West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

West Germany
West Germany at the Olympic Games
	; Flag of Germany
	IOC code FRG
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	290 (257 men, 33 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Hans Günter Winkler (equestrian)
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988;
Winter Games
	1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988;
	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, 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

Guido Kratschmer — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Inge Helten, Annegret Kroniger, Elvira Poßekel, and Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
Marion Becker — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Otto Ammermann, Herbert Blöcker, Helmut Rethemeier, and Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Alwin Schockemöhle, Paul Schockemöhle, Sönke Sönksen, and Hans-Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Harry Boldt — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Jürgen Hehn — Fencing, Épée Individual
Reinhold Behr, Volker Fischer, Jürgen Hehn, Hannes Jana, and Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Épée Team
Günter Neureuther — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Peter-Michael Kolbe — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Ulrich Lind — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle prone

Bronze

Paul-Heinz Wellmann — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
Bernd Herrmann, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg, and Harald Schmid — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
Inge Helten — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Reinhard Skricek — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Karl Schultz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Eberhard Gienger — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
Thomas Strauß and Peter van Roye — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Hans-Johann Färber, Siegfried Fricke, Ralph Kubail, Peter Niehusen, and Hartmut Wenzel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Edith Eckbauer-Baumann and Thea Einöder-Straube — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
Werner Seibold — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Three Positions
Peter Nocke — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
Michael Kraus, Walter Kusch, Peter Nocke, and Klaus Steinbach — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
Karl-Heinz Helbing — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Adolf Seger — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Jörg Schmall and Jörg Spengler — Sailing, Men's Tornado

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:

Maria Urban – 2376 points (→ 8th place)

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 4x100m Relay

Klaus Ehl, Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Dieter Steinmann, and Reinhard Borchert

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

Men's 4x400m Relay

Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid, and Bernd Herrmann

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

Harald Schmid

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

Men's Marathon

Günther Mielke — 2:35:44 (→ 54th place)

Men's Long Jump

Hans Baumgartner

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

Hans-Jürgen Berger

Qualification — 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Walter Boller

Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

Wolfgang Killing

Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Hein-Direck Neu

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

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Gerhard Weidner — 1:32:56 (→ 18th place)

Bernd Kannenberg — did not finish (→ no ranking)

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

Klaus-Peter Thaler — 4:47:23 (→ 9th place)
Wilfried Trott — 4:49:01 (→ 19th place)
Hans-Peter Jakst — 4:49:01 (→ 37th place)
Peter Weibel — 4:45:49 (→ 46th place)

Team time trial

Sprint

Dieter Berkmann — 4th place

1000m time trial

Hans Michalsky — 1:07.878 (→ 6th place)

Individual pursuit

Gregor Braun — Gold Medal

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Thomas Bach, Harald Hein, Klaus Reichert, Matthias Behr, Erk Sens-Gorius

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Volker Fischer, Alexander Pusch, Reinhold Behr, Hanns Jana

Men's sabre

Tycho Weißgerber

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Cornelia Hanisch, Ute Kircheis-Wessel, Brigitte Oertel, Jutta Höhne

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: Klaus Kleiter

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

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