West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 290 competitors, 233 men and 57 women, took part in 163 events in 20 sports.
West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 10 gold medals and 39 medals overall.
Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Gregor Braun — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Gregor Braun, Hans Lutz, Günther Schumacher, and Peter Vonhof — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Alwin Schockemöhle — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Harry Boldt, Gabriela Grillo, and Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Thomas Bach, Matthias Behr, Harald Hein, Klaus Reichert, and Erik Sens-Gorius — Fencing, Foil Team
Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Épée Individual
Karl-Heinz Smieszek — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone
Eckart Diesch and Jörg Diesch — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Harro Bode and Frank Hübner — Sailing, Men's 470
Guido Kratschmer — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Inge Helten, Annegret Kroniger, Elvira Poßekel, and Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Marion Becker — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Otto Ammermann, Herbert Blöcker, Helmut Rethemeier, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Alwin Schockemöhle, Paul Schockemöhle, Sönke Sönksen, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Harry Boldt — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Jürgen Hehn — Fencing, Épée Individual
Reinhold Behr, Volker Fischer, Jürgen Hehn, Hannes Jana, and Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Épée Team
Günter Neureuther — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Peter-Michael Kolbe — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Ulrich Lind — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone
Paul-Heinz Wellmann — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
Bernd Herrmann, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg, and Harald Schmid — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Inge Helten — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Reinhard Skricek — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Eberhard Gienger — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
Thomas Strauß and Peter van Roye — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Hans-Johann Färber, Siegfried Fricke, Ralph Kubail, Peter Niehusen, and Hartmut Wenzel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Edith Eckbauer-Baumann and Thea Einöder-Straube — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
Werner Seibold — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Three Positions
Peter Nocke — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
Michael Kraus, Walter Kusch, Peter Nocke, and Klaus Steinbach — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Karl-Heinz Helbing — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Adolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Jörg Schmall and Jörg Spengler — Sailing, Men's Tornado
In their second Olympics competing in archery, West Germany captured seventh place on the national leaderboard with a 6th place in the men's competition and an 8th place in the women's. In addition to those two competitors, West Germany also sent one other competitor in the men's division.
Women's Individual Competition:
Maria Urban – 2376 points (→ 8th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Willi Gabriel – 2435 points (→ 6th place)
Rudolf Schiff – 2326 points (→ 27th place)
Men's 800 metres
Willi Wulbeck
Heat — 1:48.47
Semi Final — 1:47.18
Final — 1:45.26 (→ 4th place)
Thomas Wessinghage
Heat — 1:46.56
Semi Final — 1:48.18 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Klaus Ehl, Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Dieter Steinmann, and Reinhard Borchert
Heat — 39.63
Semi Final — 39.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid, and Bernd Herrmann
Heat — 3:03.24
Final — 3:01.98 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Harald Schmid
Heats — 50.57s
Semi Finals — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Günther Mielke — 2:35:44 (→ 54th place)
Men's Long Jump
Hans Baumgartner
Qualification — 7.81m (→ did not advance)
Final — 7.84m (→ 8th place)
Hans-Jürgen Berger
Qualification — 7.70m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Walter Boller
Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
Wolfgang Killing
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Hein-Direck Neu
Qualification — 61.88m
Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Gerhard Weidner — 1:32:56 (→ 18th place)
Bernd Kannenberg — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Shot Put
Eva Wilms
Final — 19.29 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Joachim Schür
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Jong Jo-Ung (PRK), RSC-2
Twelve cyclists represented West Germany in 1976.
Individual road race
Klaus-Peter Thaler — 4:47:23 (→ 9th place)
Wilfried Trott — 4:49:01 (→ 19th place)
Hans-Peter Jakst — 4:49:01 (→ 37th place)
Peter Weibel — 4:45:49 (→ 46th place)
Team time trial
Hans-Peter Jakst
Olaf Paltian
Friedrich von Löffelholz
Peter Weibel
Sprint
Dieter Berkmann — 4th place
1000m time trial
Hans Michalsky — 1:07.878 (→ 6th place)
Individual pursuit
Gregor Braun — Gold Medal
Team pursuit
Gregor Braun
Hans Lutz
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1976.
Men's foil
Harald Hein
Matthias Behr
Klaus Reichert
Men's team foil
Thomas Bach, Harald Hein, Klaus Reichert, Matthias Behr, Erk Sens-Gorius
Men's épée
Alexander Pusch
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Reinhold Behr
Men's team épée
Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Volker Fischer, Alexander Pusch, Reinhold Behr, Hanns Jana
Men's sabre
Tycho Weißgerber
Women's foil
Cornelia Hanisch
Brigitte Oertel
Ute Kircheis-Wessel
Women's team foil
Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Cornelia Hanisch, Ute Kircheis-Wessel, Brigitte Oertel, Jutta Höhne
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Tied with New Zealand (1-1)
Lost to Pakistan (2-4)
Lost to Spain (1-4)
Defeated Belgium (6-1)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated India (3-2)
5th/6th place: Defeated Spain (9-1) → Fifth place
Team Roster
( 1.) Wolfgang Rott
( 2.) Klaus Ludwiczak
( 3.) Michael Peter
( 4.) Dieter Freise
( 5.) Fritz Schmidt
( 6.) Michael Krause
( 7.) Horst Dröse
( 8.) Werner Kaessmann
( 9.) Uli Vos
(10.) Peter Caninenberg
(11.) Peter Trump
(12.) Hans Montag
(13.) Wolfgang Strödter
(14.) Heiner Dopp
(15.) Rainer Seifert
(16.) Ralf Lauruschkat
Head Coach: Klaus Kleiter
Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1976.
Individual
Walter Esser
Gerhard Werner
Wolfgang Köpcke
Team
Walter Esser
Gerhard Werner
Wolfgang Köpcke
Men's Team Competition
Team Roster
Günter Kilian
Günter Wolf
Hans-Georg Simon
Horst Kilian
Jürgen Stiefel
Ludger Weeke
Martin Jellinghaus
Peter Röhle
Roland Freund
Werner Obschernikat
Wolfgang Mechler
