Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Spain
games=1988 Summer
competitors=201 men and 31 women
sports=20
flagbearer=Cristina de Borbón
gold=1
silver=1
bronze=2
total=4
rank=25

Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Gold

* José Doreste — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Silver

* Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez — Tennis, Men's Doubles Team Competition

Bronze

* Jorge Guardiola — Shooting, Men's Skeet

* Sergio López — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Results by event

=Archery=

No member of the Spanish archery delegation advanced past the preliminary round.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Teresa Valdés – Preliminary round, 57th place

Men's Individual Competition:
* Antonio Vazquez – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)
* Avi Jiminex-Tar – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)
* Juan Carlos Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 52nd place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Vazquez, Jiminex-Tar, and Holgado – Preliminary Round (→ 17th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 10.000 metres
* Antonio Prieto :* First Round — 28:22.52:* Final — 27:52.78 (→ 10th place)

* Antonio Serrano :* First Round — 29:01.13 (→ did not advance)

* José Manuel Albentosa :* First Round — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Alfonso Abellan :* Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)

Men's Long Jump
* Antonio Corgos:* Qualification — 7.88m:* Final — 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 50km Walk
* José Marín:* Final — 3'43:03 (→ 5th place)

* Jorge Llopart:* Final — 3'48:09 (→ 13th place)

* Manuel Alcalde:* Final — 3'59:13 (→ 25th place)
Women's 4x400m Relay
* Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Teresa Zuñiga :* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres
* Ana Isabel Alonso:* Final — 32:40.50 (→ 25th place)

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*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)
*Quarterfinals:* Lost to Australia (74-77)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Lost to Canada (91-96):* 7th/8th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (92-93) → 8th place
*Team Roster:*Quique Andreu:*Fernando Arcega:*José Biriukov:*Andrés Jiménez:*José Luis Llorente:*Josep María Margall:*Antonio Martín Espina:*Ferran Martínez:*José Antonio Montero:*Juan Antonio San Epifanio:*Ignacio Solozábal:*Jordi Villacampa

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Antonio Caballero :* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51kg)
* Bonifacio García:* First Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4
* Javier Martínez
* José Ortega
* Tomás Ruiz

=Modern pentathlon=

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)

=Swimming=

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Daniel Serra:* Heat – 1:53.05 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle
* Daniel Serra:* Heat – 3:57.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat – 58.06 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat – 2:03.33:* B-Final – 2:03.70 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Joaquín Fernández:* Heat – 1:05.19 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

* Sergio López:* Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Sergio López:* Heat – 2:17.06:* Final – 2:15.21 (→ Bronze Medal)

* Joaquín Fernández:* Heat – 2:20.34 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
* José Luis Ballester:* Heat – 55.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
* José Luis Ballester:* Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

* Sergio López:* Heat – 2:13.48 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Martin López-Zubero:* Heat – 4:35.68 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
* Martin López-Zubero, Ramón Camallonga, José Luis Ballester, and José Hernando:* Heat – 3:49.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Silvia Parera:* Heat – 2:35.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly
* María Luisa Fernández:* Heat – 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Silvia Parera:* Heat – 2:22.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
* Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo:* Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Javier Sanchez:* First round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3:* Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2:* Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6

* Emilio Sanchez:* First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3:* Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6

* Sergio Casal:* First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1:* Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6:* Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition
* Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver Medal:* First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1 :* Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1 :* Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Zivojinovic (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3 :* Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2:* Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary 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 place

* Team Roster:* Jesús Miguel Rollán:* Miguel Chillida:* Marco Antonio González:* Miguel Pérez:* Manuel Estiarte:* Pere Robert:* Jorge Payá:* José Antonio Rodriguez:* Jordi Sans:* Salvador Gómez:* Mariano Moya:* Jorge Neira:* Pedro Francisco García
*Head Coach: Antonio Esteller

References

* [http://seoul1988.coe.es/ Spanish Olympic Committee]