Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ESP
Nocname:	Spanish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2016
Website:
Location:	Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:	305
Sports:	27
Flagbearer:	Rafael Nadal (opening)^[1] Jesús Ángel García (closing)^[2]
Rank:	14
Gold:	7
Silver:	4
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Spain, represented by the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two; the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Spanish Olympic Committee sent a total of 306 athletes, 163 men and 143 women, to compete in 25 sports.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Spain women's national basketball team
	Spain men's national basketball team

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	3	0	1	4
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	7	4	6	17

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	4	3	2	9
Male	3	1	4	8
Total	7	4	6	17

Competitors

| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total	width=55	Events
	3	1	4	3
	29	18	47	28
	1	1	2	2
	12	12	24	2
	2	0	2	2
	9	2	11	8
	9	3	12	8
	7	2	9	5
	16	16	32	2
	2	2	4	2
	2	7	9	5
	0	14	14	1
	2	3	5	5
	2	2	4	2
	12	12	24	2
	7	7	14	9
	4	2	6	8
	13	11	24	24
	—	2	2	1
	1	2	3	2
	2	1	3	3
	5	4	9	5
	3	3	6	2
	2	2	4	2
	13	13	26	2
	3	1	4	4
	1	0	1	1
Total	162	143	305	140

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Three Spanish archers qualified for the men's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^{[3] [4]} Meanwhile, one Spanish archer was added to the squad by virtue of a top six national finish in the women's individual recurve at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.^[5]

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	Rank
Miguel Alvariño	Men's individual	651	44	W 6–0	L 1–7	Did not advance
Antonio Fernández		657	35	W 6–0	W 6–2	L 3–7	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Rodríguez		678	10	W 6–0	W 6–0	L 3–7	Did not advance
Miguel Alvariño Antonio Fernández Juan Ignacio Rodríguez	Men's team	1986	8	L 1–5	Did not advance
Adriana Martín	Women's individual	630	32	L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^{[6] [7]} In the last quarter of 2015, four Spanish track and field athletes have been selected to the Olympic team by the Spanish Athletics Federation based on their outstanding performances at the IAAF World Championships.^[8]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bruno Hortelano	200 m	20.12 NR	1 Q	20.16	4	Did not advance
Daniel Andújar	800 m	1:48.50	4	Did not advance
Álvaro de Arriba		1:46.86	4	Did not advance
Kevin López		1:53.41	8	Did not advance
David Bustos	1500 m	3:39.73	7 q	3:56.54	11 qr	3:51.06	7
Adel Mechaal		3:48.41	9	Did not advance
	5000 m	13:34.42	17	Did not advance
Antonio Abadía		14:33.20	22	Did not advance
Ilias Fifa		13:30.23	9	Did not advance
Yidiel Contreras	110 m hurdles	13.62	5 q	13.54	6	Did not advance
Orlando Ortega		13.32	1 Q	13.32	1 Q	13.17
Sergio Fernández	400 m hurdles	49.31	5 q	48.87 NR	3	Did not advance
Fernando Carro	3000 m steeplechase	8:34.45	10	Did not advance
Sebastián Martos		8:28.44	5	Did not advance
Abdelaziz Merzougui		9:03.40	15	Did not advance
Carles Castillejo	Marathon	2:18:34	49
Jesús España		2:20:08	65
Francisco Arcilla	20 km walk	1:27.50	55
Álvaro Martín		1:22.11	22
Miguel Ángel López		1:20.58	11
50 km walk
	José Ignacio Díaz
	Jesús Ángel García	3:54:29	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Estela García	200 m	23.43	6	Did not advance
Aauri Bokesa	400 m	53.51	6	Did not advance
Esther Guerrero	800 m	2:01.85	3	Did not advance
Trihas Gebre	10000 m	32:09.67	29
Caridad Jerez	100 m hurdles	13.26	6	Did not advance
Diana Martín	3000 m steeplechase	9:44.07	12	Did not advance
Alessandra Aguilar	Marathon
Azucena Díaz		2:35:02	34
Estela Navascués
Raquel González	20 km walk	1:33:03	20
Beatriz Pascual		1:30:24	8
Júlia Takács		1:35:45	33

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jean Marie Okutu	Long jump	7.75	20	Did not advance
Pablo Torrijos	Triple jump	16.11	31	Did not advance
Carlos Tobalina	Shot put	19.98	17	Did not advance
Borja Vivas		20.25	14	Did not advance
Frank Casañas	Discus throw	59.96	25	Did not advance
Lois Maikel Martínez		59.42	27	Did not advance
Javier Cienfuegos	Hammer throw	69.73	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.94	=1 Q	1.97
Juliet Itoya	Long jump	6.35	22	Did not advance
María del Mar Jover		5.90	36	Did not advance
Concepción Montaner		6.32	24	Did not advance
Patricia Sarrapio	Triple jump	13.35	32	Did not advance
Sabina Asenjo	Discus throw	56.94	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Pau Tonnesen	Result	11.32	7.33	13.69	2.01	50.81	14.99	46.31	5.20	60.15	4:46.27	7982	17
	Points	791	893	709	813	778	851	794	972	740	641

Badminton

See main article: article, Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Pablo Abián and world no. 1 seed Carolina Marín were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^{[9] [10]}

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Abián	Men's singles	W (21–12, 21–10)	L (18–21, 19–21)	2	Did not advance
Carolina Marín	Women's singles	W (21–6, 21–4)	W (21–16, 21–13)	1 Q		W (21–12, 21–16)	W (21–14, 21–16)	W (19–21, 21–12, 21–15)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Spain men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish towards the final match of the EuroBasket 2015 in France.^[11]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Spain women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France.^[12]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered one boxer to compete in the men's light flyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Samuel Carmona had claimed an Olympic spot with his semifinal victory at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[13] Meanwhile, Youba Sissokho rounded out the Spanish roster with his box-off victory at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samuel Carmona	Men's light flyweight	W 3–0	W 2–1	L 1–2	Did not advance
Youba Sissokho	Men's welterweight	L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article, Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Spanish canoeists have qualified two boats in each of the following through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, and the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships, respectively.^{[15] [16]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ander Elosegi	Men's C-1	97.33	4	102.39	11	97.33	8 Q	97.93	2 Q	101.27	8
Maialen Chourraut	Women's K-1	155.43	21	106.47	9	106.47	11 Q	101.83	3 Q	98.65

Sprint

Spanish canoeists have qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[17] Meanwhile, four additional boats (men's C-1 200 m, men's K-1 1000 m, and men's K-1 & K-2 200 m) were awarded to the Spanish squad by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfonso Benavides	C-1 200 m	40.610	1 Q	40.038	2 FA	39.649	4
Saúl Craviotto	K-1 200 m	34.694	2 Q	34.545	3 FA	35.662
Marcus Walz	K-1 1000 m	3:33.786	3 Q	3:33.781	3 FA	3:31.447
Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro	K-2 200 m	31.161	1 FA	32.075
Óscar Carrera Rodrigo Germade Javier Hernanz Iñigo Peña	K-4 1000 m	2:55.514	3 Q	3:00.237	2 FA	3:06.768	5

Women

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Spanish riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^{[19] [20]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonathan Castroviejo	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:13:21.50	4
Imanol Erviti	Road race	Did not finish
Jon Izaguirre	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:14:21.59	8
Joaquim Rodríguez	Road race	6:10:27	5
Alejandro Valverde		6:19:43	30

Women

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Spain secured a berth in the women's team sprint with a right to enter two riders in the women's sprint and keirin. Although Spain failed to earn a place in the men's team sprint, they managed to secure a single berth in the men's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Juan Peralta	Men's sprint	10.055 71.606	19	Did not advance
Tania Calvo	Women's sprint	11.162 64.504	19	Did not advance
Helena Casas		11.707 61.501	26	Did not advance

Team sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Tania Calvo	Women's keirin	R	4	Did not advance
Helena Casas		4 R	3	Did not advance

Mountain biking

Spanish mountain bikers qualified for three men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's third-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Coloma	Men's cross-country	1:34:51
José Antonio Hermida		1:38:21	15
David Valero		1:37:00	9

Equestrian

See main article: article, Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish equestrians have qualified a full squad each in the team dressage and jumping competition through the 2015 European Championships.^[21] One eventing rider has been added to the squad by virtue of a top nine finish from overall Olympic rankings. Spain is scheduled to mark its Olympic comeback in eventing and jumping for the first time since 2000.^[22]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Claudio Castilla	Alcaide	Individual	69.814	38	Did not advance
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Delgado		74.829	20 Q	76.863	8 Q	76.500	83.000	80.161	10
Severo Jurado	Lorenzo		76.429	11 Q	77.479	6 Q	81.750	91.000	83.553	5
Daniel Martin Dockx	Grandioso		70.829	34	Did not advance
Claudio Castilla Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Severo Jurado Daniel Martin Dockx	See above	Team	74.029	7	Did not advance		74.029	7

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Eduardo Álvarez Áznar	Rockfeller de Pleville	Individual	4 #	=27 Q	Eliminated #			Did not advance
Sergio Álvarez Moya	Carlo		0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	6	6	17 Q	0	=1 Q	9	9	=20	9	=20
Pilar Lucrecia Cordón	Gribouille du Lys		4	=27 Q	8	12	=46	Did not advance
Manuel Fernández Saro	U Watch		4	=27 Q	4	8	=30 Q	9	17	=38	Did not advance
Eduardo Álvarez Áznar Sergio Álvarez Moya Pilar Lucrecia Cordón Manuel Fernández Saro	See above	Team	8	8	12	12	11	Did not advance			Did not advance

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain men's	Men's tournament	W 7–0	W 1–0	W 3–2	L 1–3	D 1–1	2	L 1–2	Did not advance		5
Spain women's	Women's tournament	L 0–5	L 0–2	L 1–2	W 2–1	W 3–2	4	L 1–3	Did not advance		8

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Spain men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals among the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games.^[23]

Team roster

Group play--------------------

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Spain women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League semifinals among the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games.^[24]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Golf

See main article: article and Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Spain entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rafa Cabrera-Bello (world no. 28), Sergio García (world no. 12), Carlota Ciganda (world no. 36) and Azahara Muñoz (world no. 48) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^{[25] [26]}

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Men's	67	70	71	68	276	−8	=5
Sergio García		69	72	70	66	277	−7	=8
Carlota Ciganda	Women's	67	72	78	73	290	+6	=39
Azahara Muñoz		68	69	73	72	282	−2	=21

Gymnastics

See main article: article, Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Spain entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition, failing to send both men's and women's all-around teams for the first time since 1980. Rayderley Zapata had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the 2015 World Championships, while two more places had been awarded each to the Spanish male and female gymnast, who participated at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^{[27] [28]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Néstor Abad	All-around	14.033	13.400	14.333	14.900	12.966	14.766	84.398	31	Did not advance
Rayderley Zapata	Floor	15.083	15.083	11	Did not advance

Women

Rhythmic

Spain qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[29]

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Spain women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement at the 2014 European Championships, as the winning team Norway had guaranteed their rights to secure a lone outright berth for the Games through the 2015 World Championships.^[30]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Judo

See main article: article, Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified a total of five judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Francisco Garrigos, Julia Figueroa, María Bernabéu, and London 2012 Olympian Sugoi Uriarte were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Laura Gómez at women's half-lightweight (52 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Spanish judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^{[31] [32]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francisco Garrigós	Men's −60 kg		L 000–001	Did not advance
Sugoi Uriarte	Men's −66 kg		L 000–001	Did not advance
Julia Figueroa	Women's −48 kg			L 000–011	Did not advance
Laura Gómez	Women's −52 kg		W 101–000	L 000–101	Did not advance
María Bernabéu	Women's −70 kg			W 000–000	L 000–100	Did not advance	W 000–000	L 000–010	5

Rowing

See main article: article, Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. One rowing crew had confirmed an Olympic place for their boat in the men's pair at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the women's pair rowers had added one more boat to the Spanish roster as a result of their top four finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Àlex Sigurbjörnsson Pau Vela	Men's pair	6:54.26	5 R	6:40.47	4	Did not advance
Anna Boada Aina Cid	Women's pair	7:12.00	2 SA/B	7:30.79	3 FA	7:35.22	6

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

Rugby sevens

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Spain men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final Cup match over Samoa at the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Fontvieille, Monaco.^[33]

Team roster

Group play--------

Classification semifinal (9–12)

Ninth place match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Spain women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final Cup match over Russia at the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dublin, Ireland.^[34]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinals

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Seventh place match

Sailing

See main article: article, Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[35]

In December 2015, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation had announced the first four sailors to compete at the Rio regatta: four-time Olympian Iván Pastor, 2012 Olympic champions Marina Alabau in women's RS:X and Támara Echegoyen in the inaugural 49erFX, along with her partner and former 470 crew Berta Betanzos.^[36] Laser sailor Joaquín Blanco, along with the 470 and Nacra 17 crews, had claimed their Olympic spots at the ISAF World Cup meet in Hyères, France, while skiff duo Diego Botín and Iago López rounded out the Spanish roster at the Delta Lloyd Regatta on 27 May 2016, following a selection controversy.^{[37] [38]}

Laser Radial sailor and London 2012 Olympian Alicia Cebrián was the last Spaniard to join the sailing crew for the Games at the Kiel Week Regatta in Germany on 24 June 2016.^[39]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Iván Pastor	RS:X	17	19	10	7	7	37	11	22	16	9	2	3	2	127	9
Joaquín Blanco	Laser	28	47	24	41	26	29	26	47	30	35	EL	286	36
Joan Herp Jordi Xammar	470	4	16	14	10	9	22	7	16	12	9	EL	97	12
Diego Botín Iago López	49er	16	5	3	13	6	10	13	15	18	12	2	13	6	120	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Marina Alabau	RS:X	8	7	2	7	6	8	7	2	1	27	9	3	5	71	5
Alicia Cebrián	Laser Radial	27	9	24	12	13	8	28	4	21	12	EL	130	17
Bàrbara Cornudella Sara López	470	14	13	7	11	13	11	13	19	11	10	EL	103	12
Berta Betanzos Támara Echegoyen	49erFX	4	13	3	1	11	5	4	1	1	5	10	1	7	60	4

Mixed

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

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016.^[40] The shooting team was named at the conclusion of the European Airgun Championships on 1 March 2016, including London 2012 fifth-place finalist Fátima Gálvez and two-time Olympians Alberto Fernández and Sonia Franquet.^[41]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pablo Carrera	Men's 10 m air pistol	579	10	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m pistol	555	9	Did not advance
Jorge Díaz	Men's 10 m air rifle	620.9	27	Did not advance
Alberto Fernández	Men's trap	115	17	Did not advance
Jorge Llames	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	577	14	Did not advance
Sonia Franquet	Women's 10 m air pistol	384	8 Q	116.5	6
	Women's 25 m pistol	564	35	Did not advance
Fátima Gálvez	Women's trap	69	3 Q	12	4 q	13 (+0)	4

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish swimmers have so far 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)):^{[42] [43]} 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 in Sabadell (19 to 22 March) and the 2016 European Championships in London (16 to 22 May).^[44]

A total of 12 Spanish swimmers, highlighted by 2012 double Olympic silver medalist Mireia Belmonte, were formally announced at the Spanish Open on 31 March 2016, while the others were added to the team on 16 June, which extended the swimming roster size to almost a double.^[45]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antonio Arroyo	1500 m freestyle	15:12.61	26	Did not advance
Miguel Durán	400 m freestyle	3:53.40	37	Did not advance
Hugo González	100 m backstroke	54.18	20	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.50	14 Q	1:59.08	16	Did not advance
Carlos Peralta	200 m butterfly	1:56.98	21	Did not advance
Joan Lluís Pons	400 m individual medley	4:13.55 NR	8 Q	4:16.58	8
Marc Sánchez	1500 m freestyle	15:11.38	24	Did not advance
Eduardo Solaeche	200 m individual medley	1:59.67	=12 Q	2:00.47	15	Did not advance
Markel Alberdi Aitor Martínez Bruno Ortiz-Cañavate Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.71 NR	14	Did not advance
Miguel Durán Víctor Martín Albert Puig Marc Sánchez	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:12.62	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mireia Belmonte	400 m freestyle	4:08.12	15	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:25.55	8 Q	8:18.55 NR	4
	200 m butterfly	2:06.64	1 Q	2:06.06	2 Q	2:04.85
	200 m individual medley	2:12.58	15 Q	2:13.33	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:32.75	2 Q	4:32.39
Patricia Castro	200 m freestyle	2:00.71	35	Did not advance
Melani Costa	200 m freestyle	1:58.19	19	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:08.96	17	Did not advance
Duane da Rocha	100 m backstroke	1:00.87	15 Q	1:00.85	15	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.17	19	Did not advance
Judit Ignacio	100 m butterfly	59.61	30	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:09.82	20	Did not advance
Jessica Vall	100 m breaststroke	1:07.07	14 Q	1:07.55	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.55	11 Q	2:24.22	10	Did not advance
María Vilas	800 m freestyle	8:36.43	19	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:42.52	19	Did not advance
Erika Villaécija	10 km open water	1:59:04.8	17
África Zamorano	200 m backstroke	2:13.74	25	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.87	24	Did not advance
Patricia Castro Melani Costa Fátima Gallardo Marta González	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.46 NR	13	Did not advance
Patricia Castro Melani Costa Fátima Gallardo África Zamorano	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:03.74	16	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article, Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their first-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.^[46]

Table tennis

See main article: article, Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Remarkably going to her third Olympics, Shen Yanfei was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[47] Meanwhile, He Zhiwen granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the men's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

With France's Carole Grundisch pulling out from the Games because of her shoulder injury, two-time Olympian Galia Dvorak took over the vacant spot to join Shen in the women's singles.^[48]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
He Zhiwen	Men's singles		W 4–2	L 2–4	Did not advance
Galia Dvorak	Women's singles		L 2–4	Did not advance
Shen Yanfei		L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article, Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic flyweight champion Joel González and two-time Worlds medalist Eva Calvo qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[49] 2015 European Games silver medalist Jesús Tortosa secured a third spot on the Spanish team by virtue of his top two finish in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Tortosa	Men's −58 kg	L 3–7	Did not advance		W 4–1	L 5–6	5
Joel González	Men's −68 kg	W 4–3	W 7–4	L 7–12		W 4–3
Eva Calvo	Women's −57 kg	W 6–5	W 8–7	W 1–0		L 7–16

Tennis

See main article: article, Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered nine tennis players (five men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Beijing 2008 champion Rafael Nadal (world no. 4), along with his colleagues David Ferrer (world no. 14), Roberto Bautista Agut (world no. 16), and Albert Ramos (world no. 32), qualified directly for the men's singles as four of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while two-time Olympian Carla Suárez Navarro and French Open champion Garbiñe Muguruza did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.

Having been directly entered to the singles, Nadal also opted to play with London 2012 Olympian Marc López in the men's doubles. Meanwhile, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja paired up together for the second straight time in the women's doubles.^{[51] [52]} On 12 August, Rafael Nadal along with Marc López won the gold medal in men's doubles event for Spain beating Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău.^[53]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Bautista Agut	Singles	W 6–7^(4–7), 6–2,	W 7–6^(7–2), 6–2	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	L 5–7, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
David Ferrer		W 6–2, 6–1	L 6–3, 6–7^(1–7), 5–7	Did not advance
Rafael Nadal		W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–3, 6–3	W 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	L 7–5, 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)	L 2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 3–6	4
Albert Ramos		L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Roberto Bautista Agut David Ferrer	Doubles		W 6–1, 6–4	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Marc López Rafael Nadal			W 6–4, 6–4	W 6–3, 5–7, 6–2	W 6–3, 6–1	W 7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–4)	W 6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Garbiñe Muguruza	Singles	W 6–2, 6–2	W 6–1, 6–1	L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro		W 2–6, 6–1, 6–2	W 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	Doubles		L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro			W 7–6^(8–6), 6–2	W 7–5, 2–6, 6–2	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Garbiñe Muguruza Rafael Nadal	Doubles	L	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro David Ferrer		L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article, Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified a total of six triathletes for the Olympics. London 2012 silver medalist Javier Gómez Noya secured the men's triathlon spot for the Spaniards with a gold medal triumph at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[54] Meanwhile, Fernando Alarza, Mario Mola, Miriam Casillas, Ainhoa Murúa, and Carolina Routier were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016.^[55]

On 14 July 2016, Gómez pulled out of the Games due to his elbow injury in a cycling accident. As the next highest-ranked Spanish triathlete, not yet qualified, on the list, Vicente Hernández took over his place.^[56]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Fernando Alarza	Men's	18:05	0:51	56:23	0:38	32:11	1:48:08	18
Vicente Hernández		18:10	0:50	55:41	0:35	33:34	1:48:50	27
Mario Mola		17:37	0:46	56:18	0:33	31:12	1:46:26	8
Miriam Casillas	Women's	20:04	0.51	1:06:03	0:43	37:51	2:05:32	43
Ainhoa Murúa		19:19	0.56	1:04:29	1:30	Did not finish
Carolina Routier		19:01	0.56	Lapped

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Spain men's and women's beach volleyball teams qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of 13 June 2016. These places were awarded to three-time Olympian Pablo Herrera, along with returnees Adrián Gavira and female duo Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernández from London 2012.^[57]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrián Gavira Pablo Herrera	Men's	Pool F W 2 – 1 (14–21, 21–17, 15–13) L 1 – 2 (21–13, 18–21, 12–15) W 2 – 1 (21–19, 16–21, 15–7)	1 Q	L 0 – 2 (22–24, 13–21)	Did not advance
Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández	Women's	Pool B W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–19) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–19) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 22–20)	1 Q	L 0 – 2 (21–23, 22–24)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain men's	Men's tournament	L 8–9	W 10–9	W 9–4	W 10–4	D 9–9	1	L 7–10	L 7–9	W 9–8	7
Spain women's	Women's tournament	L 4–11	W 11–10	W 12–4	2	L 12–8	W 11–6	W 12–10	5

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Spain men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste.^[58]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Seventh place match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Spain women's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda.^[59]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Fifth place match

Weightlifting

See main article: article, Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish weightlifters have qualified three men's places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the Spanish roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[60] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.

The weightlifting team was named to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016, with Lydia Valentín going to her third straight Olympics.^[61]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Josué Brachi	Men's −56 kg	120		—	—	—
David Sánchez	Men's −69 kg	142	12	175	15	317	10
Andrés Mata	Men's −77 kg	153	8	190	7	343	7
Lydia Valentín	Women's −75 kg	116	2	141	3	257

Wrestling

See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 74 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his semifinal triumph at the final meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul.^{[62] [63]}

Men's freestyle

See also

• Spain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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