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]
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.
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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 West Germany at the1972 Summer OlympicsFlag of GermanyIOC codeFRGNOCGerman Olympic Sports ConfederationWebsitewww wbr dosb wbr de in German English and French in MunichCompetitors423 340 men 83 women in 23 sportsFlag bearerDetlef Lewe canoeing MedalsRanked 4thGold 13 Silver 11 Bronze 16 Total 40Summer Olympics appearances overview 196819721976198019841988Other related appearances Germany 1896 1936 1952 1992 Saar 1952 United Team of Germany 1956 1964 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Canoeing 7 Cycling 8 Diving 9 Equestrian 10 Fencing 11 Football 12 Gymnastics 13 Handball 14 Hockey 15 Judo 16 Modern pentathlon 17 Rowing 18 Sailing 19 Shooting 20 Swimming 21 Volleyball 22 Water polo 23 Weightlifting 24 Wrestling 25 ReferencesMedalists editWest Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall Medal Name Sport Event Date nbsp Gold Heide Rosendahl Athletics Women s long jump 31 August nbsp Gold Gerhard Auer Uwe BenterPeter BergerAlois BierlHans Johann Farber Rowing Men s coxed four 2 September nbsp Gold Konrad Wirnhier Shooting Mixed skeet 2 September nbsp Gold Bernd Kannenberg Athletics Men s 50 kilometres walk 3 September nbsp Gold Klaus Wolfermann Athletics Men s javelin throw 3 September nbsp Gold Hildegard Falck Athletics Women s 800 metres 3 September nbsp Gold Ulrike Meyfarth Athletics Women s high jump 4 September nbsp Gold Jurgen Colombo Gunter HaritzUdo HempelGunther SchumacherPeter Vonhof Cycling Men s team pursuit 4 September nbsp Gold Detlef Lewe Canoeing Men s C 1 1000 metres 9 September nbsp Gold Christiane Krause Ingrid BeckerAnnegret RichterHeide Rosendahl Athletics Women s 4 100 metres relay 10 September nbsp Gold Dieter Kottysch Boxing Light middleweight 10 September nbsp Gold West Germany men s national field hockey team Wolfgang BaumgartHorst DroseDieter FreiseWerner KaessmannCarsten KellerDetlev KittsteinUlrich KlaesPeter KrausMichael KrauseMichael PeterWolfgang RottFritz SchmidtRainer SeifertWolfgang StrodterEckart SuhlEduard ThelenPeter TrumpUli Vos Field hockey Men s tournament 10 September nbsp Gold Fritz Ligges Hartwig SteenkenGerhard WiltfangHans Gunter Winkler Equestrian Team jumping 11 September nbsp Silver Reinhold Kauder Canoeing Men s slalom C 1 28 August nbsp Silver Gisela Grothaus Canoeing Women s slalom K 1 30 August nbsp Silver Hans Fassnacht Werner LampeKlaus SteinbachHans Vosseler Swimming Men s 4 200 metre freestyle relay 31 August nbsp Silver Klaus Glahn Judo Men s 93 kg 1 September nbsp Silver Heide Rosendahl Athletics Women s pentathlon 3 September nbsp Silver Rudolf Mang Weightlifting Men s 110 kg 6 September nbsp Silver Rita Wilden Athletics Women s 400 metres 7 September nbsp Silver Liselott Linsenhoff Josef NeckermannKarin Schluter Equestrian Team dressage 7 September nbsp Silver Hans Baumgartner Athletics Men s long jump 9 September nbsp Silver Hans Jurgen Veil Wrestling Men s Greco Roman 57 kg 10 September nbsp Bronze Werner Lampe Swimming Men s 200 metre freestyle 29 August nbsp Bronze Magdalena Wunderlich Canoeing Women s slalom K 1 30 August nbsp Bronze Gudrun Beckmann Heidemarie ReineckAngela SteinbachJutta Weber Swimming Women s 4 100 metre freestyle relay 30 August nbsp Bronze Adolf Seger Wrestling Men s freestyle 74 kg 31 August nbsp Bronze Hans Lutz Cycling Men s individual pursuit 1 September nbsp Bronze Ludwig Gossing Horst KarstenHarry KlugmannKarl Schultz Equestrian Team eventing 1 September nbsp Bronze Paul Barth Judo Men s 93 kg 1 September nbsp Bronze Joachim Ehrig Peter FunnekotterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke Rowing Men s coxless four 2 September nbsp Bronze Gudrun Beckmann Vreni EberleSilke PielenHeidemarie Reineck Swimming Women s 4 100 metre medley relay 3 September nbsp Bronze Peter Hussing Boxing Heavyweight 8 September nbsp Bronze Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann Sailing Flying Dutchman 8 September nbsp Bronze Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer Sailing Star 8 September nbsp Bronze Klaus Ehl Jobst HirschtKarlheinz KlotzGerhard Wucherer Athletics Men s 4 100 metres relay 10 September nbsp Bronze Dagmar Kasling Rita KuhneHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt Athletics Women s 4 400 metres relay 10 SeptemberArchery editMain article Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics 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 editMain article Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s 800 metres Franz Josef KemperHeat 1 47 3 Semifinals 1 48 8 Final 1 46 5 4th place Josef SchmidtHeat 1 47 8 Semifinals 1 48 8 did not advance Walter AdamsHeat DNF did not advance Men s 1500 metres Paul Heinz WellmannHeat 3 41 8 Semifinals 3 38 4 Final 3 40 1 7th place Thomas WessinghageHeat 3 40 6 Semifinals 3 43 4 did not advance Bodo TummlerHeat 3 44 5 Semifinals 3 50 0 did not advance Men s 5000 metres Jurgen MayHeat 14 06 6 did not advance Wolfgang RiesingerHeat 14 15 2 did not advance Men s 4 100 m Relay Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer and Klaus EhlHeat 39 17s Semifinals 38 86s Final 38 79s nbsp Bronze Medal Men s High Jump Hermann MagerlQualifying Round 2 15m Final 2 18m 4th place Ingomar SieghartQualification Round 2 12m did not advance Basketball editMain article Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics 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 Matches13th 16th place Lost to Australia 69 70 11th 12th place Lost to Spain 83 84 12th placeTeam RosterKarl Ampt Holger Geschwindner Dietrich Keller Hans Jorg Kruger Dieter Kuprella Joachim Linnemann Rainer Pethran Joachim Pollex Norbert Thimm Helmut Uhlig Klaus Weinand Jurgen WohlersBoxing editMain article Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s Flyweight 51 kg Gerd SchubertFirst Round Defeated Phar Khong CMB walkover Second Round Lost to Orn Chim Chawalit THA 1 4Men s Bantamweight 54 kg Werner SchaeferFirst Round Bye Second Round Lost to Joe Destimo GHA 2 3Men s Featherweight 57 kg Peter PrauseFirst Round Lost to Jochen Bachfeld GDR 0 5Men s Lightweight 60 kg Peter HessFirst Round Bye Second Round Defeated Enrique Requeiferos CUB 4 1 Third Round Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen NOR KO 2Men s Welterweight 67 kg Gunther MeierFirst 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 nbsp Gold MedalFirst 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 Wieslaw Rudkowski POL 3 2Men s Middleweight 75 kg Ewald JarmerFirst Round Bye Second Round Lost to Marvin Johnson USA 0 5Men s Light Heavyweight 81 kg Rudi HornigFirst 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 nbsp Bronze MedalFirst Round Bye Quarterfinals Defeated Oscar Ludena PER KO 1 Semifinals Lost to Teofilo Stevenson CUB TKO 2Canoeing editMain article Canoeing at the 1972 Summer OlympicsCycling editMain article Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics 17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972 Individual road raceWilfried Trott 7th place Erwin Tischler 22nd place Alfred Gaida 57th place Peter Weibel 68th placeTeam time trialJohannes Knab Algis Oleknavicius Rainer Podlesch Erwin TischlerSprintKarl Kother Dieter Berkmann1000m time trialKarl KotherFinal 1 07 21 4th place TandemJurgen Barth and Rainer Muller 6th placeIndividual pursuitHans LutzTeam pursuitJurgen Colombo Gunter Haritz Udo Hempel Gunther Schumacher Peter VonhofDiving editMain article Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s 3m Springboard Norbert Huda 524 16 points 8th place Gerhard Holzl 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 editMain article Equestrian at the 1972 Summer OlympicsFencing editMain article Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics 19 fencers 13 men and 6 women represented West Germany in 1972 Men s foilFriedrich Wessel Klaus Reichert Harald HeinMen s team foilKlaus Reichert Friedrich Wessel Harald Hein Dieter Wellmann Erk Sens GoriusMen s epeeHans Jurgen Hehn Reinhold BehrMen s team epeeReinhold Behr Hans Jurgen Hehn Harald Hein Dieter Jung Max GeuterMen s sabrePaul Wischeidt Walter Convents Knut HohneMen s team sabreWalter Convents Volker Duschner Knut Hohne Dieter Wellmann Paul WischeidtWomen s foilIrmela Broniecki Brigitte Oertel Karin Rutz GiesselmannWomen s team foilGundi Theuerkauff Irmela Broniecki Karin Rutz Giesselmann Monika Pulch Erika BethmannFootball editMain article Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men 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 Jurgen Bradler Friedhelm Haebermann Ewald Hammes Ottmar Hitzfeld Uli Hoeness Reiner Hollmann Jurgen Kalb Manfred Kaltz Dieter Mietz Bernd Nickel Egon Schmitt Hans Dieter Seelmann Rudi Seliger Gunter Wienhold Ronald Worm and Klaus WunderGymnastics editMain article Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer OlympicsHandball editMain article Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s Team CompetitionPreliminary RoundDefeated Spain 13 10 Drew with Norway 15 15 Lost to Romania 11 13 Main RoundLost to Yugoslavia 15 24 Defeated Hungary 17 14 Classification Match5th 6th place Lost to Soviet Union 16 17 Sixth placeTeam RosterHerwig Ahrendsen Hans Jurgen Bode Wolfgang Braun Peter Bucher Jochen Feldhoff Diethard Finkelmann Josef Karrer Klaus Kater Klaus Lange Herbert Lubking Heiner Moller Hans Peter Neuhaus Uwe Rathjen Herbert Rogge Herbert Wehnert Klaus WestebbeHockey editMain article Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics 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 RoundDefeated The Netherlands 3 0 FinalDefeated Pakistan 1 0 nbsp Gold MedalTeam RosterWolfgang Baumgart Horst Drose Dieter Freise Werner Kaessmann Carsten Keller Detlev Kittstein Ulrich Klaes Michael Krause Peter Kraus Michael Peter Wolfgang Rott Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Wolfgang Strodter Eckart Suhl Eduard Thelen Peter Trump Uli VosJudo editMain article Judo at the 1972 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon editMain article Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics 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 Rossler 4678 points 27th place Men s Team Competition Thade Esser and Rossler 14682 points 6th place Alternate Member Elmar FringsRowing editMain article Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s Single Sculls Udo HildHeat 7 48 12 Repechage 7 48 11 Semi Finals 8 26 37 Final 7 20 81 4th place Men s Coxed Pairs Heinz Mussmann Bernd Krauss and Stefan KuhnkeHeat 8 02 19 Repechage 8 07 95 Semi Finals 8 19 86 Final 7 21 52 4th place Sailing editMain article Sailing at the 1972 Summer OlympicsShooting editMain article Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fourteen male shooters represented West Germany in 1972 Konrad Wirnhier won gold in the skeet 25 m pistolHelmut Seeger Erwin Glock50 m pistolHeinrich Fretwurst Heinz Mertel300 m rifle three positionsDirk Fudickar50 m rifle three positionsGottfried Kustermann Bernd Klingner50 m rifle proneSilvester Knipfer Gottfried Kustermann50 m running targetChristoph Michael Zeisner Gunther DanneTrapHeinz Leibinger Peter BlecherSkeetKonrad Wirnhier Walter WriggeSwimming editMain article Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s 100m Freestyle Klaus SteinbachHeat 52 91s Semifinals 52 87s Final 52 92s 8th place Kersten MeierHeat 53 96s Semifinals 54 35s did not advance Gerhard SchillerHeat 54 28s did not advance Men s 200m Freestyle Werner LampeHeat 1 55 97 Final 1 53 99 nbsp Bronze Medal Klaus SteinbachHeat 1 55 80 Final 1 56 65 6th place Olaf von SchillingHeat 2 00 27 did not advance Men s 4 100 m Freestyle Relay Gerhard Schiller Rainer Jacob Hans Gunther Vosseler and Kersten MeierHeat 3 37 59Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Rainer Jacob and Hans FassnachtFinal 3 33 90 6th place Men s 4 200 m Freestyle Relay Hans Fassnacht Gerhard Schiller Folkert Meeuw and Hans Gunther VosselerHeat 7 53 98Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans Gunther Vosseler and Hans FassnachtFinal 7 41 69 nbsp Silver Medal Volleyball editMain article Volleyball at the 1972 Summer OlympicsWater polo editMain article Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics 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 placeTeam RosterGerd Olbert Hermann Haverkamp Peter Teicher Kurt Kupper Gunter Wolf Ingulf Nossek Ludger Weeke Kurt Schuhmann Jurgen Stiefel Hans Georg Simon Hans HoffmeisterWeightlifting editMain article Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer OlympicsWrestling editMain article Wrestling at the 1972 Summer OlympicsReferences edit West Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games sports reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2011 02 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1184781706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
