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 Walk
Klaus Wolfermann — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
Hildegard Falck — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Christiane Krause, Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter, and Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Ulrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Dieter Kottysch — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, and Günther Schumacher — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Fritz Ligges, Hartwig Steenken, Gerhard Wiltfang, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Liselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
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, and Uli Vos — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Gerhard Auer, Uwe Benter, Peter Berger, Alois Bierl, and Hans-Johann Färber — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Konrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Men's Skeet
Hans Baumgartner — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
Reinhold Kauder — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
Bernd Baues and Hans-Otto Schumacher — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
Gisela Grothaus — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Liselott Linsenhoff, Josef Neckermann and Karin Schlüter — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
Klaus Glahn — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Hans-Joachim Fassnacht, Werner Lampe, Klaus Steinbach, and Hans Vosseler — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Rudolf Mang — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
Hans-Jürgen Veil — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Klaus Ehl, Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, and Gerhard Wucherer — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Anette Rückes, and Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Peter Hussing — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Detlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Magdalena Wunderlich — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Hans Lutz — Cycling, Men's 1000m Individual Pursuit
Lutz Goessing, Horst Karsten, Harry Klugmann, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
Josef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
Paul Barth — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
Joachim Ehrig, Peter Funnekötter, Franz Held and Wolfgang Plottke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Werner Lampe — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
Gudrun Beckmann, Heidemarie Reineck, Angela Steinbach, and Jutta Weber — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Gudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, and Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Adolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Willi Kuhweide and Karsten Meyer — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
Ulli Libor and Peter Naumann — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition
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)
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)
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
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Gerd Schubert
First Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walk-over
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
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
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)
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
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, Ronald Worm, and Klaus Wunder
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
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
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
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)
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
Günther Danne
Trap
Heinz Leibinger
Peter Blecher
Skeet
Konrad Wirnhier
Walter Wrigge
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)
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
