Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	278 in 23 sports
Flag bearers	Pau Gasol (opening) Saúl Craviotto (closing)
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 4 Silver 10 Bronze 4 Total 18
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Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed in all but two Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. In 2012, the Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 278 athletes, 166 men and 112 women, competed in 23 sports.

Spain left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals (3 gold, 10 silver, and 4 bronze), failing short of the total achieved in Beijing by a single medal. Three of the medals were awarded in taekwondo and canoeing, and two each in sailing, swimming, and synchronized swimming. Three Spanish athletes won more than a single medal in London, while all of their competitors in synchronized swimming and taekwondo won at least one medal. Spain's competitors in team sports also proved successful in London, as the women's handball and water polo teams won silver and bronze medals respectively. The men's basketball team managed to repeat its silver medal from Beijing. Spain, however, did not win an Olympic medal in tennis for the first time since it was reintroduced as a full-medal sport in 1988, and in cycling for the first time since that same year. On 21 November 2016, a fourth gold medal was assigned to Spain's Lidia Valentín in Weightlifting (Women's 75 kg) after the IOC disqualified the original medallists in the event for failing doping tests at the Games.

Among the nation's medallists were sailor Marina Alabau in women's windsurfing, and sprint kayaker Saúl Craviotto, who previously won gold in Beijing. Three athletes won Spain's first ever Olympic medals in their respective disciplines: triathlete Javier Gómez Noya, slalom kayaker Maialen Chourraut, and freestyle wrestler Maider Unda. Sprint canoer David Cal, who won silver in London, became the first Spanish athlete in history to win a total of five Olympic medals. Meanwhile, Mireia Belmonte became the first Spanish swimmer in history to win two Olympic medals.

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lidia Valentín	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	3 August
Gold	Marina Alabau	Sailing	Women's sailboard	7 August
Gold	Joel González	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	8 August
Gold	Támara Echegoyen Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro	Sailing	Elliott 6m	11 August
Silver	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	1 August
Silver	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	3 August
Silver	Javier Gómez Noya	Triathlon	Men's	7 August
Silver	Ona Carbonell Andrea Fuentes	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	7 August
Silver	David Cal	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m	8 August
Silver	Brigitte Yagüe	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	8 August
Silver	Spain women's national water polo team Marta Bach Andrea Blas Ana Copado Anna Espar Laura Ester María García Godoy Laura López Ona Meseguer Lorena Miranda Matilde Ortiz Jennifer Pareja María del Pilar Peña Roser Tarragó	Water polo	Women's tournament	9 August
Silver	Nicolás García	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	10 August
Silver	Saúl Craviotto	Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 m	11 August
Silver	Spain national basketball team José Calderón Víctor Claver Rudy Fernández Marc Gasol Pau Gasol Serge Ibaka Sergio Llull Juan Carlos Navarro Felipe Reyes Sergio Rodríguez Víctor Sada Fernando San Emeterio	Basketball	Men's tournament	12 August
Bronze	Maialen Chourraut	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	2 August
Bronze	Maider Unda	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg	9 August
Bronze	Clara Basiana Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Margalida Crespí Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Paula Klamburg Irene Montrucchio Laia Pons	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	10 August
Bronze	Spain women's national handball team Macarena Aguilar Nely Carla Alberto Jessica Alonso Vanessa Amorós Andrea Barnó Elisabet Chávez Mihaela Ciobanu Verónica Cuadrado Patricia Elorza Beatriz Fernández Begoña Fernández Marta Mangué Carmen Martín Silvia Navarro Elisabeth Pinedo	Handball	Women's tournament	11 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Sailing	2	0	0	2
Taekwondo	1	2	0	3
Weightlifting	1	0	0	1
Canoeing	0	2	1	3
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Synchronized swimming	0	1	1	2
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	0	1
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Handball	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	4	10	4	18

Delegation

The Spanish Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Español, COE) selected a team of 278 athletes, 166 men and 112 women, to compete in 23 sports; it was the nation's sixth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since 1988. Spain did not qualify athletes in fencing, modern pentathlon, and rowing, but there was only a single competitor in women's freestyle wrestling. Athletics was the largest team by sport, with a total of 46 competitors.

The Spanish team featured several Olympic medalists from Beijing, including sailors Iker Martínez and Xabier Fernández in the open skiff class, and sprint canoer David Cal, who won the silver in two of his events. Race walker Jesús Ángel García became the second Spanish athlete to compete in six Olympic games, tying the record set by former water polo player Manuel Estiarte. Meanwhile, another race walker María Vasco, and field hockey player Pablo Amat competed at their fifth Olympics. Table tennis player He Zhi Wen, at age 50, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rhythmic gymnast Lourdes Mohedano was the youngest at age 17.

Other notable Spanish athletes featured sprint kayaker and two-time world champion Saúl Craviotto, swimmer Mireia Belmonte in the women's medley, butterfly, and freestyle events, tennis doubles specialist Anabel Medina Garrigues, and NBA basketball players Victor Claver and Serge Ibaka. Former world number-one male tennis player and defending Olympic champion Rafael Nadal was initially selected by the committee to carry the nation's flag, but he later withdrew from the Games because of an undisclosed injury. On 20 July 2012, NBA basketball star Pau Gasol, who led his team by winning the silver medal in Beijing, replaced Nadal as Spain's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	27	19	46
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	6	2	8
Cycling	15	1	16
Diving	1	1	2
Field hockey	16	0	16
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	5	8	13
Judo	2	4	6
Sailing	7	7	14
Shooting	6	2	8
Swimming	3	11	14
Synchronized swimming	0	9	9
Table tennis	2	3	5
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	6	6	12
Triathlon	3	3	6
Volleyball	2	2	4
Water polo	13	13	26
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	166	112	278

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain had qualified one archer each in the men's and women's individual events.

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
Elías Cuesta	Men's individual	660	41	Ivashko (UKR) (24) L 4–6	Did not advance
Iria Grandal	Women's individual	618	53	Rendón (COL) (12) W 6–5	Choi H-J (KOR) (21) L 5–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spanish athletes qualified standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Carles Castillejo in men's marathon

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ángel David Rodríguez	100 m	Bye		10.34	5	Did not advance
Kevin López	800 m	1:48.27	3 Q	—		1:46.66	6	Did not advance
Luis Alberto Marco		1:46.86	3 Q	—		1:46.19	6	Did not advance
Antonio Manuel Reina		1:47.44	3 Q	—		1:45.84	6	Did not advance
David Bustos	1500 m	3:41.34	8	—		Did not advance
Álvaro Rodríguez		3:41.54	12	—		Did not advance
Diego Ruiz		3:41.52	7	—		Did not advance
Ayad Lamdassen	10000 m	—						28:49.85	23
Jackson Quiñónez	110 m hurdles	13.76	4	—		Did not advance
Víctor García	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		—				Did not advance
Abdelaziz Merzougui		8:58.20	12	—				Did not advance
Ángel Mullera		8:38.07	11	—				Did not advance
Ignacio Cáceres	Marathon	—						2:17:11	31
Carles Castillejo		—						2:16:17	24
José Carlos Hernández		—						2:17:48	34
Miguel Ángel López	20 km walk	—						1:19:49	5
Álvaro Martín		—						DNF
Jesús Ángel García	50 km walk	—						3:48:32	20
Mikel Odriozola		—						4:02:48	42
Benjamín Sánchez		—						4:14:40	50

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Igor Bychkov	Pole vault	5.50	=9 q	5.50	12
Eusebio Cáceres	Long jump	7.92	14	Did not advance
Luis Felipe Méliz		NM	—	Did not advance
Borja Vivas	Shot put	18.88	31	Did not advance
Frank Casañas	Discus throw	63.76	11 q	65.56	7
Mario Pestano		63.40	14	Did not advance
Javier Cienfuegos	Hammer throw	73.73	16	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aauri Bokesa	400 m	53.67	6	Did not advance
Nuria Fernández	1500 m	4:13.72	4 Q	4:06.57	10	Did not advance
Isabel Macías		4:13.07	12	Did not advance
Natalia Rodríguez		4:16.18	14	Did not advance
Judit Plá	5000 m	15:20.39	12	—		Did not advance
Marta Domínguez	3000 m steeplechase	9:29.71	4 Q	—		9:36.45	12
Diana Martín		9:35.77	8	—		Did not advance
Alessandra Aguilar	Marathon	—				2:29:19	26
Elena María Espeso		—				2:36:12	61
Vanessa Veiga		—				2:46:53	97
Beatriz Pascual	20 km walk	—				1:27:56	8
María José Poves		—				1:29:36	12
María Vasco		—				1:28:14	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.93	=2 q	2.00	4
Concepción Montaner	Long jump	6.30	19	Did not advance
Patricia Sarrapio	Triple jump	13.64	26	Did not advance
Úrsula Ruiz	Shot put	17.99	17	Did not advance
Berta Castells	Hammer throw	68.41	21	Did not advance
Noraida Bicet	Javelin throw	57.77	25	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pablo Abián	Men's singles	Hidayat (INA) L 20–22, 11–21	Koukal (CZE) W 21–17, 16–21, 21–16	2	Did not advance
Carolina Marín	Women's singles	Li Xr (CHN) L 13–21, 11–21	Rivero (PER) W 21–17, 21–7	2	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain's men basketball team qualified for the event by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified boxers for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Kelvin de la Nieve	Light flyweight	Quipo (ECU) L 11–14	Did not advance
Jonathan Alonso	Light welterweight	Tolouti (IRI) L 12–16	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Spain qualified boats for the following events.

Maialen Chourraut in K-1 semifinal

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ander Elosegi	Men's C-1	93.24	2	96.60	8	93.24	6 Q	104.04	4 Q	102.61	4
Samuel Hernanz	Men's K-1	87.07	1	91.25	12	87.07	3 Q	97.18	4 Q	96.95	5
Maialen Chourraut	Women's K-1	98.75	1	107.91	10	98.75	1 Q	108.34	2 Q	106.87

Sprint

Spain qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfonso Benavides	Men's C-1 200 m	40.993	1 Q	40.619	2 FA	43.038	4
David Cal	Men's C-1 1000 m	3:54.590	1 Q	3:52.767	3 FA	3:48.053
Saúl Craviotto	Men's K-1 200 m	35.552	1 Q	35.597	2 FA	36.540
Francisco Cubelos	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:37.791	5 Q	3:31.833	4 FA	3:32.521	7
María Teresa Portela	Women's K-1 200 m	41.263	1 Q	40.898	2 FA	45.326	4

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified riders for the following events.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonathan Castroviejo	Men's road race	5:46:13	26
	Men's time trial	53:29.36	9
José Joaquín Rojas	Men's road race	5:46:37	44
Luis León Sánchez	Men's road race	5:46:05	14
	Men's time trial	56:59.16	32
Alejandro Valverde	Men's road race	5:46:05	18
Francisco Ventoso		5:46:37	31

Track

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
Hodei Mazquiarán	Men's sprint	10.604 67.898	16	Perkins (AUS) L	Esterhuizen (RSA)  Zhang M (CHN) L	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Pablo Aitor Bernal Sebastian Vedri David Muntaner Albert Torres	Men's team pursuit	4:02.113	6 Q	Colombia (COL) 3:59.520	6	Denmark (DEN) 4:02.746	6

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Juan Peralta	Men's keirin	3	2 Q	5	10

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Result	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Eloy Teruel	Men's omnium	13.655	14	55	3	17	4:29.874	9	2	1:05.463	14	59	9
Leire Olaberría	Women's omnium	14.463	6	3	12	12	3:46.317	14	16	36.393	8	69	13

Mountain biking

Sergio Mantecón Gutiérrez in men's cross-country race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Coloma Nicolás	Men's cross-country	1:30:07	6
José Antonio Hermida		1:29:36	4
Sergio Mantecón Gutiérrez		1:33:46	22

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified two divers:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javier Illana	3 m springboard	460.35	8 Q	458.05	10 Q	371.60	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenifer Benítez	3 m springboard	224.60	30	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Spain qualified one team and three individual quota places after finishing in fifth place at the 2011 European Dressage Championship.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Overall Score	Rank
Morgan Barbançon	Painted Black	Individual	72.751	19 Q	71.556	23	Did not advance
Jose Daniel Martín Dockx	Grandioso		69.043	39 Q	69.286	29	Did not advance
Juan Manuel Muñoz	Fuego XII		75.608	10 Q	75.476	11 Q	74.786	83.857	79.321	10
Morgan Barbançon Jose Daniel Martín Dockx Juan Manuel Muñoz	See above	Team	72.467	6	72.106	6	—		72.287	7

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

• Men's team event – 1 team of 16 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

5th/6th place game

Football

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain's men football team qualified for the event by reaching the final of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Isaac Botella Pérez	Team	14.033	12.900	—	15.866 Q	—				Did not advance
Javier Gómez Fuertes		14.833	13.833	13.900	15.958	15.066	14.533	88.123	16 Q
Fabián González		15.266	14.733	14.033	16.000	13.333	15.000	88.365	15 Q
Rubén López		—	—	14.900	—	14.733	14.300	—
Sergio Muñoz		14.600	14.000	13.966	16.000	13.833	13.266	85.665	26
Total		44.699	42.566	42.899	47.958	43.632	43.833	265.587	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Isaac Botella Pérez	Vault	—			15.866	—		15.866	6
Javier Gómez Fuertes	All-around	14.266	12.433	14.800	15.466	14.733	12.733	84.431	23
Fabián González		14.600	14.733	13.966	16.133	14.400	15.166	88.998	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Ana María Izurieta	All-around	14.133	14.800	12.600	12.000	53.533	33	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Carolina Rodríguez	Individual	26.900	26.625	27.175	26.100	106.800	14	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Loreto Achaerandio Sandra Aguilar Elena López Lourdes Mohedano Alejandra Quereda Lidia Redondo	Team	27.150	27.400	54.550	5 Q	27.400	27.550	54.950	4

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sugoi Uriarte	−66 kg	Faraldo (ITA) W 0100–0000	Mata (ARU) W 0100–0000	García (AND) W 0013–0002	Karimov (AZE) W 0021–0001	Ungvári (HUN) L 0000–0011	Bye	Cho J-H (KOR) L 0001–0000	5
Kiyoshi Uematsu	−73 kg	Bye	Isaev (RUS) L 0002–0011	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oiana Blanco	−48 kg	Fukumi (JPN) L 0001–0100	Did not advance
Ana Carrascosa	−52 kg	Müller (LUX) L 0000–0201	Did not advance
Concepción Bellorín	−57 kg	Karakas (HUN) L 0011–0100	Did not advance
Cecilia Blanco	−70 kg	Smal (UKR) W 0110–0002	Sraka (SLO) L 0011–0000	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Iván Pastor	RS:X	22	24	20	39	19	25	8	25	2	5	EL	150	16
Javier Hernández	Laser	34	17	13	15	26	13	6	17	2	9	EL	118	12
Rafael Trujillo	Finn	12	12	12	23	7	4	15	1	13	4	6	109	8
Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento	470	7	8	12	27	24	6	10	13	15	9	EL	104	11

Sailors Berta Betanzos and Tara Pacheco in women's 470 class

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Marina Alabau	RS:X	2	1	1	1	5	2	3	8	6	3	2	26
Alicia Cebrián	Laser Radial	15	11	14	9	24	23	5	9	2	13	EL	101	11
Berta Betanzos Tara Pacheco	470	15	14	8	16	13	8	11	4	7	13	8	101	10

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
		GBR	USA	NZL	RUS	NED	SWE	FRA	FIN	AUS	POR	DEN		Q-final	S-final	Final
Támara Echegoyen Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro	Elliott 6m	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	3 Q	FRA W (3–0)	RUS W (2–1)	AUS W (3–2)

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Xabier Fernández Iker Martínez	49er	15	6	7	3	14	18	3	15	12	14	8	14	8	15	12	EL	146	12

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified for 8 quota places in shooting events;

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan José Aramburu	Skeet	115	23	Did not advance
Pablo Carrera	50 m pistol	554	22	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	585	4 Q	683.3	6
Alberto Fernández	Trap	116	25	Did not advance
Jorge Llames	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	11	Did not advance
Javier López	50 m rifle 3 positions	1151	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	589	35	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	88	41	Did not advance
Jesús Serrano	Trap	123	3 Q	144	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sonia Franquet	25 m pistol	579	22	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	378	26	Did not advance
Fátima Gálvez	Trap	70	6 Q	87	5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spanish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Francisco Hervás Jodar	10 km open water	—				1:53:27.8	23
Juan Miguel Rando	100 m backstroke	54.93	25	Did not advance
Aschwin Wildeboer	100 m backstroke	54.36	16 Q	53.99	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.02	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Concepción Badillo	100 m breaststroke	1:12.58	39	Did not advance
Mireia Belmonte	400 m freestyle	4:08.23	13	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:25.26	4 Q	—		8:18.76 NR
	200 m butterfly	2:08.19	9 Q	2:06.62	4 Q	2:05.25 NR
	200 m individual medley	2:11.73	6 Q	2:11.54	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:34.70	5 Q	—		4:35.62	8
Melania Costa	200 m freestyle	1:57.79	=4 Q	1:57.76	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:06.75	9	—		Did not advance
Duane da Rocha	100 m backstroke	1:00.57	18	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.72	10 Q	2:09.88	13	Did not advance
Claudia Dasca	400 m individual medley	4:46.80	25	—		Did not advance
Marina García	100 m breaststroke	1:08.64	25	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.57	20	Did not advance
Beatriz Gómez Cortes	200 m individual medley	2:13.93	15 Q	2:15.12	16	Did not advance
Judit Ignacio Sorribes	100 m butterfly	59.42	=26	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.14	7 Q	2:08.96	15	Did not advance
Erika Villaécija	800 m freestyle	8:27.99	10	—		Did not advance
	10 km open water	—				1:58:49.5	8
Mireia Belmonte Patricia Castro Melania Costa Lydia Morant	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.59 NR	10	—		Did not advance
Melania Costa Duane da Rocha Marina García Judit Ignacio Sorribes	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.05 NR	13	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified 9 quota places in synchronized swimming at the 2012 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Ona Carbonell Andrea Fuentes	Duet	96.000	3	96.590	192.590	3 Q	96.900	192.900
Clara Basiana Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Margalida Crespí Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Paula Klamburg Irene Montrucchio Laia Pons	Team	96.200	3	—			96.920	193.120

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified two athlete for singles table tennis events. Shen Yanfei qualified for the women's event based on the 2011 world rankings. On 14 April 2012, He Zhi Wen qualified in the European Qualification Tournament for the men's event, and on 14 May 2012 at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, Carlos Machado for the men's event; Galia Dvorak and Sara Ramírez completed the Spanish team for the women's team event, and one of them played the women's event too.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
He Zhi Wen	Men's singles	Bye		Wang (POL) W 4–1	Crișan (ROU) L 2–4	Did not advance
Carlos Machado		Bye	Aruna (NGR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Sara Ramírez	Women's singles	Bye	Das (IND) W 4–1	Pesotska (UKR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Shen Yanfei		Bye			Li X (FRA) W 4–0	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Galia Dvorak Sara Ramirez Shen Yanfei	Women's team	—				China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joel González	Men's −58 kg	Sanli (SWE) W 7–6	Khalil (AUS) W 5–3	Muñoz (COL) W 13–4	Bye		Lee D-H (KOR) W 17–8
Nicolás García	Men's −80 kg	Karami (IRI) W 8–2	Muhammad (GBR) W 7–3	Sarmiento (ITA) W 2–1	Bye		Crismanich (ARG) L 0–1
Brigitte Yagüe	Women's −49 kg	Carstens (PAN) W 7–2	Alegría (MEX) W 8–0	Sonkham (THA) W 10–9	Bye		Wu Jy (CHN) L 1–8

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified 12 players. The final list was announced on 11 June 2012.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Almagro	Singles	Troicki (SRB) W 6–4, 7–6(7–3)	Bogomolov, Jr. (RUS) W 6–2, 6–2	Darcis (BEL) W 7–5, 6–3	A Murray (GBR) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
David Ferrer		Pospisil (CAN) W 6–4, 6–4	Kavčič (SLO) W 6–2, 6–2	Nishikori (JPN) L 0–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Feliciano López		Tursunov (RUS) W 6–7(5–7), 6–2– 9–7	Mónaco (ARG) W 6–4, 6–4	Tsonga (FRA) L 6–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Fernando Verdasco		Istomin (UZB) L 4–6, 6–7(9–11)	Did not advance
David Ferrer Feliciano López	Doubles	—	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski (POL) W 7–6(9–7), 6–7(6–8), 8–6	Melzer / Peya (AUT) W 6–3, 3–6, 11–9	Čilić / Dodig (CRO) W 6–4, 6-4	Llodra / Tsonga (FRA) L 3–6, 6-4, 16-18	Benneteau / Gasquet (FRA) L 6–7(4–7), 2–6	4
Marcel Granollers Marc López		—	Erlich / Ram (ISR) L 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
María José Martínez Sánchez	Singles	Hercog (SLO) W 6–2, 6–4	Azarenka (BLR) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues		Wickmayer (BEL) L 2–6, 6–4, 5–7	Did not advance
Carla Suárez Navarro		Stosur (AUS) W 3–6, 7–5, 10–8	Clijsters (BEL) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Silvia Soler-Espinosa		Watson (GBR) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Doubles	—	Dellacqua / Stosur (AUS) W 6–1, 6–1	Peng S / Zheng J (CHN) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja		—	Pennetta / Schiavone (ITA) L 6–7, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified six athletes, the maximum as possible.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mario Mola	Men's	18:09	0:38	59:40	0:29	30:27	1:49:23	19
Javier Gómez Noya		17:00	0:36	59:16	0:28	29:16	1:46:36
José Miguel Pérez		18:07	0:40	59:40	0:29	30:57	1:49:53	24
Marina Damlaimcourt	Women's	19:20	0:44	1:05:36	0:30	36:40	2:02:50	24
Ainhoa Murúa		19:21	0:39	1:05:37	0:32	34:47	2:00:56	7
Zuriñe Rodríguez		19:49	0:42	1:06:56	0:36	40:41	2:08:44	44

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrián Gavira Pablo Herrera	Men's	Pool B  Beneš – Kubala (CZE) W 2 – 0 (25–23, 21–16)  Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 16–21, 13–15)  Asahi – Shiratori (JPN) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 22–20)	2 Q	Santos – Cunha (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance			9
Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández	Women's	Pool D  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) W 2 – 1 (14–21, 21–16, 15–11)  Gallay – Zonta (ARG) W 2 – 0 (22–20, 21–16)  Kessy – Ross (USA) L 1 – 2 (19–21, 21–19, 17–19)	2 Q	Menegatti – Cicolari (ITA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 15–21)	Did not advance			9

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified a team to both the men's and the women's tournaments.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

5th place game

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified 1 man and 1 woman.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Mata	Men's −77 kg	150	8	188	6	338	6
Lidia Valentín	Women's −75 kg	120	1	145	1	265

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maider Unda	−72 kg	Bye	Betancur (COL) W 3–0 PO	Ochirbat (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Zlateva (BUL) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Marzaliuk (BLR) W 3–0 PO

Uniform controversy

As Spain was suffering from the 2008–2014 financial crisis, the Spanish Olympic team saved EUR1.5 million by obtaining free uniforms for the opening ceremony from the Russian sportswear company Bosco, which was a team sponsor and also provided the Russian and Ukrainian teams' outfits. Spanish athletes criticized the outfits' appearance as "loud, very loud", however, saying that "there aren't enough adjectives". The Moscow Times described the uniforms' colors as "a never-before-seen mix of cherry red, orange and canary yellow", and NPR stated that the outfits appeared designed for Ronald McDonald.

See also

• Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics