Spain at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
Competitors13 (11 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Spain at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors13 (11 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Lucas Eguibar[1]
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Spain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.

On 15 February, Regino Hernández became Spain's first Winter Olympic medalist in 26 years (since the 1992 Winter Olympics) when he won the bronze medal in men's snowboard cross.[2] He also became the first ever Olympic medalist in snowboarding for Spain, with all previous Spanish Winter Olympic medals coming from alpine skiing disciplines.

On 17 February, Javier Fernández won Spain's first ever Olympic medal in ice sports when he won the bronze medal in the men's single figure skating competition.[3]

These achievements made this edition Spain's most successful Winter Olympics to date in terms of total medal count. For the first time, both Spanish sports federations in charge of winter sports (Real Federación Española de Deportes de Invierno and Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo) got medals in the same Winter Olympics.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeRegino HernándezSnowboardingMen's snowboard cross15 February
 BronzeJavier FernándezFigure skatingMen's singles17 February

Competitors

The following is the list of a number of competitors participating in the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 202
Cross-country skiing 202
Figure skating 314
Skeleton 101
Snowboarding 314
Total11213

Alpine skiing

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Juan del Campo Men's giant slalom 1:13.39 39 DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Joaquim Salarich Men's slalom 52.07 33 DNF

Cross-country skiing

Spain qualified two male athletes.[4]

Distance
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Imanol Rojo Men's 15 km freestyle N/a 37:35.5 +3:51.6 62
Men's 30 km skiathlon 43:27.4 49 39:05.3 54 1:23:06.5 +6:46.5 49
Men's 50 km classical N/a 2:19:10.1 +10:48.0 35
Martí Vigo del Arco Men's 15 km freestyle N/a DNF
Sprint
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Imanol Rojo
Martí Vigo del Arco
Men's team sprint 16:59.83 10 Did not advance

Figure skating

Based on placements in the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Spain qualified 4 athletes (3 male and 1 female) in the men's singles and ice dancing events.[5] One of the men's quotas was directly given to Javier Fernández, the other men's quota and the ice dance quota was decided according to the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and the National Championships results.[6]

Athlete Event SP / SD FS / FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Javier Fernández Men's singles 107.58 2 Q 197.66 4 305.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Felipe Montoya 52.41 29 Did not advance
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Ice dancing 66.93 12 Q 101.40 11 168.33 12

Skeleton

Snowboarding

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