Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Spain at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors321 in 32 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Mireia Belmonte
Saúl Craviotto[3]
Flag bearer (closing)Sandra Sánchez[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 but postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] 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 Berlin (from which they withdrew as a boycott due the fact that the Games were to be held on the Nazi Germany) and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a part of the boycott against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Spain competed in all sports except baseball, rugby sevens, wrestling and surfing.

The nation finished the Games with 17 total medals: three gold, eight silver, and six bronze, matching the overall tally of the 2016 Olympics. Its gold medal haul dropped from 7 to 3. Two of Spain's gold medals were in sports making their Olympic debut this year: karate (Sandra Sánchez, women's kata), and sport climbing (Alberto Ginés López, men's combined).

  1. ^ "Sandra Sánchez y Damián Quintero serán los abanderados de España en la ceremonia de clausura" [Sandra Sánchez and Damián Quintero will be Spain's flag bearers in the closing ceremony]. RTVE (in Spanish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Sandra Sánchez será la abanderada única en la clausura de los Juegos" [Sandra Sánchez will be the only flag bearer in the closing of the Games]. RTVE (in Spanish). 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Saúl Craviotto y Mireia Belmonte serán los abanderados españoles en Tokio inaugurando la fórmula mixta" [Saúl Craviotto and Mireia Belmonte will be Spain's inaugural mixed pair of flag bearers in Tokyo]. RTVE (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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