Lebanon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Lebanon at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| LIB
NOC| Lebanese Olympic Committee
Website| www.lebolymp.org
in Munich
Competitors| 19 in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 33rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Lebanon competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany and won one silver medal. 19 competitors, 17 men and 2 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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### Silver

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* Mohamed Traboulsi — Weightlifting, middleweight

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

* Hamze Kassem

* Heat — 1:52.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

* Kassem Hamze

* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

* Farouk Kesrouan

* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Lost to Christopher Elliott (IRL), 0:5

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

One cyclist represented Lebanon in 1972.

Individual road race

* Tarek Abou Al Dahab — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Individual pursuit

* Tarek Abou Al Dahab

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972.

Men's foil

* Yves Daniel Darricau
* Fawzi Merhi
* Ali Sleiman

Men's team foil

* Ali Chekr, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi, Ali Sleiman

Men's épée

* Ali Chekr
* Ali Sleiman
* Yves Daniel Darricau

Men's team épée

* Ali Chekr, Yves Daniel Darricau, Fawzi Merhi, Ali Sleiman

Men's sabre

* Fawzi Merhi
* Yves Daniel Darricau

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four shooters, all men, represented Lebanon in 1972.

Trap

* Elias Salhab
* Assaad Andraos

Skeet

* Antoine Saade
* Maurice Tabet

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

* Bruno Bassoul

* Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

* Bruno Bassoul

* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Middleweight

* Mohamed Traboulsi — Silver medal

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Lebanon at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-18.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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