Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ESP
Nocname:	Spanish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2020
Website:
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:	321
Sports:	32
Flagbearer Open:	Mireia Belmonte Saúl Craviotto^[1]
Flagbearer Close:	Sandra Sánchez^[2] ^[3]
Rank:	22
Gold:	3
Silver:	8
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Spain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 but postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] 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 Berlin (from which they withdrew as a boycott due the fact that the Games were to be held on the Nazi Germany) and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a part of the boycott against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Spain competed in all sports except baseball, rugby sevens, wrestling and surfing.

The nation finished the Games with 17 total medals: three gold, eight silver, and six bronze, matching the overall tally of the 2016 Olympics. Its gold medal haul dropped from 7 to 3. Two of Spain's gold medals were in sports making their Olympic debut this year: karate (Sandra Sánchez, women's kata), and sport climbing (Alberto Ginés López, men's combined).

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Spain women's national water polo team
	Spain national under-24 football team
	Spain men's national handball team

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Canoeing	0	3	0	3
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Football	0	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Handball	0	0	1	1
Karate	1	1	0	2
Sailing	0	0	2	2
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Sport climbing	1	0	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Total	3	8	6	17

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, handball and water polo are not counted as athletes; however, expanded rosters were considered for field hockey, football, handball and water polo, following the decision of IOC to make them more flexible regarding the possible impact of COVID-19 protocols:^[5]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Artistic swimming		8	8
Athletics	32	22	54
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	4	0	4
Canoeing	10	5	15
Cycling	9	3	12
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	4	1	5
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	5	4	9
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	3	4	7
Karate	1	1	2
Modern pentathlon	1	0	1
Rowing	4	2	6
Sailing	8	7	15
Shooting	1	1	2
Skateboarding	2	2	4
Sport climbing	1	0	1
Swimming	4	7	11
Table tennis	1	2	3
Taekwondo	3	1	4
Tennis	4	4	8
Triathlon	3	2	5
Volleyball	2	2	4
Water polo	12	12	24
Weightlifting	3	1	4
Total	184	137	321

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified two archers: one 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;^[6] and another for the women's individual recurve by earning one of the four spots available at the Europe Continental Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.

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
Daniel Castro	Men's individual	650	44	L 2–6	Did not advance
Inés de Velasco	Women's individual	628	48	L 3–7	Did not advance
Daniel Castro Inés de Velasco	Mixed team	1278	21	Did not advance

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete across all events by winning the silver medal and securing the second of three available spots in the women's team routine at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió	Duet	86.9281	9	88.300	175.2281	11 Q	88.6667	175.5948	10
Ona Carbonell Berta Ferreras Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió Blanca Toledano	Team	90.3780	7	91.5333	181.9113	7

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spanish athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).:^{[8] [9]} Although selected, Irene Sánchez-Escribano could not compete in the 3000 m steeplechase due to a last minute injury. 2016 silver medallist Orlando Ortega got injured while training already at Japan days before the competition and could not take place.

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Óscar Husillos	400 m	48.05	7	Did not advance
Adrián Ben	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	1:45.30	3 Q	1:44.30	4 q	1:45.96	5
Saúl Ordóñez	1:45.98	5	Did not advance
Pablo Sánchez-Valladares	1:46.06	4	Did not advance
Ignacio Fontes	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	3:36.95	8 q	3:34.49	5 Q	3:38.56	13
Jesús Gómez	3:47.27	12 qR	3:44.46	12	Did not advance
Adel Mechaal	3:36.74	6 Q	3:32.19 PB	4 Q	3:30.77 PB	5
Mohamed Katir	5000 m	13:30.10	1 Q	13:06.60	8
Carlos Mayo	10000 m	28:04.71	13
Asier Martínez	align=left rowspan=2	110 m hurdles	13.32	1 Q	13.27 PB	3 q	13.22 PB	6
Orlando Ortega			Did not advance
Sergio Fernández	400 m hurdles	51.51	7	Did not advance
Daniel Arce	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	8:38:09	13	Did not advance
Fernando Carro			Did not advance
Sebastián Martos	8:23.07	8	Did not advance
Javier Guerra	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:16:42	33
Ayad Lamdassem	2:10:16	5
Daniel Mateo	2:15:21	21
Diego García	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:21:57	6
Miguel Ángel López	1:27.12	31
Álvaro Martín	1:21:46	4
Luis Manuel Corchete	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk
Jesús Ángel García	4:10:03	35
Marc Tur	3:51:08	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
María Isabel Pérez	100 m	11.51	5	Did not advance
Jaël Bestué	200 m	23.19 PB	4	Did not advance
Aauri Lorena Bokesa	400 m	51.89	4 q	51.57 PB	8	Did not advance
Natalia Romero	800 m	2:01.16 PB	6 q	2:01.52	8	Did not advance
Esther Guerrero	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	4:07.08	8	Did not advance
Marta Pérez	4:04.76 PB	7 q	4:01.69 PB	5 Q	4:00.12 PB	9
Lucía Rodríguez	5000 m	15:26.19 PB	16	Did not advance
Teresa Errandonea	100 m hurdles	13.15	6	Did not advance
Carolina Robles	3000 m steeplechase	9:45.37	13 qR	9:50.96	14
Marta Galimany	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:35:39	37
Elena Loyo	2:34:38	29
Laura Méndez Esquer
Laura García-Caro	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:37.48	34
Raquel González	1:31.57	14
María Pérez	1:30.05	4

Mixed

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eusebio Cáceres	Long jump	7.98	7 q	8.18	4
Pablo Torrijos	Triple jump	15.87	25	Did not advance
Lois Maikel Martínez	Discus throw	54.69	30	Did not advance
Odei Jainaga	Javelin throw	73.11	29	Did not advance
Javier Cienfuegos	Hammer throw	76.91	7 q	76.30	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fátima Diame	Long jump	6.33	22	Did not advance
Ana Peleteiro	Triple jump	14.62	2 Q	14.87 NR
María Belén Toimil	Shot put	17.38	22	Did not advance
Laura Redondo	Hammer throw	62.42	29	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Jorge Ureña	Result	10.66 PB	7.30	13.97	2.05	48.00 PB	14.13	43.70 PB	4.90	55.82	4:27.82	8322	9
Points	938	886	727	850	909	958	740	880	675	759

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
María Vicente	Result	13.54	1.77 =PB	12.70	23.50	6.18	37.04	2:16.99	6117	18
	Points	1059	941	707	1029	905	611	865

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. 2014 Youth Olympian Clara Azurmendi, with Pablo Abián playing in the badminton court at his fourth consecutive Games on the men's side, was automatically selected among the top 40 individual shuttlers in their respective singles events. based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^{[10] [11]} Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marín was initially chosen but pulled out from the Games due to a knee injury.^[12]

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 (21–7, 21–11)	L (11–21, 10–21)	2	Did not advance
Clara Azurmendi	Women's singles	L (13–21, 8–21)	W (21–10, 21–2)	2	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain men's	Men's tournament	W 88–77	W 81–71	L 87–95	2 Q	L 81–95	Did not advance
Spain women's	Women's tournament	W 73–69	W 85–70	W 76–66	1 Q	L 64–67	Did not advance

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Spain men's basketball team qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth as one of two highest-ranked squads from Europe at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.^[13]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Spain women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads from group B at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[14]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered four boxers into the Olympic tournament. Fourth-seeded Gabriel Escobar (men's flyweight), José Quiles (men's featherweight), Russian-born Gazimagomed Jalidov (men's light heavyweight), and Emmanuel Reyes (men's heavyweight) secured the spots on the Spanish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.^{[15] [16]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Escobar	Men's flyweight	W 5–0	W 4–1	L 2–3	Did not advance
José Quiles	Men's featherweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
Gazimagomed Jalidov	Men's light heavyweight		W 3–2	L	Did not advance
Emmanuel Reyes	Men's heavyweight		W	L 1–4	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Spanish canoeists qualified boats in all four classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ander Elosegi	Men's C-1	103.78	8	101.51	4	101.51	7	103.15	3	106.59	8
David Llorente	Men's K-1	147.62	22	95.83	14	95.83	18	98.26	8	150.08	10
Núria Vilarrubla	Women's C-1	118.03	9	121.00	15	118.03	1	119.99	8	127.33	8
Maialen Chourraut	Women's K-1	108.25	6	105.13	5	105.13	5	107.92	7	106.63

Sprint

Spanish canoeists qualified four boats in the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary,^[18] Meanwhile, three additional boats were awarded to the Spanish canoeists each in the men's C-2 1000 m, women's K-1 500 m, and women's C-1 200 m, respectively, with their top-two placements at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[19] The team was announced on 15 May 2021, excepting the women's C-1 canoeist who would be decided later.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cayetano García	align=left rowspan=2	C-1 1000 m	4:34.418	4 q	4:31.929	5	Did not advance
Pablo Martínez	4:21.729	5 q	4:09.102	3	Did not advance
Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	C-2 1000 m	3:44.947	2 Q	3:28.594	4 FA	3:41.572	8
Carlos Arévalo	align=left rowspan=2	K-1 200 m	34.452	2 Q	35.207	3 FA	35.391	5
Saúl Craviotto	35.002	2 Q	35.934	4 FA	35.568	7
Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña	K-2 1000 m	3:10.138	1 Q	3:19.133	4 FA	3:17.267	6
Carlos Arévalo Saúl Craviotto Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz	K-4 500 m	1:21.658	1 Q	1:24.355	1 FA	1:22.445

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antía Jácome	C-1 200 m	46.691	3 q	45.668	1 Q	47.414	4 FA	47.226	5
Teresa Portela	K-1 200 m	40.812	1 Q	38.858	4 FA	38.883
Isabel Contreras	K-1 500 m	1:49.256	4 q	1:51.235	1 Q	1:54.535	6 FC	1:55.728	19

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to semifinals; q = Qualify to quarterfinals; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); FC = Qualify to final C (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Spain entered a squad of seven riders (five men and two women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 6 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Omar Fraile	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	Did not finish
Jesús Herrada	6:16:53	62
Gorka Izagirre	6:11:46	23
Ion Izagirre	Road race	6:21:46	79
	Time trial	Did not finish
Alejandro Valverde	Road race	6:15:38	42

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mavi García	Road race	3:54:31	12
	Time trial	34:39.96	23
Ane Santesteban	Road race	3:56:04	28

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Spanish riders accumulated spots for both men's madison and omnium, based on the country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium

Madison

Mountain biking

Spanish mountain bikers qualified for three quota places (two men's and one women's) into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish for men and twentieth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^{[22] [23]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jofre Cullell	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	1:28:16	15
David Valero	1:25:48
Rocío del Alba García	Women's cross-country	1:26:32	26

Diving

See main article: article, Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain sent two divers into the Olympic competition by finishing among the top 18 in the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alberto Arévalo	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 3 m springboard	322.85	26	Did not advance
Nicolás García Boissier	382.6	19	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^[24] MeanwhIle, two riders were added to the Spanish roster based on the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish outside the group selection for Group B (South Western Europe) in eventing and a highest overall placement outside the group and continental selection in jumping.^[25]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Elegance	Individual	72.096	18 q	72.607	82.457	77.532	17
José Antonio García Mena	Sorento / Divina Royal^TF	69.146	32	Did not advance
Severo Jurado	Fendi T	68.370	38	Did not advance
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat José Antonio García Mena Severo Jurado	See above	Team	6749.5	8 Q	7198.5	7	7198.5	7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
TF = Substituted for the team final

Jumping

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since 2008. Carlos Llavador claimed a spot in the men's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 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	D 1–1	L 3–4	L 0–3	W 4–1	D 1–1	4 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance
Spain women's	Women's tournament	L 1–3	L 0–3	W 2–1	W 2–0	W 2–1	2 Q	L 2–2 (0–2)	Did not advance

Men's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Spain men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating France in a playoff at the Valencia leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[26]

Team roster

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

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Spain women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating South Korea in a playoff at the Valencia leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[26]

Team roster

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

Quarterfinal

Football

See main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. 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.^[27]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Jon Rahm (world no. 1), Adri Arnaus (world no. 147), Carlota Ciganda (world no. 32), and Azahara Muñoz (world no. 84) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.^{[28] [29]} Sergio García (world no. 48) and Rafa Cabrera-Bello (world no. 140) qualified but opted not to play.^[30] Later, Jon Rahm tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Jorge Campillo

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Adri Arnaus	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	68	69	74	67	278	−6	=38
Jorge Campillo	70	75	69	75	289	+5	59
Carlota Ciganda	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	68	73	70	69	280	−4	=29
Azahara Muñoz	69	76	73	72	290	+6	=50

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Spain fielded two full teams of four gymnasts each into the Olympic competition for the first time since Athens 2004. Both men's and women's squads secured each one of the remaining nine places in the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^{[31] [32]}

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Néstor Abad	align=left rowspan=5	Team	13.666	11.466	11.966	13.000	14.800	13.133	78.031	53	Did not advance
Thierno Diallo	12.233	12.900	13.000	12.833	14.000	11.100	76.066	56
Nicolau Mir	13.533	12.600	12.400	13.866	14.033	13.233	79.665	48
Joel Plata	13.500	13.433	13.300	13.966	14.633	12.466	81.298	37
Total	40.699	38.933	38.700	40.832	43.466	38.832	241.462	12

Individual

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Laura Bechdejú	align=left rowspan=5	Team	13.533	12.700	12.666	12.300	51.199	53	Did not advance
Marina González	13.233	11.033	12.366	12.866	49.498	63
Alba Petisco	13.466	12.866	11.700	12.566	50.598	57
Roxana Popa	14.300	14.400	12.866	12.533	54.099	21 Q
Total	41.299	39.966	37.898	37.965	157.128	12

Individual

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2020 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 28–27	W 28–27	W 32–25	L 31–36	W 36–27	2 Q	W 34–33	L 23–27	W 33–31
Spain women's	Women's tournament	L 24–31	W 28–25	W 27–23	L 25–29	L 31–34	5	Did not advance

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Spain men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship in Stockholm, Sweden.^[33]

Team roster

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

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Spain women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Llíria leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[34]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 15 players

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

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified seven judoka (three men and four women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six of them, highlighted by Georgian-born and two-time world champion Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (men's middleweight, 90 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympians Francisco Garrigós (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) and María Bernabéu (women's middleweight, 70 kg), were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of 28 June 2021, while Cristina Cabaña (women's half-middleweight, 73 kg) accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^{[35] [36]}

Men

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	−60 kg			L 00–01	Did not advance
Alberto Gaitero	−66 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	−90 kg		W 01–00	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance	L 00–01	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julia Figueroa	−48 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
Ana Pérez Box	−52 kg	L 00–01	Did not advance
Cristina Cabaña	−63 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
María Bernabéu	−70 kg	L 00–01	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Defending European Games champions Damián Quintero and Sandra Sánchez qualified directly for their respective individual kata categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.^{[37] [38]}

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final /
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Damián Quintero	Men's kata	27.37	1 Q	27.28	1 Q	L 27.66–28.72
Sandra Sánchez	Women's kata	27.43	1 Q	27.86	1 Q	W 28.06–27.88

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered one modern pentathlete into the Olympic competition for the first time since Beijing 2008. Aleix Heredia finished sixth of the top eight modern pentathletes vying for qualification in the men's event based on the UIPM World Rankings of 1 June 2021.^[39]

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^{[40] [41]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaime Canalejo Javier García	Men's pair	6:53.33	4 R	6:47.06	1 SA/B	6:16.25	3 FA	6:25.25	6
Manel Balastegui Caetano Horta	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:38.72	4 R	6:45.71	2 SA/B	6:15.49	5 FB	6:15.45	7
Aina Cid Virginia Díaz	Women's pair	7:23.14	3 SA/B	6:50.63	3 FA	7:00.05	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

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^{[42] [43]}

At the end of 2019 season, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation announced the first set of sailors to compete at the Enoshima regatta, namely windsurfer Blanca Manchón, Rio 2016 Olympian Jordi Xammar and his new partner Nicolás Rodríguez in the men's 470 class.^[44] The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 crews, highlighted by London 2012 gold medalist Támara Echegoyen, were named on 19 February 2020, with the women's 470 crew joining them before the end of March 2020.^{[45] [46]} Ángel Granda (men's RS:X) was added to the list of confirmed Spanish athletes for the rescheduled Games on 16 March 2021, with Cristina Pujol (women's Laser Radial) rounded out the selection a month later.^[47]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Ángel Granda	RS:X	2	3	13	14	13	17	15	9	10		7	8	10	118	10
Joel Rodríguez	Laser	21	4	23	13	9	25	9	10		21	EL	135	16
Joan Cardona	Finn	3	3	5	3	2	3		7	8	5	6	51
Nicolás Rodríguez Jordi Xammar	470	10	1	10	6		1	3	2	5	7	10	55
Diego Botín Iago López	49er	5	1	2	5	4	10		2	5	4	12	6	7	70	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Blanca Manchón	RS:X	7	7	12	14	13		14	9	14	14	10	10	EL	124	11
Cristina Pujol	Laser Radial	1	23	23	28	24	26	30		20	4	EL	179	23
Patricia Cantero Silvia Mas	470	11	13	3	6	14	15	8		1	10	EL	81	11
Paula Barceló Támara Echegoyen	49erFX	2	10		2	3	3	13	4	5	19	12	4	12	89	4

Mixed

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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 31 May 2020.^[48]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alberto Fernández	Men's trap	122	9	Did not advance
Fátima Gálvez	Women's trap	116	14	Did not advance
Alberto Fernández Fátima Gálvez	Mixed trap team	148	1 Q	41

Skateboarding

See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered four skateboarders (two men and two women) to compete across all events at the Games. Danny León, Jaime Mateu, and Julia Benedetti were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's and women's park, respectively, based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of 30 June 2021.^[49] Andrea Benítez later replaced the skateboarder Candy Jacobs after she tested positive in COVID-19 and had to withdraw from the Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Danny León	align=left rowspan=2	Men's park	73.24	9	Did not advance
Jaime Mateu	69.18	10	Did not advance
Julia Benedetti	Women's park	27.76	16	Did not advance
Andrea Benítez	Women's street	5.96	15	Did not advance

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Alberto Ginés qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the six provisional berths at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France.^{[50] [51]}

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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)):^{[52] [53]} To assure their selection to the Spanish roster, swimmers must attain the Olympic qualifying cut in the final (or in heat-declared winner races on time for long-distance freestyle) of each individual pool event at one of three domestic meets sanctioned by FINA and the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN): the International Castalia-Castellón Trophy (8–9 December 2020 in Castellón), the Spanish Open (24–28 March 2021 in Sabadell), and the European Championships (17–23 May 2021 in Budapest), if necessary and available.^[54]

Additionally, open water swimmers Alberto Martínez and Paula Ruiz secured their berths, the first at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, and the later at the 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setúbal, Portugal .

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicolás García	200 m backstroke	1:57.62	13 Q	1:56.35	5 Q	1:59.06	8
align=left rowspan=2	Hugo González	100 m backstroke	53.45	9 Q	53.05	7 Q	52.78	6
200 m individual medley	1:57.61	11 Q	1:57.96	11	Did not advance
Alberto Martínez	10 km open water	1:53:16.4	18
Joan Lluís Pons	400 m individual medley	4:12.67	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Mireia Belmonte	800 m freestyle	8:26.71	14	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	16:11.68	15	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:35.88	4 Q	4:35.13	4
Marina García	200 m breaststroke	2:26.21	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lidón Muñoz	50 m freestyle	25.10	23	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	54.97	27	Did not advance
align=left rowspan = 2	Jimena Pérez	800 m freestyle	8:33.98	21	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	16:15.99	18	Did not advance
Paula Ruiz	10 km open water	2:03:17.6	16
align=left rowspan=2	Jessica Vall	100 m breaststroke	1:07.07	18	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:23.31	10 Q	2:24.87	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	África Zamorano	200 m backstroke	2:10.72	14 Q	2:10.42	13	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:13.81	20	Did not advance
Mireia Belmonte Lidón Muñoz Jessica Vall África Zamorano	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.14	16	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Álvaro Robles scored a second-stage final triumph to secure one of the five available places in the men's singles, while Maria Xiao booked the last of four women's singles spots with a third-stage final victory at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.^{[55] [56]} Three-time Olympian Galia Dvorak was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification to join Xiao in the same event based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of 1 June 2021.^[57]

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
Álvaro Robles	Men's singles		W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Galia Dvorak	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		L 1–4	Did not advance
María Xiao		W 4–0	W 4–2	L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Jesús Tortosa (men's 58 kg), Javier Pérez (men's 68 kg), and Raúl Martínez (men's 80 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings, although Jesús Tortosa was later replaced by Adrián Vicente following a technical decision of the Spanish Federation of Taekwondo. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Adriana Cerezo scored a semifinal victory in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Spanish taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[58]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrián Vicente	Men's −58 kg	W 24–9	L 19–24	Did not advance
Javier Pérez	Men's −68 kg	L 20–22	Did not advance
Raúl Martínez	Men's −80 kg	L 15–21	Did not advance
Adriana Cerezo	Women's −49 kg	W 12–4	W 33–2	W 39–19		L 10–11

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered eight tennis players (four per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Pablo Carreño (world no. 12), Alejandro Davidovich (world no. 35), and Pablo Andújar (world no. 70), with Roberto Carballés (world no. 100) replacing the world-number-three tennis player and two-time gold medalist Rafael Nadal to take the fourth slot, qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ATP World Rankings. Garbiñe Muguruza (world no. 13), Paula Badosa (world no. 33), and Sara Sorribes (world no. 53), with the veteran Carla Suárez Navarro earning her fourth consecutive trip to the Games, occupied the four of the 56 available slots to compete in the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings of 13 June 2021.^{[59] [60]}

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
Pablo Andújar	align=left rowspan="4"	Singles	L 6–7^(3–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Roberto Carballés	L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Pablo Carreño	W 7–5, 6–2	W 5–7, 6–4, 6–4	W 7–6^(9–7), 6–3	W 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)	L 3–6, 3–6	W 6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Alejandro Davidovich	W 6–3, 6–0	W 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3	L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Pablo Andújar Roberto Carballés	align=left rowspan="2"	Doubles		L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Pablo Carreño Alejandro Davidovich		L 2–6, 4–6	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
Paula Badosa	align=left rowspan="4"	Singles	W 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–0	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	W 6–2, 6–3	L 3–6,	Did not advance
Garbiñe Muguruza	W 7–5, 7–5	W 6–3, 6–0	W 6–4, 6–1	L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Sara Sorribes	W 6–4, 6–3	W 6–1, 6–4	L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro	W 6–4, 6–1	L 3–6, 7–6^(7–0), 1–6	Did not advance
Paula Badosa Sara Sorribes	align=left rowspan="2"	Doubles		W 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–7]	L 6–2, 5–7, [5–10]	Did not advance
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro		W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	L 6–3, 1–6, [9–11]	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered five triathletes (three men and two women) to compete at the Olympics. London 2012 silver medalist Javier Gómez Noya, along with Rio 2016 Olympians Fernando Alarza and Mario Mola, was selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in the men's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021, with Miriam Casillas and rookie Anna Godoy taking the two slots on the women's side.^[61]

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Fernando Alarza	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:20	0:38	56:09	0:33	30:42	1:46:22	12
Javier Gómez Noya	18:22	0:38	56:05	0:33	32:08	1:47:46	25
Mario Mola	18:21	0:38	56:06	0:33	30:38	1:46:13	10
Miriam Casillas	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:46	0:42	1:04:50	0:34	36:00	2:01:52	21
Anna Godoy	20:12	0:44	Lapped

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Fernando Alarza	align=left rowspan=5	Mixed relay	4:05	0:39	9:51	0:26	5:32	20:33	rowspan=4
Mario Mola	4:05	0:36	9:51	0:27	5:29	20:28
Miriam Casillas	4:33	0:38	10:50	0:31	6:50	23:22
Anna Godoy	3:46	0:40	10:38	0:31	6:33	22:08
Total	1:26:31	10

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Spain women's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Haiyang, China;^[62] Meanwhile, the men's beach volleyball pair received an automatic spot for the tournament by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.^[63]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrián Gavira Pablo Herrera	Men's	L (19–21, 20–22)	L (17–21, 22–24)	W (21–16, 21–16)	3 R	W (31–29, 19–21, 15–7)	L (20–22, 17–21)	Did not advance
Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández	Women's	W (19–21, 21–18, 16–14)	L (13–21, 16–21)	L (13–21, 10–21)	3 R	W (21–15, 21–10)	L (13–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 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 13–12	W 8–6	W 16–4	W 16–5	W 8–4	1 Q	W 12–8	L 9–10	L 5–9	4
Spain women's	Women's tournament	W 29–4	W 14–10	L 13–14	W 15–9		1 Q	W 11–7	W 8–6	L 5–14

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Spain men's 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.^[64]

Team roster

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

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Spain women's 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

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

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Spain entered four weightlifters (three men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. Three-time medalist Lidia Valentín (women's 87 kg) and rookie Marcos Ruiz (men's +109 kg) finished among the top eight entrants in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with Rio 2016 Olympian David Sánchez and two-time Olympian Andrés Mata dominating the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from Europe in the men's 73 and 81 kg categories, respectively, based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.^[65]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
David Sánchez	Men's –73 kg	149	9	177	9	323	10
Andrés Mata	Men's –81 kg	158	9	189	8	347	8
Marcos Ruiz	Men's +109 kg	180	5	215	9	395	8
Lidia Valentín	Women's –87 kg	103	9	122	11	225	10

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