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
Medal Name Sport Event Date Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer Sailing Flying Dutchman Jordi Llopart Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Field hockey Men's tournament Herminio Menéndez Guillermo del Riego Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres David López-Zubero Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly Herminio Menéndez Luis Gregorio Ramos Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres
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 AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567José Luis DoresteFinnDSQDSQ 133DNF8DNF122.717Gustavo DoresteAlfredo Rigau 4706 62 3 84 954.16Alejandro AbascalMiguel NoguerFlying Dutchman412411DNS19.0Antonio GorosteguiJosé Benavides Star7876741272.77
Shooting
Open AthleteEventFinalPointsRankJosé Luis Calvo50 m rifle prone59132Enrique Camarenaalso competed at the 1976 Summer OlympicsSkeet18926Juan Casamajo50 m rifle prone59225Jaime González25 m rapid fire pistol58622 Francisco PérezSkeet1957Ricardo Sancho Trap19010 Juan Segui25 m rapid fire pistol58326 Eladio Vallduvi Trap1955
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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Natalia Más, Margarita Armengol, Laura Flaque, and Gloria Casado Final — 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