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In 2012, the Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 278 athletes, 166 men and 112 women, competed in 23 sports. Spain left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals (3 gold, 10 silver, and 4 bronze), failing short of the total achieved in Beijing by a single medal. Three of the medals ...
Spain hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, the home city of then-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch. Spanish athletes have won a total of 174 medals in 33 different sports and the country currently ranks 25th in the all-time Summer Olympics medal count , with sailing as the top medal ...
BOA. LOCOG. v. t. e. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August. A total of 10,768 athletes from 204 nations participated in 302 events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines. [1] [2] Overall, 86 ...
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. Spanish female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1960, except for 1964 and 1968. A total of 48 female gymnasts have represented Spain. Spanish women have won one medal at the Olympics – the 2004 floor exercise bronze, which was won by Patricia Moreno.
The Washington Post. Associated Press. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2012. ^ "Molfetta wins Olympic gold in men's plus-80K". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012. ^ Fordyce, Tom (6 August 2012). "Grenada's Kirani James wins Olympic 400m gold".
2016 →. The 2012 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXX Olympiad which were held in London, United Kingdom. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their seventh gold medal, and fifth consecutive, at the event. The United States defeated France in the gold medal final and bronze medalists Australia in the ...
Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics. [13]
The United States ' Serena Williams defeated Russia 's Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both finalists were attempting to become the second woman (after Steffi Graf) to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. Williams won the gold, only weeks after ...