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 — 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 (athlete), Antonio Fernández :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay *José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Manuel Carballo (athlete), Manuel Carballo, Francesco García, and Luis Sarría :* Heat — DNF (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *Agustín Fernández (athlete), Agustín Fernández — 2:27.24 (→ 39th place) *Carlos Pérez (marathon), Carlos Pérez — 2:33.22 (→ 50th place)Basketball
Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group A): :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Australia 79-74 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Cuba 53-74 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Brazil 69-72 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Egypt 72-58 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Japan 87-76 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — United States 56-72 :* Spain national basketball team, Spain — Czechoslovakia 70-74 *Classification Round: :* 9th-12th place: Spain national basketball team, Spain — Poland 76-87 :* 11th-12th place: Spain national basketball team, Spain — West Germany 84-83 → 11th place *Team Roster :* Carmelo Cabrera :* Clifford Luyk :* Enrique Margall :* Francisco Buscato :* Gonzalo Sagi-Vela :* Jesús Iradier :* Juan Antonio Corbalán :* Luis Miguel Santillana :* Miguel Ángel Estrada :* Rafael Rullán :* Vicente Ramos Cecilio, Vicente Ramos :* Wayne BrabenderBoxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Antonio García (boxer), Antonio García :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 1:4Canoeing
Cycling
Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972. ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Individual road race * Jaime Huélamo — 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a doping test * Francisco Elorriaga — 16th place * José Viejo — 37th place * Tomás Nistal (cyclist), Tomás Nistal — 54th place ; Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial, Team time trial * Jaime Huélamo * Carlos Melero * José Teña * José Viejo ; Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, Sprint * Félix Suárez (cyclist), Félix Suárez ; Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit, Individual pursuit * Miguel EspinósDiving
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 West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics, West Germany, Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Romania, and Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Norway. The fourth-place finish put Spain into the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round, where they lost their game against the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics, United States to set up a fifteenth and sixteenth place match against Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 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 :* Antonio Andreu :* Fernando de Andrés :* Francisco López (handballer), Francisco López :* Javier García (handballer), Javier García :* Jesús Guerrero :* José Faustino Villamarín :* José Manuel Taure :* José Perramón :* José Rochel :* Juan Antonio Medina :* Juan Miguel Igartua :* Juan Morera :* Miguel Ángel Cascallana :* Santos Labaca :* Vicente OrtegaHockey
Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group A): :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Argentina 1-1 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Pakistan 1-1 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Malaysia 0-0 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Belgium 1-0 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — France 3-2 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — West Germany 1-2 :* Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Uganda 2-2 *Classification Round: :* 5th-8th place: Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Great Britain 0-2 :* 7th-8th place: Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place *Team Roster :* Agustín Churruca :* Antonio Nogués :* Francisco Amat :* Francisco Fábregas Bosch, Francisco Fábregas :* Francisco Segura (field hockey), Francisco Segura :* Jaime Amat (born 1941), Jaime Amat :* Jaime Arbós :* Jorge Fábregas (field hockey), Jorge Fábregas :* Jorge Camiña :* José Alustiza :* José Borrell (field hockey), José Borrell :* José Sallés :* Juan Amat :* Juan Arbós :* Juan Quintana :* Luis Alberto Carrera :* Luis Twose :* Ramón QuintanaJudo
Sailing
Shooting
Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972. ;OpenSwimming
Men's 100m Freestyle *Jorge Comas (swimmer), Jorge Comas :* Heat — 53.70s :* Semifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *Jorge Comas (swimmer), Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, 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 :* Joan Sans :* José Padrós :* Juan Jané :* Juan Rubio :* Luis Bestit :* Poncio Puigdevall :* Salvador FranchWeightlifting
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