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competed at the

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and won one silver medal. 19 competitors, 17 men and 2 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.

Medalists

Silver

* Mohamed Traboulsi — Weightlifting, middleweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres * Hamze Kassem :* Heat — 1:52.5 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Kassem Hamze :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

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:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Christopher Elliott (IRL), 0:5

Cycling

One cyclist represented Lebanon in 1972. ; Individual road race * Tarek Abou Al Dahab — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

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* Tarek Abou Al Dahab

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972. ; Men's foil * Yves Daniel Darricau * Fawzi Merhi *

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; Men's team foil *

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, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi,

; Men's épée *

* Yves Daniel Darricau ; Men's team épée *

, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi,

; Men's sabre * Fawzi Merhi * Yves Daniel Darricau

Judo

Shooting

Four shooters, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972. ;

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* Elias Salhab * Assaad Andraos ;

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* Antoine Saade * Maurice Tabet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Bruno Bassoul :* Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle * Bruno Bassoul :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Middleweight * Mohamed Traboulsi — Silver medal

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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