West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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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.
Archery
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
Men's 800 metres
- 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
- Heat — 3:41.8
- Semifinals — 3:38.4
- Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)
- 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)
- Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Heat — 39.17s
- Semifinals — 38.86s
- Final — 38.79s (→
Bronze Medal)
Men's High Jump
- 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
- Team Roster
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- 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)
- 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
- 1000m time trial
- 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)
- 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
Fencing
19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.
Football
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 -
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
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
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
- 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.
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Konrad Wirnhier
- Walter Wrigge
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- 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)
- Heat — 1:55.80
- Final — 1:56.65 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 2:00.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Kersten Meier
- Heat — 3:37.59
- Hans Faßnacht
- Final — 3:33.90 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Hans-Günther Vosseler
- Heat — 7:53.98
- 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.
