West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports.
Medalists West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Women's long jump Uwe BenterPeter BergerAlois BierlHans-Johann Färber Rowing Men's coxed four Shooting Mixed skeet Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Women's 800 metres Athletics Women's high jump Günter HaritzUdo HempelGünther SchumacherPeter Vonhof Cycling Men's team pursuit Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Ingrid BeckerAnnegret RichterHeide Rosendahl Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Boxing Light middleweight Field hockeyMen's tournament Hartwig SteenkenGerhard WiltfangHans Günter Winkler Equestrian Team jumping Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 Werner LampeKlaus SteinbachHans Vosseler Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Judo Men's +93 kg Athletics Women's pentathlon Weightlifting Men's +110 kg Athletics Women's 400 metres Josef NeckermannKarin Schlüter Equestrian Team dressage Athletics Men's long jump Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 Heidemarie ReineckAngela SteinbachJutta Weber Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Cycling Men's individual pursuit Horst KarstenHarry KlugmannKarl Schultz Equestrian Team eventing Judo Men's 93 kg Peter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke Rowing Men's coxless four Vreni EberleSilke PielenHeidemarie Reineck Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Boxing Heavyweight Peter Naumann Sailing Flying Dutchman Karsten Meyer Sailing Star Jobst HirschtKarlheinz KlotzGerhard Wucherer Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Inge BöddingHildegard FalckRita Wilden Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, West Germany entered two men and two women. Their highest placing competitor was Siegfried Ortmann, at 14th place in the men's competition.
Women's Individual Competition: Ursula Bueschking - 2200 points (→ 30th place) Carla Nolpa - 2165 points (→ 35th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Siegfried Ortmann - 2390 points (→ 14th place) Richard Krust - 2342 points (→ 30th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres Franz-Josef Kemper Heat — 1:47.3 Semifinals — 1:48.8 Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)
Josef Schmidt Heat — 1:47.8 Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
Walter Adams Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres Paul-Heinz Wellmann Heat — 3:41.8 Semifinals — 3:38.4 Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)
Thomas Wessinghage Heat — 3:40.6 Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)
Bodo Tümmler Heat — 3:44.5 Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres Jürgen May Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)
Wolfgang Riesinger Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus Ehl Heat — 39.17s Semifinals — 38.86s Final — 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's High Jump Hermann Magerl Qualifying Round — 2.15m Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place)
Ingomar Sieghart Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Puerto Rico (74-81) Lost to Soviet Union (63-87) Defeated Philippines (93-74) Lost to Italy (57-68) Lost to Yugoslavia (56-81) Defeated Poland (67-65) Defeated Senegal (72-62) Classification Matches 13th/16th place: Lost to Australia (69-70) 11th/12th place: Lost to Spain (83-84) → 12th place
Team Roster Karl Ampt Holger Geschwindner Dietrich Keller Hans-Jörg Krüger Dieter Kuprella Joachim Linnemann Rainer Pethran Joachim Pollex Norbert Thimm Helmut Uhlig Klaus Weinand Jürgen Wohlers
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Gerd Schubert First Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walkover Second Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Werner Schaefer First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Peter Prause First Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Peter Hess First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (CUB), 4:1 Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Günther Meier First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Jeff Rackley (NZL), 5:0 Third Round — Defeated Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 2:3
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Dieter Kottysch → Gold Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2 Third Round — Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Defeated Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0 Semifinals — Defeated Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2 Final — Defeated Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Ewald Jarmer First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Rudi Hornig First Round — Defeated Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0 Second Round — Defeated Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1 Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Gortat (POL), TKO-1
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Peter Hussing → Bronze Medal First Round — Bye Quarterfinals — Defeated Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1 Semifinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-2
Canoeing
Cycling
17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972.
Individual road race Wilfried Trott — 7th place Erwin Tischler — 22nd place Alfred Gaida — 57th place Peter Weibel — 68th place
Team time trial Johannes Knab Algis Oleknavicius Rainer Podlesch Erwin Tischler
Sprint Karl Köther Dieter Berkmann
1000m time trial Karl Köther Final — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)
Tandem Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place
Individual pursuit Hans Lutz
Team pursuit Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Norbert Huda — 524.16 points (→ 8th place) Gerhard Hölzl — 327.42 points (→ 19th place) Reinhard vom Bauer — 299.79 points (→ 30th place)
Men's 10m Platform Karl-Heinz Schwemmer — 281.55 points (→ 16th place) Bernd Wucherpfennig — 267.87 points (→ 24th place) Klaus Konzorr — 260.01 points (→ 30th place)
Women's 3m Springboard Michaela Herweck — 261.78 points (→ 13th place)
Women's 10m Platform Maxie Michael — 183.48 points (→ 15th place) Ursula Sapp — 162.39 points (→ 24th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.
Men's foil Friedrich Wessel Klaus Reichert Harald Hein
Men's team foil Klaus Reichert, Friedrich Wessel, Harald Hein, Dieter Wellmann, Erk Sens-Gorius
Men's épée Hans-Jürgen Hehn Reinhold Behr
Men's team épée Reinhold Behr, Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein, Dieter Jung, Max Geuter
Men's sabre Paul Wischeidt Walter Convents Knut Höhne
Men's team sabre Walter Convents, Volker Duschner, Knut Höhne, Dieter Wellmann, Paul Wischeidt
Women's foil Irmela Broniecki Brigitte Oertel Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
Women's team foil Gundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki, Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Monika Pulch, Erika Bethmann
Football
Men's Team Competition: West Germany - Eliminated in Second Round First round: 3-0-0 Defeat Morocco 3-0 Defeat Malaysia 3-0 Defeat the United States 7-0 Second Round: 0-1-2 (Did not advance) Drew with Mexico 1-1 Lost to Hungary 1-4 Lost to East Germany 2-3 Roster - Heiner Baltes, Hermann Bitz, Hartwig Bleidick, Hans-Jürgen Bradler, Friedhelm Haebermann, Ewald Hammes, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Uli Hoeneß, Reiner Hollmann, Jürgen Kalb, Manfred Kaltz, Dieter Mietz, Bernd Nickel, Egon Schmitt, Hans-Dieter Seelmann, Rudi Seliger, Günter Wienhold, Ronnie Worm, and Klaus Wunder
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round Defeated Spain (13-10) Drew with Norway (15-15) Lost to Romania (11-13) Main Round Lost to Yugoslavia (15-24) Defeated Hungary (17-14) Classification Match 5th/6th place: Lost to Soviet Union (16-17) → Sixth place
Team Roster Herwig Ahrendsen Hans-Jürgen Bode Wolfgang Braun Peter Bucher Jochen Feldhoff Diethard Finkelmann Josef Karrer Klaus Kater Klaus Lange Herbert Lübking Heiner Möller Hans-Peter Neuhaus Uwe Rathjen Herbert Rogge Herbert Wehnert Klaus Westebbe
Hockey
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Defeated Belgium (5-1) Defeated Malaysia (1-0) Defeated Argentina (2-1) Defeated Pakistan (2-1) Drew with Uganda (1-1) Defeated Spain (2-1) Defeated France (4-0) Semi Final Round Defeated The Netherlands (3-0) Final Defeated Pakistan (1-0) → Gold Medal
Team Roster Wolfgang Baumgart Horst Dröse Dieter Freise Werner Kaessmann Carsten Keller Detlev Kittstein Ulrich Klaes Michael Krause Peter Kraus Michael Peter Wolfgang Rott Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Wolfgang Strödter Eckart Suhl Eduard Thelen Peter Trump Uli Vos
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition: Heiner Thade — 5145 points (→ 7th place) Walter Esser — 4826 points (→ 20th place) Hole Rößler — 4678 points (→ 27th place)
Men's Team Competition: Thade, Esser, and Rößler — 14682 points (→ 6th place)
Alternate Member Elmar Frings
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls Udo Hild Heat — 7:48.12 Repechage — 7:48.11 Semi Finals — 8:26.37 Final — 7:20.81 (→ 4th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs Heinz Mußmann, Bernd Krauß and Stefan Kuhnke Heat — 8:02.19 Repechage — 8:07.95 Semi Finals — 8:19.86 Final — 7:21.52 (→ 4th place)
Sailing
Shooting
Fourteen male shooters represented West Germany in 1972. Konrad Wirnhier won gold in the skeet.
25 m pistol Helmut Seeger Erwin Glock
50 m pistol Heinrich Fretwurst Heinz Mertel
300 m rifle, three positions Dirk Fudickar
50 m rifle, three positions Gottfried Kustermann Bernd Klingner
50 m rifle, prone Silvester Knipfer Gottfried Kustermann
50 m running target Christoph-Michael Zeisner Gunther Danne
Trap Heinz Leibinger Peter Blecher
Skeet Konrad Wirnhier Walter Wrigge
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Klaus Steinbach Heat — 52.91s Semifinals — 52.87s Final — 52.92s (→ 8th place)
Kersten Meier Heat — 53.96s Semifinals — 54.35s (→ did not advance)
Gerhard Schiller Heat — 54.28s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle Werner Lampe Heat — 1:55.97 Final — 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
Klaus Steinbach Heat — 1:55.80 Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)
Olaf von Schilling Heat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Gerhard Schiller, Rainer Jacob, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Kersten Meier Heat — 3:37.59 Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Rainer Jacob, and Hans Faßnacht Final — 3:33.90 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Hans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw, and Hans-Günther Vosseler Heat — 7:53.98 Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Hans Faßnacht Final — 7:41.69 (→ Silver Medal)
Volleyball
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Drew with Hungary (3-3) Drew with the Netherlands (4-4) Defeated Greece (3-8) Defeated Australia (6-3) Final Round (Group I) Drew with United States (4-4) Lost to Soviet Union (2-4) Drew with Italy (2-2) Lost to Yugoslavia (4-5) → Fourth place
Team Roster Gerd Olbert Hermann Haverkamp Peter Teicher Kurt Küpper Günter Wolf Ingulf Nossek Ludger Weeke Kurt Schuhmann Jürgen Stiefel Hans Georg Simon Hans Hoffmeister
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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