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) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. 290 competitors, 233 men and 57 women, took part in 163 events in 20 sports.

Medalists

West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 10 gold medals and 39 medals overall.

Gold

• Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
• Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , and Peter Vonhof
  Peter Vonhof
  Peter Vonhof 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, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher.-References:*...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Alwin Schockemöhle
  Alwin Schockemöhle
  Alwin Schockemöhle is a former German show-jumper.He was a successful international show-jumper in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in Olympic Games and European Championships...
  
   — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Harry Boldt
  Harry Boldt
  Harry Boldt , is a German equestrian and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and again at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , Gabriela Grillo
  Gabriela Grillo
  Gabriela Grillo is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage and placed fourth in individual dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , and Reiner Klimke
  Reiner Klimke
  Dr Reiner Klimke was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Team
• Thomas Bach
  Thomas Bach
  Thomas Bach is a German fencer and, as of 2009, a vice-president and member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee...
  
  , Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr is a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games.Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , and Erik Sens-Gorius — Fencing, Foil Team
• Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch is an German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won an gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Épée Individual
• Karl-Heinz Smieszek — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone
• Eckart Diesch
  Eckart Diesch
  Eckart Diesch is a German sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with Jörg Diesch at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal...
  
   and Jörg Diesch
  Jörg Diesch
  Jörg Diesch is a German sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with Eckart Diesch at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
• Harro Bode
  Harro Bode
  Harro Bode is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Frank Hübner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
   and Frank Hübner
  Frank Hübner
  Frank Hübner is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Harro Bode at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's 470

Silver

• Guido Kratschmer
  Guido Kratschmer
  Guido Kratschmer is a retired West German decathlete. His sports club was the USC Mainz.Kratschmer competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won the silver medal in the men's decathlon event...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Inge Helten
  Inge Helten
  Ingeborg Helten is a former athlete from West Germany, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in Westum, Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate....
  
  , Annegret Kroninger, Elvira Poßekel
  Elvira Possekel
  Elvira Possekel is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates 100 metres bronze medalist Inge Helten, Olympic 100 metre...
  
  , and Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter
  Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
• Marion Becker
  Marion Becker
  Marion Becker is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the javelin throw.Becker competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the javelin throw, where she won the silver medal, breaking the previous Olympic Record of with a throw of .- References :...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Otto Ammermann, Herbert Blöcker, Helmut Rethemeier, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
• Alwin Schockemöhle
  Alwin Schockemöhle
  Alwin Schockemöhle is a former German show-jumper.He was a successful international show-jumper in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in Olympic Games and European Championships...
  
  , Paul Schockemöhle
  Paul Schockemöhle
  Paul Schockemöhle is a former German showjumper. He is the brother of Alwin Schockemöhle, another leading German rider.He was three times European Champion on his best horse Deister....
  
  , Sönke Sönksen, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Harry Boldt
  Harry Boldt
  Harry Boldt , is a German equestrian and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and again at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Jürgen Hehn — Fencing, Épée Individual
• 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:...
  
  , Volker Fischer
  Volker Fischer
  Volker Fischer is a German fencer. He won a gold medal and two silvers at three Olympic Games.- References :...
  
  , Jürgen Hehn, Hannes Jana, and Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch is an German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won an gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Épée Team
• Günter Neureuther — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Peter-Michael Kolbe
  Peter-Michael Kolbe
  Peter-Michael Kolbe is a German rower and is one of the greatest single scullers ever. And, with the possible exception of Australia's Stuart Mackenzie, the greatest to have never won an Olympic Gold Medal...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Ulrich Lind — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone

Bronze

• 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...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
  Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
  Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 5000 metres.In the 1974 European Athletics Championships, he placed eighth in the 5,000-metre final, about fifteen seconds behind the winner,Great Britain's Brendan Foster.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
• Bernd Herrmann
  Bernd Herrmann
  Bernd Herrmann was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg and Harald...
  
  , Franz-Peter Hofmeister
  Franz-Peter Hofmeister
  Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid and Bernd...
  
  , Lothar Krieg
  Lothar Krieg
  Lothar Krieg was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Harald Schmid and Bernd...
  
  , and Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Inge Helten
  Inge Helten
  Ingeborg Helten is a former athlete from West Germany, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in Westum, Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Reinhard Skricek
  Reinhard Skricek
  Reinhard Skricek is a retired boxer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Reiner Klimke
  Reiner Klimke
  Dr Reiner Klimke was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Eberhard Gienger
  Eberhard Gienger
  Eberhard Gienger is a German politician and former gymnast. The Gienger salto is named after him. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.- Weblinks :...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Thomas Strauß
  Thomas Strauß
  Thomas Strauß is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he and his partner Peter van Roye won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...
  
   and Peter van Roye
  Peter van Roye
  Peter van Roye is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lingen.In 1976 he and his partner Thomas Strauß won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• 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....
  
  , Siegfried Fricke
  Siegfried Fricke
  Siegfried Fricke is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and later became a politician.He was born in Bralorne, British Columbia, Canada....
  
  , Ralph Kubail
  Ralph Kubail
  Ralph Kubail was a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event.-External links:...
  
  , Peter Niehusen
  Peter Niehusen
  Dr Peter Niehusen is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lübeck.In 1976 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event....
  
  , and Hartmut Wenzel
  Hartmut Wenzel
  Hartmut Wenzel is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was the coxswain of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event.-External links:*...
  
   — 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
  Peter Nocke
  Peter Nocke is a retired freestyle swimmer, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle. Nocke won a total number of nine European titles during the 1970s.-References:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
• Michael Kraus, Walter Kusch, Peter Nocke
  Peter Nocke
  Peter Nocke is a retired freestyle swimmer, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle. Nocke won a total number of nine European titles during the 1970s.-References:...
  
  , and 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....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
• Karl-Heinz Helbing — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
• Adolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
• Jörg Schmall
  Jörg Schmall
  Jörg Schmall is a German sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Tornado class with Jörg Spengler at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Jörg Spengler
  Jörg Spengler
  Jörg Spengler is a German sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Tornado class with Jörg Schmall at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Tornado

Archery

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
  Willi Gabriel
  Vizefeldwebel Willi Gabriel was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories.Gabriel built his own airplanes prior to World War I. He was called up for military service when the war began. Early in 1915, he began a series of assignments to artillery cooperation units, often in...
  
   – 2435 points (→ 6th place)
• Rudolf Schiff – 2326 points (→ 27th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Willi Wulbeck
  Willi Wülbeck
  Willi Wülbeck is a retired German 800 metres runner.At the 1976 Montreal Olympics Wülbeck came fourth. He missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to the West German boycott and could not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics because of an injury...
  
  
• Heat — 1:48.47
• Semi Final — 1:47.18
• Final — 1:45.26 (→ 4th 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 — 1:46.56
• Semi Final — 1:48.18 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• 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...
  
  , Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Dieter Steinmann, and Reinhard Borchert
• Heat — 39.63
• Semi Final — 39.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Franz-Peter Hofmeister
  Franz-Peter Hofmeister
  Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid and Bernd...
  
  , Lothar Krieg
  Lothar Krieg
  Lothar Krieg was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Harald Schmid and Bernd...
  
  , Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...
  
  , and Bernd Herrmann
  Bernd Herrmann
  Bernd Herrmann was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg and Harald...
  
  
• Heat — 3:03.24
• Final — 3:01.98 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid
  Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...
  
  
• 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
  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...
  
  
• 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
  Gerhard Weidner
  Gerhard Weidner is a former East German race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 1:32:56 (→ 18th place)

• 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....
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Shot Put

• Eva Wilms
  Eva Wilms
  Eva Wilms is a retired West German shot putter.Her personal best throw was 21.43 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Munich...
  
  
• Final — 19.29 m (→ 7th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Joachim Schür
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Ung Jo-Jong (PRK), RSC-2

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• 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)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Hans Michalsky — 1:07.878 (→ 6th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Dieter Berkmann — 4th place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun
  Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen...
  
   — Gold Medal

Fencing

16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1976.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed.-Results:...

• 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:...
  
  
• Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr is a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games.Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the forteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 24 to 25, 1976...

• Thomas Bach
  Thomas Bach
  Thomas Bach is a German fencer and, as of 2009, a vice-president and member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr
  Matthias Behr is a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games.Matthias Behr is married to the former foil fencer Zita Funkenhauser...
  
  , 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 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch is an German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won an gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988.-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:...
  
  
• 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 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 28 to 29 1976...

• 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:...
  
  , Volker Fischer
  Volker Fischer
  Volker Fischer is a German fencer. He won a gold medal and two silvers at three Olympic Games.- References :...
  
  , Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch
  Alexander Pusch is an German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won an gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988.-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:...
  
  , Hanns Jana
  Hanns Jana
  Hanns Jana is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21 to 22, 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Tycho Weißgerber
  Tycho Weißgerber
  Tycho Weißgerber is a German fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23 to 24, 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Cornelia Hanisch
  Cornelia Hanisch
  Cornelia Hanisch is a German fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Ute Kircheis-Wessel
  Ute Kircheis-Wessel
  Ute Kircheis-Wessel is a German fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 27 to 28, 1976...

• Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
  Karin Rutz-Gießelmann is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Cornelia Hanisch
  Cornelia Hanisch
  Cornelia Hanisch is a German fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Ute Kircheis-Wessel
  Ute Kircheis-Wessel
  Ute Kircheis-Wessel is a German fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel
  Brigitte Oertel is a German fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jutta Höhne
  Jutta Höhne
  Jutta Höhne is a German fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Hockey

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
  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...
  
  
• ( 2.) Klaus Ludwiczak
• ( 3.) 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....
  
  
• ( 4.) Dieter Freise
• ( 5.) Fritz Schmidt
• ( 6.) Michael Krause
• ( 7.) Horst Dröse
• ( 8.) Werner Kaessmann
• ( 9.) 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:...
  
  
• (10.) Peter Caninenberg
• (11.) 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:...
  
  
• (12.) Hans Montag
• (13.) 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....
  
  
• (14.) Heiner Dopp
  Heiner Dopp
  Heiner Dopp is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 and in 1988...
  
  
• (15.) 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:...
  
  
• (16.) Ralf Lauruschkat
• Head Coach: Klaus Kleiter

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Günter Kilian
• Günter Wolf
• Hans-Georg Simon
• Horst Kilian
• Jürgen Stiefel
• Ludger Weeke
• Martin Jellinghaus
  Martin Jellinghaus
  Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....
  
  
• Peter Röhle
• Roland Freund
• Werner Obschernikat
• Wolfgang Mechler