West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 (Federal Republic of Germany) was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. 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.
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Gold

• Bernd Kannenberg
  Bernd Kannenberg
  Bernhard Kannenberg was a West German athlete competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Klaus Wolfermann
  Klaus Wolfermann
  Klaus Wolfermann is a former West German javelin thrower; Wolfermann won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and in 1973, he set a world record in the event....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Hildegard Falck
  Hildegard Falck
  Hildegard Falck, née Janze is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 800 m she won the gold medal...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Christiane Krause
  Christiane Krause
  Christiane Krause is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter and Heide Rosendahl.-References:...
  
  , Ingrid Becker
  Ingrid Becker
  Ingrid Mickler-Becker is a former West German athlete and a double Olympic champion. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists....
  
  , Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....
  
  , and Heide Rosendahl
  Heide Rosendahl
  Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
• Ulrike Meyfarth
  Ulrike Meyfarth
  Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she was also the oldest ever...
  
   — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Heide Rosendahl
  Heide Rosendahl
  Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Dieter Kottysch
  Dieter Kottysch
  Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Jürgen Colombo
  Jürgen Colombo
  Jürgen Colombo is a retired track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Günter Haritz, and Udo Hempel.-References:...
  
  , Günter Haritz
  Günter Haritz
  Günter Haritz is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Udo Hempel...
  
  , Udo Hempel
  Udo Hempel
  Udo Hempel is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Günter Haritz. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, he had already won silver in the same event...
  
  , and Günther Schumacher
  Günther Schumacher
  Günther Schumacher is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Fritz Ligges
  Fritz Ligges
  Fritz Ligges was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , Hartwig Steenken
  Hartwig Steenken
  Hartwig Steenken was a West German show jumper. He was born in Twistringen, and raised on his father's farm in Bowrede near Hoya in Lower Saxony....
  
  , Gerhard Wiltfang
  Gerhard Wiltfang
  Gerhard "Gerd" Wiltfang was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...
  
  , and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
• Liselott Linsenhoff
  Liselott Linsenhoff
  Liselott Linsenhoff was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the team from West Germany, and an individual gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
• Wolfgang Baumgart, Horst Dröse, Dieter Freise, Werner Kaessmann, Carsten Keller
  Carsten Keller
  Carsten Keller is a former field hockey player from West-Germany, who won a gold medal for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 133 international matches for Germany, and retired after the Munich Games. Keller then became a hockey coach.Three of his children also...
  
  , Detlef Kittstein, Ulrich Klaes, Michael Krause, Peter Kraus, Michael Peter
  Michael Peter
  Michael Peter was a field hockey player from West Germany, who captained the West German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , Wolfgang Rott
  Wolfgang Rott
  Wolfgang Rott is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed at the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games, where West Germany finished fourth and fifth. He played at club level for...
  
  , Fritz Schmidt, Rainer Seifert
  Rainer Seifert
  Rainer Seifert is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  , Wolfgang Strödter
  Wolfgang Strödter
  Wolfgang Strödter is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , Eckart Suhl
  Eckart Suhl
  Eckart Suhl is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  , Eduard Thelen
  Eduard Thelen
  Eduard Thelen is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that defeated Pakistan in the final of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. During his active career he played for Rot-Weiss Koeln winning the German national title three times.-References:...
  
  , Peter Trump
  Peter Trump
  Peter Trump is a German former field hockey player who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-External links:...
  
  , and Uli Vos
  Uli Vos
  Uli Vos is a former German field hockey player. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Vos was a member of the gold-medal winning West German field hockey team.He also played at club level for Gladbacher HTC.-References:...
  
   — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
• Gerhard Auer
  Gerhard Auer
  Gerhard Auer is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tepl.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.-External links:...
  
  , Uwe Benter
  Uwe Benter
  Uwe Benter is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Frankfurt am Main and is the younger brother of Lutz Benter....
  
  , Peter Berger
  Peter Berger (rower)
  Peter Berger is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Konstanz....
  
  , Alois Bierl
  Alois Bierl
  Alois Bierl is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Waldmünchen and member of the Ludwigshafener Ruderverein....
  
  , and Hans-Johann Färber
  Hans-Johann Färber
  Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Konrad Wirnhier
  Konrad Wirnhier
  Konrad Wirnhier was a German sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Skeet

Silver

• Hans Baumgartner
  Hans Baumgartner
  Hans Baumgartner is a retired West German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich with a jump of 8.18 meters. Baumgartner again took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Rita Wilden
  Rita Wilden
  Rita Wilden, née Jahn is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Heide Rosendahl
  Heide Rosendahl
  Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
• Reinhold Kauder
  Reinhold Kauder
  Reinhard Kauder is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he won a silver medal in the C-1 event....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
• Bernd Baues and Hans-Otto Schumacher
  Hans-Otto Schumacher
  Hans-Otto Schumacher is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
• Gisela Grothaus
  Gisela Grothaus
  Gisela Grothaus is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
• Liselott Linsenhoff
  Liselott Linsenhoff
  Liselott Linsenhoff was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the team from West Germany, and an individual gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  , Josef Neckermann
  Josef Neckermann
  Josef Carl Peter Neckermann was a German equestrian and Olympic champion...
  
   and Karin Schlüter — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Klaus Glahn
  Klaus Glahn
  Klaus Glahn is a former West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the open class while representing the United Team of Germany....
  
   — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Hans Faßnacht, Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe is a German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Hannover, and is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre freestyle in...
  
  , Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....
  
  , and Hans-Günter 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
  Klaus Ehl
  Klaus Ehl is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Born in Paderborn, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Gerhard...
  
  , Jobst Hirscht
  Jobst Hirscht
  Jobst Hirscht is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Born in Schleswig, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer and...
  
  , Karlheinz Klotz
  Karlheinz Klotz
  Karlheinz Klotz was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Gerhard Wucherer and Klaus Ehl.-References:...
  
  , and Gerhard Wucherer
  Gerhard Wucherer
  Gerhard Wucherer is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Klaus Ehl.-References:...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
• Inge Bödding
  Inge Bödding
  Inge Bödding, née Eckhoff is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres with her teammates Anette Rückes, Hildegard Falck and Rita...
  
  , Hildegard Falck
  Hildegard Falck
  Hildegard Falck, née Janze is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 800 m she won the gold medal...
  
  , Anette Rückes
  Anette Rückes
  Anette Rückes is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck and Rita Wilden.-References:...
  
  , and Rita Wilden
  Rita Wilden
  Rita Wilden, née Jahn is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x400m Relay
• Peter Hussing
  Peter Hussing
  Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Detlef Lewe
  Detlef Lewe
  Detlef Lewe was a West German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.-Sporting career:...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Magdalena Wunderlich
  Magdalena Wunderlich
  Magdalena Wunderlich is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
• Hans Lutz
  Hans Lutz
  Hans Lutz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Peter Vonhof and Günther Schumacher...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
• Lutz Goessing, Horst Karsten, Harry Klugmann, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
• Josef Neckermann
  Josef Neckermann
  Josef Carl Peter Neckermann was a German equestrian and Olympic champion...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
• Paul Barth — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
• Joachim Ehrig
  Joachim Ehrig
  Joachim Werner Ehrig is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Heidelberg....
  
  , Peter Funnekötter
  Peter Funnekötter
  Peter Funnekötter is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Münster.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event....
  
  , Franz Held
  Franz Held
  Franz Held is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Passau.In 1968 he and his partner Günther Karl finished twelfth in the coxless pairs event....
  
   and Wolfgang Plottke
  Wolfgang Plottke
  Wolfgang Plottke is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Klein Lukow.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe is a German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Hannover, and is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre freestyle in...
  
   — 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
  Karsten Meyer
  Karsten Meyer was a German competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Wilhelm Kuhweide.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
• Ulli Libor and Peter Naumann
  Peter Naumann
  Peter Naumann is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics with Ullrich Libor.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

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:

• Siegfried Ortmann - 2390 points (→ 14th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Franz-Josef Kemper
  Franz-Josef Kemper
  Franz-Josef Kemper is a German athlete, Olympic participant and official. He achieved his greatest success as a middle-distance runner in the 1960s and 1970s....
  
  
• 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
  Walter Adams (athlete)
  Walter Adams is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.He finished fourth at the 1968 Olympic Games, and won a gold medal in 3 x 1000 metres relay at the 1969 European Indoor Games together with teammates Peter Adam and Harald Norpoth...
  
  
• Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Paul-Heinz Wellmann
  Paul-Heinz Wellmann
  Paul-Heinz Wellmann was a West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.As a teenager he won the silver medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 3:41.8
• Semifinals — 3:38.4
• Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)

• Thomas Wessinghage
  Thomas Wessinghage
  Thomas Wessinghage was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory...
  
  
• Heat — 3:40.6
• Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)

• Bodo Tümmler
  Bodo Tümmler
  Bodo Tümmler is a German former middle distance runner. He won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, racing for West Germany....
  
  
• Heat — 3:44.5
• Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Jürgen May
  Jürgen May
  Jürgen May is a former middle-distance runner, who was a successful athlete and Olympic Games competitor, who escaped from the GDR to continue his career in the FRG.-Successes in the GDR:...
  
  
• Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)

• Wolfgang Riesinger
• Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Jobst Hirscht
  Jobst Hirscht
  Jobst Hirscht is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Born in Schleswig, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer and...
  
  , Karlheinz Klotz
  Karlheinz Klotz
  Karlheinz Klotz was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Gerhard Wucherer and Klaus Ehl.-References:...
  
  , Gerhard Wucherer
  Gerhard Wucherer
  Gerhard Wucherer is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Klaus Ehl.-References:...
  
  , and Klaus Ehl
  Klaus Ehl
  Klaus Ehl is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Born in Paderborn, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Gerhard...
  
  
• 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

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
  Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Australia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 168 competitors, 139 men and 29 women, took part in 110 events in 20 sports.- Gold:...
  
   (69-70)
• 11th/12th place: Lost to Spain
  Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Bronze:*Enrique Rodríguez — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight -Archery:In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Spain entered one man and one woman...
  
   (83-84) → 12th place

• Team Roster
• Karl Ampt
• Holger Geschwindner
  Holger Geschwindner
  Holger Geschwindner is a former basketball player, and is the mentor, coach and friend of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki...
  
  
• Dietrich Keller
• Hans-Jörg Krüger
• Dieter Kuprella
• Joachim Linnemann
• Rainer Pethran
• Joachim Pollex
• Norbert Thimm
  Norbert Thimm
  Norbert Thimm is a retired German professional basketball player. He is 2.05 m tall and played the Center position. He currently works for the sports management company T.E.A.M...
  
  
• Helmut Uhlig
• Klaus Weinand
• Jürgen Wohlers

Boxing

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
  Jochen Bachfeld
  Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   (GDR), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Peter Hess
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos
  Enrique Requeiferos
  Enrique Regüeiferos is a boxer from Cuba.He competed for Cuba in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the light welterweight event where he finished in second place.-References:*...
  
   (CUB), 4:1
• Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Günther Meier
  Günther Meier
  Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Jeff Rackley
  Jeff Rackley
  Jeffrey S Rackley is a retired boxer from New Zealand.Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Rackley competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. There he was defeated in the second round of the Welterweight by Günther Meier of West Germany.-References:...
  
   (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
  Dieter Kottysch
  Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...
  
   → Gold Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Bonifacio Avila
  Bonifacio Ávila
  Bonifacio Ávila is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's light middleweight division by eventual gold medalist Dieter Kottysch from West Germany...
  
   (COL), TKO-2
• Third Round — Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0
• Semifinals — Defeated Alan Minter
  Alan Minter
  Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...
  
   (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
  Marvin Johnson
  Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...
  
   (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
  Janusz Gortat
  Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...
  
   (POL), TKO-1

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Peter Hussing
  Peter Hussing
  Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1
• Semifinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson
  Teófilo Stevenson
  Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....
  
   (CUB), TKO-2

Cycling

Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race

• Wilfried Trott — 7th place
• Erwin Tischler — 22nd place
• Alfred Gaida — 57th place
• Peter Weibel — 68th place

Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Karl Köther
• Final — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)

Men's Tandem

• Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place

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

• 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)

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 29 to 30 1972. 57 fencers from 25 nations competed.-Results:...

• Friedrich Wessel
  Friedrich Wessel
  Friedrich Wessel is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Klaus Reichert
  Klaus Reichert
  Klaus Reichert is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Harald Hein
  Harald Hein
  Harald Hein was a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 1 to 2, 1972...

• Klaus Reichert
  Klaus Reichert
  Klaus Reichert is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Friedrich Wessel
  Friedrich Wessel
  Friedrich Wessel is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Harald Hein
  Harald Hein
  Harald Hein was a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Dieter Wellmann
  Dieter Wellmann
  Dieter Wellmann is a German fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany in 1964 and West Germany in 1968 and 1972.-References:...
  
  , Erk Sens-Gorius
  Erk Sens-Gorius
  Erk Sens-Gorius is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 4 to 6 1972. 71 fencers from 28 nations competed.-Results:...

• Hans-Jürgen Hehn
  Hans-Jürgen Hehn
  Hans-Jürgen Hehn is a German fencer. He won silver medals in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Reinhold Behr
  Reinhold Behr
  Reinhold Behr is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 8 to 9 1972...

• Reinhold Behr
  Reinhold Behr
  Reinhold Behr is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Hans-Jürgen Hehn
  Hans-Jürgen Hehn
  Hans-Jürgen Hehn is a German fencer. He won silver medals in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Harald Hein
  Harald Hein
  Harald Hein was a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Dieter Jung
  Dieter Jung
  Dieter Jung is a German fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Max Geuter
  Max Geuter
  Max Geuter is a German fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany in 1964 and West Germany in 1968 and 1972 in the team épée events.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 30 to 31, 1972. 53 fencers from 22 nations competed.-Results:...

• Paul Wischeidt
  Paul Wischeidt
  Paul Wischeidt is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Walter Convents
  Walter Convents
  Walter Convents is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Knut Höhne
  Knut Höhne
  Knut Höhne is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 3 to 4, 1972...

• Walter Convents
  Walter Convents
  Walter Convents is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Volker Duschner
  Volker Duschner
  Volker Duschner is a German fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Knut Höhne
  Knut Höhne
  Knut Höhne is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Dieter Wellmann
  Dieter Wellmann
  Dieter Wellmann is a German fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany in 1964 and West Germany in 1968 and 1972.-References:...
  
  , Paul Wischeidt
  Paul Wischeidt
  Paul Wischeidt is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 2 to 3, 1972. 44 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Irmela Broniecki
  Irmela Broniecki
  Irmela Broniecki is a German fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 7 to 8, 1972...

• Gundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki
  Irmela Broniecki
  Irmela Broniecki is a German fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Monika Pulch
  Monika Pulch
  Monika Pulch is a German fencer. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Erika Bethmann
  Erika Bethmann
  Erika Bethmann is a German fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Football

Men's Team Competition:

• West Germany - Eliminated in Second Round
• First round: 3-0-0
  • Defeat Morocco
    Morocco at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 800 metres*M'Hamad Amakdouf* Heat — DNS Men's 1500 metres*M'Hamad Amakdouf* Heat — 3:48.4 Men's 5000 metres*Jadour Haddou* Heat — DNS -Boxing:...
    
     3-0
  • Defeat Malaysia
    Malaysia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Zainuddin Wahab* First Heat — 10.80s -Road Competition:Men's Individual Road Race* Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum — did not finish...
    
     3-0
  • Defeat the United States
    United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 400 competitors, 316 men and 84 women, took part in 185 events in 21 sports.-Medalists:...
    
     7-0
• Second Round: 0-1-2 (Did not advance)
  • Drew with Mexico
    Mexico at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Mexico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 174 competitors, 152 men and 22 women, took part in 112 events in 20 sports.-Archery:...
    
     1-1
  • Lost to Hungary
    Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Hungary competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 232 competitors, 187 men and 45 women, took part in 134 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition...
    
     1-4
  • Lost to East Germany
    East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...
    
     2-3
• Roster - Heiner Baltes
  Heiner Baltes
  Heiner Baltes is a former football defender. He spent his whole 11 year career with Fortuna Düsseldorf, playing 279 league games.-External links:...
  
  , Hermann Bitz
  Hermann Bitz
  Hermann Bitz is a retired German football player. He spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kickers Offenbach and TSV 1860 München. He also participated in the 1972 Olympics for West Germany....
  
  , Hartwig Bleidick
  Hartwig Bleidick
  Hartwig Bleidick is a former football defender.-External links:...
  
  , Hans-Jürgen Bradler, Friedhelm Haebermann
  Friedhelm Haebermann
  Friedhelm Haebermann is a former German football player and manager.Haebermann made a total of 229 appearances for Eintracht Braunschweig in the Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career. He also represented West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
  
  , Ewald Hammes, Ottmar Hitzfeld
  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General ....
  
  , Uli Hoeneß, Reiner Hollmann
  Reiner Hollmann
  Reiner Hollmann is a German former football player and now manager.-Footballer:Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg...
  
  , Jürgen Kalb, Manfred Kaltz, Dieter Mietz, Bernd Nickel
  Bernd Nickel
  Bernd Nickel is a former German footballer.Due to his straight shots his nickname was "Doktor Hammer".Nickel began his career in 1957 at SV Eisemroth. In 1966 he was signed by Eintracht Frankfurt, where he scored 141 goals in 426 Bundesliga games. He won the DFB-Pokal in 1974, 1975 and 1981...
  
  , Egon Schmitt, Hans-Dieter Seelmann, Rudi Seliger, Günter Wienhold, Ronald Worm
  Ronald Worm
  Ronald Worm is a former German international footballer.Worm competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
  
  , and Klaus Wunder
  Klaus Wunder
  Klaus Wunder is a former German footballer who played for Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. He earned 1 cap for the Germany national football team.-External links:*...
  
  

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
  Herwig Ahrendsen
  Herwig Ahrendsen is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Hans-Jürgen Bode
  Hans-Jürgen Bode
  Hans-Jürgen Bode is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches as goalkeeper....
  
  
• Wolfgang Braun
  Wolfgang Braun
  Wolfgang Braun is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored four goals.-References:...
  
  
• Peter Bucher
  Peter Bucher
  Peter Bucher is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twenty goals....
  
  
• Jochen Feldhoff
  Jochen Feldhoff
  Jochen Feldhoff is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches.-References:...
  
  
• Diethard Finkelmann
  Diethard Finkelmann
  Diethard Finkelmann is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored one goal....
  
  
• Josef Karrer
  Josef Karrer
  Josef Karrer is a West German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Großwallstadt....
  
  
• Klaus Kater
  Klaus Kater
  Klaus Kater is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches as goalkeeper....
  
  
• Klaus Lange
  Klaus Lange
  Klaus Lange is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored nine goals....
  
  
• Herbert Lübking
  Herbert Lübking
  Herbert Lübking is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored nine goals.-References:...
  
  
• Heiner Möller
  Heiner Möller
  Heiner Möller is a West German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Herford....
  
  
• Hans-Peter Neuhaus
  Hans-Peter Neuhaus
  Hans-Peter Neuhaus is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Stebbach, district of Heilbronn....
  
  
• Uwe Rathjen
  Uwe Rathjen
  Uwe Rathjen is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches as goalkeeper....
  
  
• Herbert Rogge
  Herbert Rogge
  Herbert Rogge is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored five goals....
  
  
• Herbert Wehnert
  Herbert Wehnert
  Herbert Wehnert is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored twelve goals....
  
  
• Klaus Westebbe
  Klaus Westebbe
  Klaus Westebbe is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored six goals....
  
  

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
• Wolfgang Baumgart
• Horst Dröse
• Dieter Freise
• Werner Kaessmann
• Carsten Keller
  Carsten Keller
  Carsten Keller is a former field hockey player from West-Germany, who won a gold medal for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 133 international matches for Germany, and retired after the Munich Games. Keller then became a hockey coach.Three of his children also...
  
  
• Detlef Kittstein
• Ulrich Klaes
• Michael Krause
• Peter Kraus
• Michael Peter
  Michael Peter
  Michael Peter was a field hockey player from West Germany, who captained the West German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  
• Wolfgang Rott
  Wolfgang Rott
  Wolfgang Rott is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed at the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games, where West Germany finished fourth and fifth. He played at club level for...
  
  
• Fritz Schmidt
• Rainer Seifert
  Rainer Seifert
  Rainer Seifert is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  
• Wolfgang Strödter
  Wolfgang Strödter
  Wolfgang Strödter is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  
• Eckart Suhl
  Eckart Suhl
  Eckart Suhl is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  
• Eduard Thelen
  Eduard Thelen
  Eduard Thelen is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that defeated Pakistan in the final of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. During his active career he played for Rot-Weiss Koeln winning the German national title three times.-References:...
  
  
• Peter Trump
  Peter Trump
  Peter Trump is a German former field hockey player who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-External links:...
  
  
• Uli Vos
  Uli Vos
  Uli Vos is a former German field hockey player. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Vos was a member of the gold-medal winning West German field hockey team.He also played at club level for Gladbacher HTC.-References:...
  
  

Modern pentathlon

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

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)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....
  
  
• 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
  Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe is a German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Hannover, and is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre freestyle in...
  
  
• Heat — 1:55.97
• Final — 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....
  
  
• 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
  Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....
  
  , Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe is a German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Hannover, and is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre freestyle in...
  
  , 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
  Klaus Steinbach
  Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....
  
  , Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe
  Werner Lampe is a German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Hannover, and is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre freestyle in...
  
  , Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Hans Faßnacht
• Final — 7:41.69 (→ Silver Medal)

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
• Gerd Olbert
• Hermann Haverkamp
• Peter Teicher
• Kurt Küpper
• Günter Wolf
• Ingulf Nossek
• Ludger Weeke
• Kurt Schuhmann
• Jürgen Stiefel
• Hans Georg Simon
• Hans Hoffmeister