Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Spain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ESP
NOC Comité Olímpico Español
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 120 men and 5 women in 15 sports
Flag bearer Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
1
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Spain competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Spain finished in 43rd position in the final medal rankings, with one bronze medal.

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Manuel Gayoso
  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Agustín Fernández — 2:27.24 (→ 39th place)
  • Carlos Pérez — 2:33.22 (→ 50th place)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] 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

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

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

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

[edit] Diving

Men's 10m Platform

  • Jorge Head — 243.27 points (→ 34th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Carmen Nunez — 157.95 points (→ 25th place)

[edit] Handball

[edit] 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

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • Classification Round:
  • 5th-8th place: Spain — Great Britain 0-2
  • 7th-8th place: Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 53.70s
  • Semifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, Enrique Melo, and José Pujol
  • Heat — 3:38.77
  • Final — 3:38.21 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Water polo

[edit] 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
  • Gaspart Ventura
  • Joan Sans
  • José Padrós
  • Juan Jané
  • Juan Rubio
  • Luis Bestit
  • Poncio Puigdevall
  • Salvador Franch

[edit] References