# West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Athletes from West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Ingrid Becker — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
* Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann — Canoeing, K2 500m Kayak Pairs
* Josef Neckermann, Reiner Klimke, Liselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team
* Horst Meyer, Wolfgang Hottenrott, Dirk Schreyer, Egbert Hirschfelder, Rüdiger Henning, Jörg Siebert, Lutz Ulbricht, Niko Ott, Gunther Tiersch — Rowing, Men's Eight
* Bernd Klingner — Shooting, 50m Rifle Three Positions

### Silver

* Gerhard Hennige — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* Claus Schiprowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Hans-Joachim Walde — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Liesel Westermann — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
* Detlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canoe Singles
* Renate Breuer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
* Karl Link, Udo Hempel, Karlheinz Henrichs, Jürgen Kissner — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
* Josef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
* Jochen Meißner — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
* Ulli Libor, Peter Naumann — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
* Heinz Mertel — Shooting, 50m Pistol

### Bronze

* Bodo Tümmler — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres
* Helmar Müller, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Kurt Bendlin — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Günther Meier — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
* Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
* Hermann Schridde, Alwin Schockemöhle, Hans Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Konrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Skeet
* Michael Holthaus — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Angelika Kraus, Uta Frommater, Heike Hustede, Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Wilfried Dietrich — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

## Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented West Germany in 1968.

### Individual road race

* Burkhard Ebert
* Jürgen Tschan
* Ortwin Czarnowski
* Dieter Koslar

### Team time trial

* Burkhard Ebert
* Jürgen Tschan
* Ortwin Czarnowski
* Dieter Koslar

### Sprint

* Jürgen Barth

### 1000m time trial

* Herbert Honz

### Tandem

* Klaus Kobusch
* Martin Stenzel

### Individual pursuit

* Rupert Kratzer

### Team pursuit

* Udo Hempel
* Karl Link
* Karl Heinz Henrichs
* Jürgen Kissner
* Rainer Podlesch

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Tim Gerresheim
* Friedrich Wessel
* Dieter Wellmann

### Men's team foil

* Jürgen Theuerkauff, Friedrich Wessel, Tim Gerresheim, Jürgen Brecht, Dieter Wellmann

### Men's épée

* Fritz Zimmermann
* Franz Rompza
* Dieter Jung

### Men's team épée

* Dieter Jung, Franz Rompza, Fritz Zimmermann, Max Geuter, Paul Gnaier

### Men's sabre

* Paul Wischeidt
* Walter Köstner
* Volker Duschner

### Men's team sabre

* Percy Borucki, Walter Köstner, Paul Wischeidt, Klaus Allisat, Volker Duschner

### Women's foil

* Heidi Schmid
* Helga Mees
* Monika Pulch

### Women's team foil

* Heidi Schmid, Helga Koch, Gundi Theuerkauff, Monika Pulch, Helga Mees

## Field hockey

Eighteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the West German team finished in 4th place.
* Wolfgang Rott
* Günther Krauss
* Utz Aichinger
* Jürgen Wein
* Klaus Greinert
* Uli Vos
* Detlev Kittstein
* Norbert Schuler
* Fritz Schmidt
* Carsten Keller
* Michael Krause
* Wolfgang Müller
* Dirk Michel
* Eckardt Suhl
* Ulrich Sloma
* Hermann End
* Friedrich Josten
* Wolfgang Baumgart

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1968.

### Individual

* Elmar Frings
* Heiner Thade
* Hans Jürgen Todt

### Team

* Elmar Frings
* Heiner Thade
* Hans Jürgen Todt

## Rowing

West Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.

### Men's single sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)

* Jochen Meißner

### Men's double sculls

* Wolfgang Glock
* Udo Hild

### Men's coxless pair

* Günther Karl
* Franz Held

### Men's coxed pair

* Bernhard Hiesinger
* Rolf Hartung
* Lutz Benter (cox)

### Men's coxless four

* Thomas Hitzbleck
* Manfred Weinreich
* Volkhart Buchter
* Jochen Heck

### Men's coxed four

* Niko Ott
* Peter Berger
* Udo Brecht
* Hans-Johann Färber
* Stefan Armbruster (cox)

### Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Horst Meyer
* Dirk Schreyer
* Rüdiger Henning
* Wolfgang Hottenrott
* Lutz Ulbricht
* Egbert Hirschfelder
* Jörg Siebert
* Niko Ott
* Gunther Tiersch (cox)
* Roland Böse (heat 1)

## Shooting

Twelve shooters, all men, represented West Germany in 1968. Bernd Klingner won gold in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Konrad Wirnhier won bronze in the skeet.

### 25 m pistol

* Erich Masurat
* Hans Standl

### 50 m pistol

* Heinz Mertel
* Kurt Meyer

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Bernd Klingner
* Peter Kohnke

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Karl Wenk
* Klaus Zähringer

### Trap

* Werner Bühse
* Erich Gehmann

### Skeet

* Konrad Wirnhier
* Karl Meyer zu Hölsen

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)
   * Defeated Spain (5:3)
   * Lost to Hungary (4:6)
   * Lost to Soviet Union (3:6)
   * Defeated Brazil (10:5)
   * Lost to Cuba (6:7)
   * Lost to United States (5:7)
* Classification Matches
   * 9th/12th place: Defeated Mexico (6:3)
   * 9th/10th place: Lost to Spain (5:7) → Tenth place
* Team Roster
   * Dietmar Seiz
   * Günter Kilian
   * Heinz Kleimeier
   * Hermann Haverkamp
   * Kurt Schuhmann
   * Ludger Weeke
   * Ludwig Ott
   * Peter Teicher
   * Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz
   * Johannes Hoffmeister
   * Lajos Nagy