Spain At The 1972 Summer Olympics
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competed at the
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. 123 competitors, 118 men and 5 women, took part in 59 events in 17 sports.


Medalists


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: *
Emilio Ramos Emilio Ramos (born 25 April 1935) is a Spanish archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 ...
— 2199 points (→ 49th place) Women's Individual Competition: * Maria Teresa Romero — 2347 points (→ 13th place)


Athletics

Men's 800 metres * Manuel Gayoso :* Heat — 1:47.5 :* Semifinals — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance) * Antonio Fernández :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay *
José Luis Sánchez Paraíso José Luis Sánchez Paraíso (21 June 1942 – 18 July 2017) was a Spanish sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics Eve ...
, Manuel Carballo, Francesco García, and Luis Sarría :* Heat — DNF (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Agustín Fernández — 2:27.24 (→ 39th place) * Carlos Pérez — 2:33.22 (→ 50th place)


Basketball


Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A): :*
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— Australia 79-74 :*
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— Cuba 53-74 :*
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— Brazil 69-72 :*
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— Egypt 72-58 :*
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— Japan 87-76 :*
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— United States 56-72 :*
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— Czechoslovakia 70-74 *Classification Round: :* 9th-12th place:
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— Poland 76-87 :* 11th-12th place:
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— West Germany 84-83 → 11th place *Team Roster :*
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Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Antonio García :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 1:4


Canoeing


Cycling

Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972. ; Individual road race *
Jaime Huélamo Jaime Huélamo (17 November 1948 – 31 January 2014) was a road racing cyclist from Spain, who was a professional rider from 1973 to 1975. He was born in Cuenca, Spain. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich ...
— 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a
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* Francisco Elorriaga — 16th place *
José Viejo José Luis Viejo Gómez (2 November 1949 – 16 November 2014) was a Spanish road cyclist who was professional from 1973 to 1982. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he finished in 37th p ...
— 37th place * Tomás Nistal — 54th place ;
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* Carlos Melero * José Teña *
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* Félix Suárez ;
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* Miguel Espinós


Diving

Men's 10m Platform * Jorge Head — 243.27 points (→ 34th place) Women's 10m Platform * Carmen Nunez — 157.95 points (→ 25th place)


Equestrianism


Gymnastics


Handball


Men's Team Competition

Spain lost all three of its first-round games, to
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. The fourth-place finish put Spain into the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round, where they lost their game against the
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to set up a fifteenth and sixteenth place match against
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. 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 :* Antonio Andreu :* Fernando de Andrés :* Francisco López :* Javier García :* Jesús Guerrero :* José Faustino Villamarín :* José Manuel Taure :*
José Perramón José Perramón Acosta (born October 17, 1946) is a former Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (ger ...
:* José Rochel :* Juan Antonio Medina :* Juan Miguel Igartua :* Juan Morera :*
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:* Santos Labaca :* Vicente Ortega


Hockey


Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A): :*
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— Argentina 1-1 :*
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— Pakistan 1-1 :*
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— Malaysia 0-0 :*
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— Belgium 1-0 :*
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— France 3-2 :*
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— West Germany 1-2 :*
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— Uganda 2-2 *Classification Round: :* 5th-8th place:
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— Great Britain 0-2 :* 7th-8th place:
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— Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place *Team Roster :* Agustín Churruca :* Antonio Nogués :* Francisco Amat :* Francisco Fábregas :* Francisco Segura :* Jaime Amat :*
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:* Jorge Camiña :* José Alustiza :* José Borrell :* José Sallés :*
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:* Juan Arbós :* Juan Quintana :* Luis Alberto Carrera :* Luis Twose :* Ramón Quintana


Judo


Sailing


Shooting

Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972. ;Open


Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Jorge Comas :* Heat — 53.70s :* Semifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Jorge Comas,
Antonio Culebras Antonio Culebras (born 14 September 1950) is a Spanish former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german ...
, Enrique Melo, and José Pujol :* Heat — 3:38.77 :* Final — 3:38.21 (→ 8th place)


Water polo


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 :* Alfonso Cánovas :* Enrique Guardia :* Gabriel Soler :*
Gaspar Ventura Gaspar Ventura Meseguer (born 5 February 1955) is a Spanish water polo player. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letni ...
:* Joan Sans :* José Padrós :* Juan Jané :* Juan Rubio :* Luis Bestit :* Poncio Puigdevall :* Salvador Franch


Weightlifting


References


External links


Spanish Olympic Committee
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