West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics Last updated July 06, 2025 Sporting event delegation
West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports. [ 1]
Medalists West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall.
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 (→ Bronze Medal ) Men's High Jump
Qualifying Round — 2.15m Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place) Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance) Basketball Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Puerto Rico (74-81) Lost to Soviet Union (63-87) Defeated Philippines (93-74) Lost to Italy (57-68) Lost to Yugoslavia (56-81) Defeated Poland (67-65) Defeated Senegal (72-62) 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)
First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Jeff Rackley (NZL), 5:0 Third Round — Defeated Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 2:3 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Diving Men's 3m Springboard
Men's 10m Platform
Women's 3m Springboard
Women's 10m Platform
Men's Team Competition:
West Germany - Eliminated in Second Round First round: 3-0-0 Second Round: 0-1-2 (Did not advance) Roster - Heiner Baltes , Hermann Bitz , Hartwig Bleidick , Hans-Jürgen Bradler , Friedhelm Haebermann , Ewald Hammes , Ottmar Hitzfeld , Uli Hoeneß , Reiner Hollmann , Jürgen Kalb , Manfred Kaltz , Dieter Mietz , Bernd Nickel , Egon Schmitt , Hans-Dieter Seelmann , Rudi Seliger , Günter Wienhold , Ronald Worm , and Klaus Wunder 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 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) Defeated The Netherlands (3-0) Defeated Pakistan (1-0) → Gold Medal Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Thade, Esser, and Rößler — 14682 points (→ 6th place) Alternate Member
Rowing Men's Single Sculls
Heat — 7:48.12 Repechage — 7:48.11 Semi Finals — 8:26.37 Final — 7:20.81 (→ 4th place) Men's Coxed Pairs
Heat — 8:02.19 Repechage — 8:07.95 Semi Finals — 8:19.86 Final — 7:21.52 (→ 4th place) Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle
Heat — 52.91s Semifinals — 52.87s Final — 52.92s (→ 8th place) Heat — 53.96s Semifinals — 54.35s (→ did not advance) Heat — 54.28s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle
Heat — 1:55.97 Final — 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal ) Heat — 1:55.80 Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place) Heat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Final — 3:33.90 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
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) Drew with United States (4-4) Lost to Soviet Union (2-4) Drew with Italy (2-2) Lost to Yugoslavia (4-5) → Fourth place References
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