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.
West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall. x
Bernd Kannenberg — Athletics, Men's 50 km WalkKlaus Wolfermann — Athletics, Men's Javelin ThrowHildegard Falck — Athletics, Women's 800 metresChristiane Krause, Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter, and Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m RelayUlrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High JumpHeide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's Long JumpDieter Kottysch — Boxing, Men's Light MiddleweightJürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, and Günther Schumacher — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team PursuitFritz Ligges, Hartwig Steenken, Gerhard Wiltfang, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team CompetitionLiselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual CompetitionWolfgang 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, and Uli Vos — Field Hockey, Men's Team CompetitionGerhard Auer, Uwe Benter, Peter Berger, Alois Bierl, and Hans-Johann Färber — Rowing, Men's Coxed FoursKonrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Men's SkeetHans Baumgartner — Athletics, Men's Long JumpRita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 400 metresHeide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's PentathlonReinhold Kauder — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom SinglesBernd Baues and Hans-Otto Schumacher — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom PairsGisela Grothaus — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom SinglesLiselott Linsenhoff, Josef Neckermann and Karin Schlüter — Equestrian, Dressage Team CompetitionKlaus Glahn — Judo, Men's HeavyweightHans-Joachim Fassnacht, Werner Lampe, Klaus Steinbach, and Hans Vosseler — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle RelayRudolf Mang — Weightlifting, Men's Super HeavyweightHans-Jürgen Veil — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman BantamweightKlaus Ehl, Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, and Gerhard Wucherer — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m RelayInge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Anette Rückes, and Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m RelayPeter Hussing — Boxing, Men's HeavyweightDetlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian SinglesMagdalena Wunderlich — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom SinglesHans Lutz — Cycling, Men's 1000m Individual PursuitLutz Goessing, Horst Karsten, Harry Klugmann, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team CompetitionJosef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual CompetitionPaul Barth — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)Joachim Ehrig, Peter Funnekötter, Franz Held and Wolfgang Plottke — Rowing, Men's Coxless FoursWerner Lampe — Swimming, Men's 200m FreestyleGudrun Beckmann, Heidemarie Reineck, Angela Steinbach, and Jutta Weber — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle RelayGudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, and Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley RelayAdolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle WelterweightWilli Kuhweide and Karsten Meyer — Sailing, Men's Star Team CompetitionUlli Libor and Peter Naumann — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team CompetitionIn 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)Men's 800 metres
Franz-Josef KemperHeat — 1:47.3Semifinals — 1:48.8Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)Josef SchmidtHeat — 1:47.8Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)Walter AdamsHeat — DNF (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metres
Paul-Heinz WellmannHeat — 3:41.8Semifinals — 3:38.4Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)Thomas WessinghageHeat — 3:40.6Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)Bodo TümmlerHeat — 3:44.5Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 5000 metres
Jürgen MayHeat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)Wolfgang RiesingerHeat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus EhlHeat — 39.17sSemifinals — 38.86sFinal — 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)Men's High Jump
Hermann MagerlQualifying Round — 2.15mFinal — 2.18m (→ 4th place)Ingomar SieghartQualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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 Matches13th/16th place: Lost to Australia (69-70)11th/12th place: Lost to Spain (83-84) → 12th placeTeam RosterKarl AmptHolger GeschwindnerDietrich KellerHans-Jörg KrügerDieter KuprellaJoachim LinnemannRainer PethranJoachim PollexNorbert ThimmHelmut UhligKlaus WeinandJürgen WohlersMen's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Gerd SchubertFirst Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walk-overSecond Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Werner SchaeferFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Peter PrauseFirst Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Peter HessFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (CUB), 4:1Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Günther MeierFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Jeff Rackley (NZL), 5:0Third Round — Defeated Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0Quarterfinals — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 2:3
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Dieter Kottysch → Gold MedalFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2Third Round — Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0Quarterfinals — Defeated Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0Semifinals — Defeated Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2Final — Defeated Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Ewald JarmerFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Rudi HornigFirst Round — Defeated Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0Second Round — Defeated Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Gortat (POL), TKO-1
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Peter Hussing → Bronze MedalFirst Round — ByeQuarterfinals — Defeated Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1Semifinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-217 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972.
Individual road raceWilfried Trott — 7th placeErwin Tischler — 22nd placeAlfred Gaida — 57th placePeter Weibel — 68th placeTeam time trialJohannes KnabAlgis OleknaviciusRainer PodleschErwin TischlerSprintKarl KötherDieter Berkmann1000m time trialKarl KötherFinal — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)TandemJürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th placeIndividual pursuitHans LutzTeam pursuitJürgen ColomboGünter HaritzUdo HempelGünther SchumacherPeter VonhofMen'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)19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.
Men's foilFriedrich WesselKlaus ReichertHarald HeinMen's team foilKlaus Reichert, Friedrich Wessel, Harald Hein, Dieter Wellmann, Erk Sens-GoriusMen's épéeHans-Jürgen HehnReinhold BehrMen's team épéeReinhold Behr, Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein, Dieter Jung, Max GeuterMen's sabrePaul WischeidtWalter ConventsKnut HöhneMen's team sabreWalter Convents, Volker Duschner, Knut Höhne, Dieter Wellmann, Paul WischeidtWomen's foilIrmela BronieckiBrigitte OertelKarin Rutz-GießelmannWomen's team foilGundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki, Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Monika Pulch, Erika BethmannMen's Team Competition:
West Germany - Eliminated in Second RoundFirst round: 3-0-0Defeat Morocco 3-0Defeat Malaysia 3-0Defeat the United States 7-0Second Round: 0-1-2 (Did not advance)Drew with Mexico 1-1Lost to Hungary 1-4Lost to East Germany 2-3Roster - 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, Ronald Worm, and Klaus WunderHandball
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary RoundDefeated Spain (13-10)Drew with Norway (15-15)Lost to Romania (11-13)Main RoundLost to Yugoslavia (15-24)Defeated Hungary (17-14)Classification Match5th/6th place: Lost to Soviet Union (16-17) → Sixth placeTeam RosterHerwig AhrendsenHans-Jürgen BodeWolfgang BraunPeter BucherJochen FeldhoffDiethard FinkelmannJosef KarrerKlaus KaterKlaus LangeHerbert LübkingHeiner MöllerHans-Peter NeuhausUwe RathjenHerbert RoggeHerbert WehnertKlaus WestebbeMen's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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 RoundDefeated The Netherlands (3-0)FinalDefeated Pakistan (1-0) → Gold MedalTeam RosterWolfgang BaumgartHorst DröseDieter FreiseWerner KaessmannCarsten KellerDetlev KittsteinUlrich KlaesMichael KrausePeter KrausMichael PeterWolfgang RottFritz SchmidtRainer SeifertWolfgang StrödterEckart SuhlEduard ThelenPeter TrumpUli VosThree 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 FringsMen's Single Sculls
Udo HildHeat — 7:48.12Repechage — 7:48.11Semi Finals — 8:26.37Final — 7:20.81 (→ 4th place)Men's Coxed Pairs
Heinz Mußmann, Bernd Krauß and Stefan KuhnkeHeat — 8:02.19Repechage — 8:07.95Semi Finals — 8:19.86Final — 7:21.52 (→ 4th place)Fourteen male shooters represented West Germany in 1972. Konrad Wirnhier won gold in the skeet.
25 m pistolHelmut SeegerErwin Glock50 m pistolHeinrich FretwurstHeinz Mertel300 m rifle, three positionsDirk Fudickar50 m rifle, three positionsGottfried KustermannBernd Klingner50 m rifle, proneSilvester KnipferGottfried Kustermann50 m running targetChristoph-Michael ZeisnerGünther DanneTrapHeinz LeibingerPeter BlecherSkeetKonrad WirnhierWalter WriggeMen's 100m Freestyle
Klaus SteinbachHeat — 52.91sSemifinals — 52.87sFinal — 52.92s (→ 8th place)Kersten MeierHeat — 53.96sSemifinals — 54.35s (→ did not advance)Gerhard SchillerHeat — 54.28s (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
Werner LampeHeat — 1:55.97Final — 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal)Klaus SteinbachHeat — 1:55.80Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)Olaf von SchillingHeat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Gerhard Schiller, Rainer Jacob, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Kersten MeierHeat — 3:37.59Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Rainer Jacob, and Hans FaßnachtFinal — 3:33.90 (→ 6th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Hans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw, and Hans-Günther VosselerHeat — 7:53.98Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Hans FaßnachtFinal — 7:41.69 (→ Silver Medal)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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 placeTeam RosterGerd OlbertHermann HaverkampPeter TeicherKurt KüpperGünter WolfIngulf NossekLudger WeekeKurt SchuhmannJürgen StiefelHans Georg SimonHans Hoffmeister
