Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the Olympic Games

Flag of Spain
IOC code  ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Website www.coe.es (Spanish)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 123 (118 men and 5 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Medals
Rank: 43		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
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Spain competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 123 competitors, 118 men and 5 women, took part in 59 events in 17 sports.[1]

Medalists

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

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

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

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • 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
  • Classification Round:
  • 9th-12th place: Spain — Poland 76-87
  • 11th-12th place: Spain — West Germany 84-83 → 11th place
  • Team Roster

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
Individual pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Platform

Women's 10m Platform

Equestrianism

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Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

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.

  • Preliminary Round (Group C):
  • Spain — West Germany 10-13
  • Spain — Romania 12-15
  • Spain — Norway 17-19
  • Classification Round:
  • 13th-16th place: Spain — United States 20-22
  • 15th-16th place: Spain — Tunisia 23-20 → 15th place
  • Team Roster

Hockey

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Main article: Hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • Classification Round:
  • 5th-8th place: Spain — Great Britain 0-2
  • 7th-8th place: Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place
  • Team Roster

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

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

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

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

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C):
  • Spain — Japan 6-4
  • Spain — Italy 2-6
  • Spain — Soviet Union 5-8
  • Spain — Bulgaria 6-4
  • Second Round (Group II):
  • Spain — Romania 4-7
  • Spain — Australia 8-4
  • Spain — Cuba 3-4
  • Spain — Netherlands 5-7 → 10th place
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

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