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1 Medalists  





2 Archery  





3 Athletics  





4 Basketball  



4.1  Men's Team Competition  







5 Boxing  





6 Canoeing  





7 Cycling  





8 Diving  





9 Equestrianism  





10 Gymnastics  





11 Handball  



11.1  Men's Team Competition  







12 Hockey  



12.1  Men's Team Competition  







13 Judo  





14 Sailing  





15 Shooting  





16 Swimming  





17 Water polo  



17.1  Men's Team Competition  







18 Weightlifting  





19 References  





20 External links  














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Spain at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeESP
NOCSpanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coe.es (in Spanish)
inMunich
Competitors123 (118 men and 5 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
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  • Spain competed at the 1972 Summer OlympicsinMunich, West Germany. 123 competitors, 118 men and 5 women, took part in 59 events in 17 sports.[1]

    Medalists[edit]

    Medal Name Sport Event Date
     Bronze Enrique Rodríguez Boxing Light flyweight 10 September

    Archery[edit]

    In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Spain entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Maria Teresa Romero, at 13th place in the women's competition.

    Men's Individual Competition:

    Women's Individual Competition:

    Athletics[edit]

    Men's 800 metres

    • Heat — 1:47.5
    • Semifinals — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
    • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

    Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

    • Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

    Men's Marathon

    Basketball[edit]

    Men's Team Competition[edit]

    • Spain — Australia 79-74
    • Spain — Cuba 53-74
    • Spain — Brazil 69-72
    • Spain — Egypt 72-58
    • Spain — Japan 87-76
    • Spain — United States 56-72
    • Spain — Czechoslovakia 70-74
    • 9th-12th place: Spain — Poland 76-87
    • 11th-12th place: Spain — West Germany 84-83 → 11th place

    Boxing[edit]

    Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

    Canoeing[edit]

    Cycling[edit]

    Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972.

    Individual road race
    Team time trial
    Sprint
    Individual pursuit

    Diving[edit]

    Men's 10m Platform

    Women's 10m Platform

    Equestrianism[edit]

    Gymnastics[edit]

    Handball[edit]

    Men's Team Competition[edit]

    Spain lost all three of its first-round games, to West Germany, Romania, and Norway. The fourth-place finish put Spain into the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round, where they lost their game against the United States to set up a fifteenth and sixteenth place match against Tunisia. Spain won this game, 23–20.

    • Spain — West Germany 10-13
    • Spain — Romania 12-15
    • Spain — Norway 17-19
    • 13th-16th place: Spain — United States 20-22
    • 15th-16th place: Spain — Tunisia 23-20 → 15th place

    Hockey[edit]

    Men's Team Competition[edit]

    • 5th-8th place: Spain — Great Britain 0-2
    • 7th-8th place: Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place

    Judo[edit]

    Sailing[edit]

    Shooting[edit]

    Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972.

    Open
    Athlete Event Final
    Points Rank
    Juan Ávalos Skeet 182 45
    José Luis Calvo 50 m rifle prone 587 64
    Damián Cerdá 25 m rapid fire pistol 586 15
    Luis del Cerro 50 m rifle prone 590 49
    Jaime González 25 m rapid fire pistol 592 5
    Miguel Marina Skeet 192 11
    Severino Requejo 50 m free pistol 536 41
    Ricardo Sancho Trap 191 9
    Eladio Vallduvi 191 10

    Swimming[edit]

    Men's 100m Freestyle

    • Heat — 53.70s
    • Semifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance)

    Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

    • Heat — 3:38.77
    • Final — 3:38.21 (→ 8th place)

    Water polo[edit]

    Men's Team Competition[edit]

    • Spain — Japan 6-4
    • Spain — Italy 2-6
    • Spain — Soviet Union 5-8
    • Spain — Bulgaria 6-4
    • Spain — Romania 4-7
    • Spain — Australia 8-4
    • Spain — Cuba 3-4
    • Spain — Netherlands 5-7 → 10th place

    Weightlifting[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Spain at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

    External links[edit]


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