West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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West Germany at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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Flag of Germany
IOC code FRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.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
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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]

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Medalists

West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Heide Rosendahl Athletics Women's long jump 31 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gerhard Auer
Uwe Benter
Peter Berger
Alois Bierl
Hans-Johann Färber 		Rowing Men's coxed four 2 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Konrad Wirnhier Shooting Mixed skeet 2 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bernd Kannenberg Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 3 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Klaus Wolfermann Athletics Men's javelin throw 3 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hildegard Falck Athletics Women's 800 metres 3 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ulrike Meyfarth Athletics Women's high jump 4 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof 		Cycling Men's team pursuit 4 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Detlef Lewe Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 9 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Christiane Krause
Ingrid Becker
Annegret Richter
Heide Rosendahl 		Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 10 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dieter Kottysch Boxing Light middleweight 10 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold West Germany men's national field hockey team
Field hockey Men's tournament10 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fritz Ligges
Hartwig Steenken
Gerhard Wiltfang
Hans Günter Winkler 		Equestrian Team jumping 11 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Reinhold Kauder Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 28 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gisela Grothaus Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 30 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans Fassnacht
Werner Lampe
Klaus Steinbach
Hans Vosseler 		Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 31 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Klaus Glahn Judo Men's +93 kg 1 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Heide Rosendahl Athletics Women's pentathlon 3 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rudolf Mang Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 6 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rita Wilden Athletics Women's 400 metres 7 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Liselott Linsenhoff
Josef Neckermann
Karin Schlüter 		Equestrian Team dressage 7 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans Baumgartner Athletics Men's long jump 9 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans-Jürgen Veil Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 10 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Werner Lampe Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Magdalena Wunderlich Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 30 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gudrun Beckmann
Heidemarie Reineck
Angela Steinbach
Jutta Weber 		Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 30 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Adolf Seger Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 31 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hans Lutz Cycling Men's individual pursuit 1 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ludwig Gössing
Horst Karsten
Harry Klugmann
Karl Schultz 		Equestrian Team eventing 1 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Paul Barth Judo Men's 93 kg 1 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke 		Rowing Men's coxless four 2 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gudrun Beckmann
Vreni Eberle
Silke Pielen
Heidemarie Reineck 		Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Peter Hussing Boxing Heavyweight 8 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ullrich Libor
Peter Naumann 		Sailing Flying Dutchman 8 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer 		Sailing Star 8 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Klaus Ehl
Jobst Hirscht
Karlheinz Klotz
Gerhard Wucherer 		Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 10 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anette Rückes
Inge Bödding
Hildegard Falck
Rita Wilden 		Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 10 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:

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 (→ Med 3.png 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
  • 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)
  • 13th/16th place: Lost to Australia (69-70)
  • 11th/12th place: Lost to Spain (83-84) → 12th place

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)


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)


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

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
  • Defeated Spain (13-10)
  • Drew with Norway (15-15)
  • Lost to Romania (11-13)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (15-24)
  • Defeated Hungary (17-14)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Soviet Union (16-17) → Sixth place

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • 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)
  • Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)
  • Defeated Pakistan (1-0) → Med 1.png Gold Medal

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

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 (→ Med 3.png 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 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Volleyball

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Drew with Hungary (3-3)
  • Drew with the Netherlands (4-4)
  • Defeated Greece (3-8)
  • Defeated Australia (6-3)
  • Drew with United States (4-4)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (2-4)
  • Drew with Italy (2-2)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (4-5) → Fourth place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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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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