Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.
Medalists
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Archery
Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round.
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 m
Venancio Jose
Round 1 – 10.36
Round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m
Venancio Jose
Round 1 – 20.95
Round 2 – 20.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m
David Canal
Round 1 – 45.53
Round 2 – 45.54 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 m
José Manuel Cerezo
Round 1 – 01:48.11 (→ did not advance) Roberto Parra Round 1 – 01:48.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1.500 m
Andrés Manuel Díaz
Round 1 – 03:38.54
Semifinal – 03:38.41
Final – 03:37.27 (→ 7th place) José Antonio Redolat Round 1 – 03:38.66 Semifinal – 03:45.46 (→ did not advance) Juan Carlos Higuero Round 1 – 03:40.60 Semifinal – 03:38.37 Final – 03:38.91 (→ 8th place)
Men's 5.000 m
Alberto García
Round 1 – 14:11.65 (→ did not advance) Yousef El Nasri Round 1 – 13:34.49 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 m
José Ríos
Round 1 – 27:51.40
Final – 28:50.31 (→ 18th place) Enrique Molina Round 1 – 28:09.76 Final – DNF Teodoro Cunado Round 1 – 29:10.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m hurdles
Iñigo Monreal
Round 1 – 51.32 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m
Antonio Andres, David Canal, Inigo Monreal, Eduardo Iván Rodríguez
Round 1 – 03:06.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000 m steeplechase
Luis Miguel Martín
Round 1 – 08:24.04
Final – 08:22.75 (→ 5th place) Eliseo Martín Round 1 – 08:24.97 Final – 08:23.00 (→ 6th place) Marco Cepeda Round 1 – 08:40.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's shot put
Manuel Martínez
Qualifying – 19.94
Final – 20.55 (→ 6th place)
Men's discus
David Martinez
Qualifying – 61.50 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Yago Lamela
Qualifying – 7.89 (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump
Raul Chapado
Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km walk
Paquillo Fernández
Final – 1:21:01 (→ 7th place) David Márquez Final – 1:24:36 (→ 20th place) José David Domínguez Final – 0:01:28 (→ 35th place)
Men's 50 km walk
Valentí Massana
Final – 3:46:01 (→ 4th place) Jesús Ángel García Final – 3:49:31 (→ 12th place) Mikel Odriozola Final – 3:59:50 (→ 24th place)
Men's marathon
Martín Fiz
Final – 2:13:06 (→ 6th place) Alberto Juzdado Final – 2:21:18 (→ 42nd place) Abel Antón Final – 2:24:04 (→ 53rd place)
Men's decathlon
Francisco Javier Benet
100 m – 11.42
Long jump – 6.32
Shot put – DNS
Women's competition
Women's 400 m
Norfalia Carabalí
Round 1 – 52.36
Round 2 – 52.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m
Mayte Martínez
Round 1 – 01:59.60
Semifinal – 02:03.27 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1.500 m
Nuria Fernández
Round 1 – 04:11.46
Semifinal – 04:10.92 (→ did not advance) Natalia Rodríguez Round 1 – 04:22.82 (→ did not advance)
Women's 5.000 m
Marta Domínguez
Round 1 – 15:45.07 (→ did not advance) Beatriz Santiago Round 1 – 15:31.94 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 m
Maria Teresa Recio
Round 1 – 33:36.44 (→ did not advance) Maria Abel Round 1 – 34:05.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m
Julia Alba, Miriam Bravo, Norfalia Carabalí and Mayte Martínez
Round 1 – 03:32.45 (→ did not advance)
Women's shot put
Martina de la Puente
Qualifying – 16.30 (→ did not advance)
Women's discus
Alice Matějková
Qualifying – 54.19 (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw
Marta Míguez
Qualifying – 55.52 (→ did not advance)
Women's long jump
Concepción Montaner
Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Women's triple jump
Carlota Castrejana
Qualifying – 13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's high jump
Marta Mendía
Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)
Women's pole vault
Mari Mar Sanchez
Qualifying – 4.25 (did not advance)