Spain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 229 competitors, 200 men and 29 women, took part in 130 events in 24 sports. At the closing ceremony, a short Catalan segment was performed on a part of the Olympic Stadium, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Barcelona.
As of 2024, this is the most recent time that Spain did not win at least eleven medals or three gold medals.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date José Doreste Sailing Finn 27 September Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Tennis Men's doubles 1 October Sergio López Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 23 September Jorge Guardiola Shooting Skeet 24 September
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Medals by sportSport TotalSailing 1 0 0 1Tennis 0 1 0 1Shooting 0 0 1 1Swimming 0 0 1 1Total 1 1 2 4
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Spain at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 1 4Athletics 27 7 34Basketball 12 0 12Boxing 5 – 5Canoeing 13 0 13Cycling 13 0 13Diving 2 0 2Equestrian 7 0 7Fencing 8 0 8Field hockey 16 0 16Gymnastics 3 8 11Handball 15 0 15Judo 3 – 3Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 13 0 13Sailing 14 3 17Shooting 5 2 7Swimming 7 4 11Synchronized swimming – 3 3Tennis 3 1 4Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 6 – 6Wrestling 9 – 9 Total 200 29 229
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) 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)
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 Abellán Final — 2:31:10 (→ 64th place)
Honorato Hernández Final — DNF
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 20 km Walk José Marín Final — 1:20:34 (→ 4th place)
Daniel Plaza Final — 1:21:53 (→ 12th place)
Ricardo Pueyo Final — 1:23:40 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 50 km 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 4 × 400 m Relay Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Maite 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 tournament
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Classification round 5–8
Classification round 7/8
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Antonio Caballero First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Dang Nieu Hu (VIE), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Bonifacio García First Round — Lost to Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), 1:4
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Tomás Ruiz First Round — Lost to Mark Elliot (GBR), 1:4
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Javier Martínez First Round — Bye Second Round — Win to Lucas Januario (MOZ), 5:0 Third Round — Lost to Adewale Adgebusi (NGA), 0:5
Heavyweight (– 91 kg) José Ortega First Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics (HUN), 0:5
Canoeing
Men's C-1 500 metres Narcisco Suárez Heat – 1st (heat-2) Semifinal – 1:55.98 Final – 2:01.33 (→ 7th place)
Men's C-1 1000 metres Francisco López Heat – 4:16.02 Repechage; 4:22.34 Semifinal – 4:16.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's C-2 500 metres Enrique Míguez and Narcisco Suárez Heat – 1:48.75 Semifinal – 1:50.63 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-1 500 metres Francisco Leal Heat – 1:47.71 Semifinal – 1:46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-1 1000 metres José Reyes Rodríguez Heat – 3:59.95 Repechage – 3:53.39 Semifinal – 3:48.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-2 500 metres Fernando Fuentes and Juan Manuel Sánchez Heat – 1:36.17 Repechage – 1:40.09 Semifinal – 1:36.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-2 1000 metres Alberto Sánchez (canoeist) and Gregorio Vicente Heat – 3:32.97 Repechage – 3:32.92 (→ did not advance)
Men's K-4 1000 metres Juan Manuel Sánchez, Fernando Fuentes, Francisco Javier Álvarez, and Juan José Román Heat – 3:06.96 Repechage – 3:16.79 Semifinal – 3:13.88 (→ did not advance)
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists, all male, represented Spain in 1988.
Men's road race Eduardo Manrique Gonzalo Aguiar Iván Alemany
Men's team time trial Javier Aldanondo Javier Carbayeda Arturo Gériz José Rodríguez
Men's sprint José Moreno
Men's 1 km time trial Bernardo González
Men's individual pursuit José Antonio Martiarena
Men's team pursuit Bernardo González Xavier Isasa José Antonio Martiarena Agustín Sebastiá
Men's points race Antonio Salvador
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankJosé Miguel Gil3 m springboard483.1225Did not advanceEmilio Ratia10 m platform425.7325Did not advance
Equestrianism
Equestrians Luis Antonio Álvarez Luis Astolfi José Ramón Beca Alfredo Fernández-Duran Juan Diego García Juan Félix Matute Santiago de la Rocha Pedro Sánchez
Fencing
Eight fencers, all men, represented Spain in 1988.
Men's foil Andrés García Jesús Esperanza
Men's épée Ángel Fernández Fernando de la Peña Manuel Pereira
Men's team épée Ángel Fernández, Oscar Fernández, Raúl Maroto, Fernando de la Peña, Manuel Pereira
Men's sabre Antonio García
Gymnastics
Men's events Alvaro Montesinos Alfonso Rodríguez de Sadia Miguel Ángel Rubio
Women's events Núria Belchi Lidia Castillejo Nuria García Manuela Hervás Laura Muñoz Eva María Rueda
Handball
Team roster Juan Javier Cabanas Jesús Ángel Fernández Jaume Fort Jesús Gómez Ricardo Marín Juan Francisco Muñoz Juan Alfonso de la Puente Jaime Puig Javier Reino Lorenzo Rico Julián Ruiz Juan Sagalés Eugenio Serrano Juan José Uría Miguel Ángel Zúñiga Head coach: Juan de Dios Román
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Spain – Pakistan 1-5 Spain – Netherlands 1-1 Spain – Kenya 4-2 Spain – Argentina 0-1 Spain – Australia 0-1 Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Spain – Canada 2-0 9th/10th place: Spain – South Korea 2-0 (→ 9th place)
Team roster Jaime Armengol Ignacio Escudé Jaime Escudé Javier Escudé Eduardo Fàbregas Juan de Dios García-Mauriño Andreu Gómez Santiago Grau José Antonio Iglesias Joaquín Malgosa Juan Malgosa Jordi Oliva Miguel de Paz Miguel Ortego Juan Carlos Peón Miguel Rovira
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three 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)
Rhythmic gymnastics
María Isabel Lloret (→ 5th) María Martín Rodríguez (→ 20th)
Rowing
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Carlos IniestaDivision II 5 2127 1 2 24 6 81.7 8 José Luis DoresteFinn 7 3 1DSQ 3 4 3 38.1 Fernando León BoissierKiko Sánchez470 4 11 4 4PMS 1 8 55.0 4
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Adelina GonzalezPatricia Guerra470 8 6 4 10RET DSQ 13 90.7 10
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Luis DoresteMiguel NoguerFlying Dutchman 11 16 13 7 1117 4 96.0 13 Francisco GarcíaLuis LópezCristina De BorbónTornado 19 20 19 18 RET 18 RET 154.0 20Juan CostasJosé PérezStar 11 12RET 14 19 9 PMS 123.0 17 Antonio GorosteguiJaime MonjoJosé Manuel ValadesDomingo ManriqueSoling 16 16 18 12 13 17RET 128.0 17
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJorge González50 m rifle three positions116815Did not advance50 m rifle prone59332Did not advance10 m air rifle57940Did not advance Juan Segui25 m rapid fire pistol58818Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankEva Suarez10 m air pistol37910 Did not advance25 m pistol56932Did not advance
Open AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankRafael AxpeTrap14513 Q 19311Did not advanceJosé Bladas14418 Q 19018Did not advance Jorge GuardiolaSkeet1478 Q 1966 Q220Eladio VallduviTrap14511 Q19212Did not advanceGemma Usieto14033Did not advance
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)
Sergi López Heat – 1:06.08 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Sergi 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)
Sergi 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 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Natalia Autric, Silvia Parera, María Luisa Fernández, and Amaia Garbayo Heat – 4:21.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented Spain in 1988.
Women's solo Eva López Marta Amorós Núria Ayala
Women's duet Eva López Núria Ayala
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Javier Sánchez 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 Sánchez 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 Živojinović (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 tournament 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 Rollán Miguel Chillida