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.
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)Men's 800 metres
Manuel GayosoHeat — 1:47.5Semifinals — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)Antonio FernándezHeat — DNS (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
José Luis Sánchez, Manuel Carballo, Francesco García, and Luis SarríaHeat — DNF (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Agustín Fernández — 2:27.24 (→ 39th place)Carlos Pérez — 2:33.22 (→ 50th place)Preliminary Round (Group A):Spain — Australia 79-74Spain — Cuba 53-74Spain — Brazil 69-72Spain — Egypt 72-58Spain — Japan 87-76Spain — United States 56-72Spain — Czechoslovakia 70-74Classification Round:9th-12th place: Spain — Poland 76-8711th-12th place: Spain — West Germany 84-83 → 11th placeTeam RosterCarmelo CabreraClifford LuykEnrique MargallFrancisco BuscatoGonzalo Sagi-VelaJesús IradierJuan Antonio CorbalánLuis Miguel SantillanaMiguel Ángel EstradaRafael RullánVicente RamosWayne BrabenderMen's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Antonio GarcíaFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 1:4Eight cyclists represented Spain in 1972.
Individual road raceJaime Huélamo — 3rd place, but disqualified after failing a doping testFrancisco Elorriaga — 16th placeJosé Viejo — 37th placeTomás Nistal — 54th placeTeam time trialJaime HuélamoCarlos MeleroJosé TeñaJosé ViejoSprintFélix SuárezIndividual pursuitMiguel EspinósMen's 10m Platform
Jorge Head — 243.27 points (→ 34th place)Women's 10m Platform
Carmen Nunez — 157.95 points (→ 25th place)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 10-13Spain — Romania 12-15Spain — Norway 17-19Classification Round:13th-16th place: Spain — United States 20-2215th-16th place: Spain — Tunisia 23-20 → 15th placeTeam RosterAntonio AndreuFernando de AndrésFrancisco LópezJavier GarcíaJesús GuerreroJosé Faustino VillamarínJosé Manuel TaureJosé PerramónJosé RochelJuan Antonio MedinaJuan Miguel IgartuaJuan MoreraMiguel Ángel CascallanaSantos LabacaVicente OrtegaPreliminary Round (Group A):Spain — Argentina 1-1Spain — Pakistan 1-1Spain — Malaysia 0-0Spain — Belgium 1-0Spain — France 3-2Spain — West Germany 1-2Spain — Uganda 2-2Classification Round:5th-8th place: Spain — Great Britain 0-27th-8th place: Spain — Malaysia 2-1 → 7th placeTeam RosterAgustín ChurrucaAntonio NoguésFrancisco AmatFrancisco FábregasFrancisco SeguraJaime AmatJaime ArbósJorge FábregasJorge CamiñaJosé AlustizaJosé BorrellJosé SallésJuan AmatJuan ArbósJuan QuintanaLuis Alberto CarreraLuis TwoseRamón QuintanaNine male shooters represented Spain in 1972.
25 m pistolJaime GonzálezDamián Cerdá50 m pistolSeverino Requejo50 m rifle, proneLuis del CerroJosé Luis CalvoTrapRicardo SanchoEladio VallduviSkeetMiguel MarinaJuan ÁvalosMen's 100m Freestyle
Jorge ComasHeat — 53.70sSemifinals — 53.92s (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, Enrique Melo, and José PujolHeat — 3:38.77Final — 3:38.21 (→ 8th place)Preliminary Round (Group C):Spain — Japan 6-4Spain — Italy 2-6Spain — Soviet Union 5-8Spain — Bulgaria 6-4Second Round (Group II):Spain — Romania 4-7Spain — Australia 8-4Spain — Cuba 3-4Spain — Netherlands 5-7 → 10th placeTeam RosterAlfonso CánovasEnrique GuardiaGabriel SolerGaspart VenturaJoan SansJosé PadrósJuan JanéJuan RubioLuis BestitPoncio PuigdevallSalvador Franch