Spain first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since 1920. Spain has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1936. Its team is organised by the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE, Comité Olímpico Español) created in 1924.

Spain withdrew from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany because of the Civil War, and also boycotted the 1956 Games in Melbourne because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary. The equestrian events in 1956 were held five months earlier in Stockholm, and Spain did participate in those events.

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-producing sport. Five of those medals were won at the Winter Games.

The COE counts one medal more than the IOC because they recognized one won by Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós in live pigeon shooting in the 1900 Summer Olympics, while the IOC doesn't recognize the event as an official one as the winners were given a money award.^[1]

Spain has hosted the Games on 1 occasion.

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Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 8 1 0 0 1 14 1904 St. Louis did not participate 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 32 0 2 0 2 17 1924 Paris 125 0 0 0 0 – 1928 Amsterdam 80 1 0 0 1 24 1932 Los Angeles 6 0 0 1 1 26 1936 Berlin did not participate 1948 London 65 0 1 0 1 28 1952 Helsinki 27 0 1 0 1 34 1956 Melbourne 6 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Rome 144 0 0 1 1 41 1964 Tokyo 53 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 127 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Munich 120 0 0 1 1 43 1976 Montreal 106 0 2 0 2 30 1980 Moscow 155 1 3 2 6 20 1984 Los Angeles 179 1 2 2 5 20 1988 Seoul 229 1 1 2 4 25 1992 Barcelona 422 13 7 2 22 6 1996 Atlanta 289 5 6 6 17 13 2000 Sydney 321 3 3 5 11 25 2004 Athens 317 3 11 6 20 20 2008 Beijing 286 5 11 3 19 14 2012 London 278 4 10 6 20 17 2016 Rio de Janeiro 305 7 4 6 17 14 2020 Tokyo 321 3 8 6 17 22 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 48 72 49 169 28

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 6 0 0 0 0 – 1948 St. Moritz 6 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo 4 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 9 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Squaw Valley 4 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Innsbruck 6 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 19 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 3 1 0 0 1 13 1976 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 8 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 12 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 12 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 17 0 0 1 1 19 1994 Lillehammer 13 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 12 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 7 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 16 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 18 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 20 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 13 0 0 2 2 26 2022 Beijing 14 0 1 0 1 25 2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 1 1 3 5 41

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Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Sailing 13 5 3 21 Canoeing 5 10 5 20 Cycling 5 5 6 16 Athletics 3 5 8 16 Gymnastics 3 4 1 8 Judo 3 1 2 6 Tennis 2 7 4 13 Swimming 2 2 4 8 Taekwondo 1 5 1 7 Field hockey 1 3 1 5 Football 1 3 0 4 Water polo 1 3 0 4 Equestrian 1 2 1 4 Shooting 1 2 1 4 Weightlifting 1 1 1 3 Karate 1 1 0 2 Archery 1 0 0 1 Badminton 1 0 0 1 Basque pelota 1 0 0 1 Sport climbing 1 0 0 1 Basketball 0 4 1 5 Synchronized swimming 0 3 1 4 Boxing 0 2 2 4 Beach volleyball 0 1 0 1 Polo 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Triathlon 0 1 0 1 Handball 0 0 5 5 Fencing 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Totals (30 entries) 48 72 49 169

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 1 0 1 2 Snowboarding 0 1 1 2 Figure skating 0 0 1 1 Totals (3 entries) 1 1 3 5

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• Only Spanish athletes who achieved 3 or more medals or 2 gold medals are included in the following table.