Lebanon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

Silver

• Mohamed Traboulsi — Weightlifting, middleweight

Athletics

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

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Farouk Kesrouan

* First Round — Bye

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

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Tarek Abou Zahab — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Four fencers, all men,...
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