West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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.
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:
Ursula Bueschking - 2200 points (→ 30th place)
Carla Nolpa - 2165 points (→ 35th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Siegfried Ortmann - 2390 points (→ 14th place)
Richard Krust - 2342 points (→ 30th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Franz-Josef Kemper
Heat — 1:47.3 Semifinals — 1:48.8
Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)
Josef Schmidt
Heat — 1:47.8
Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
Walter Adams
Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metresPaul-Heinz Wellmann
Heat — 3:41.8
Semifinals — 3:38.4
Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)
Thomas Wessinghage
Heat — 3:40.6
Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)
Bodo Tümmler
Heat — 3:44.5
Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 5000 metresJürgen May
Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)
Wolfgang Riesinger
Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m RelayJobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus Ehl
Heat — 39.17s
Semifinals — 38.86s
Final — 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)Men's High JumpHermann Magerl
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place)
Ingomar Sieghart
Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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)Classification Matches 13th/16th place: Lost to Australia (69-70)
11th/12th place: Lost to Spain (83-84) → 12th placeTeam RosterKarl Ampt
Holger Geschwindner
Dietrich Keller
Hans-Jörg Krüger
Dieter Kuprella
Joachim Linnemann
Rainer Pethran
Joachim Pollex
Norbert Thimm
Helmut Uhlig
Klaus Weinand
Jürgen Wohlers
BoxingMen's Flyweight (– 51 kg)Gerd Schubert
First Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walkover
Second Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)Werner Schaefer
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)Peter Prause
First Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)Peter Hess
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (CUB), 4:1
Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)Günther Meier
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), 2:3Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)Dieter Kottysch → Gold Medal First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2
Third Round — Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Defeated Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0
Semifinals — Defeated Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2
Final — Defeated Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)Ewald Jarmer
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)Rudi Hornig
First Round — Defeated Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0
Second Round — Defeated Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1
Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Gortat (POL), TKO-1Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)Peter Hussing → Bronze Medal First Round — Bye
Quarterfinals — Defeated Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1
Semifinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-2
Canoeing
Cycling
17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972.
Individual road race
Wilfried Trott — 7th place
Erwin Tischler — 22nd place
Alfred Gaida — 57th place
Peter Weibel — 68th place
Team time trial
Johannes Knab
Algis Oleknavicius
Rainer Podlesch
Erwin Tischler
Sprint
Karl Köther
Dieter Berkmann
1000m time trial
Karl Köther
Final — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)
Tandem
Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place
Individual pursuit
Hans Lutz
Team pursuit
Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
DivingMen's 3m Springboard Norbert Huda — 524.16 points (→ 8th place)
Gerhard Hölzl — 327.42 points (→ 19th place)
Reinhard vom Bauer — 299.79 points (→ 30th place)Men's 10m Platform Karl-Heinz Schwemmer — 281.55 points (→ 16th place)
Bernd Wucherpfennig — 267.87 points (→ 24th place)
Klaus Konzorr — 260.01 points (→ 30th place)Women's 3m Springboard Michaela Herweck — 261.78 points (→ 13th place)Women's 10m Platform Maxie Michael — 183.48 points (→ 15th place)
Ursula Sapp — 162.39 points (→ 24th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.
Men's foil
Friedrich Wessel
Klaus Reichert
Harald Hein
Men's team foil
Klaus Reichert, Friedrich Wessel, Harald Hein, Dieter Wellmann, Erk Sens-Gorius
Men's épée
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Reinhold Behr
Men's team épée
Reinhold Behr, Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein, Dieter Jung, Max Geuter
Men's sabre
Paul Wischeidt
Walter Convents
Knut Höhne
Men's team sabre
Walter Convents, Volker Duschner, Knut Höhne, Dieter Wellmann, Paul Wischeidt
Women's foil
Irmela Broniecki
Brigitte Oertel
Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
Women's team foil
Gundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki, Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Monika Pulch, Erika Bethmann
FootballMen's Team Competition: West Germany - Eliminated in Second Round
First round: 3-0-0
Defeat Morocco 3-0
Defeat Malaysia 3-0
Defeat the United States 7-0
Second Round: 0-1-2 (Did not advance)
Drew with Mexico 1-1
Lost to Hungary 1-4
Lost to East Germany 2-3
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
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round Defeated Spain (13-10)
Drew with Norway (15-15)
Lost to Romania (11-13)Main Round Lost to Yugoslavia (15-24)
Defeated Hungary (17-14)Classification Match 5th/6th place: Lost to Soviet Union (16-17) → Sixth placeTeam RosterHerwig Ahrendsen
Hans-Jürgen Bode
Wolfgang Braun
Peter Bucher
Jochen Feldhoff
Diethard Finkelmann
Josef Karrer
Klaus Kater
Klaus Lange
Herbert Lübking
Heiner Möller
Hans-Peter Neuhaus
Uwe Rathjen
Herbert Rogge
Herbert Wehnert
Klaus Westebbe
Hockey
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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)Semi Final Round Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)Final Defeated Pakistan (1-0) → Gold MedalTeam Roster Wolfgang Baumgart
Horst Dröse
Dieter Freise
Werner Kaessmann
Carsten Keller
Detlev Kittstein
Ulrich Klaes
Michael Krause
Peter Kraus
Michael Peter
Wolfgang Rott
Fritz Schmidt
Rainer Seifert
Wolfgang Strödter
Eckart Suhl
Eduard Thelen
Peter Trump
Uli Vos
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1972.Men's Individual Competition: Heiner Thade — 5145 points (→ 7th place)
Walter Esser — 4826 points (→ 20th place)
Hole Rößler — 4678 points (→ 27th place)Men's Team Competition: Thade, Esser, and Rößler — 14682 points (→ 6th place)Alternate Member Elmar Frings
RowingMen's Single ScullsUdo Hild
Heat — 7:48.12
Repechage — 7:48.11
Semi Finals — 8:26.37
Final — 7:20.81 (→ 4th place)Men's Coxed PairsHeinz Mußmann, Bernd Krauß and Stefan Kuhnke
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
Helmut Seeger
Erwin Glock
50 m pistol
Heinrich Fretwurst
Heinz Mertel
300 m rifle, three positions
Dirk Fudickar
50 m rifle, three positions
Gottfried Kustermann
Bernd Klingner
50 m rifle, prone
Silvester Knipfer
Gottfried Kustermann
50 m running target
Christoph-Michael Zeisner
Günther Danne
Trap
Heinz Leibinger
Peter Blecher
Skeet
Konrad Wirnhier
Walter Wrigge
SwimmingMen's 100m FreestyleKlaus Steinbach
Heat — 52.91s
Semifinals — 52.87s
Final — 52.92s (→ 8th place)
Kersten Meier
Heat — 53.96s
Semifinals — 54.35s (→ did not advance)
Gerhard Schiller
Heat — 54.28s (→ did not advance)Men's 200m FreestyleWerner Lampe
Heat — 1:55.97
Final — 1:53.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
Klaus Steinbach
Heat — 1:55.80
Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)
Olaf von Schilling
Heat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle RelayGerhard Schiller, Rainer Jacob, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Kersten Meier
Heat — 3:37.59
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Rainer Jacob, and Hans Faßnacht
Final — 3:33.90 (→ 6th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle RelayHans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw, and Hans-Günther Vosseler
Heat — 7:53.98
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Hans Faßnacht
Final — 7:41.69 (→ Silver Medal)
Volleyball
Water polo
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group B) Drew with Hungary (3-3)
Drew with the Netherlands (4-4)
Defeated Greece (3-8)
Defeated Australia (6-3)Final Round (Group I) Drew with United States (4-4)
Lost to Soviet Union (2-4)
Drew with Italy (2-2)
Lost to Yugoslavia (4-5) → Fourth place Team Roster'''
Gerd Olbert
Hermann Haverkamp
Peter Teicher
Kurt Küpper
Günter Wolf
Ingulf Nossek
Ludger Weeke
Kurt Schuhmann
Jürgen Stiefel
Hans Georg Simon
Hans Hoffmeister
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Germany, West
1972
Summer Olympics