Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics


Spain is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Competitors

The following is the provisional list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, handball, and water polo are not counted as athletes:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery101
Artistic swimming—22
Athletics16622
Basketball121224
Boxing202
Canoeing8311
Cycling729
EquestrianTBDTBD5
Field hockey161632
Football18018
Gymnastics448
Handball14014
Karate112
Rowing426
Sailing6612
Shooting112
Sport climbing101
Swimming347
Taekwondo303
Volleyball022
Water polo121224
Total12973207

Archery

One Spanish archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by winning the bronze medal and securing an outright berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

Artistic swimming

Spain fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by placing third at the 2019 LEN European Champions Cup.

Athletics

Spanish athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events :
;Track & road events
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;Women
Spanish athletes achieved the entry standards in the following track and field events :
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Men's tournament

qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth as one of two highest-ranked squads from Europe at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.
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qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads from group B at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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Spain entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament. Fourth-seeded Gabriel Escobar and José Quiles secured the spots on the Spanish squad by winning the round of 16 match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.

Canoeing

Slalom

Spanish canoeists qualified boats in all four classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

Sprint

Spanish canoeists qualified four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final ; FB = Qualify to final B

Cycling

Road

Spain entered a squad of seven riders to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 6 national finish and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking.
;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Road race
Time trial
Road race
Road race
Road race
Road race

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Road race
Time trial
Road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Spanish riders accumulated spots for both men's madison and omnium, based on the country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.
;Omnium
;Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres		Men's madison

Equestrian

Spanish equestrians qualified a full squad in the team dressage competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States. MeanwhIle, two riders were added to the Spanish roster based on the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish outside the group selection for Group B in eventing and a highest overall placement outside the group and continental selection in jumping.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Jumping

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating France in a playoff at the Valencia leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.
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Women's tournament

qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating South Korea in a playoff at the Valencia leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.
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Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth at the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy, signifying the country's return to the Olympic football scene for the first time since London 2012.
;Team roster

Artistic

Spain fielded two full teams of four gymnasts each into the Olympic competition for the first time since Athens 2004. Both men's and women's squads secured each one of the remaining nine places in the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
;Men
;Team
;Women
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Handball

;Summary

Men's tournament

qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Spain entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Defending European Games champions Damián Quintero and Sandra Sánchez qualified directly for their respective individual kata categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

Rowing

Spain qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Spanish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
At the end of 2019 season, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation announced the first set of sailors to compete at the Enoshima regatta, namely windsurfer Blanca Manchón, Rio 2016 Olympian Jordi Xammar and his new partner Nicolás Rodríguez in the men's 470 class. The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 crews, highlighted by London 2012 gold medalist Támara Echegoyen, were named on February 19, 2020, with the women's 470 crew joining them before the end of March 2020.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Spanish shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score by May 31, 2020.

Sport climbing

Spain entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Alberto Ginés qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the six provisional berths at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France.

Swimming

Spanish swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):
The following six swimmers were preliminary selected thanks to the achievement of the OST at the heats, as well as the OQT in the final, of the Amsterdam Swim Cup :
However, in order to ensure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top-two finish in the final inside the federation's target standards at the Spanish Open and the 2020 European Championships in Budapest.
Additionally, open water swimmer Alberto Martínez secured his berth at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Taekwondo

Spain entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Jesús Tortosa, Javier Pérez, and Raúl Martínez qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Volleyball

Beach

Spain women's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Haiyang, China.

Water polo

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Men's tournament

qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
;Team roster
qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth, as the next highest-ranked squad, at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
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