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Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Spain at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Spain.svg
IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors321 (216 men and 105 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Manuel Estiarte
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.[1]

Medalists

Archery

Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Almudena Gallardo Women's individual 625 36 Karaseva (BLR)
L 162-163
Did not advance

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Venancio Jose
  • Round 1 — 10.36
  • Round 2 — 10.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Venancio Jose
  • Round 1 — 20.95
  • Round 2 — 20.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 — 45.53
  • Round 2 — 45.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • José Manuel Cerezo
  • Round 1 — 01:48.11 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 01:48.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 m

  • Andrés Manuel Díaz
  • Round 1 — 03:38.54
  • Semifinal — 03:38.41
  • Final — 03:37.27 (→ 8th place)
  • Round 1 — 03:38.66
  • Semifinal — 03:45.46 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 03:40.60
  • Semifinal — 03:38.37
  • Final — 03:38.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 5.000 m

  • Alberto Garcia
  • Round 1 — 14:11.65 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 13:34.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 m

  • Round 1 — 27:51.40
  • Final — 28:50.31 (→ 18th place)
  • Enrique Molina
  • Round 1 — 28:09.76
  • Final — DNF
  • Teodoro Cunado
  • Round 1 — 29:10.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

  • Round 1 — 51.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Antonio Andres, David Canal, Inigo Monreal, Eduardo Iván Rodríguez
  • Round 1 — 03:06.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000 m steeplechase

  • Round 1 — 08:24.04
  • Final — 08:22.75 (→ 5th place)
  • Round 1 — 08:24.97
  • Final — 08:23.00 (→ 6th place)
  • Marco Cepeda
  • Round 1 — 08:40.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's shot put

  • Manuel Martínez
  • Qualifying — 19.94
  • Final — 20.55 (→ 6th place)

Men's discus

  • Qualifying — 61.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualifying — 7.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

  • Raul Chapado
  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km walk

  • Paquillo Fernández
  • Final — 1:21:01 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 1:24:36 (→ 20th place)
  • Final — 0:01:28 (→ 35th place)

Men's 50 km walk

  • Final — 3:46:01 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 3:49:31 (→ 12th place)
  • Final — 3:59:50 (→ 24th place)

Men's marathon

  • Final — 2:13:06 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place)
  • Final — 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place)

Men's decathlon

  • 100 m — 11.42
  • Long jump — 6.32
  • Shot put — DNS

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

  • Norfalia Carabali
  • Round 1 — 52.36
  • Round 2 — 52.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m

  • Round 1 — 01:59.60
  • Semifinal — 02:03.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1.500 m

  • Round 1 — 04:11.46
  • Semifinal — 04:10.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 04:22.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5.000 m

  • Round 1 — 15:45.07 (→ did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 15:31.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 m

  • Maria Teresa Recio
  • Round 1 — 33:36.44 (→ did not advance)
  • Maria Abel
  • Round 1 — 34:05.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m

  • Julia Alba, Miriam Bravo, Norfalia Carabali and Mayte Martinez
  • Round 1 — 03:32.45 (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

  • Martina de la Puente
  • Qualifying — 16.30 (→ did not advance)

Women's discus

  • Alice Matejkova
  • Qualifying — 54.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's javelin throw

  • Marta Míguez
  • Qualifying — 55.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump

  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump

  • Qualifying — 13.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

  • Qualifying — 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's pole vault

  • Mari Mar Sanchez
  • Qualifying — 4.25 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km walk

  • Final — 1:30:23 (→ Bronze medal)Med 3.png
  • Encarnacion Granados
  • Final — 1:35:06 (→ 20th place)
  • Eva Perez
  • Final — 1:36:35 (→ 27th place)

Women's marathon

  • Final — 2:36:45 (→ 30th place)
  • Griselda González
  • Final — 2:38:28 (→ 33rd place)
  • Maria Luisa Munoz
  • Final — 2:45:40 (→ 39th place)

Women's heptathlon

  • Inma Clopés
  • 100 m hurdles — 14.20
  • High jump — 1.66
  • Shot put — 12.70
  • 200 m — 26.25
  • Long jump — NM
  • Javelin throw — DNS

Basketball

Men's team competition

  • Preliminaries (1-4)
  • Defeated Angola (64-45)
  • Lost to Russia (63-71)
  • Lost to Canada (77-91)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (65-78)
  • Lost to Australia (80-91)
  • Classification matches
  • 9th-10th place: defeated China (84-64) → 9th place
  • Team roster

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Rafael Lozano
    • Round 1 — bye
    • Round 2 — defeated Danilo Lerio of Philippines
    • Quarterfinal — defeated Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya
    • Semifinal — defeated Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea
    • Final — lost to Brahim Asloum of France → Silver medalMed 2.png

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500 m

  • Jovino Gonzalez
  • Qualifying heat — 01:40.761
  • Semifinal — 01:41.168
  • Final — 02:03.889 (→ 6th place)

Men's kayak singles 1.000 m

  • Emilio Merchan
  • Qualifying heat — 03:36.591
  • Semifinal — 03:40.263
  • Final — 03:39.965 (→ 9th place)

Men's canoe singles 500 m

  • Jose Manuel Crespo
  • Qualifying heat — 01:53.862
  • Semifinal — 01:54.765 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 1.000 m

  • Jose Manuel Crespo
  • Qualifying heat — 04:04.528
  • Semifinal — 04:04.042 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe doubles 500 m

  • José Alfredo Bea, David Mascató
  • Qualifying heat — 01:44.973
  • Semifinal — 01:45.677
  • Final — 01:56.600 (→ 4th place)

Men's canoe doubles 1.000 m

  • José Alfredo Bea, David Mascató
  • Qualifying heat — 03:37.697
  • Semifinal — bye
  • Final — 03:54.053 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles 500 m

  • Teresa Portela
  • Qualifying heat — 01:59.153
  • Semifinal — 01:58.932 (→ did not advance)

Women's kayak doubles 500 m

  • Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez, Belen Sanchez
  • Qualifying heat — 01:45.527
  • Semifinal — 01:45.144
  • Final — 02:04.208 (→ 7th place)

Women's kayak fours 500 m

  • Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchon, Ana María Penas, Belen Sanchez
  • Qualifying heat — 01:35.298
  • Semifinal — bye
  • Final — 01:38.654 (→ 8th place)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles

  • Esteban Arakama
  • Qualifying — 267.75 (→ did not advance)
  • Carles Juanmartí
  • Qualifying — 275.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles

  • Jon Erguin
  • Qualifying — 362.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe doubles

  • Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente
  • Qualifying — 344.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles

  • María Eizmendi
  • Qualifying — 311.17
  • Final — 276.55 (→ 14th place)

Cycling

Cross-country mountain bike

Men's competition

  • Final — 2:11:42.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Roberto Lezaun
  • Final — 2:15:56.99 (→ 15th place)

Women's competition

  • Margarita Fullana
  • Final — 1:49:57.39 (→ Bronze medal)Med 3.png
  • Silvia Rovira
  • Final — 1:58:59.37 (→ 14th place)

Road cycling

Men's individual time trial

  • Final — 0:58:31 (→ 4th place)
  • Santos Gonzalez Capilla
  • Final — 0:59:03 (→ 8th place)

Men's road race

  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 17th place)
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 60th place)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
  • Santos Gonzalez Capilla
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's individual time trial

  • Joane Somarriba Arrola
  • Final — 0:43:06 (→ 5th place)
  • Teodora Ruano
  • Final — 0:44:37.36 (→ 18th place)

Women's road race

  • Joane Somarriba Arrola
  • Final — 3:06:31 (→ 14th place)
  • Fatima Blazquez Lozano
  • Final — 3:10:33 (→ 33rd place)
  • Mercedes Cagigas Amed
  • Final — 3:28:29 (→ 48th place)

Track cycling

Men's sprint

  • José Antonio Villanueva
    • Qualifying — 10.556
    • First round — defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
    • 1/8 finals — defeated Pavel Buran of Czech Republic
    • Quarterfinal — lost to Florian Rousseau of France
    • Final 5-8 — 6th place

Men's individual pursuit

  • Antonio Tauler
    • Qualifying — 04:34.415 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1 km time trial

  • David Cabrero
    • Final — 01:07.710 (→ 15th place)

Men's point race

  • Juan Llaneras
    • Points — 14
    • Laps down — 0 (→ Gold medal')

Men's keirin

  • David Cabrero
    • First round — heat — 3; place — 3
    • Repechage — heat — 3; place — 1
    • Second round — heat — 2; place — 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Olympic sprint

  • José Antonio Escuredo, José Antonio Villanueva and Slavador Melia
    • Qualifying — 45.799 (→ did not advance)

Men's team pursuit

  • Miguel Alzamora, Isaac Gálvez, Antonio Tauler and José Francisco Jarque
    • Qualifying — 04:15.547 (did not advance)

Men's Madison

Women's point pace

  • Teodora Ruano
    • Points — 10 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard

  • Rafael Álvarez
  • Preliminary — 377.55
  • Semifinal — 201.06 — 578.61 (17th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 metre springboard

  • Jose-Miguel Gil
  • Preliminary — 318.72 (33rd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 metre platform

  • Ruben Santos
  • Preliminary — 300.9 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 metre platform

  • Santos Leire
  • Preliminary — 271.41 (27th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Dolores Saez de Ibarra
  • Preliminary — 283.41
  • Semifinal — 163.11 — 446.52 (14th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four male fencers represented Spain in 2000.

Men's sabre
  • Fernando Medina
  • Jorge Pina
  • Alberto Falcón
Men's team sabre
  • Jorge Pina, Antonio García, Fernando Medina

Football

Gymnastics

Men

Artistic
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PM R V PB HB
Alejandro Barrenechea All-around 8.162 8.612 9.575 9.237 9.587 9.237 54.410 34
Victor Cano 9.087 9.650 9.462 8.825 8.875 9.662 55.561 31
Omar Cortes 8.112 9.675 9.550 9.325 9.537 9.650 55.849 26
Gervasio Deferr Vault N/A 9.712 N/A 9.712 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Artistic
Team
Individual events
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Laura Martinez All-around 9.518 9.612 9.062 9.637 37.829 12
Vault 9.612 N/A 9.612 5
Sara Moro All-around 9.318 9.637 8.725 9.650 37.330 21
Esther Moya All-around 9.631 9.550 9.187 9.712 38.080 9
Floor N/A 9.700 9.700 4
Vault 9.612 N/A 9.612 4

Handball

Field hockey

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (Group B):
  • Spain — South Korea 1-1
  • Spain — Poland 1-4
  • Spain — Australia 2-2
  • Spain — India 2-3
  • Spain — Argentina 1-5
  • Classification matches:
  • 9th-12th place: Spain — Malaysia 1-0
  • 9th-10th place: Spain — Canada 3-0 → Ninth place
  • Team roster
  • Head Coach: Antonio Forrellat

Women's team competition

  • Preliminary round (Group A):
  • Spain — South Korea 0-0
  • Spain — Australia 1-1
  • Spain — Argentina 1-1
  • Spain — Great Britain 0-2
  • Medal round:
  • Bronze medal game:
  • Spain — Netherlands 0-2 → Fourth place
  • Team roster

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Spain competed in nine events in the Sailing competition at the Sydney Olympics. In seven of the events, they finished in the top 10 but were unable to win a medal.

Men's Mistral

  • Jorge Maciel Andres
  • Race 1 — 16
  • Race 2 — 17
  • Race 3 — (25)
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — 25
  • Race 6 — 22
  • Race 7 — 20
  • Race 8 — 20
  • Race 9 — (37) DNF
  • Race 10 — 15
  • Race 11 — 19
  • Final — 162 (22nd place)

Men's Double-handed dinghy (470)

  • Gustavo Martinez and Tunte Cantero
  • Race 1 — 17
  • Race 2 — 11
  • Race 3 — 15
  • Race 4 — 9
  • Race 5 — (18)
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 12
  • Race 8 — 2
  • Race 9 — 8
  • Race 10 — 4
  • Race 11 — (21)
  • Final — 81 (10th place)

Men's Laser

  • Luis Martínez
  • Race 1 — 3
  • Race 2 — (23)
  • Race 3 — 16
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — (44) OCS
  • Race 6 — 23
  • Race 7 — 5
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 16
  • Race 10 — 13
  • Race 11 — 10
  • Final — 97 (11th place)

Men's Tornado

  • Fernando Leon and José Luis Ballester
  • Race 1 — 7
  • Race 2 — 9
  • Race 3 — 9
  • Race 4 — (14)
  • Race 5 — 6
  • Race 6 — (12)
  • Race 7 — 9
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 9
  • Race 10 — 4
  • Race 11 — 2
  • Final — 58 (9th place)

Men's Two-handed keelboat (Star)

  • José Maria van der Ploeg and Rafael Trujillo
  • Race 1 — 2
  • Race 2 — 4
  • Race 3 — (17) DSQ
  • Race 4 — 3
  • Race 5 — 11
  • Race 6 — 7
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — 10
  • Race 9 — 3
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — (17) OCS
  • Final — 55 (9th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Maria del Carmen Vaz
  • Race 1 — 4
  • Race 2 — 5
  • Race 3 — (14)
  • Race 4 — 9
  • Race 5 — (19)
  • Race 6 — 11
  • Race 7 — 8
  • Race 8 — 9
  • Race 9 — 6
  • Race 10 — 14
  • Race 11 — 6
  • Final — 72 (8th place)

Women's Single-handed dinghy (Europe)

  • Neus Garriga
  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — 2
  • Race 3 — 11
  • Race 4 — 13
  • Race 5 — 5
  • Race 6 — 1
  • Race 7 — (17)
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 11
  • Race 10 — 5
  • Race 11 — (28) OCS
  • Final — 61 (4th place)

Women's Double-handed dinghy (470)

  • Natalia Vía Dufresne and Sandra Azón
  • Race 1 — 14
  • Race 2 — (18)
  • Race 3 — 5
  • Race 4 — 2
  • Race 5 — (19)
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 11
  • Race 8 — 2
  • Race 9 — 4
  • Race 10 — 9
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Final — 55 (6th place)

Mixed high performance Two-handed dinghy (49er)

  • Santiago Lopez-Vazquez and Javier de La Plaza
  • Race 1 — 1
  • Race 2 — 8
  • Race 3 — 11
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — 4
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 1
  • Race 8 — 11
  • Race 9 — 11
  • Race 10 — (18) OCS
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Race 12 — 1
  • Race 13 — 1
  • Race 14 — (12)
  • Race 15 — 10
  • Race 16 — 4
  • Final — 79 (4th place)

Shooting

Four Spanish shooters (two men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jorge González 50 m rifle three positions 1150 33 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 593 19 Did not advance
10 m air rifle DNS Did not advance
Sergio Piñero Double trap 129 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marina Pons 50 m rifle three positions 565 34 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 388 36 Did not advance
Maria Pilar Fernandez 10 m air pistol 379 16 Did not advance
25 m pistol 575 20 Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 22.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m freestyle

  • Javier Botello
  • Preliminary heat — 50.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 15:14.37 (→ did not advance)
  • Preliminary heat — 15:32.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m butterfly

  • Jorge Pérez
  • Preliminary heat — 02:00.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 55.8
  • Semifinal — 56.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m backstroke

  • Guillermo Mediano
  • Preliminary heat — 02:03.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m individual medley

  • Jordi Carrasco
  • Preliminary heat — 02:02.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m individual medley

  • Preliminary heat — 04:21.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 03:22.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • David Ortega, Santiago Castellanos, Daniel Morales and Javier Botello
  • Preliminary heat — 03:42.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m freestyle

  • Preliminary heat — 25.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m freestyle

  • Laura Roca
  • Preliminary heat — 02:03.37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m freestyle

  • Angels Bardina
  • Preliminary heat — 04:17.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m butterfly

  • María Peláez
  • Preliminary heat — 01:01.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m butterfly

  • Preliminary heat — 02:10.96
  • Semifinal — 02:10.24 (→ did not advance)
  • María Peláez
  • Preliminary heat — 02:14.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m breaststroke

  • Preliminary heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 01:01.97
  • Semifinal — 01:01.41
  • Final — 01:00.89 (→ Bronze medal)Med 3.png

Women's 200m backstroke

  • Preliminary heat — 02:11.60
  • Semifinal — 02:11.93
  • Final — 02:12.75 (→ 6th place)
  • Preliminary heat — 02:14.78
  • Semifinal — 02:15.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m individual medley

  • Preliminary heat — 04:47.50 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

  • Angels Bardina, Natalia Cabrerizo, Paula Carballido and Laura Roca
  • Preliminary heat — 08:13.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Preliminary heat — 04:15.54 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

  • Gemma Mengual, Paola Tirados
  • Technical routine — 32.9
  • Free routine — 61.62
  • Final — 94.52 (8th place)

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Three of Spain's four triathletes finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon. Ivan Rana was the only one to place in the top eight, with a fifth-place finish in the men's event.

Women's competition:

Men's competition:

Volleyball

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Defeated Egypt (3-0)
  • Lost to Cuba (1-3)
  • Lost to Australia (1-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (1-3)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
  • Team roster
  • Carlos Carreño
  • José Antonio Casilla
  • Enrique de la Fuente
  • Miguel Angel Falasca
  • José Luis Moltó
  • Rafael Pascual
  • Cosme Prenafeta
  • Juan Carlos Robles
  • Ernesto Rodríguez
  • Juan José Salvador
  • Luis Pedro Suela
  • Alexis Valido
  • Head Coach: Raúl Lozano

Water polo

Men's tournament

  • Preliminary round: 2-2-1
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Croatia, 9-8
  • Semifinal: lost to Russia, 8-7
  • Bronze medal game: Lost to Yugoslavia, 8-3 → 4th place
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Jon Tecedor + 105 kg 170.0 175.0 180.0 210.0 215.0 220.0 395.0 13


Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Josefa Pérez – 63 kg 80.0 82.5 85.0 95.0 100.0 102.5 187.5 7
Mónica Carrio – 75 kg 92.5 95.0 95.0 110.0 110.0 115.0 205.0 9

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Spain at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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