Bronze

• Enrique Rodríguez — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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 800 metres

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

• Antonio Fernández
• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• José Luis Sanchez
  José Luis Sánchez
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  , Manuel Carballo
  Manuel Carballo
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  , 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)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Australia 79-74
• Spain
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   — Cuba 53-74
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Brazil 69-72
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Egypt 72-58
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Japan 87-76
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
  The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation...
  
   — United States 56-72
• Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Czechoslovakia 70-74
• Classification Round:
• 9th-12th place: Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — Poland 76-87
• 11th-12th place: Spain
  Spain national basketball team
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   — West Germany 84-83 → 11th place
• Team Roster
• Carmelo Cabrera
• Clifford Luyk
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• Enrique Margall
• Francisco Buscato
• Gonzalo Sagi-Vela
• Jesús Iradier
• Juan Antonio Corbalán
• Luis Miguel Santillana
• Miguel Ángel Estrada
• Rafael Rullán
  Rafael Rullan
  Rafael Rullan Ribera is a retired Spanish basketball player. A talented center whose versatility and range helped also play the power forward position, he was one of the stars of Real Madrid throughout the seventies and the eighties.Rullan was a major contributor to Real's three Euroleague titles...
  
  
• Vicente Ramos
  Vicente Ramos Cecilio
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• Wayne Brabender
  Wayne Brabender
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Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

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

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Jaime Huélamo
  Jaime Huélamo
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   — 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a doping test
• Francisco Elorriaga — 16th place
• José Viejo
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   — 37th place
• Tomás Nistal
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   — 54th place

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

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

Women's 10m Platform

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

Men's Team Competition

Spain lost all three of its first-round games, to West Germany

West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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, Romania

Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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, and Norway

Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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. The fourth-place finish put Spain into the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round, where they lost their game against the United States

United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 400 competitors, 316 men and 84 women, took part in 185 events in 21 sports.-Medalists:...

 to set up a fifteenth and sixteenth place match against Tunisia

Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

-Athletics:Men's 800 metres*Mansour Guettaya* Heat — 1:49.4* Semifinals — 1:49.8 Men's 1500 metres*Mansour Guettaya* Heat — 3:43.9 -Boxing:Men's Flyweight * Ali Gharbi* First Round — Bye...

. 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
  Antonio Andreu
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• Fernando de Andrés
  Fernando de Andrés
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• Francisco López
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• Javier García
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• Jesús Guerrero
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• José Faustino Villamarín
• José Manuel Taure
  José Manuel Taure
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• José Perramón
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• José Rochel
  José Rochel
  José Rochel Morales is a former Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored nine goals....
  
  
• Juan Antonio Medina
  Juan Antonio Medina
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• Juan Miguel Igartua
  Juan Miguel Igartua
  Juan Miguel Igartua Narvaiza is a former Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.-References:...
  
  
• Juan Morera
  Juan Morera
  Juan Morera Altisent is a former Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 22 goals....
  
  
• Miguel Ángel Cascallana
  Miguel Ángel Cascallana
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• Santos Labaca
  Santos Labaca
  Santos Carlos Labaca Martínez is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Vicente Ortega
  Vicente Ortega
  Vicente Ortega Vila is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored one goal....
  
  

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):
• Spain
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   — Argentina 1-1
• Spain
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   — Pakistan 1-1
• Spain
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   — Malaysia 0-0
• Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — Belgium 1-0
• Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — France 3-2
• Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — West Germany 1-2
• Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — Uganda 2-2
• Classification Round:
• 5th-8th place: Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — Great Britain 0-2
• 7th-8th place: Spain
  Spain national field hockey team
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   — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th place
• Team Roster
• Agustín Churruca
• Antonio Nogués
• Francisco Amat
• Francisco Fábregas
  Francisco Fábregas
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• Francisco Segura
• Jaime Amat
• Jaime Arbós
  Jaime Arbós
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• Jorge Fábregas
  Jorge Fabregas
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• Jorge Camiña
• José Alustiza
• José Borrell
• José Sallés
• Juan Amat
  Juan Amat
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• Juan Arbós
  Juan Arbós
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• Juan Quintana
• Luis Alberto Carrera
• Luis Twose
• Ramón Quintana

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Jorge Comas
• 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)

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