West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall.

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)

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 metres

• Paul-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 metres

• Jürgen May

• Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)

• Wolfgang Riesinger

• Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus Ehl

• Heat — 39.17s
• Semifinals — 38.86s
• Final — 38.79s (→   Bronze Medal)

Men's High Jump

• Hermann Magerl

• Qualifying Round ��� 2.15m
• Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place)

• Ingomar Sieghart

• Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

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)

• Classification Matches

• 13th/16th place: Lost to Australia (69-70)
• 11th/12th place: Lost to Spain (83-84) → 12th place

• Team Roster

• Karl Ampt
• Holger Geschwindner
• Dietrich Keller
• Hans-Jörg Krüger
• Dieter Kuprella
• Joachim Linnemann
• Rainer Pethran
• Joachim Pollex
• Norbert Thimm
• Helmut Uhlig
• Klaus Weinand
• Jürgen Wohlers

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Gerd Schubert

• First Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walkover
• Second Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Werner Schaefer

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Peter Prause

• First Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5

Men'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-2

Men'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), 2:3

Men'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), 3:2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ewald Jarmer

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5

Men'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-1

Men'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

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

Men'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)

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

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-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

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary 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 place

• Team Roster

• Herwig 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

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)

• Semi Final Round

• Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)

• Final

• Defeated Pakistan (1-0) →   Gold Medal

• Team 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

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

Men's Single Sculls

• Udo Hild

• Heat — 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 Kuhnke

• Heat — 8:02.19
• Repechage — 8:07.95
• Semi Finals — 8:19.86
• Final — 7:21.52 (→ 4th place)

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

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Klaus 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 Freestyle

• Werner 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 Relay

• Gerhard 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 Relay

• Hans 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)

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)

• 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