Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Spain took in Beijing in 2008 for the 21st time in the Olympic Summer Games in part. The Spanish delegation consisted of 287 athletes (164 men and 123 women) who fought in 25 of the 28 recognized sports in the IOC. Flag bearer in the opening ceremony was the canoeist David Cal, 2-time medalist at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.
- 20.1 Synchronized Swimming
- 26.1 Rhythmic Gymnastics
Medalist
Badminton
- Pablo Abián Men, Individual
- Yoana Martínez Women, Singles
Basketball
- Rudy Fernández
- Ricky Rubio
- Juan Carlos Navarro
- José Calderón
- Felipe Reyes
- Carlos Jiménez (C )
- Raül López
- Berni Rodríguez
- Álex Mumbrú
- Jorge Garbajosa
Women
- Laura Nicholls González
- Cindy Orquidea Lima
- Tamara Abalde
- Isabel Sánchez
- Maria Lucia Pascua
- Laia Palau
- Elisa Aguilar
- Nuria Martínez
- Anna Montañana
- Amaya Valdemoro (C )
- Maria Revuelto
- Alba Torrens
Beach volleyball
- Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa Allepuz
Archery
- Daniel Morillo singles
Boxing
- Kelvin de la Nieve Class up to 48 kg
Fencing
- Jose Luis Abajo Degen Single ( Bronze)
- Javier Menéndez foil Single
- Jaime Martí saber individual
- Jorge Pina saber individual
Women
- Araceli Navarro saber individual
Weightlifting
- Jose Juan Navarro Class up to 94 kg
- Lidia Valentin Class up to 75 kg
Handball
- Albert Rocas
- Alberto Entrerríos
- Carlos Prieto
- Cristian Malmagro
- David Barrufet
- David Davies
- Demetrio Lozano
- Iker Romero
- Ion Belaustegui
- José Javier Hombrados
- Juanín García
- Raúl Entrerríos
- Rubén Garabaya
- Víctor Tomás
Hockey
- David Alegre Biosca
- Ramón Alegre Biosca
- Pablo Amat Escude
- Eduard Arbós Borràs
- Francisco Cortés Juncosa
- Sergi Enrique Montserrat
- Alex Fabregas Carné
- Francisco Fàbregas Monegal
- Juan Fernández La Villa
- Santiago Freixa Escudé
- Rodrigo Garza Barbero
- Roc Oliva Isern
- Xavier Ribas Centelles
- Albert Sala Moreno
- Víctor Manuel Sojo
- Eduard Tubau Cutal
Women
- Silvia Bonastre Peremateu
- Nuria Camón Farell
- Gloria Comerma Broto
- Montserrat Cruz Funes
- Marta Ejarque Guillamat
- Raquel Huertas Soler
- María López de Eguílaz
- Bárbara Maldá Salinas
- Julia Menéndez Ortega
- Silvia Muñoz Escudé
- Georgina Oliva Isern
- María Romagosa Romagosa
- María Jesús Rosa Durán
- Pilar Sánchez Cervi
- Esther Termens Canabate
- Rocío Ybarra Solaun
Judo
- Óscar Peña Class up to 66 kg
- David Alarza Class up to 90 kg
- Ana Carrascosa 52 kg category
- Isabel Fernández Class up to 57 kg
- Leire Iglesias Class up to 70 kg
- Esther San Miguel Class up to 77 kg
Canoe
- Canoe Racing
- David Cal (Silver) One Canadian 500 m and 1000 m
- Saúl Craviotto Double kayak 500 m
- Carlos Pérez Rial Double kayak 500 m
Women
- Teresa Portela One kayak 500 m Four - kayak 500 m
- Beatriz Manchón Double kayak 500 m Four - kayak 500 m
- Sonia Molanes Double kayak 500 m Four - kayak 500 m
- Jana Smidakova Four - kayak 500 m
- Canoe Slalom
- Ander Elosegui One - Canadians
- Guillermo Díez - Canedo One kayak
Women
- Maialen Chourraut One kayak
Athletics
Modern Pentathlon
- Jaime López Men
Cycling
Mountain bike
- Carlos Coloma Cross Country
- José Antonio Hermida Cross Country
- Iñaki Lejarreta Cross Country
Women
- Marga Fullana Cross Country
Road race
- Alberto Contador road race ITT
- Óscar Freire road race
- Samuel Sánchez Road race (Gold) ITT
- Carlos Sastre road race
- Alejandro Valverde road race
Women
- Anna Sanchis road race
- Marta Vilajosana road race
Train
Tracking
- Sergi Escobar Individual Pursuit, Men Team Pursuit, Men
- Antonio Tauler Individual Pursuit, Men
- Asier Maeztu Team Pursuit, Men
- Antonio Miguel Team Pursuit, Men
- Sebastián Muntaner Team Pursuit, Men
Points race
- Joan Llaneras Points race, men (Gold)
- Leire Olaberria Points race, women ( Bronze)
Madison
- Joan Llaneras and Antonio Tauler (Silver)
Riding
Dressage
- Jordi Domingo Individual, team
- Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Individual, team
- Juan Manuel Muñoz Individual, team
Wrestling
- Francisco Sanchez Freestyle class up to 55 kg
- Teresa Mendez Freestyle, 63 kg class
- Maider Unda Freestyle class to 72 kg
Rowing
- Nuria Dominguez Asensio Women, One
- Luis Martínez Air rifle 10 m, small caliber lying 50 m
- Juan José Aramburu Skeet
- Mario Núñez Skeet
- Alberto Fernández Trap
- Jesús Serrano Trap
- Maria Pilar Fernandez Air rifle 10 m, 25 m sport pistol
- Sonia Franquet Air rifle 10 m
Swimming
Synchronized swimming
- Andrea Fuentes, Gemma Mengual Duet (Silver)
- Alba María Cabello, Raquel Corral, Andrea Fuentes, Gemma Mengual, Thaïs Henríquez, Laura López, Gisela Morón, Irina Rodríguez, Paola Tirados Team (Silver)
Sailing
- Iván Pastor Windsurfing
- Javier Hernández laser
- Onan Barreiros and Aarón Sarmiento 470
- Marina Alabau Windsurfing
- Susana Romero laser Radial
- Laia Tutzo, Natalia Via Dufresne 470
- Monica Azon, Sandra Azon, Graciela Prisionero Yngling
- Rafael Trujillo Finn
- Xabier Fernández, Iker Martínez 49er (Silver)
- Fernando Echavarri, Antón Paz Tornado (Gold)
Taekwondo
- Juan Antonio Ramos Class up to 58 kg
- Jon García Class over 80 kg
Women
- Rosana Simon Class over 67 kg
Tennis
- Nicolás Almagro singles
- David Ferrer singles
- Rafael Nadal Single (Gold)
- Tommy Robredo singles
- Nicolás Almagro, David Ferrer doubles
- Rafael Nadal, Tommy Robredo doubles
- Nuria Llagostera Vives singles
- Anabel Medina Garrigues singles
- Carla Suárez singles
- María José Martínez Sánchez singles
- Nuria Llagostera Vives, María José Martínez Sánchez doubles
- Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual Double (Silver)
Table tennis
- Alfredo Carneros singles
- He Zhiwen singles
Women
- Zhu Fang singles
- Shen Yanfei singles
- Galyna Dvorak Khasanova singles
Triathlon
- Javier Gómez Noya
- Iván Raña
- Ana Burgos
- Ainhoa Murua
Gymnastics
Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Almudena Cid Tostado singles
- Bárbara González team
- Lara González team
- Isabel Pagán team
- Ana Pelaz team
- Verónica Ruiz team
- Elizabeth Salom team
Water polo
- Iñaki Aguilar Vicente, Luis Ángel Andreo Gabañ, Iván Gallego Vela, Javier García Gadea, Mario José García Rodríguez, Svilen Ivanov, David Martín Lozano, Marc Minguell Alférez, Guillermo Ríos Molina, Iván Ernesto Pérez Manzanares, Felipe Perrone Rocha, Ricardo Perrone Rocha, Xavier Trias Vallès
Diving
- Javier Illana Art Jumping, Men
- Jenifer Benitez Springboard, Women
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1 = Spain participated only in the Equestrian Games, which took place five months earlier in Stockholm.
- Participants at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic Games ( Spain)