West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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West Germany at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Montreal
Competitors290 (257 men, 33 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer Hans Günter Winkler (equestrian)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
10
Silver
12
Bronze
17
Total
39
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 290 competitors, 233 men and 57 women, took part in 163 events in 20 sports.[1]

Medalists[]

West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 10 gold medals and 39 medals overall.

Gold[]

  • Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Gregor Braun — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
  • Gregor Braun, Hans Lutz, Günther Schumacher, and Peter Vonhof — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Alwin Schockemöhle — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
  • Harry Boldt, Gabriela Grillo, and Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Team
  • Thomas Bach, Matthias Behr, Harald Hein, Klaus Reichert, and Erik Sens-Gorius — Fencing, Foil Team
  • Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Épée Individual
  • Karl-Heinz Smieszek — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone
  • Eckart Diesch and Jörg Diesch — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
  • Harro Bode and Frank Hübner — Sailing, Men's 470

Silver[]

Bronze[]

Archery[]

In their second Olympics competing in archery, West Germany captured seventh place on the national leaderboard with a 6th place in the men's competition and an 8th place in the women's. In addition to those two competitors, West Germany also sent one other competitor in the men's division.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Willi Gabriel – 2435 points (→ 6th place)
  • Rudolf Schiff – 2326 points (→ 27th place)

Athletics[]

Men's 800 metres

  • Willi Wulbeck
  • Heat — 1:48.47
  • Semi Final — 1:47.18
  • Final — 1:45.26 (→ 4th place)
  • Thomas Wessinghage
  • Heat — 1:46.56
  • Semi Final — 1:48.18 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 39.63
  • Semi Final — 39.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.24
  • Final — 3:01.98 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Harald Schmid
  • Heats — 50.57s
  • Semi Finals — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.81m (→ did not advance)
  • Final — 7.84m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
  • Wolfgang Killing
  • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 61.88m
  • Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Women's Shot Put

  • Eva Wilms
  • Final — 19.29 m (→ 7th place)

Boxing[]

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Joachim Schür
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Jong Jo-Ung (PRK), RSC-2

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Twelve cyclists represented West Germany in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
  • Gregor BraunMed 1.png Gold Medal
Team pursuit

Diving[]

Equestrian[]

Fencing[]

16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1976.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics[]

Handball[]

Hockey[]

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Tied with New Zealand (1-1)
  • Lost to Pakistan (2-4)
  • Lost to Spain (1-4)
  • Defeated Belgium (6-1)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated India (3-2)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Spain (9-1) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:

Judo[]

Modern pentathlon[]

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1976.

Individual
Team
  • Walter Esser
  • Gerhard Werner
  • Wolfgang Köpcke

Rowing[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Water polo[]

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

References[]

  1. ^ "West Germany at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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