Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

 

Spain at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	ESP
NOC:	Comité Olímpico Español external link (Spanish)
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	149 men and 9 women in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Herminio Menéndez
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 1	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 6
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Spain competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Medals

Gold

• Alejandro Abascal and Miguel Noguer — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

Silver

• Jorge Llopart — Athletics, Men's 50 kilometres Walk
• Guillermo del Riego and Herminio Menéndez — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres kayak pairs
• Juan Amat, Juan Arbós, Jaime Arbós, Javier Cabot, Ricardo Cabot, Miguel Chaves, Juan Coghen, Miguel de Paz, Francisco Fábregas, José Garcia, Rafael Garralda, Santiago Malgosa, Paulino Monsalve, Juan Pellón, Carlos Roca and Jaime Zumalacárregui — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

• David López-Zubero — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly
• Luis Miguez and Herminio Menéndez — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres kayak pairs

Results by event

Archery

After not competing in archery in 1976, Spain returned to the sport in 1980. Two Spanish men competed.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Antonio Vazquez — 2240 points (→ 29th place)
• Francisco Peralta — 2181 points (→ 33rd place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Eleuterio Anton

• Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Ricardo Camacho

• Preliminary Round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)
• Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Spain – Soviet Union 2-1
• Spain – Tanzania 12-0
• Spain – India 2-2
• Spain – Poland 6-0
• Spain – Cuba 11-0

• Final

• Spain – India 3-4 → Silver Medal

• Team Roster:

• Juan Amat
• Juan Arbós
• Jaime Arbós
• Javier Cabot
• Ricardo Cabot
• Miguel Chaves
• Juan Coghen
• Miguel de Paz
• Francisco Fábregas
• José Garcia
• Rafael Garralda
• Santiago Malgosa
• Paulino Monsalve
• Juan Pellón
• Carlos Roca
• Jaime Zumalacárregui

Football

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Spain – East Germany 1-1 (0-0)
• Spain – Syria 0-0 (0-0)
• Spain – Algeria 1-1 (1-0) → did not advance

• Team Roster

• Joaquín Alonso González
• Marcos Alonso
• Francisco Buyo
• Miguel de Andrés
• Juan Antonio Felipe
• Agustín Gajate
• Angel González
• Francisco Guerri
• Jorge David López
• Víctor Muñoz
• Urbano Ortega
• Enrique Ramos
• Hipólito Rincón
• Agustín Rodríguez
• Santiago Urquiaga
• Manuel Zuñiga

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to East Germany (17-21)
• Defeated Denmark (20-19)
• Lost to Hungary (17-20)
• Drew with Cuba (24-24)
• Defeated Poland (24-22)

• Classification Match

• 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (24-23) → 5th place

• Team Roster

• Agustín Millán
• Eugenio Serrano
• Francisco López
• Gregorio López
• Javier Cabanas
• Jesús María Albisu
• José Ignacio Novoa
• José María Pagoaga
• Juan Alfonso de la Puente
• Juan Francisco Muñoz
• Juan José Uría
• Juan Pedro de Miguel
• Rafael López
• Vicente Calabuig

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Federico Galera — 5.001 pts, 25th place
• José Serrano — 4.887 pts, 29th place
• Manuel Montesinos — 4.811 pts, 32nd place

Men's Team Competition:

• Galera, Serrano, and Montesinos — 14.699pts, 9th place

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• David López-Zubero

• Heats — 52,43
• Semi-Finals — 52,81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Ramón Lavín

• Heats — 1.56,99 (→ did not advance)

• David López-Zubero

• Heats — 1.53,22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

• Rafael Escalas

• Final — 15.21,88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• David López-Zubero

• Final — 55,16 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle

• Natalia Más, Margarita Armengol, Laura Flaque, and Gloria Casado

• Final — 3.58,73 (→ 8th place)

References

• Spanish Olympic Committee

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