Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Spain at the Olympic Games

Flag of Spain
IOC code  ESP
NOC Spanish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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 Rodríguez, EnriqueEnrique 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)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 1:4

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.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

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
  • Alfonso Cánovas
  • Enrique Guardia
  • Gabriel Soler
  • Gaspart Ventura
  • Joan Sans
  • José Padrós
  • Juan Jané
  • Juan Rubio
  • Luis Bestit
  • Poncio Puigdevall
  • Salvador Franch

Weightlifting

References

  1. ↑ "Spain at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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