Olympic Summer Games 1972 / Participant (BR Germany)

FRG

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The Federal Republic of Germany hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics , which took place in Munich . With a delegation of 426 athletes (341 men and 85 women) they took part in 183 competitions in 23 sports and won 40 medals. This made the hosts the largest team in these games and became the fourth best nation according to the medal table. The canoeist Detlef Lewe was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. The most successful representative was the athlete Heide Rosendahl , who won two gold medals and one silver medal.

Medals

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	athletics	6th	3	2	11
2	horse riding	2	1	2	5
3	Boxing	1	-	1	2
	Cycling	1	-	1	2
	rowing	1	-	1	2
6th	hockey	1	-	-	1
	shoot	1	-	-	1
8th	canoe	-	3	2	5
9	swim	-	1	3	4th
10	Judo	-	1	1	2
	Wrestling	-	1	1	2
12	Weightlifting	-	1	-	1
13	sailing	-	-	2	2
total		13	11	16	40

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Bernd Kannenberg	athletics	50 km of walking
Klaus Wolfermann	athletics	Javelin throw
Hildegard Falck	athletics	800 m (women)
Ulrike Meyfarth	athletics	High jump (women)
Heide Rosendahl	athletics	Long jump (women)
Christiane Krause Ingrid Mickler-Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl	athletics	4 × 100 m relay (women)
Liselott Linsenhoff	horse riding	Dressage singles
Fritz Ligges Hartwig Steenken Gerd Wiltfang Hans Günter Winkler	horse riding	Show jumping team
Dieter Kottysch	Boxing	Light middleweight
Peter Kraus Michael Peter Dieter Freise Michael Krause Eduard Thelen Horst Dröse Carsten Keller Ulrich Klaes Wolfgang Baumgart Uli Vos Peter Trump Wolfgang Rott Werner Kaessmann Wolfgang Strödter Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Detlev Kittstein Eckardt Suhl	hockey	Men's tournament
Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher	Cycling	4000 m team pursuit
Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Konrad Wirnhier	shoot	Skeet
silver
Hans Baumgartner	athletics	Long jump
Rita Wilden	athletics	400 m (women)
Heide Rosendahl	athletics	Pentathlon (women)
Reinhold Kauder	canoe	Single canoe, slalom
Hans-Otto Schumacher Wilhelm Baues	canoe	Two-man canoe, slalom
Gisela Grothaus	canoe	Single kayak, slalom (women)
Liselott Linsenhoff Josef Neckermann Karin Schlueter	horse riding	Dressage team
Klaus Steinbach Werner lamp Hans-Günther Vosseler Hans Fassnacht	swim	4 × 200 m freestyle
Klaus Glahn	Judo	Heavyweight
Hans-Jürgen Veil	Wrestling	Greco-Roman bantamweight
Rudolf Mang	Weightlifting	Super heavyweight
bronze
Werner lamp	swim	200 m freestyle
Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach	swim	4 × 100 m freestyle (women)
Silke Pielen Verena Eberle Gudrun Beckmann Heidemarie Reineck	swim	4 × 100 m layers (women)
Detlef Lewe	canoe	Canadians
Magdalena Wunderlich	canoe	Single kayak, slalom (women)
Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl	athletics	4 × 100 m relay
Anette Rückes Inge Bödding Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden	athletics	4 × 400 m relay (women)
Josef Neckermann	horse riding	Dressage singles
Lutz Goessing Horst Karsten Harry Klugmann Karl Schultz	horse riding	Versatility team
Willi Kuhweide Karsten Meyer	sailing	star
Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann	sailing	Flying Dutchman
Peter Hussing	Boxing	Heavyweight
Paul Barth	Judo	Light heavyweight
Hans Lutz	Cycling	4000 m single pursuit
Adolf Seger	Wrestling	Welterweight freestyle
Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke	rowing	Foursome without a helmsman

Participants by sport

basketball

competition	Men
Athletes	Karl Ampt Holger Geschwindner Dietrich Keller Hans Jörg Krüger Dieter Kuprella Joachim Linnemann Rainer Pethran Jochen Pollex Norbert Thimm Helmut Uhlig Klaus Weinand Jürgen Wohlers
Trainer	Theodor Schober
Group stage	Puerto Rico 74:81 Soviet Union 63:87 Philippines 93:74 Italy 57:68 Yugoslavia 56:81 Poland 67:65 Senegal 72:62
Intermediate round	Australia 69:70
Game for 11th place	Spain 83:84
placement	12.

Archery

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Richard Krust	singles	1172	26th	1170	29	2342	30th
Siegfried Ortmann	singles	1175	24	1215	11	2390	14th
Women
Ursula Büschking	singles	1078	32	1122	24	2200	30th
Carla Nolpa	singles	1074	33	1091	35	2165	35

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Gerd Schubert	Flyweight	Phar	Where	Chawalit	1: 4	eliminated								17th
Werner Schäfer	Bantamweight	bye		Destimo	2: 3	eliminated								17th
Peter Prause	Featherweight	Bachfeld	0: 5	eliminated										33
Peter Hess	lightweight	bye		Regüeiferos	4: 1	Paulsen	Knockout	eliminated						9
Günther Meier	Welterweight	bye		Rackley	5-0	Rabieb	5-0	Correa	2: 3	eliminated				5
Dieter Kottysch	Light middleweight	bye		Avila	TKO	Oikonomakos	5-0	Majeri	5-0	Minter	3: 2	Rudkowski	3: 2	gold
Ewald Jarmer	medium weight	bye		Johnson	0: 5	eliminated								9
Rudolf Hornig	Light heavyweight	Moreau	5-0	Spinello	4: 1	Gortat	T.KO	eliminated						5
Peter Hussing	Heavyweight	bye		-				Ludeña	Knockout	Stevenson	TKO	Alexe	Where	bronze

fencing

Men

• Friedrich Wessel

  Foil, singles: 4th round

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Klaus Reichert

  Foil, singles: 3rd round

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Harald Hein

  Foil, singles: 1st round

  Foil, team: 5th place

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Dieter Wellmann

  Foil, team: 5th place

  Saber, team: 6th place

• Erk Sens-Gorius

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Hans-Jürgen Hehn

  Epee, singles: 3rd round

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Reinhold Behr

  Epee, singles: 2nd round

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Dieter Jung

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Max Geuter

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Paul Wischeidt

  Saber, singles: 4th round

  Saber, team: 6th place

• Walter Convents

  Saber, singles: 3rd round

  Saber, team: 6th place

• Knut Höhne

  Saber, singles: 3rd round

  Saber, team: 6th place

• Volker Duschner

  Saber, team: 6th place

Women

• Irmela Broniecki

  Women, foil, singles: 2nd round

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Brigitte Oertel

  Women, foil, singles: 2nd round

• Karin Rutz-Gießelmann

  Women, foil, singles: 1st round

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Gudrun Theuerkauff

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Monika Pulch

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Erika Bethmann

  Foil, team: 5th place

Soccer

competition	Men
Athletes	0(1) Günter Wienhold 0 (2) Heiner Baltes 0 (3) Reiner Hollmann 0 (4) Egon Schmitt (5) Friedhelm Haebermann (6) Hartwig Bleidick (7) Hermann Bitz (8) Rudolf Seliger (9) Klaus Wunder (10) Uli Hoeneß (11) Ronald Worm (12) Dieter Mietz (13) Bernd Nickel (14) Manfred Kaltz (15) Hans-Dieter Seelmann (16) Jürgen Kalb (17) Ottmar Hitzfeld (18) Ewald Hammes (19) Hans-Jürgen Bradler 0 0 0 0 0
Trainer	Jupp Derwall
Preliminary round	Malaysia 3: 0 (0: 0) Morocco 3: 0 (2: 0) United States 7: 0 (2: 0)
Intermediate round	Mexico 1: 1 (1: 0) Hungary 1: 4 (1: 2) German Democratic Republic 2: 3 (1: 1)
final	eliminated
placement	5.

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Duel	Tear	Bump	total
		Weight	Weight	Weight	Weight	rank
Men
Pietro Masala	lightweight	invalid	DNF
Werner Schraut	lightweight	127.5 kg	125.0 kg	150.0 kg	402.5 kg	12
Uwe Kliche	medium weight	145.0 kg	122.5 kg	DNF
Rolf Milser	Lightweight	165.0 kg	132.5 kg	180.0 kg	477.5 kg	7th
Dietrich Leh	Middle heavyweight	170.0 kg	140.0 kg	177.5 kg	487.5 kg	9
Rainer Dörrzapf	Heavyweight	170.0 kg	165.0 kg	187.5 kg	522.5 kg	8th
Rudolf Mang	Super heavyweight	225.0 kg	170.0 kg	215.0 kg	610.0 kg	silver

Handball

competition	Men
Athletes	Hans-Jürgen Bode Klaus Kater Uwe Rathjen Herwig Ahrendsen Wolfgang Braun Herbert Rogge Klaus Lange Peter Bucher Jochen Feldhoff Klaus Westebbe Diethard Finkelmann Josef Karrer Herbert Lübking Heiner Möller Hans-Peter Neuhaus Herbert Wehnert
Trainer	Werner Vick
Preliminary round	Spain 13:10 (7: 5) Norway 15:15 (7: 8) Romania 11:13 (5: 5)
Main round	Yugoslavia 15:24 (7:14) Hungary 17:14 (8: 6)
Play for 5th place	Soviet Union 16:17 (9:10)
placement	6th

hockey

competition	Men
Athletes	Peter Kraus Michael Peter Dieter Freise Michael Krause Eduard Thelen Horst Dröse Carsten Keller Ulrich Klaes Wolfgang Baumgart Uli Vos Peter Trump Wolfgang Rott Werner Kaessmann Wolfgang Strödter Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Detlev Kittstein Eckardt Suhl
Trainer	Horst Wein
Group stage	Belgium 5: 1 (3: 1) Malaysia 1: 0 (1: 0) Argentina 2: 1 (2: 0) Pakistan 2: 1 (0: 0) Uganda 1: 1 (1: 1) Spain 2: 1 ( 0: 1) France 4: 0 (3: 0)
Semifinals	Netherlands 3: 0 (1: 0)
final	Pakistan 1: 0 (0: 0)
placement	gold

Judo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Wolfram Koppen	lightweight	Tommasi	S.	Pacheco	S.	Werner	S.	Kawaguchi	N.	Round of hope: Bujadaa	N.	5
Engelbert Dörbandt	Light middleweight	Burris	S.	Roquete	S.	Hötger	N.	Hope round : Zinsli	S.	Round of hope: Novikov	N.	5
Gerd Egger	medium weight	Arredondo	S.	Jacks	N.	Round of hope: Akrenius	S.	Round of hope: Gogolauri	N.	eliminated		7th
Paul Barth	Light heavyweight	Howiller	S.	Lewin	S.	Farnsworth	S.	Ishii	S.	eliminated		bronze
								Chochishvili	N.
Klaus Glahn	Heavyweight	Andrianatvoo	S.	Ojeda	S.	Hennig	S.	Ruska	S.	Ruska	N.	silver
								Onashvili	S.
	Open class	Exiga	S.	Petrovszky	S.	Shinomaki	S.	Kuznetsov	N.	Hope round: Ruska	N.	5

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Reunion		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Bernd Guse	Single kayak 1000 m	4: 13.16 min	6th	4: 46.29 min	5	eliminated
Hans-Jürgen Riemenschneider Horst Mattern	Two-person kayak 1000 m	3: 45.78 min	3	-		3: 35.16 min	3	3: 38.67 min	8th	8th
Rudolf Blaß Eberhard Fischer Rainer Hennes Hans-Erich Pasch	Quad kayak 1000 m	3: 18.42 min	2			3: 09.71 min	2	3: 16.63 min	5	5
Detlef Lewe	Single canoe 1000 m	4: 31.79 min	1			-		4: 13.63 min	3	bronze
Peter Hoffmann Hermann Glaser	Two-person canoe 1000 m	4: 08.89 min	2			3: 53.54 min	2	3: 59.24 min	4th	4th
Women
Irene Pepinghege	Single kayak 500 m	2: 14.34 min	3	-		2: 05.86 min	2	2: 06.55 min	4th	4th
Roswitha Esser Renate Breuer	Two-person kayak 500 m	2: 00.32 min	2	-				1: 55.64 min	5	5

Canoe slalom

Athletes	competition	Run 1			Run 2			Best run	rank
		time	punishment	total time	time	punishment	total time	time
Men
Alfred Baum	One kayak	258.01 s	30 s	288.01 s	270.72 s	120 s	390.72 s	288.01 s	5
Jürgen Gerlach	One kayak	251.10 s	110 s	361.10 s	282.41 s	80 s	362.41 s	361.10 s	26th
Ulrich Peters	One kayak	252.82 s	30 s	282.82 s	263.10 s	30 s	293.10 s	293.10 s	4th
Bernhard Heinemann	Canadians	328.10 s	170 s	498.10 s	377.41 s	90 s	467.41 s	467.41 s	16
Reinhold Kauder	Canadians	307.89 s	20 s	327.89 s	327.89 s	30 s	350.31 s	327.89 s	silver
Wolfgang Peters	Canadians	-	-	-	286.25 s	70 s	356.25 s	356.25 s	5
Theo Nüsing Hans Jakob Hitz	Two-man Canadians	306.67 s	80 s	386.67 s	324.38 s	90 s	414.38 s	386.67 s	9
Michael Reimann Olaf Fricke	Two-man Canadians	301.86 s	70 s	371.86 s	310.00 s	200 s	510.00 s	371.86 s	7th
Hans-Otto Schumacher Wilhelm Baues	Two-man Canadians	286.96 s	30 s	316.96 s	291.90 s	20 s	311.90 s	311.90 s	silver
Women
Ulrike Deppe	One kayak	306.32 s	160 s	466.32 s	366.44 s	90 s	456.44 s	456.44 s	7th
Gisela Grothaus	One kayak	351.10 s	170 s	521.10 s	338.15 s	60 s	398.15 s	398.15 s	silver
Magdalena Wunderlich	One kayak	340.50 s	60 s	400.50 s	375.40 s	140 s	515.40 s	400.50 s	bronze

athletics

Men

• Jobst Hirscht

  100 m: Final 6th place

  4 × 100 m: bronze

• Klaus Ehl

  100 m: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 m: bronze

• Gerhard Wucherer

  100 m: advance

  4 × 100 m: bronze

• Karlheinz Klotz

  4 × 100 m: bronze

• Martin Jellinghaus

  200 m: Final 7th place

• Manfred Ommer

  200 m: semi-finals

• Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske

  400 m: Final 5th place

  4 × 400 m: Final 4th place

• Karl Honz

  400 m: Final 7th place

  4 × 400 m: Final 4th place

• Georg Nückles

  400 m: semi-finals

• Bernd Herrmann

  4 × 400 m: Final 4th place

• Hermann Koehler

  4 × 400 m: Final 4th place

• Franz-Josef Kemper

  800 m: Final 4th place

• Josef Schmid

  800 m: semi-finals

• Walter Adams

  800 m: supply DNF

• Paul-Heinz Wellmann

  1500 m: Final 7th place

• Thomas Wessinghage

  1500 m: semi-finals

• Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin

  1500 m: semi-finals

• Harald Norpoth

  5000 m: Final 7th place

• Wolfgang Riesinger

  5000 m: advance

• Jürgen May

  5000 m: advance

• Manfred Letzerich

  10,000 m: advance

• Günter Mielke

  10,000 m: forward DNF

• Paul Angenvoorth

  Marathon: 16th place

• Manfred Steffny

  Marathon: 31st place

• Lutz Philipp

  Marathon: 32nd place

• Günther Nickel

  110 m hurdles: semi-finals

• Eckart Berkes

  110 m hurdles: forward

• Manfred Schumann

  110 m hurdles: forward

• Rainer Schubert

  400 m hurdles: Final 5th place

• Rolf Ziegler

  400 m hurdles: semi-finals

• Dieter Büttner

  400 m hurdles: semi-finals DNF

• Willi Maier

  3000 m obstacle: advance

• Willi Wagner

  3000 m obstacle: advance

• Hans-Dieter Schulten

  3000 m obstacle: advance

• Heinz Mayr

  20 km walking: 13th place

• Wilfried Wesch

  20 km walking: 16th place

• Bernd Kannenberg

  20 km walking: DNF

  50 km of walking: gold

• Gerhard Weidner

  50 km walking: 6th place

• Horst-Rüdiger Magnor

  50 km walking: 16th place

• Hermann Magerl

  High jump: Final 4th place

• Ingomar Sieghart

  High jump: 24th place in qualification

• Reinhard Kuretzky

  Pole vault: Final 4th place

• Volker Ohl

  Pole vault: final 6th place

• Hans Baumgartner

  Long jump: silver

• Josef Schwarz

  Long jump: 19th place in qualification

• Andreas Gloerfeld

  Long jump: 22nd place in qualification

• Heinfried Birlenbach

  Shot put: Final 7th place

• Ralf Reichenbach

  Shot put: Final 13th place

• Traugott Glöckler

  Shot put: Final 18th place

• Klaus-Peter Hennig

  Discus throw: 15th place in qualification

• Dirk Wippermann

  Discus throw: 16th place in qualification

• Hein-Direck New

  Discus throw: 17th place in qualification

• Uwe Beyer

  Hammer throw: Final 4th place

• Edwin Klein

  Hammer throw: Final 7th place

• Karl-Hans Riehm

  Hammer throw: Final 10th place

• Klaus Wolfermann

  Javelin throw: gold

• Günter Glasauer

  Javelin throw: 18th place in qualification

• Hans-Joachim Walde

  Decathlon: DNF

• Hans-Joachim Perk

  Decathlon: DNF

• Horst Beyer

  Decathlon: DNF

Women

• Annegret Richter

  Women, 100 m: Final 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m: gold

• Elfgard Schittenhelm

  Women, 100 m: semi-finals

• Ingrid Mickler-Becker

  Women, 100 m: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 m: gold

• Annegret Kroniger

  Women, 200 m: Final 5th place

• Christiane Krause

  Women, 200 m: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 m: gold

• Rita Wilden

  Women, 400 m: silver

  Women, 4 × 400 m: bronze

• Christel Frese

  Women, 400 m: semi-finals DNF

• Anette Rückes

  Women, 400 m: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 m: bronze

• Inge Bödding

  Women, 4 × 400 m: bronze

• Hildegard Falck

  Women, 800 m: gold

  Women, 4 × 400 m: bronze

• Sylvia Schenk

  Women, 800 m: semi-finals

• Gisela Ellenberger

  Women, 800 m: semi-finals

• Ellen Tittel

  Women, 1500 m: semi-finals

• Christa Merten

  Women, 1500 m: forward

• Gerda Ranz

  Women, 1500 m: forward

• Margit Bach

  Women, 100 m hurdles: semi-finals

• Heidi Schüller

  Women, 100 m hurdles: semi-finals

  Women, long jump: Final 5th place

• Ulrike Meyfarth

  Women, high jump: gold

• Ellen Mundinger

  Women, high jump: Final 10th place

• Renate Gardener

  Women, high jump: Final 14th place

• Heide Rosendahl

  Women, long jump: gold

  Women, pentathlon: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 m: gold

• Liesel Westermann

  Women, discus throw: Final 5th place

• Brigitte Berendonk

  Women, discus throw: final 11th place

• Anneliese Gerhards

  Women, javelin: final 9th ​​place

• Ameli Koloska

  Women, javelin: 18th place in qualification

• Karen Mack

  Women, pentathlon: 7th place

• Margot Eppinger

  Women, pentathlon: 12th place

Modern pentathlon

Athletes	competition	horse riding		fencing		shoot		swim		4000 m cross-country run		Points	rank
		Victories	Points	Victories	Points	Rings	Points	time	Points	time	Points
Men
Walter Esser	singles	2: 16.6 min	100	32	829	186	824	3: 44.1 min	1080	13: 44.6 min	1093	4826	20th
Get Roessler	singles	2: 20.1 min	155	25th	696	187	846	3: 36.9 min	9	13: 58.2 min	1051	4678	27
Heiner Thade	singles	2: 10.5 min	35	39	962	192	956	3: 52.6 min	1012	13: 25.0 min	1150	5145	7th
Walter Esser Hole Rößler Heiner Thade	team		3010		2520		2626		3232		3294	14,682	6th

Cycling

train

• Karl Köther junior

  Sprint: Round of 16 (Hope runs)

  1000 m time trial: 4th place

• Dieter Berkmann

  Sprint: 2nd round (hope runs)

• Jürgen Barth

  Tandem: 5th place

• Rainer Müller

  Tandem: 5th place

• Hans Lutz

  4000 m single pursuit: bronze

• Jürgen Colombo

  4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Günter Haritz

  4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Udo Hempel

  4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Günther Schumacher

  4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Peter Vonhof

  4000 m team pursuit: Gold (only used in the semifinals)

Street

• Wilfried Trott

  Road race: 7th place

• Erwin Carpenter

  Road race: 22nd place

  Team time trial (100 km): 20th place

• Alfred Gaida

  Road race: 57th place

• Peter Weibel

  Road race: 68th place

• Johannes Knab

  Team time trial (100 km): 20th place

• Algis Oleknavicius

  Team time trial (100 km): 20th place

• Rainer Podlesch

  Team time trial (100 km): 20th place

horse riding

• Liselott Linsenhoff

  Dressage, individual: gold

  Dressage, team: silver

• Josef Neckermann

  Dressage, individual: bronze

  Dressage, team: silver

• Karin Schlueter

  Dressage, individual: 7th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Hartwig Steenken

  Show jumping, singles: 4th place

  Show jumping, team: gold

• Fritz Ligges

  Show jumping, singles: 8th place

  Show jumping, team: gold

• Gerd Wiltfang

  Show jumping, singles: 16th place

  Show jumping, team: gold

• Hans Günter Winkler

  Show jumping, team: gold

• Harry Klugmann

  Versatility, singles: 9th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Lutz Goessing

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Karl Schultz

  Versatility, singles: 16th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Horst Karsten

  Versatility, Individual: DNF

  Versatility, team: bronze

Wrestling

• Günter Maas

  Greco-Roman paper weight: 3rd round

• Fritz Huber

  Greco-Roman flyweight: 3rd round

• Hans-Jürgen Veil

  Greco-Roman bantamweight: silver

• Manfred Schöndorfer

  Lightweight Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Werner Schröter

  Greterweight Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Reinhold Hucker

  Greco-Roman Middleweight: 2nd round

• Günter Kowalewski

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 3rd round

• Lorenz Hecher

  Greco-Roman heavyweight: 2nd round

• Wilfried Dietrich

  Greco-Roman super heavyweight: 3rd round

  Super Heavyweight Freestyle: 3rd Round

• Rolf Lacour

  Paper weight freestyle: 3rd round

• Mario Sabatini

  Flyweight freestyle: 2nd round

• Gerhard Weisenberger

  Featherweight freestyle: 4th round

• Klaus Rost

  Lightweight freestyle: 3rd round

• Adolf Seger

  Welterweight freestyle: bronze

• Peter Neumair

  Middleweight freestyle: 6th place

• Ernst Knoll

  Light Heavyweight Freestyle: 3rd Round

• Alfons Hecher

  Heavyweight freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

• Udo Hild

  One: Final 4th place

• Jochen Meißner

  Double scull: 10th place

• Arthur Heyne

  Double scull: 10th place

• Erwin Haas

  Two without a helmsman: 7th place

• Lutz Ulbricht

  Two without a helmsman: 7th place

• Heinz Mußmann

  Two with helmsman: Final 4th place

• Bernd Krause

  Two with helmsman: Final 4th place

• Stefan Kuhnke

  Two with helmsman: Final 4th place

• Joachim Ehrig

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Peter Funnekötter

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Franz Held

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Wolfgang Plottke

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Peter Berger

  Four with helmsman: gold

• Hans-Johann Färber

  Four with helmsman: gold

• Gerhard Auer

  Four with helmsman: gold

• Alois Bierl

  Four with helmsman: gold

• Uwe Benter

  Four with helmsman: gold

• Reinhard Wendemuth

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Frithjof Henckel

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Norbert Kindlmann

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Wolfgang Hottenrott

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Hans-Ulrich Buchholz

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Günter Petersmann

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Bernd Truschinski

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Winfried Ringwald

  Eighth: Final 5th place

• Manfred Klein

  Eighth: Final 5th place

shoot

• Gottfried Kustermann

  Small bore three-position battle: 7th place

  Small caliber lying: 37th place

• Bernd Klingner

  Small caliber three-position battle: 16th place

• New Year's Knipfer

  Lying small bore: 16th place

• Dirk Fudickar

  Large-caliber free rifle: 20th place

• Helmut Seeger

  Rapid fire pistol: 11th place

• Erwin Glock

  Rapid fire pistol: 16th place

• Heinrich Fretwurst

  Free pistol: 15th place

• Heinz Mertel

  Free pistol: 16th place

• Christoph-Michael Zeisner

  Running target: 5th place

• Günther Danne

  Running target: 7th place

• Konrad Wirnhier

  Skeet: gold

• Walter Wrigge

  Skeet: 22nd place

• Heinz Leibinger

  Trap: 12th place

• Peter Blecher

  Trap: 26th place

swim

Men

• Klaus Steinbach

  100 m freestyle: Final 8th place

  200 m freestyle: Final 6th place

  200 m layers: advance

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Final 6th place

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver

  4 × 100 m layers: advance

• Kersten Meier (born February 23, 1954)

  100 m freestyle: semi-finals

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Finals 6th place (only used in the preliminary stages)

• Gerhard Schiller

  100 m freestyle: preliminary

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Finals 6th place (only used in the preliminary stages)

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver (only used in the run-up)

• Werner lamp

  200 m freestyle: bronze

  400 m freestyle: Final 7th place

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Final 6th place

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver

• Olaf von Schilling

  200 m freestyle: preliminary

• Hans Fassnacht

  400 m freestyle: course

  1500 m freestyle: preliminary

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Final 6th place

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver

  200 m butterfly: Final 5th place

• Peter Rosary

  400 m freestyle: preliminary

  1500 m freestyle: preliminary

• Dusan Grozaj

  1500 m freestyle: preliminary

• Rainer Jacob

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Final 6th place

• Hans-Günther Vosseler

  4 × 100 m freestyle: Finals 6th place (only used in the preliminary stages)

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver

• Andreas Weber

  100 m back: forward

  200 m layers: advance

  4 × 100 m layers: advance

• Norbert Verweyen

  200 m back: forward

• Walter Kusch

  100 m chest: Final 5th place

  200 m chest: Final 6th place

  4 × 100 m layers: advance

• Michael Günther

  100 m chest: forward

• Andreas Hellmann

  100 m chest: forward

  200 m chest: forward

• Gregor Betz

  200 m chest: forward

• Lutz Stoklasa

  100 m butterfly: semifinals

  4 × 100 m layers: advance

• Peter Remmel

  100 m butterfly: forward

• Hans lamp

  100 m butterfly: forward

• Folkert Meeuw

  200 m butterfly: Final 8th place

  4 × 200 m freestyle: silver (only used in the run-up)

• Walter Mack

  200 m butterfly: forward

• Thomas Aretz

  200 m layers: advance

• Hans-Joachim Geisler

  400 m layers: advance

• Michael Holthaus

  400 m layers: advance

Women

• Heidemarie Reineck

  Women, 100 m freestyle: Final 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze

• Jutta Weber

  Women, 100 m freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 200 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze (was only used in the preliminary run)

• Angela Steinbach

  Women, 100 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 200 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze

• Uta Schütz

  Women, 200 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 400 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 800 m freestyle: preliminary

• Helga Wagner

  Women, 400 m freestyle: preliminary

  Women, 800 m freestyle: preliminary

• Barbara Schwarzfeldt

  Women, 800 m freestyle: preliminary

• Silke Pielen

  Women, 100 m back: Final 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze

• Annegret Kober

  Women, 100 m back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 m back: Final 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze (was only used in the preliminary run)

• Angelika Kraus

  Women, 100 m back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 m back: forward

• Karin Bormann

  Women, 200 m back: forward

  Women, 200 m individual medley: forward

• Verena Eberle

  Women, 100 m chest: Final 6th place

  Women, 200 m chest: preliminary

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze

• Dagmar Sierck

  Women, 100 m chest: forward

• Patricia Siewert

  Women, 100 m chest: forward

• Petra Nows

  Women, 200 m breaststroke: Final 5th place

• Ulrike Klees

  Women, 200 m chest: preliminary

• Gudrun Beckmann

  Women, 100 m butterfly: Final 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze

• Edeltraud Koch

  Women, 100 m butterfly: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: bronze (was only used in the preliminary run)

• Heike Nagel

  Women, 100 m butterfly: semi-finals

• Helmi Boxberger

  Women, 200 m individual medley: forward

  Women, 400 m individual medley: forward

• Helga Niemann

  Women, 400 m individual medley: forward

sailing

• Walter May

  Finn dinghy: 12th place

• Karsten Meyer

  Star: bronze

• Willi Kuhweide

  Star: bronze

• Peter Naumann

  Flying Dutchman: bronze

• Ullrich Libor

  Flying Dutchman: bronze

• Heinz Laprell

  Tempest: 11th place

• Wolf Stadler

  Tempest: 11th place

• Friedrich May

  Soling: 11th place

• Hans-Joachim Berndt

  Soling: 11th place

• Norbert Wagner

  Soling: 11th place

• Franz Heilmeier

  Dragons: 4th place

• Konrad Glas

  Dragons: 4th place

• Richard Kuchler

  Dragons: 4th place

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Angelika Kern	Individual all-around	70.95	48	eliminated		48
	ground	17.85	47	eliminated		47
	Balance beam	17.50	35	eliminated		35
	Leap	17.60	61	eliminated		61
	Uneven bars	18.00	49	eliminated		49
Andrea Niederheide	Individual all-around	71.10	46	eliminated		46
	ground	17.70	59	eliminated		59
	Balance beam	17.10	62	eliminated		62
	Leap	17.85	49	eliminated		49
	Uneven bars	18.45	26th	eliminated		26th
Jutta Oltersdorf	Individual all-around	71.95	35	eliminated		35
	ground	18.10	30th	eliminated		30th
	Balance beam	17.35	42	eliminated		42
	Leap	18.10	33	eliminated		33
	Uneven bars	18.40	31	eliminated		31
Ingrid Santer	Individual all-around	68.85	76	eliminated		76
	ground	17.75	58	eliminated		58
	Balance beam	16.75	79	eliminated		79
	Leap	18.00	37	eliminated		37
	Uneven bars	16.35	100	eliminated		100
Uta Schorn	Individual all-around	72.10	31	73,300	23	23
	ground	18.00	38	eliminated		38
	Balance beam	17.35	42	eliminated		42
	Leap	18.30	19th	eliminated		19th
	Uneven bars	18.45	26th	eliminated		26th
Ulrike Weyh	Individual all-around	70.85	50	eliminated		50
	ground	17.65	62	eliminated		62
	Balance beam	17.45	37	eliminated		37
	Leap	17.90	46	eliminated		46
	Uneven bars	17.85	54	eliminated		54
Angelika Kern Andrea Niederheide Jutta Oltersdorf Ingrid Santer Uta Schorn Ulrike Weyh	Team all-around	-		357.95	8th	8th
Men
Bernd Effing	Individual all-around	107.75	38	eliminated		38
	Ingots	18.25	38	eliminated		38
	ground	18.35	25th	eliminated		25th
	Pommel horse	17.90	34	eliminated		34
	Horizontal bar	17.70	56	eliminated		56
	Rings	17.45	61	eliminated		61
	Leap	18.10	47	eliminated		47
Eberhard Gienger	Individual all-around	109.75	24	111.175	14th	14th
	Ingots	19.05	6th	eliminated		7th
	ground	18.05	33	eliminated		33
	Pommel horse	16.95	69	eliminated		69
	Horizontal bar	19.05	8th	eliminated		8th
	Rings	18.35	26th	eliminated		26th
	Leap	18.30	30th	eliminated		30th
Heinz Häussler	Individual all-around	106.25	52	eliminated		52
	Ingots	17.80	63	eliminated		63
	ground	17.85	42	eliminated		42
	Pommel horse	17.80	39	eliminated		39
	Horizontal bar	18.00	41	eliminated		41
	Rings	17.50	58	eliminated		58
	Leap	17.30	100	eliminated		100
Walter Moessinger	Individual all-around	109.70	25th	110,000	24	24
	Ingots	18.55	22nd	eliminated		22nd
	ground	18.50	16	eliminated		16
	Pommel horse	17.75	41	eliminated		41
	Horizontal bar	18.25	31	eliminated		31
	Rings	18.70	16	eliminated		16
	Leap	17.95	64	eliminated		64
Reinhard Ritter	Individual all-around	106.80	44	eliminated		44
	Ingots	18.20	42	eliminated		42
	ground	17.80	45	eliminated		45
	Pommel horse	18.25	19th	eliminated		19th
	Horizontal bar	16.50	91	eliminated		91
	Rings	17.80	46	eliminated		46
	Leap	18.25	38	eliminated		38
Günter Spies	Individual all-around	108.70	31	109.750	25th	25th
	Ingots	18.95	10	eliminated		10
	ground	18.05	33	eliminated		33
	Pommel horse	16.65	76	eliminated		76
	Horizontal bar	18.65	18th	eliminated		18th
	Rings	18.40	22nd	eliminated		22nd
	Leap	18.00	54	eliminated		54
Bernd Effing Eberhard Gienger Heinz Häussler Walter Mößinger Reinhard Ritter Günter Spies	Team all-around	-		546.40	5	5

volleyball

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Rike Ruschenburg Erika Heucke Ingrid Lorenz Uschi Westphal Traute Schäfer Marianne Lepa Birgit Drechsel Regina Pütz Annedore Judge Margret Stender Birgit Pörner Annette Ellerbracke	Klaus-Dieter Buschle Wolfgang Simon Bernhard Endrich Toni Rimrod Hans-Ulrich Graßhoff Rüdiger Hild Hatto Nolte Uwe Zitranski Hans-Georg von der Ohe Klaus Meetz Volker Paulus Ulf Tütken
Trainer	Dai Hee Park	Manfred Kindermann
Group stage	Hungary 0-3, Soviet Union 0-3, South Korea 0-3	Brazil 2: 3 Romania 0: 3 Cuba 2: 3 GDR 0: 3 Japan 0: 3
Placement games	Cuba 0-3	-
Game for 7th place	Czechoslovakia 0-3
Game for 11th place	-	Tunisia 3: 1
placement	8th.	11.

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Gerd Olbert Kurt Schuhmann Günter Wolf Hermann Haverkamp Kurt Küpper Ludger Weeke Hans Simon Peter Teicher Ingulf Nossek Jürgen Stiefel Hans Hoffmeister
Group stage	Hungary 3: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0) Netherlands 4: 4 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2) Greece 8: 3 (3: 1 , 3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) Australia 6: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 2)
Final round	United States 4: 4 (1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0) Soviet Union 2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0) Italy 2: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Yugoslavia 4: 5 (0: 3, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)
placement	4th

Diving

Men

• Norbert Huda

  Jump 3 m: Final 8th place

• Gerhard Hölzl

  Artistic jumping 3 m: 19th place in the qualification

• Reinhard von Bauer

  Artistic jumping 3 m: 30th place in the qualification

• Karlheinz Schwemmer

  Diving: 16th place in qualification

• Bernd Wucherpfennig

  High diving: 24th place in qualification

• Klaus Konzorr

  High diving: 30th place in qualification

Women

• Michaela Herweck

  Women, jumping 3 m: 13th place in the qualification

• Maximiliane "Maxi" Michael

  Women, high diving: 15th place in qualification

• Ursula Sapp-Möckel

  Women, high diving: 24th place in qualification

literature

Kicker sports magazine : Born in 1972: Issue No. 62–76, Olympia-Verlag GmbH

Web links

1. ^ West Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . In: sports-reference.com . Retrieved November 12, 2012.
2. ^ Roland Röhrich, Winfried Stadtmüller: Annual report 1971/72. Röntgen-Gymnasium Würzburg, Würzburg 1972, p. 34.
3. ^ Sports in Karlsruhe. From the beginnings till now. Ed. from the Karlsruhe city archive by Ernst Otto Bräunche and Volker Steck, Info Verlag, 2006, p. 353. ISBN 978-3-881-90440-7