Spain competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 123 competitors, 118 men and 5 women, took part in 59 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
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 4 × 100 m Relay
José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Manuel Carballo, 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)
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
Team Roster
Carmelo Cabrera
Clifford Luyk
Enrique Margall
Francisco Buscato
Gonzalo Sagi-Vela
Jesús Iradier
Juan Antonio Corbalán
Luis Miguel Santillana
Miguel Ángel Estrada
Rafael Rullán
Vicente Ramos
Wayne Brabender
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Antonio García First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972.
Individual road race
Jaime Huélamo — 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a doping test
Francisco Elorriaga — 16th place
José Viejo — 37th place
Tomás Nistal — 54th place
Team time trial
Jaime Huélamo
Carlos Melero
José Teña
José Viejo
Sprint
Félix Suárez
Individual pursuit
Miguel Espinós
Diving
Men's 10m Platform
Jorge Head — 243.27 points (→ 34th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Carmen Nunez — 157.95 points (→ 25th place)
Equestrianism
Gymnastics
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
Team Roster
Antonio Andreu
Fernando de Andrés
Francisco López
Javier García
Jesús Guerrero
José Faustino Villamarín
José Manuel Taure
José Perramón
José Rochel
Juan Antonio Medina
Juan Miguel Igartua
Juan Morera
Miguel Ángel Cascallana
Santos Labaca
Vicente Ortega
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
Team Roster
Agustín Churruca
Antonio Nogués
Francisco Amat
Francisco Fábregas
Francisco Segura
Jaime Amat
Jaime Arbós
Jorge Fábregas
Jorge Camiña
José Alustiza
José Borrell
José Sallés
Juan Amat
Juan Arbós
Juan Quintana
Luis Alberto Carrera
Luis Twose
Ramón Quintana
Judo
Sailing
Shooting
Nine male shooters represented Spain in 1972. Open
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Jorge Comas
Heat — 53.70s
Semifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, Enrique Melo, and José Pujol
Heat — 3:38.77
Final — 3:38.21 (→ 8th place)