Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
IOC code ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Website www.coe.es  (in Spanish)
in Munich
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
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Enrique Rodríguez Boxing Light flyweight 10 September

Archery

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

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

Men's Team Competition

  • 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

Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
Individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

Women's 10m Platform

Equestrianism

Gymnastics

Handball

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.

  • 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

Men's Team Competition

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

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972.

Open
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Juan Ávalos Skeet 18245
José Luis Calvo 50 m rifle prone 58764
Damián Cerdá 25 m rapid fire pistol 58615
Luis del Cerro 50 m rifle prone 59049
Jaime González 25 m rapid fire pistol 5925
Miguel Marina Skeet 19211
Severino Requejo 50 m free pistol 53641
Ricardo Sancho Trap 1919
Eladio Vallduvi 19110

Swimming

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

Men's Team Competition

  • 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

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References

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