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.
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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)
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
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
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
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
Judo
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)
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 (→
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 )
Volleyball
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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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