West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany IOC code   FRG
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	423 (340 men, 83 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Detlef Lewe (canoeing)
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 13	Silver 11	Bronze 16	Total 40
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Winter Games
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)  Saar (1952)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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. x

Gold

• 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 4x100m 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

Silver

• 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 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• Rudolf Mang — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
• Hans-Jürgen Veil — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

• Klaus Ehl, Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, and Gerhard Wucherer — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
• Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Anette Rückes, and Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 4x400m 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 4x100m Freestyle Relay
• Gudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, and Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4x100m 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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 4x100m 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

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 Krause and Stefan Kuhnke

• Heat — 8:02.19
• Repechage — 8:07.95
• Semi Finals — 8:19.86
• Final — 7:21.52 (→ 4th place)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 4x100m 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 4x200m 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

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics