Spain at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Spain at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Spain at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESP
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Montreal
Competitors	113 (103 men, 10 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Rodríguez
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Spain competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 113 competitors, 103 men and 10 women, took part in 68 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Antonio Gorostegui Pedro Luís Millet	Sailing	470	July 27
Silver	José María Esteban José Ramón López Herminio Menéndez Luis Gregorio Ramos	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 m	July 31

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Total	0	2	0	2

Athletics edit

Men's 800 metres

Andrés Ballbé

Heat — 1:48.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Mariano Haro

Heat — 28:11.66
Final — 28:00.28 (→ 6th place)

José Luis Ruiz

Heat — 31:03.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Luis Sarriá, Francisco Javier García, and Javier Martínez

Heat — 39.93
Semi Final — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Agustin Fernández — 2:28:37 (→ 46th place)
Antonio Baños — 2:31:01 (→ 51st place)
Santiago Manguan — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

Juan Carrasco

Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Francisco Martín

Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Rafael Blanquer

Qualification — 6.19m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

Carmen Valero

Heat — 2:06.14 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

Carmen Valero

Heat — 4:17.65 (→ did not advance)

Boxing edit

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Enrique Rodríguez

First Round – Lost to Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), RSC-3

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Vicente Rodríguez

First Round – Bye
Second Round – Defeated Mbarek Zarrougui (MAR), RSC-2
Third Round – Lost to Jong Jo-Ung (PRK), 2:3

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Juan Francisco Rodríguez

First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Charles Mooney (USA), 1:4

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Antonio Rubio

First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Reinaldo Valiente (CUB), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

José Manuel Gómet

First Round – Lost to Narong Boonfuang (THA), KO-1

Canoeing edit

Men's Competition

Cycling edit

Four cyclists represented Spain in 1976.

Individual road race

Bernardo Alfonsel — 4:47:27 (→ 10th place)
Rafael Ladrón — 4:49:01 (→ 32nd place)
Juan José Moral — 4:49:01 (→ 33rd place)
Paulino Martínez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving edit

Equestrian edit

Football edit

Men's team competition edit

Preliminary round (group A)

Lost to Brazil (1-2)
Lost to East Germany (0-1)

→ did not advance

Team roster

Gymnastics edit

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Hockey edit

Men's team competition edit

Preliminary round (group B)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	16	6	+10	7	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	1	2	1	6	8	−2	4^[a]	Semi-finals
3	Spain	4	1	2	1	9	7	+2	4^[a]
4	West Germany	4	1	1	2	10	10	0	3
5	Belgium	4	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2
6	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Olympedia
Notes:

^ ^a ^b New Zealand and Spain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and New Zealand won 1–0.

Defeated West Germany (4-1)
Drew with Pakistan (2-2)
Drew with New Zealand (1-1)
Lost to Belgium (2-3)

Play-Off Match Group B

Lost to New Zealand (0-1, after extra time)

Classification Matches

5th-8th place: Defeated Malaysia (2-1)
5th-6th place: Lost to West Germany (1-9) → 6th place

Team roster

Head coach: Horst Wein

Judo edit

Men's Competition

Sailing edit

Men's Competition

Shooting edit

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Juan Ávalos	Skeet	194	7
Esteban Azcue	Trap	181	11
Enrique Camarena	Skeet	192	14
Luis del Cerro	50 m rifle prone	586	41
Jaime González	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	20
José María Pigrau	50 m rifle prone	584	51
Juan Segui	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	20
Eladio Vallduvi	Trap	175	21
José del Villar	50 m rifle three positions	1114	45

Swimming edit

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Weightlifting edit

Men's Competition

Angel Francisco

References edit

^ "Spain at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

External links edit

Spanish Olympic Committee

[table_hth_NZL0.18205994376077-2] New Zealand and Spain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and New Zealand won 1–0.

[sports-reference-1] "Spain at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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