Of Jordi Llopart until Jordan Diaza 54-year journey filled with joy and some disappointment. Spanish athletics is one of the disciplines that saved the ballot in the Olympic Games of Paris 2024who contributed four of the delegation’s 18 medals and two of the five golds won, also equaling the historic looting of discipline in Barcelona 1992: two golds, one silver and one bronze, with absolute fame in walking, certainly the first athletic category to give gold in national athletics.
The icing on the cake is Jordan Diaz with his gold in the triple jump, rounding up to 20 the total number of medals won by athletics in Olympic history. Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez They won gold in the mixed relay after winning two metals, bronze and silver, respectively, in the 20km walk. These 20 metals instill discipline in historic podium of the Spanish delegations, just behind the canoeing (23) and the candle (22). The second is the contributor of the most gold medals, with a total of 14, to Spain. In the case of athletics, five golds have been won throughout history, a fact that further highlights the good harvest these days in France.
Below we review all Spanish medals in the athletics category, with a balance of five gold, six silver and nine bronze throughout Olympic history.
The historic robbery of Spanish athletes
All medals in several Olympic Games.
1
Jordi Llopart, Moscow 1980.
🥈 50km walk
2
José Manuel Abascal, Los Angeles 1984.
🥉1,500m
3
Daniel Plaza, Barcelona 1992.
🥇 20km walk
4
Fermín Cacho, Barcelona 1992.
🥇 1,500m
5
Antonio Penalver, Barcelona 1992.
🥈 Decathlon
6
Javier García Chico, Barcelona 1992.
Pole Vault
7
Valentí Massana, Atlanta 1996.
🥉50km walk
8
Fermín Cacho, Atlanta 1996.
🥈 1,500m
9
María Vasco, Sydney 2000.
🥉20km walk
10
Paquillo Fernández, Athens 2004.
20km walk
11
Joan Lino Martínez, Athens 2004.
🥉 The length
12
Manolo Martínez, Athens 2004.
🥉 Weight
13
Ruth Beitia, London 2012.
🥉 Height
14
Orlando Ortega, Rio 2016.
110m hurdles
15
Ruth Beitia, Rio 2016.
🥇 Height
16
Ana Peleteiro, Tokyo 2020.
🥉 Triple jump
17
Álvaro Martín, Paris 2024.
🥉 20km walk
18
María Pérez, Paris 2024.
🥈 20km march
19
Pérez-Martín, Paris 2024
🥇Relay march
20
Jordan Díaz, Paris 2024
🥇 Triple jump
Source: La Verdad
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