Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports. At the closing ceremony, a segment of their culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics In Barcelona.
No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th placeMen's Individual Competition:
Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)Manuel Francisco Jiménez – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place)Men's Team Competition:
Vazquez, Jiménez, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)Men's 10.000 metres
Antonio PrietoFirst Round — 28:22.52Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)Antonio SerranoFirst Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)José Manuel AlbentosaFirst Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Alfonso AbellánFinal — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)Men's Long Jump
Antonio CorgosQualification — 7.88mFinal — 8.03m (→ 5th place)Men's Decathlon
Antonio Peñalver — 7753 points (→ 23rd place)- 100 metres — 11.38s
- Long Jump — 7.08m
- Shot Put — 14.31m
- High Jump — 2.00m
- 400 metres — 50.24s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.97s
- Discus Throw — 46.34m
- Pole Vault — 4.40m
- Javelin Throw — 55.68m
- 1.500 metres — 4:32.68s
Men's 20 km Walk
José MarínFinal — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)Daniel PlazaFinal — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)Ricardo PueyoFinal — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)Men's 50 km Walk
José MarínFinal — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)Jorge LlopartFinal — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)Manuel AlcaldeFinal — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Maite ZuñigaHeat — did not start (→ did not advance)Women's 10.000 metres
Ana Isabel AlonsoFinal — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)Preliminary Round (Group B)Lost to United States (53-97)Defeated Egypt (113-70)Defeated China (106-74)Defeated Canada (94-84)Defeated Brazil (118-110)QuarterfinalsLost to Australia (74-77)Classification Matches5th/8th place: Lost to Canada (91-96)7th/8th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (92-93) → 8th placeTeam RosterQuique AndreuFernando ArcegaJosé BiriukovAndrés JiménezJosé Luis LlorenteJosep María MargallAntonio MartínFerran MartínezJosé Antonio MonteroJuan Antonio San EpifanioIgnacio SolozábalJordi VillacampaMen's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Antonio CaballeroFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Bonifacio GarcíaFirst Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Tomás RuizFirst Round — Lost to Mark Elliot (GBR), 1:4Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Javier MartínezFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Win to Lucas Januario (MOZ), 5:0Third Round — Lost to Adewale Adgebusi (NGA), 0:5Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
José OrtegaFirst Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics (HUN), 0:5Men's C-1 500 metres
Narcisco SuárezHeat – 1st (heat-2)Semifinal – 1:55.98Final – 2:01.33 (→ 7th place)Men's C-1 1000 metres
Francisco LópezHeat – 4:16.02Repechage; 4:22.34Semifinal – 4:16.90 (→ did not advance)Men's C-2 500 metres
Enrique Míguez and Narcisco SuárezHeat – 1:48.75Semifinal – 1:50.63 (→ did not advance)Men's K-1 500 metres
Francisco LealHeat – 1:47.71Semifinal – 1:46.93 (→ did not advance)Men's K-1 1000 metres
José Reyes RodríguezHeat – 3:59.95Repechange – 3:53.39Semifinal – 3:48.35 (→ did not advance)Men's K-2 500 metres
Fernando Fuentes and Juan Manuel SánchezHeat – 1:36.17Repechange – 1:40.09Semifinal – 1:36.22 (→ did not advance)Men's K-2 1000 metres
Alberto Sánchez (canoeist) and Gregorio VicenteHeat – 3:32.97Repechange – 3:32.92 (→ did not advance)Men's K-4 1000 metres
Juan Manuel Sánchez, Fernando Fuentes, Francisco Javier Álvarez, and Juan José RománHeat – 3:06.96Repechange – 3:16.79Semifinal – 3:13.88 (→ did not advance)Thirteen cyclists, all male, represented Spain in 1988.
Men's road raceEduardo ManriqueGonzalo AguiarIván AlemanyMen's team time trialJavier AldanondoJavier CarbayedaArturo GérizJosé RodríguezMen's sprintJosé MorenoMen's 1 km time trialBernardo GonzálezMen's individual pursuitJosé Antonio MartiarenaMen's team pursuitBernardo GonzálezXavier IsasaJosé Antonio MartiarenaAgustín SebastiáMen's points raceAntonio SalvadorMen's 3m Springboard
José Miguel GilPreliminary Round — 483.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Men's 10m Springboard
Emilio RatiaPreliminary Round — 425.73 (→ did not advance, 25th place)EquestriansLuis Antonio ÁlvarezLuis AstolfiJosé Ramón BecaAlfredo Fernández-DuranJuan Diego GarcíaJuan Félix MatuteSantiago de la RochaPedro SánchezEight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.
Men's foilAndrés GarcíaJesús EsperanzaMen's épéeÁngel FernándezFernando de la PeñaManuel PereiraMen's team épéeÁngel Fernández, Oscar Fernández, Raúl Maroto, Fernando de la Peña, Manuel PereiraMen's sabreAntonio GarcíaMen's events
Alvaro MontesinosAlfonso Rodríguez de SadiaMiguel Ángel RubioWomen's events
Núria BelchiLidia CastillejoNuria GarcíaManuela HervásLaura MuñozEva María RuedaHandball
Team rosterJuan Javier CabanasJesús Ángel FernándezJaume FortJesús GómezRicardo MarínJuan Francisco MuñozJuan Alfonso de la PuenteJaime PuigJavier ReinoLorenzo RicoJulián RuizJuan SagalésEugenio SerranoJuan José UríaMiguel Ángel ZúñigaHead Coach: Juan de Dios RománMen's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group A)Spain – Pakistan 1-5Spain – Netherlands 1-1Spain – Kenya 4-2Spain – Argentina 0-1Spain – Australia 0-1Classification Matches9th/12nd place: Spain – Canada 2-09th/10th place: Spain – South Korea 2-0 (→ 9th place)Team RosterJaime ArmengolIgnacio EscudéJaime EscudéJavier EscudéEduardo FàbregasJuan de Dios García-MauriñoAndreu GómezSantiago GrauJosé Antonio IglesiasJoaquín MalgosaJuan MalgosaJordi OlivaMiguel de PazMiguel OrtegoJuan Carlos PeónMiguel RoviraThree male pentathletes represented Spain in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
Eduardo Quesada – 4852 pts (→ 32nd place)Leopoldo Centeno – 4814pts (→ 38th place)Jorge Quesada – 0pt (→ 64th place)Men's Team Competition:
Quesada, Centeno, and Quesada – 9666pts (→ 19th place)María Isabel Lloret (→ 5th)María Martín Rodríguez (→ 20th)Men's 200m Freestyle
Daniel SerraHeat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)Men's 400m Freestyle
Daniel SerraHeat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's 100m Backstroke
Martin López-ZuberoHeat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)Men's 200m Backstroke
Martin López-ZuberoHeat – 2:03.33B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Joaquín FernándezHeat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)Sergi LópezHeat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Sergi LópezHeat – 2:17.06Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Medal)Joaquín FernándezHeat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)Men's 100m Butterfly
José Luis BallesterHeat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)Men's 200m Butterfly
José Luis BallesterHeat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Martin López-ZuberoHeat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)Sergi LópezHeat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Martin López-ZuberoHeat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Martin López-Zubero, Ramón Camallonga, José Luis Ballester, and José HernandoHeat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silvia PareraHeat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)Women's 100m Butterfly
María Luisa FernándezHeat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Women's 200m Individual Medley
Silvia PareraHeat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia GarbayoHeat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.
Women's soloEva LópezMarta AmorósNúria AyalaWomen's duetEva LópezNúria AyalaMen's Singles Competition
Javier SánchezFirst round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6Emilio SánchezFirst round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6Sergio CasalFirst round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6Men's Doubles Competition
Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver MedalFirst Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9Preliminary round (Group B)Defeated China (13-6)Defeated United States (9-7)Drew with Hungary (6-6)Lost to Yugoslavia (8-10)Defeated Greece (12-9)Classification round (Group D)Lost to Australia (7-8)Defeated Italy (11-9) → 6th placeTeam rosterJesús RollánMiguel ChillidaMarco Antonio GonzálezMiguel PérezManuel EstiartePere RobertJorge PayáJosé Antonio RodriguezJordi SansSalvador GómezMariano MoyaJorge NeiraPedro Francisco GarcíaHead Coach: Antonio Esteller
