West Germany at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Munich
Competitors423 (340 men, 83 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Detlef Lewe (canoeing)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
13
Silver
11
Bronze
16
Total
40
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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.[1]

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
 GoldHeide RosendahlAthleticsWomen's long jump31 August
 GoldGerhard Auer
Uwe Benter
Peter Berger
Alois Bierl
Hans-Johann Färber
RowingMen's coxed four2 September
 GoldKonrad WirnhierShootingMixed skeet2 September
 GoldBernd KannenbergAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk3 September
 GoldKlaus WolfermannAthleticsMen's javelin throw3 September
 GoldHildegard FalckAthleticsWomen's 800 metres3 September
 GoldUlrike MeyfarthAthleticsWomen's high jump4 September
 GoldJürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
CyclingMen's team pursuit4 September
 GoldDetlef LeweCanoeingMen's C-1 1000 metres9 September
 GoldChristiane Krause
Ingrid Becker
Annegret Richter
Heide Rosendahl
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay10 September
 GoldDieter KottyschBoxingLight middleweight10 September
 Gold West Germany men's national field hockey team
Field hockey Men's tournament 10 September
 GoldFritz Ligges
Hartwig Steenken
Gerhard Wiltfang
Hans Günter Winkler
EquestrianTeam jumping11 September
 SilverReinhold KauderCanoeingMen's slalom C-128 August
 SilverGisela GrothausCanoeingWomen's slalom K-130 August
 SilverHans Fassnacht
Werner Lampe
Klaus Steinbach
Hans Vosseler
SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay31 August
 SilverKlaus GlahnJudoMen's +93 kg1 September
 SilverHeide RosendahlAthleticsWomen's pentathlon3 September
 SilverRudolf MangWeightliftingMen's +110 kg6 September
 SilverRita WildenAthleticsWomen's 400 metres7 September
 SilverLiselott Linsenhoff
Josef Neckermann
Karin Schlüter
EquestrianTeam dressage7 September
 SilverHans BaumgartnerAthleticsMen's long jump9 September
 SilverHans-Jürgen VeilWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg10 September
 BronzeWerner LampeSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle29 August
 BronzeMagdalena WunderlichCanoeingWomen's slalom K-130 August
 BronzeGudrun Beckmann
Heidemarie Reineck
Angela Steinbach
Jutta Weber
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay30 August
 BronzeAdolf SegerWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg31 August
 BronzeHans LutzCyclingMen's individual pursuit1 September
 BronzeLudwig Gössing
Horst Karsten
Harry Klugmann
Karl Schultz
EquestrianTeam eventing1 September
 BronzePaul BarthJudoMen's 93 kg1 September
 BronzeJoachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
RowingMen's coxless four2 September
 BronzeGudrun Beckmann
Vreni Eberle
Silke Pielen
Heidemarie Reineck
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 metre medley relay3 September
 BronzePeter HussingBoxingHeavyweight8 September
 BronzeUllrich Libor
Peter Naumann
SailingFlying Dutchman8 September
 BronzeWilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer
SailingStar8 September
 BronzeKlaus Ehl
Jobst Hirscht
Karlheinz Klotz
Gerhard Wucherer
AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 metres relay10 September
 BronzeDagmar Käsling
Rita Kühne
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 metres relay10 September

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:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat 1:47.3
  • Semifinals 1:48.8
  • Final 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat 1:47.8
  • Semifinals 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat 3:41.8
  • Semifinals 3:38.4
  • Final 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat 3:40.6
  • Semifinals 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 3:44.5
  • Semifinals 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat 39.17s
  • Semifinals 38.86s
  • Final 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying Round 2.15m
  • Final 2.18m (→ 4th place)
  • 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

Boxing

Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg)

  • First Round Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walkover
  • Second Round Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4


Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

  • First Round Bye
  • Second Round Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3


Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)


Men's Lightweight ( 60 kg)


Men's Welterweight ( 67 kg)


Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)


Men's Middleweight ( 75 kg)

  • First Round Bye
  • Second Round Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5


Men's Light Heavyweight ( 81 kg)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
  • Final 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)
Tandem
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

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

Women's 3m Springboard

Women's 10m Platform

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Men's Team Competition:

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

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Thade, Esser, and Rößler 14682 points (→ 6th place)

Alternate Member

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

  • Heat 7:48.12
  • Repechage 7:48.11
  • Semi Finals 8:26.37
  • Final 7:20.81 (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • 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
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat 52.91s
  • Semifinals 52.87s
  • Final 52.92s (→ 8th place)
  • Heat 53.96s
  • Semifinals 54.35s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 54.28s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:55.97
  • Final 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat 1:55.80
  • Final 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:37.59
  • Final 3:33.90 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 7:53.98
  • 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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "West Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
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