West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
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
Diving
Equestrian
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
Gymnastics
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)
Sailing
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
Swimming
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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Germany, West
1968
Summer Olympics