West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Bernd Kannenberg — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Klaus Wolfermann — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Hildegard Falck — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Christiane Krause, Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter, and Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Ulrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Dieter Kottysch — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, and Günther Schumacher — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Fritz Ligges, Hartwig Steenken, Gerhard Wiltfang, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
• Liselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
• 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, and Uli Vos — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
• Gerhard Auer, Uwe Benter, Peter Berger, Alois Bierl, and Hans-Johann Färber — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Konrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Men's Skeet

  Silver

• Hans Baumgartner — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Heide Rosendahl — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
• Reinhold Kauder — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
• Bernd Baues and Hans-Otto Schumacher — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
• Gisela Grothaus — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
• Liselott Linsenhoff, Josef Neckermann and Karin Schlüter — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Klaus Glahn — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Hans-Joachim Fassnacht, Werner Lampe, Klaus Steinbach, and Hans Vosseler — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
• Rudolf Mang — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
• Hans-Jürgen Veil — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

  Bronze

• Klaus Ehl, Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, and Gerhard Wucherer — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Anette Rückes, and Rita Wilden — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
• Peter Hussing — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Detlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Magdalena Wunderlich — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
• Hans Lutz — Cycling, Men's 1000m Individual Pursuit
• Lutz Goessing, Horst Karsten, Harry Klugmann, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
• Josef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
• Paul Barth — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight
• Joachim Ehrig, Peter Funnekötter, Franz Held and Wolfgang Plottke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Werner Lampe — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
• Gudrun Beckmann, Heidemarie Reineck, Angela Steinbach, and Jutta Weber — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
• Gudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, and Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
• Adolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Willi Kuhweide and Karsten Meyer — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
• Ulli Libor and Peter Naumann — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

  Archery

• Ursula Bueschking - 2200 points
• Carla Nolpa - 2165 points

• Siegfried Ortmann - 2390 points
• Richard Krust - 2342 points

  Athletics

• Franz-Josef Kemper
• Josef Schmidt
• Walter Adams

• Paul-Heinz Wellmann
• Thomas Wessinghage
• Bodo Tümmler

• Jürgen May
• Wolfgang Riesinger

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

• Hermann Magerl
• Ingomar Sieghart

  Basketball

• Preliminary Round
• Classification Matches
• Team Roster

  Boxing

• Gerd Schubert

• Werner Schaefer

• Peter Prause

• Peter Hess

• Günther Meier

• Dieter Kottysch → Gold Medal

• Ewald Jarmer

• Rudi Hornig

• Peter Hussing → Bronze Medal

  Canoeing

Cycling

• Wilfried Trott — 7th place
• Erwin Tischler — 22nd place
• Alfred Gaida — 57th place
• Peter Weibel — 68th place

• Johannes Knab
• Algis Oleknavicius
• Rainer Podlesch
• Erwin Tischler

• Karl Köther
• Dieter Berkmann

• Karl Köther

• Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place

• Hans Lutz

• Jürgen Colombo
• Günter Haritz
• Udo Hempel
• Günther Schumacher
• Peter Vonhof

  Diving

• Norbert Huda — 524.16 points
• Gerhard Hölzl — 327.42 points
• Reinhard vom Bauer — 299.79 points

• Karl-Heinz Schwemmer — 281.55 points
• Bernd Wucherpfennig — 267.87 points
• Klaus Konzorr — 260.01 points

• Michaela Herweck — 261.78 points

• Maxie Michael — 183.48 points
• Ursula Sapp — 162.39 points

  Equestrian

Fencing

• 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

• 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
• * 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

  Gymnastics

Handball

• Preliminary Round
• Main Round
• Classification Match
• Team Roster

  Hockey

• Preliminary Round
• Semi Final Round
• Final
• Team Roster

  Judo

Modern pentathlon

• Heiner Thade — 5145 points
• Walter Esser — 4826 points
• Hole Rößler — 4678 points

• Thade, Esser, and Rößler — 14682 points

• Elmar Frings

  Rowing

• Udo Hild

• Heinz Mußmann, Bernd Krauß and Stefan Kuhnke

  Sailing

Shooting

• Helmut Seeger
• Erwin Glock

• Heinrich Fretwurst
• Heinz Mertel

• Dirk Fudickar

• Gottfried Kustermann
• Bernd Klingner

• Silvester Knipfer
• Gottfried Kustermann

• Christoph-Michael Zeisner
• Günther Danne

• Heinz Leibinger
• Peter Blecher

• Konrad Wirnhier
• Walter Wrigge

  Swimming

• Klaus Steinbach
• Kersten Meier
• Gerhard Schiller

• Werner Lampe
• Klaus Steinbach
• Olaf von Schilling

• Gerhard Schiller, Rainer Jacob, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Kersten Meier
• Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Rainer Jacob, and Hans Faßnacht

• Hans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw, and Hans-Günther Vosseler
• Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Günther Vosseler, and Hans Faßnacht

  Volleyball

Water polo

• Preliminary Round
• Final Round
• Team Roster

  Weightlifting

Wrestling