West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany superimposed with the Olympic rings IOC code   FRG
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors	275 (232 men, 43 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Wilfried Dietrich
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 5	Silver 11	Bronze 10	Total 26
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) Unified Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Athletes from West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany.^[1]

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented West Germany in 1968.

Individual road race

• Burkhard Ebert
• Jürgen Tschan
• Ortwin Czarnowski
• Dieter Koslar

Team time trial

• Burkhard Ebert
• Jürgen Tschan
• Ortwin Czarnowski
• Dieter Koslar

Sprint

• Jürgen Barth

1000m time trial

• Herbert Honz

Tandem

• Klaus Kobusch
• Martin Stenzel

Individual pursuit

• Rupert Kratzer

Team pursuit

• Udo Hempel
• Karl Link
• Karl Heinz Henrichs
• Jürgen Kissner
• Rainer Podlesch

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1968.

Men's foil

• Tim Gerresheim
• Friedrich Wessel
• Dieter Wellmann

Men's team foil

• Jürgen Theuerkauff, Friedrich Wessel, Tim Gerresheim, Jürgen Brecht, Dieter Wellmann

Men's épée

• Fritz Zimmermann
• Franz Rompza
• Dieter Jung

Men's team épée

• Dieter Jung, Franz Rompza, Fritz Zimmermann, Max Geuter, Paul Gnaier

Men's sabre

• Paul Wischeidt
• Walter Köstner
• Volker Duschner

Men's team sabre

• Percy Borucki, Walter Köstner, Paul Wischeidt, Klaus Allisat, Volker Duschner

Women's foil

• Heidi Schmid
• Helga Mees
• Monika Pulch

Women's team foil

• Heidi Schmid, Helga Koch, Gundi Theuerkauff, Monika Pulch, Helga Mees

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1968.

Individual

• Elmar Frings
• Heiner Thade
• Hans Jürgen Todt

Team

• Elmar Frings
• Heiner Thade
• Hans Jürgen Todt

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters, all men, represented West Germany in 1968. Bernd Klingner won gold in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Konrad Wirnhier won bronze in the skeet.

25 m pistol

• Erich Masurat
• Hans Standl

50 m pistol

• Heinz Mertel
• Kurt Meyer

50 m rifle, three positions

• Bernd Klingner
• Peter Kohnke

50 m rifle, prone

• Karl Wenk
• Klaus Zähringer

Trap

• Werner Bühse
• Erich Gehmann

Skeet

• Konrad Wirnhier
• Karl Meyer zu Hölsen

Swimming

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Spain (5:3)
• Lost to Hungary (4:6)
• Lost to Soviet Union (3:6)
• Defeated Brazil (10:5)
• Lost to Cuba (6:7)
• Lost to United States (5:7)

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Defeated Mexico (6:3)
• 9th/10th place: Lost to Spain (5:7) → Tenth place

• Team Roster

• Dietmar Seiz
• Günter Kilian
• Heinz Kleimeier
• Hermann Haverkamp
• Kurt Schuhmann
• Ludger Weeke
• Ludwig Ott
• Peter Teicher
• Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz
• Johannes Hoffmeister
• Lajos Nagy

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "West Germany at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database