List of the best positions of Spain in the Olympic Summer events

This list contains the best positions reached so far by the Spanish athletes in the different events at the Summer Olympic Games.

Archery

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Individual	9 (Round of 16)	Antonio Fernández Juan Ignacio Rodríguez	2016 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's Team	1	Juan Holgado Alfonso Menéndez Antonio Vázquez	1992 Barcelona
Women's Individual	13 13 (Round of 16)	María Teresa Romero Almudena Gallardo	1972 Munich 2004 Athens
Women's Team	-	-	-

Athletics

Men

Event	Best Place [1]	Athlete	Olympic Games
100m	5 in SF	Félix Mendizábal	1920 Antwerp
200m	4 in SF	Bruno Hortelano	2016 Rio de Janeiro
400m	4 in QF	Miguel García Onsalo	1920 Antwerp
800m	3 in SF	Antonio Manuel Reina	2004 Athens
1500m	1	Fermín Cacho	1992 Barcelona
5000m	7	Enrique Molina	1996 Atlanta
10000m	4	Mariano Haro	1972 Munich
Marathon	4	Martín Fiz	1996 Atlanta
110m hurdles	2	Orlando Ortega	2016 Rio de Janeiro
400m hurdles	3 in SF	Sergio Fernández	2016 Rio de Janeiro
3000m Steeplechase	4	Domingo Ramón	1980 Moscow
High jump	11	Luis María Garriga Gustavo Adolfo Becker	1968 Mexico City 1992 Barcelona
Pole vault	3	Javier García Chico	1992 Barcelona
Long jump	3	Joan Lino Martínez	2004 Athens
Triple jump	12	Luis Felipe Areta	1968 Mexico City
Shot put	3	Manuel Martínez	2004 Athens
Discus throw	5	Frank Casañas	2008 Beijing
Hammer throw	16	Javier Cienfuegos	2012 London
Javelin throw	17	Pedro Apellániz	1948 London
Decathlon	2	Antonio Peñalver	1992 Barcelona
20km Walk race	1	Daniel Plaza	1992 Barcelona
50km Walk race	2	Jordi Llopart	1980 Moscow
4 × 100 m	5 in SF	Javier Arqués Enrique Talavera Juan Trapero Sergio López	1992 Barcelona
4 × 400 m	4 in SF	Antonio Sánchez Muñoz Cayetano Cornet Manuel Moreno Sánchez Angel de la Heras	1992 Barcelona

Women

Event	Best Place [2]	Athlete	Olympic Games
100m	5 in QF	Teresa Rioné	1984 Los Angeles
200m	6 in QF	Teresa Rioné Estela García	1984 Los Angeles 2016 Rio de Janeiro
400m	6 in SF	Sandra Myers	1996 Atlanta
800m	7	Maite Zúñiga	1988 Seoul
1500m	6	Maite Zúñiga Natalia Rodríguez	1992 Barcelona 2008 Beijing
5000m	8 in SF	María Cristina Petite Beatriz Santiago	1996 Atlanta 2000 Sidney
10000m	9	Julia Vaquero	1996 Atlanta
Marathon	5	María Rocío Ríos	1996 Atlanta
100m hurdles	5 in SF	Josephine Onyia	2008 Beijing
400m hurdles	5 in SF	Cristina Pérez	1988 Seoul
3000m Steeplechase	12	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Marta Domínguez	2008 Beijing 2012 London
High jump	1	Ruth Beitia	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Pole vault	6	Naroa Agirre	2004 Athens
Long jump	15	Concepción Montaner	2008 Beijing
Triple jump	16	Carlota Castrejana	2008 Beijing
Shot put	13	Margarita Ramos	1992 Barcelona
Discus throw	23	Sabina Asenjo	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Hammer throw	21	Berta Castells	2012 London
Javelin throw	9	Mercedes Chilla	2008 Beijing
Heptathlon	24	Inma Clopés	1996 Atlanta
20km Walk race	3	María Vasco	2000 Sidney
4 × 100 m	-	-	-
4 × 400 m	6 in SF	Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez Gregoria Ferrer, Julia Merino Julia Alba, Norfalia Carabalí Miriam Bravo, Maite Martínez	1992 Barcelona 2000 Sidney

Badminton

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's singles	17 (Round of 32) 17(2nd Group Round) 17(2nd Group Round)	Sergio Llopis Pablo Abián Pablo Abián	2004 Athens 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's doubles	17 (Round of 32)	José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis	2004 Athens
Women's singles	1	Carolina Marín	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's doubles	-	-	-
Mixed doubles	-	-	-

Basketball

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	2	Men's team	1984 Los Angeles 2008 Beijing 2012 London
Women's tournament	2	Women's team	2016 Rio de Janeiro

Beach volleyball

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	2	Javier Bosma, Pablo Herrera	2004 Athens
Women's tournament	9 (Round of 16)	Liliana Fernández, Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández, Elsa Baquerizo	2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro

Boxing

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Light-Flyweight	2	Rafael Lozano	2000 Sidney
Men's Flyweight	5 (QF)	Ruperto Biete Luis Martínez	1924 Paris 1948 London
Men's Bantamweight	4	Álvaro Vicente	1948 London
Men's Featherweight	2	Faustino Reyes	1992 Barcelona
Men's Lightweight	5 (QF)	Domingo Barrera José Antonio Hernando	1964 Tokyo 1984 Los Angeles
Men's Light welterweight	17 (Rounf of 32)	Carmelo García Miguel Velásquez Mariano Pérez Sergio Rey Jonathan Alonso	1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1992 Barcelona 2012 London
Men's Welterweight	5 (QF)	Aurelio Díaz Andrés Navarro	1948 London 1960 Rome
Men's Middleweight	9 (Rounf of 16)	César Campuzano	1928 Amsterdam
Men's Light heavyweight	9 (Rounf of 16)	José Montllor	1928 Amsterdam
Men's Heavyweight	9 (Rounf of 16)	José Arturo Rubio Manuel García José Ortega	1948 London 1960 Rome 1992 Barcelona
Men's Super heavyweight	-	-	-
Women's Flyweight	-	-	-
Women's Lightweight	-	-	-
Women's Middleweight	-	-	-

Canoeing

Slalom

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's C-1	4	Ander Elosegi	2008 Beijing 2012 London
Men's C-2	10	Antonio Herreros, Marc Vicente	2000 Sidney
Men's K-1	5	Samuel Hernanz	2012 London
Women's K-1	1	Maialen Chourraut	2016 Rio de Janeiro

Sprint

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's C-1 200m	4	Alfonso Benavides	2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's C-1 1000m	1	David Cal	2004 Athens
Men's C-2 1000m	6	Enrique Míguez, Narcisco Suárez	1984 Los Angeles
Men's K-1 200m	2	Saúl Craviotto	2012 London
Men's K-1 1000m	1	Marcus Walz	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's K-2 200m	1	Saúl Craviotto, Cristian Toro	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's K-2 1000m	3	Herminio Menéndez, Luis Gregorio Ramos	1980 Moscow
Men's K-4 1000m	2	Herminio Menéndez, Luis Gregorio Ramos José María Esteban, José Ramón López	1976 Montreal
Women's K-1 200m	4	María Teresa Portela	2012 London
Women's K-1 500m	6 in SF	Belén Sánchez María Teresa Portela	1996 Atlanta 2008 Beijing
Women's K-2 500m	5	Beatriz Manchón, María Teresa Portela	2004 Athens
Women's K-4 500m	5	Beatriz Manchón, María Teresa Portela María Isabel García, Jana Smidakova Beatriz Manchón, María Teresa Portela Sonia Molanes, Jana Smidakova	2004 Athens 2008 Beijing

Cycling

Road cycling

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's road race	1	Samuel Sánchez	2008 Beijing
Men's Individual Time Trial	1	Miguel Indurain	1996 Atlanta
Women's road race	7	Joane Somarriba	2004 Athens
Women's Individual Time Trial	5	Joane Somarriba	2000 Sidney

Track cycling

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's sprint	6	José Antonio Villanueva	2000 Sidney
Men's team sprint	7	José Antonio Villanueva, José Antonio Escuredo, Salvador Meliá	2004 Athens
Men's keirin	2	José Antonio Escuredo	2004 Athens
Men's team pursuit	3	Carlos Castaño, Sergi Escobar, Asier Maeztu, Carlos Torrent	2004 Athens
Men's Omnium	9	Eloy Teruel	2012 London
Women's sprint	19	Tania Calvo	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's team sprint	7	Tania Calvo, Helena Casas	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's keirin	3 in Repechage	Helena Casas	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's team pursuit	-	-	-
Women's Omnium	13	Leire Olaberria	2012 London

Mountain Bike

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's cross-country	2	José Antonio Hermida	2004 Athens
Women's cross-country	3	Margarita Fullana	2000 Sidney

BMX

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's bmx	-	-	-
Women's bmx	-	-	-

Diving

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's 3 m springboard	8	Ricardo Camacho	1980 Moscow
Men's 10 m platform	9	Rafael Álvarez	1992 Barcelona
Men's Synchronized 3 m springboard	-	-	-
Men's Synchronized 10 m platform	-	-	-
Women's 3 m springboard	12	Julia Cruz	1992 Barcelona
Women's 10 m platform	14	María Dolores Sáez de Ibarra	2000 Sidney
Women's Synchronized 3 m springboard	-	-	-
Women's Synchronized 10 m platform	-	-	-

Equestrian

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Individual dressage	3	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	2004 Athens
Team dressage	2	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Juan Antonio Jimenez Ignacio Rambla, Rafael Soto	2004 Athens
Individual eventing	5	Joaquín Nogueras	1948 London
Team eventing	5	Joaquín Nogueras, Fernando Gazapo de Sagarra Santiago Martínez Larraz Luis Álvarez de Cervera, Santiago de la Rocha Fernando Villalón Gómez, Santiago Centenera	1948 London 1992 Barcelona
Individual jumping	5	José Navarro Morenés Jaime García	1928 Amsterdam 1948 London
Team jumping	1	José Navarro Morenés, José Álvarez de Bohórquez Julio García Fernández de los Ríos	1928 Amsterdam

Fencing

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Individual épée	3	José Luis Abajo	2008 Beijing
Men's Team épée	5	Spain	1928 Amsterdam
Men's Individual foil	13 (Round of 16)	Javier García	1996 Atlanta
Men's Team foil	12	Andrés García, Ramiro Bravo José Francisco Guerra, Andrés Crespo, Jesús Esperanza	1992 Barcelona
Men's Individual sabre	5 (QF)	Antonio García	1992 Barcelona
Men's Team sabre	6 (QF)	Antonio García, Fernando Medina, Raúl Peinador	1996 Atlanta

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Women's Individual épée	17 (Round of 32)	Taymi Chappe	1996 Atlanta
Women's Team épée	-	-	-
Women's Individual foil	30	Rosa María Castillejo	1992 Barcelona
Women's Team foil	-	-	-
Women's Individual sabre	32 (Round of 32)	Araceli Navarro	2008 Beijing
Women's Team sabre	-	-	-

Field Hockey

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	2	Men's team	1980 Moscow 1996 Atlanta 2008 Beijing
Women's tournament	1	Women's team	1992 Barcelona

Football

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	1	Men's team	1992 Barcelona
Women's tournament	-	-	-

Golf

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's individual	5	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's individual	21	Azahara Muñoz	2016 Rio de Janeiro

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Individual All-Around	5	Rafael Martínez	2004 Athens
Men's Team All-Around	9	Isaac Botella, Javier Gómez, Fabián González Rubén López, Sergio Muñoz	2012 London
Men's Floor exercise	2	Gervasio Deferr	2008 Beijing
Men's Horizontal bar	7	Jesus Carballo	1996 Atlanta
Men's Parallel bars	17	Andreu Vivo	2000 Sidney
Men's Pommel horse	5	Víctor Cano	2004 Athens
Men's Rings	19	Rafael Martínez	2004 Athens
Men's Vault	1	Gervasio Deferr	2000 Sidney 2004 Athens

Artistic gymnastics Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Women's Individual All-Around	8	Elena Gómez	2004 Athens
Women's Team All-Around	4	Esther Moya, Sara Moro, Laura Martínez Susana García, Marta Cusido, Paloma Moro	2000 Sidney
Women's Balance beam	15	Sonia Fraguas	1992 Barcelona
Women's Floor exercise	3	Patricia Moreno	2004 Athens
Women's Uneven bars	7	Cristina Fraguas	1992 Barcelona
Women's Vault	4	Esther Moya	2000 Sidney

Rhythmic gymnastics

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Women's Individual All-Around	2	Carolina Pascual	1992 Barcelona
Women's Group	1	Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Estela Giménez Lorena Guréndez, Tania Lamarca, Estíbaliz Martínez	1996 Atlanta

Trampoline

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Individual	-	-	-
Women's Individual	-	-	-

Handball

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	3	Men's team	1996 Atlanta 2000 Sidney 2008 Beijing
Women's tournament	3	Women's team	2012 London

Judo

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Extra-Lightweight (-60kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	Kenji Uematsu	2004 Athens
Half-Lightweight (-66kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	Francisco Lorenzo (-65 kg) Óscar Peñas Sugoi Uriarte	1992 Barcelona 2004 Athens 2012 London
Lightweight (-73kg)	7 (QF)	Joaquín Ruiz (-71 kg)	1988 Seoul
Half-middleweight (-81kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	Ignacio Sanz (-78 kg)	1980 Moscow
Middleweight (-90kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	José Luis de Frutos (-80 kg)	1976 Montreal
Half-heavyweight (-100kg)	9	Alberto Rubio	1984 Los Angeles
Heavyweight (+100kg)	2	Ernesto Pérez (+95 kg)	1996 Atlanta

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Extra-Lightweight (-48kg)	3	Yolanda Soler	1996 Atlanta
Half-Lightweight (-52kg)	1	Almudena Muñoz	1992 Barcelona
Lightweight (-57kg)	1	Miriam Blasco (-56 kg) Isabel Fernández	1992 Barcelona 2000 Sidney
Half-middleweight (-63kg)	7	Begoña Gómez (-61 kg) Sara Álvarez (-61 kg)	1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta
Middleweight (-70kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	Úrsula Martín Leire Iglesias María Bernabéu	2000 Sidney 2008 Beijing 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Half-heavyweight (-78kg)	5 (Lost in Bronze medal match)	Esther San Miguel	2008 Beijing
Heavyweight (+78kg)	13	Inmaculada Vicent (+72 kg)	1992 Barcelona

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's individual	8	Jorge Quesada	1984 Los Angeles
Women's individual	-	-	-

Rowing

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Single sculls	11	José Ramón Oyarzábal	1984 Los Angeles
Double sculls	6	Miguel Ángel Álvarez, José Antonio Merín	1992 Barcelona
Quadruple sculls	5	Juan Solano, Jesús González, Manuel Vera, Julio Oliver	1980 Moscow
Coxless pair	2	Fernando Climent, Luis María Lasúrtegui	1984 Los Angeles
Coxless four	9	Fernando Climent, José María de Marco Juan Luis Aguirre, Fernando Molina	1992 Barcelona
Coxed eight	9	Leandro Coll, Jaime Giralt, José Lasplazas, José Martínez Ricardo Massana, Eliseo Morales, Enrique Perez Juan Riba, Luis Omedes	1924 Paris
Lightweight Doble sculls	4	José María De Marco, Juan Saez Bernardos	1996 Atlanta
Lightweight coxless four	12	Mario Arranz Puente, Jesus Gonzalez Alvarez Carlos Loriente Perez, Alberto Domínguez Lorenzo	2004 Athens

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Single sculls	6	Nuria Domínguez	2004 Athens
Doble sculls	-	-	-
Quadruple sculls	-	-	-
Coxless pair	6	Anna Boada, Aina Cid	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Coxed eight	-	-	-
Lightweight Doble sculls	11	María Teresa Màs de Xaxars, Eva Mirones	2004 Athens

Rugby Sevens

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	10	Men's team	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's tournament	7	Women's team	2016 Rio de Janeiro

Sailing

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's RS:X	9	Iván Pastor Iván Pastor	2008 Beijing 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's Finn	1	José van der Ploeg	1992 Barcelona
Men's Laser	12	Javier Hernández	2012 London
Men's 470	1	Jordi Calafat, Franciasco Sanchez	1992 Barcelona
Men's 49er	1	Iker Martínez, Xabier Fernández	2004 Athens
Women's RS:X	1	Marina Alabau	2012 London
Women's Laser Radial	11	Alicia Cebrián	2012 London
Women's 470	1	Theresa Zabell, Patricia Guerra Theresa Zabell, Begoña Via Dufresne	1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta
Women's 49erFX	4	Berta Betanzos, Támara Echegoyen	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Nacra 17	11	Fernando Echavarri, Tara Pacheco	2016 Rio de Janeiro

Shooting

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
10m air pistol	6	Pablo Carrera	2012 London
10m air rifle	13	Enrique Claverol	1992 Barcelona
25m rapid fire pistol	4	José González	1932 Los Angeles
50m pistol	2	Ángel León	1952 Helsinki
50m rifle prone	4	Jorge González	1996 Atlanta
50m rifle three positions	11	Jorge González	1984 Los Angeles
Skeet	3	Jorge Guardiola	1988 Seoul
Trap	5	Jesús Serrano	2012 London
Doble Trap	17	Sergio Piñero	2000 Sidney

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
10m air pistol	6	María Pilar Fernández Sonia Franquet	1992 Barcelona 2016 Rio de Janeiro
10m air rifle	26	Nieves Fernández	1992 Barcelona
25 metre pistol	9	María Pilar Fernández Sonia Franquet	1996 Atlanta 2008 Beijing
50 metre rifle three positions	24	Nieves Fernández	1992 Barcelona
Skeet	-	-	-
Trap	2	María Quintanal	2004 Athens

Swimming

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
50 m freestyle	13	Javier Noriega	2004 Athens
100 m freestyle	11 (6 SF)	David López-Zubero	1980 Moscow
200 m freestyle	10	Juan Carlos Vallejo	1984 Los Angeles
400 m freestyle	10	Juan Enrique Escalas	1984 Los Angeles
1500 m freestyle	6	Rafael Escalas	1980 Moscow
100 m backstroke	4	Martin López-Zubero	1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta
200 m backstroke	1	Martin López-Zubero	1992 Barcelona
100 m breaststroke	15	Marc Capdevila	1996 Atlanta
200 m breaststroke	3	Sergio López Miró	1988 Seoul
100 m butterfly	3	David López-Zubero	1980 Moscow
200 m butterfly	15	Harri Garmendia	1984 Los Angeles
200m individual medley	9	Martin López-Zubero	1992 Barcelona
400m individual medley	8	Joan Lluís Pons	2016 Rio de Janeiro
4×100m freestyle relay	8	Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, Enrique Melo, José Pujol	1972 Munich
4×200m freestyle relay	7	José González, Estanislao Artal, Ramón Artigas, Francisco Segalá	1928 Amsterdam
4×100 m medley relay	8	Santiago Esteva, Arturo Lang, José Durán, José Chicoy	1968 Mexico
10km Open Water	13	Francisco Hervás	2008 Beijing

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
50 m freestyle	11	Claudia Franco	1996 Atlanta
100 m freestyle	21	Claudia Franco	1996 Atlanta
200 m freestyle	9	Melani Costa	2012 London
400 m freestyle	9	Melani Costa	2012 London
800 m freestyle	2	Mireia Belmonte	2012 London
100 m backstroke	3	Nina Zhivanevskaya	2000 Sidney
200 m backstroke	6	Nina Zhivanevskaya	2000 Sidney
100 m breaststroke	16	Jessica Vall	2016 Rio de Janeiro
200 m breaststroke	10	Jessica Vall	2016 Rio de Janeiro
100 m butterfly	17	María Luisa Fernández	1988 Seoul
200 m butterfly	1	Mireia Belmonte	2016 Rio de Janeiro
200m individual medley	10	Silvia Parera Mireia Belmonte	1992 Barcelona 2012 London
400m individual medley	3	Mireia Belmonte	2016 Rio de Janeiro
4×100m freestyle relay	8	Natalia Mas, Margarita Armengol, Laura Flaque, Gloria Casado	1980 Moscow
4×200m freestyle relay	6	Tatiana Rouba, Melissa Caballero, Arantxa Ramos, Erika Villaécija	2004 Athens
4×100 m medley relay	7	Nina Zhivanevskaya, Sara Pérez, María Peláez, Tatiana Rouba	2004 Athens
10km Open Water	7	Erika Villaécija	2012 London

Synchronized swimming

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Women's duet	2	Andrea Fuentes, Gemma Mengual Andrea Fuentes, Ona Carbonell	2008 Beijing 2012 London
Women's team	2	Alba Cabello, Raquel Corral, Andrea Fuentes, Thaïs Henríquez Laura López, Gemma Mengual, Gisela Morón, Irina Rodríguez, Paola Tirados	2008 Beijing

Table Tenis

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's Singles	17 (round of 32)	He Zhiwen	2012 London
Men's Team	-	-	-
Women's singles	9 (round of 16)	Shen Yanfei	2012 London
Women's team	9 (round of 16)	Shen Yanfei, Zhu Fang, Galia Dvorak Shen Yanfei, Sara Ramírez, Galia Dvorak	2008 Beijing 2012 London

Taekwondo

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
-58Kg	1	Joel González	2012 London
-68Kg	3	Joel González	2016 Rio de Janeiro
-80Kg	2	Nicolás García	2012 London
+80Kg	7	Jon García	2004 Athens

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
-49Kg	2	Brigitte Yagüe	2012 London
-57Kg	2	Eva Calvo	2016 Rio de Janeiro
-67Kg	9	Elena Benítez	2000 Sidney
+67Kg	8	Irenae Ruiz	2000 Sidney

Tenis

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's singles	1	Rafael Nadal	2008 Beijing
Men's doubles	1	Rafael Nadal, Marc López	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's singles	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1996 Atlanta
Women's doubles	2	Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Conchita Martínez, Virginia Ruano Anabel Medina, Virginia Ruano	1992 Barcelona 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing
Mixed doubles	5 (QF)	Lilí Álvarez, Eduardo Flaquer	1924 Paris

Triathlon

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's individual	2	Javier Gómez Noya	2012 London
Women's individual	7	Ana Burgos Ainhoa Murúa	2004 Athens 2012 London

Volleyball

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	8	Men's team	1992 Barcelona
Women's tournament	8	Women's team	1992 Barcelona

Water polo

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Men's tournament	1	Men's team	1996 Atlanta
Women's tournament	2	Women's team	2012 London

Weightlifting

Men

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Bantamweight (-56kg)	6	Dionisio Muñoz	1984 Los Angeles
Featherweight (-62kg)	21	José Luis Izquierdo (-60 kg)	1960 Roma
Lightweight (-69kg)	10	David Sánchez	2016 Rio de Janeiro
Middleweight (-77kg)	6	Andrés Mata	2012 London
Light-heavyweight(-85kg)	21	Jesús Rodríguez (-82.5 kg)	1960 Roma
Middle-heavyweight(-94kg)	9	Santiago Martínez	2004 Athens
Heavyweight(-105kg)	-	-	-
Super heavyweight(+105kg)	13	Jon Tecedor	2000 Sidney

Women

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
-48kg	12	Gema Peris	2004 Athens
-53kg	-	-	-
-58kg	-	-	-
-63kg	7	Josefa Pérez	2000 Sidney
-69kg	-	-	-
-75kg	3	Lidia Valentín	2016 Rio de Janeiro
+75kg	-	-	-

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Bantamweight (-59kg)	27	Santiago Cañete (-57 kg)	1960 Rome
Lightweight(-66kg)	13	Francisco Solé (-67 kg)	1924 Paris
Welterweight(-75kg)	9	José Alberto Recuero (-74 kg)	2004 Athens
Middleweight(-85kg)	-	-	-
Heavyweight(-98kg)	-	-	-
Heavyweight(-130kg)	-	-	-

Men Freestyle

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Bantamweight (-57kg)	14	Miguel Ángel García	1984 Los Angeles
Lightweight(-65kg)	13	Francisco Barcia (-68 kg)	1992 Barcelona
Welterweight(-74kg)	13	Ignacio Ordóñez	1984 Los Angeles
Middleweight(-86kg)	8	Francisco Iglesias (-82 kg)	1992 Barcelona
Heavyweight(-97kg)	11	Santiago Morales	1980 Moscow
Heavyweight(-125kg)	13	Jesús Montesdeoca	1984 Los Angeles

Women Freestyle

Event	Best Place	Athlete	Olympic Games
Flyweight (-48kg)	-	-	-
Bantamweight (-53kg)	-	-	-
Lightweight(-58kg)	-	-	-
Welterweight(-63kg)	13	María Teresa Méndez	2008 Beijing
Middleweight(-69kg)	-	-	-
Heavyweight(-75kg)	3	Maider Unda (-72 kg)	2012 London

See also

• Spain at the Olympics
• List of the best positions of Spain in the Olympic Winter events
• List of flag bearers for Spain at the Olympics

References

External links

• "Spain". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Spain". Sports-Reference.com. 
• "El Atletismo Español en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF). Spanish Athletics Federation.