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.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate 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: Emilio Ramos — 2199 points (→ 49th place)
Women's Individual Competition: Maria Teresa Romero — 2347 points (→ 13th place)
Athletics
Men's 200 metres Francesco García Heat — 20.89 Quarterfinals — 20.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Manuel Gayoso Heat — 1:47.5 Semifinals — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
Antonio Fernández Heat — DQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, 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): 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
Classification Round: 9th-12th place: Spain — Poland 76-87 11th-12th place: 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 Wayne Brabender
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 — 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a doping test Francisco Elorriaga — 16th place José Viejo — 37th place Tomás Nistal — 54th place
Team time trial Jaime Huélamo Carlos Melero José Teña José Viejo
Sprint Félix Suárez
Individual pursuit 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 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.
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 Rochel Juan Antonio Medina Juan Miguel Igartua Juan Morera Miguel Ángel Cascallana Santos Labaca Vicente Ortega
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group A): Spain — Argentina 1-1 Spain — Pakistan 1-1 Spain — Malaysia 0-0 Spain — Belgium 1-0 Spain — France 3-2 Spain — West Germany 1-2 Spain — Uganda 2-2
Classification Round: 5th-8th place: Spain — Great Britain 0-2 7th-8th place: Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place
Team Roster Agustín Churruca Antonio Nogués Francisco Amat Francisco Fábregas Francisco Segura Jaime Amat Jaime Arbós Jorge Fábregas Jorge Camiña José Alustiza José Borrell José Sallés Juan Amat Juan Arbós Juan Quintana Luis Alberto Carrera Luis Twose Ramón Quintana
Judo
Sailing
Shooting
Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972. Open AthleteEventFinalPointsRankJuan ÁvalosSkeet18245José Luis Calvo50 m rifle prone58764Damián Cerdá25 m rapid fire pistol58615Luis del Cerro50 m rifle prone59049Jaime González25 m rapid fire pistol5925Miguel MarinaSkeet19211Severino Requejo50 m free pistol53641Ricardo SanchoTrap1919Eladio Vallduvi19110
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, 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 Franch
Weightlifting
References
External links Spanish Olympic Committee