West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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 Flag of Germany | |
| IOC code | FRG |
| NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
| Website | www |
| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 423 (340 men, 83 women) in 23 sports |
| Flag bearer | Detlef Lewe (canoeing) |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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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]
Medalists[]
West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall.
Gold
Silver
BronzeArchery[]
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:
- - 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 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)
- Heat — 3:44.5
- Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
Boxing[]
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- First Round — Defeated (CMB), walk-over
- 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)
- First Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- 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)
- 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)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- 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
Canoeing[]
Cycling[]
17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972.
- Wilfried Trott — 7th place
- Erwin Tischler — 22nd place
- Alfred Gaida — 57th place
- Peter Weibel — 68th place
- Johannes Knab
- Algis Oleknavicius
- Rainer Podlesch
- Erwin Tischler
- Final — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place)
- Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place
Diving[]
Men's 3m Springboard
- Norbert Huda — 524.16 points (→ 8th place)
- Gerhard Hölzl — 327.42 points (→ 19th place)
- — 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.
- Friedrich Wessel
- Klaus Reichert
- Harald Hein
- Klaus Reichert, Friedrich Wessel, Harald Hein, Dieter Wellmann, Erk Sens-Gorius
- Hans-Jürgen Hehn
- Reinhold Behr
- Reinhold Behr, Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein, Dieter Jung, Max Geuter
- Paul Wischeidt
- Walter Convents
- Knut Höhne
- Walter Convents, Volker Duschner, Knut Höhne, Dieter Wellmann, Paul Wischeidt
- Irmela Broniecki
- Brigitte Oertel
- Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
- Gundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki, Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Monika Pulch, Erika Bethmann
Football[]
Men's Team Competition:
- West Germany - Eliminated in Second Round
- First round: 3-0-0
- 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, , Rudi Seliger, Günter Wienhold, Ronald Worm, and Klaus Wunder
Gymnastics[]
Handball[]
- 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
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)
- Semi Final Round
- Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)
- Final
- Defeated Pakistan (1-0) → Gold Medal
- Defeated Pakistan (1-0) →
- 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
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
Rowing[]
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
- 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.
- Helmut Seeger
- Erwin Glock
- Heinrich Fretwurst
- Heinz Mertel
- Dirk Fudickar
- Gottfried Kustermann
- Bernd Klingner
- Silvester Knipfer
- Gottfried Kustermann
- Heinz Leibinger
- Peter Blecher
- Konrad Wirnhier
- Walter Wrigge
Swimming[]
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Klaus Steinbach
- 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)
- Klaus Steinbach
- Heat — 1:55.80
- Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- 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)
- Final — 7:41.69 (→
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)
- 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
Weightlifting[]
Wrestling[]
References[]
- ^ "West Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
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