Olympic Winter Games 1936 / Participant (Spain)

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Spain took part in the IV Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936 with a delegation of 6 athletes. The two starters took part in the alpine combination and the four starters in the cross-country skiing over the 18 kilometers. It was Spain's first participation in the Winter Olympics. The Spanish team remained without a medal.

The youngest Spanish participant was 21 year old Tomás Velasco Palomo and the oldest participant was 28 year old Enrique Millán Alarcón . Both Velasco and Millán competed in cross-country skiing . With an average age of 23.83 years, Spain started with a younger team. Cross-country skier Jesús Suárez Díaz Valgrande carried the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony .

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Athletes	competition	Departure		slalom			total
		time	rank	Time 1	Time 2	rank	Points	rank
Ernestine Baenza de Herreros	Alpine combination	18: 51.4	37	DNS			DNF
Margot Morles de Pina	Alpine combination	10: 52.4	35	2: 50.1	DSQ		DNF

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Tomás Velasco Palomo	18 km	1:37:25 min	62
Jesús Suárez Díaz Valgrande	18 km	1:39:12 min	63
José Oriol Canals Fariols	18 km	1:40:14 min	65
Enrique Millán Alarcón	18 km	DNF

Web links

• Spain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• IV. Olympic Winter Games 1936 Official Report (PDF)