Lebanon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Lebanon at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LIB
NOC	Lebanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.lebolymp.org
in Munich
Competitors	19 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Lebanon competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany and won one silver medal. 19 competitors, 17 men and 2 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.^[1]

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)

• Farouk Kesrouan

• 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)

Individual pursuit

• Tarek Abou Al Dahab

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972.

Men's foil

• Yves Daniel Darricau
• Fawzi Merhi
• Ali Sleiman

Men's team foil

• Ali Chekr, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi, Ali Sleiman

Men's épée

• Ali Chekr
• Ali Sleiman
• Yves Daniel Darricau

Men's team épée

• Ali Chekr, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi, Ali Sleiman

Men's sabre

• Fawzi Merhi
• Yves Daniel Darricau

Judo

Shooting

Four shooters, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972.

Trap

• Elias Salhab
• Assaad Andraos

Skeet

• 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 Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database