Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led Olympics boycott, Spain competed under its NOC flag instead of its national flag. 155 competitors, 146 men and 9 women, took part in 75 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

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 800 metres

• Colomán Trabado

* Heat — 1:47.9

* Semifinals — 1:48.1 (→ did not advance)

• Antonio Páez

* Heat — 1:49.5

* Semifinals — 1:47.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• José Luis González

* Heat — 3:40.9

* Semifinals — 3:42.6 (→ did not advance)

• José Manuel Abascal

* Heat — 3:44.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Antonio Prieto

* Heat — 29:12.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

• Isidoro Hornillos, Colomán Trabado, Benjamín González, and José Casabona

* Heat — 3:06.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Javier Moracho

* Heat — 13.72

* Semifinals — 13.80

* Final — 13.78 (→ 7th place)

• Carlos Sala

* Heat — 14.28

* Semifinals — 14.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Juan Lloveras

* Heat — 50.48

* Semifinals — 51.86 (→ did not advance)

• José Casabona

* Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Domingo Ramón

* Heat — 8:31.9

* Semifinals — 8:22.0

* Final — 8:15.8 (→ 4th place)

• Francisco Sánchez

* Heat — 8:27.5

* Semifinals — 8:19.0

* Final — 8:18.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

• Roberto Cabrejas

* Qualification — 2.21 m

* Final — 2.10 m (→ 16th place)

• Martí Perarnau

* Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Antonio Corgos

* Qualification — 7.96 m

* Final — 8.09 m (→ 7th place)

• Alberto Solanas

* Qualification — 7.73 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Ramon Cid

* Qualification — 16.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Eleuterio Anton

* Final — 2:18:16 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Josep Marín

* Final — 1:26:45.6 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Jordi Llopart

* Final — 3:51:25 (→ Silver Medal)

• Josep Marín

* Final — 4:03:08 (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Canoeing

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Ricardo Camacho

* Preliminary round — 532.02 points (→ 8th place)

* Final — 749.340 points (→ 8th place)

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1980.

Men's foil

• Miguel Roca
• Jesús Esperanza

Men's épée

• José Pérez

Men's sabre

• Valentín Paraíso

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

* 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 Zúñiga

Gymnastics

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 Milián

* 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

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Spain in 1980.

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

Rowing

Sailing

Open

Shooting

Open

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)

<br> Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

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

* Final &mdash; 3.58,73 (→ 8th place)

Water polo

Wrestling

Notes

• Flags indicate the autonomous community (or country) of birth of each athlete.

References

External links

• Spanish Olympic Committee