1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Spain)

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Spain took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 123 athletes (118 men and five women) in 59 competitions in seventeen sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski racer Francisco Fernández Ochoa , who won the gold medal at the Winter Games in Sapporo.

Medalist

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Enrique Rodríguez	Boxing	Men, light flyweight

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 11th place

• Squad

  Wayne Brabender

  Francisco Buscató

  Carmelo Cabrera

  Juan Antonio Corbalán

  Miguel Estrada

  Jesús Iradier

  Clifford Luyk

  Enrique Margall

  Vicente Ramos

  Rafael Rullan

  Gonzalo Sagi-Vela

  Luis Santillana

Archery

Men Emilio Ramos Individual: 49th place

Women Maria Teresa Romero Individual: 13th place

Boxing

Men

• Alfonso Fernández

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Antonio García

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• Enrique Rodríguez

  Light flyweight: bronze

• Juan Francisco Rodríguez

  Bantamweight: quarter finals

• Antonio Rubio

  Featherweight: quarterfinals

Weightlifting

Men

• Francisco Mateos

  Lightweight: 14th place

Handball

Men

• 15th place

• Squad

  Antonio Andreu

  Miguel Ángel Cascallana

  Fernando de Andrés

  Javier García

  Jesús Guerrero

  Juan Miguel Igartua

  Santos Labaca

  Francisco Lopez

  Juan Antonio Medina

  Juan Morera

  Vicente Ortega

  José Perramón

  José Rochel

  José Manuel Taure

  José Villamarín

hockey

Men

• 7th place

• Squad

  José Alustiza

  Francisco Amat

  Jaime Amat

  Juan Amat

  Jaime Arbós

  Juan Arbós

  José Borrell

  Jorge Camiña

  Luis Carrera

  Agustín Churruca

  Francisco Fábregas

  Jorge Fábregas

  Antonio Nogués

  Juan Quintana

  Ramón Quintana

  José Sallés

  Francisco Segura

  Luis Antonio Twose

Judo

Men

• Santiago Ojeda

  Heavyweight: 11th place

  Open class: 19th place

canoe

Men

• José María Esteban & Herminio Menéndez

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• José María Esteban , Álvaro López , Herminio Menéndez & Javier Sanz

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run

athletics

Men

• Javier Álvarez

  5000 meters: 10th place

  10,000 meters: 12th place

• Manuel Carballo

  4 × 100 meters: DNF (preliminary runs)

• Agustín Fernández

  Marathon: 39th place

• Antonio Fernández

  800 meters: disqualified (preliminary)

• Francisco García

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: DNF (preliminary runs)

• Manuel Gayoso

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Mariano Haro

  5000 meters: DNF (final)

  10,000 meters: 4th place

• Carlos Perez

  Marathon: 50th place

• José Luis Sánchez

  4 × 100 meters: DNF (preliminary runs)

• Luis Sarría

  4 × 100 meters: DNF (preliminary runs)

• Manuel Soriano

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

Cycling

Men

• Francisco Elorriaga

  Road race: 16th place

• Miguel Espinós

  4000 meter single pursuit: 17th place in qualification

• Jaime Huélamo

  Road race: disqualified

  100 kilometers team time trial: 12th place

• Carlos Melero

  100 kilometers team time trial: 12th place

• Tomás Nistal

  Road race: 54th place

• Félix Suárez

  Sprint: 2nd round

• José Teña

  100 kilometers team time trial: 12th place

• José Viejo

  Road race: 37th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 12th place

horse riding

• Luis Álvarez

  Jumping, singles: 43rd place

  Jumping, team: 7th place

• Jaime, Duque de Aveyro

  Jumping, team: 7th place

• Enrique Martínez

  Jumping, singles: 10th place

  Jumping, team: 7th place

• Alfonso Segovia

  Jumping, singles: 8th place

  Jumping, team: 7th place

shoot

• Juan Ávalos

  Skeet: 45th place

• José Luis Calvo

  Small caliber, lying: 64th place

• Damián Cerdá

  Rapid fire pistol: 15th place

• Luis del Cerro

  Small caliber, lying: 49th place

• Jaime González

  Rapid fire pistol: 5th place

• Miguel Marina

  Skeet: 11th place

• Severino Requejo

  Free pistol: 41st place

• Ricardo Sancho

  Trap: 9th place

• Eladio Vallduvi

  Trap: 10th place

swim

Men Pedro Balcells 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Jorge Comas 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Antonio Corell 400 meters freestyle: prelims Antonio Culebras 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place Arturo Lang-Lenton 100 meter butterfly: prelims 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Enrique Melo 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs José Pujol 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place

Women Aurora Chamorro 100 meter butterfly: prelims Nieves Panadell 200 meters chest: heats

sailing

• Gerardo Seeliger

  Finn dinghy: 28th place

• Ramón Balcells , Ramón Balcells Rodón & Juan Llort

  Soling: 9th place

• Juan Carlos, Prince of Borbón , Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Larios & Félix Gancedo

  Dragons: 15th place

do gymnastics

Men José Ginés Individual all-around: 96th place in qualification Floor: 36th place in qualification Horse: 83rd place in qualification Bars: 75th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 98th place in qualification Rings: 106th place in qualification Pommel horse: 103rd place in qualification Agustín Sandoval Individual all-around: 91st place in qualification Floor: 87th place in qualification Horse: 100th place in qualification Bars: 88th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 75th place in qualification Rings: 98th place in qualification Pommel horse: 86th place in qualification Cecilio Ugarte Individual all-around: 89th place in qualification Floor: 74th place in qualification Horse: 54th place in qualification Bars: 81st place in qualification Horizontal bar: 99th place in qualification Rings: 58th place in qualification Pommel horse: 94th place in qualification

Women Pepita Sánchez Individual all-around: 112th place in qualification Floor: 90th place in qualification Horse: 114th place in qualification Uneven bars: 87th place in qualification Balance beam: 118th place in qualification

Water polo

Men

• 10th place

• Squad

  Luis Bestit

  Alfonso Cánovas

  Salvador Franch

  Enrique Guardia

  Juan Jané

  José Padrós

  Poncio Puigdevall

  Juan Rubio

  Juan Sans

  Gabriel Soler

  Gaspart Ventura

Diving

Men Jorge Head High diving: 34th place in qualification

Women Carmen Belén Núñez High diving: 25th place in qualification

Web links

• Spanish Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )