Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the Olympic Games
Flag of Spain
IOC code: ESP
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	149 men and 9 women in 16 sports
Flag Bearer	Herminio Menéndez
Medals	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.

1 Medals
2 Results by event
3 Reference

[edit] Medals

Spain finished in 20th position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal and six medals overall.

[edit] Gold

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Bronze

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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Eleuterio Anton

Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

Ricardo Camacho

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

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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:

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C)

July 20, 1980 Republican Stadium, Kiev 
East Germany - Spain   1-1 (0-0)

July 22, 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Spain - Syria          0-0 (0-0)

July 24, 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Spain - Algeria        1-1 (1-0)

FINAL STANDINGS:

1. East Germany   3 2 1 0 ( 7- 1) 5 *
2. Algeria        3 1 1 1 ( 4- 2) 3 *
3. Spain          3 0 3 0 ( 2- 2) 3
4. Syria          3 0 1 2 ( 0- 8) 1

* Qualified for quarter-finals

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