	L 6–7^(6–8), 4–6	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo		W 6–3, 6–3	L 2–6, 6–7^(5–7)	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	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	W 2–6, 6–3, 7–5	L 7–6^(9–7), 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues	L 2–6, 6–4, 4–6	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro	L 5–7, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
María José Martínez Sánchez	W 6–1, 6–1	L 6–7^(3–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 6–2, 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual		W 6–3, 6–4	W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	W 5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 8–6	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	L 2–6, 0–6

Triathlon

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Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Javier Gómez Noya	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:08	0:27	59:06	0:29	31:03	1:49:13.92	4
Iván Raña	18:22	0:26	58:52	0:28	31:14	1:49:22.03	5
Ana Burgos	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20:57	0:31	1:05:28	0:36	35:11	2:02:43.85	20
Ainhoa Murúa	19:59	0:29	1:07:06	0:36	36:38	2:04:48.07	38

Volleyball

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Beach

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Only the men's team qualified to play on these Olympic Games. The team finished in fifth place.

Men's tournament

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Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Quarterfinal

Classification round (5th–6th place)

Weightlifting

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Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Juan Navarro	Men's −94 kg	173	=10	210	=10	383	10
Lydia Valentin	Women's −75 kg	115	5	135	6	250

Wrestling

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Men's freestyle

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María Teresa Méndez	−63 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance					13
Maider Unda	−72 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance		W 3–1	L 1–3	5

See also

• Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Initially Gervasio Deferr.
2. http://pekin2008.coe.es/coe/BD_EVENT.nsf/SubcontenidosWeb?openform&Query=Consulta=DEPORTISTAS_*5*!DEPORTISTAS_POR_DEPORTISTA?*=evento=Pek%C3%ADn+2008@-@656=_= Spain Olympics Committee participating athletes list
3. http://origin-www.marca.com/edicion/marca/otros_deportes/camino_a_pekin_2008/es/desarrollo/1139503.html Daniel Morillo, last ticket to Beijing
4. http://www.rfea.es/competi/2008pekin/index.asp Spanish Athletics Federation
5. Web site: Yoana Martinez manages the classification for Beijing . marca.com . 2008-05-21 . 2009-01-09. es.
6. News: Lowe. Sid. Olympics: Spain's eye-catching faux pas. The Guardian. 10 August 2008.
7. http://sportsblog.projo.com/2008/08/pau-gasol-spani.html Pau Gasol, Spanish hoops team respond to accusations of racism
8. News: Photo of Spain's men's hoops team draws criticism. ESPN. Associated Press. 15 August 2008.
9. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
10. http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/rowing/n214436351.shtml Men's Dominguez to row lone Spanish boat at Games