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Spain competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich under the IOC Country Code ESP. It was the eleventh time that the European nation participated.


MEDALS

Spain finished in 43th position in the final medal rankings


Gold

  • None

    • Silver

  • None

    • Bronze



RESULTS BY EVENT


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:

Women's Individual Competition:


Athletics

Men's Marathon


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'''



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Diving

10m platform men:

10m platform women:


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'''



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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'''



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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



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