West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| West Germany at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of West Germany |
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| IOC code: FRG | ||||
| 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||
| Flag bearer | Hans Günter Winkler | |||
| Medals | Gold 10 |
Silver 12 |
Bronze 17 |
Total 39 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
*With GDR as the United Team of Germany |
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| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
*With GDR as the United Team of Germany |
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West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
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[edit] Medals
West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 10 gold medals and 39 medals overall.
[edit] 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
[edit] Silver
- Guido Kratschmer — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Annegret Richter — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Inge Helten, Annegret Kroninger, 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
[edit] 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 1500 metres
- 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
[edit] Results by event
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[edit] 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)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:48.47
- Semi Final — 1:47.18
- Final — 1:45.26 (→ 4th place)
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- 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
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- Heat — 39.63
- Semi Final — 39.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 3:03.24
- Final — 3:01.98 (→
Bronze Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heats — 50.57s
- Semi Finals — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Günther Mielke — 2:35:44 (→ 54th place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.81m (→ did not advance)
- Final — 7.84m (→ 8th place)
- Hans-Jürgen Berger
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- Qualification — 7.70m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Walter Boller
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- Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
- Wolfgang Killing
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- Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Hein-Direck Neu
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- Qualification — 61.88m
- Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)
Men's 20km Race Walk
- Gerhard Weidner — 1:32:56 (→ 18th place)
- Bernd Kannenberg — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Joachim Schür
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Ung Jo-Jong (PRK), RSC-2
[edit] Hockey
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Tied with New Zealand (1-1)
- Lost to Pakistan (2-4)
- Lost to Spain (1-4)
- Defeated Belgium (6-1)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Defeated India (3-2)
- 5th/6th place: Defeated Spain (9-1) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) Wolfgang Rott
- ( 2.) Klaus Ludwiczak
- ( 3.) Michael Peter
- ( 4.) Dieter Freise
- ( 5.) Fritz Schmidt
- ( 6.) Michael Krause
- ( 7.) Horst Dröse
- ( 8.) Werner Kaessmann
- ( 9.) Uli Vos
- (10.) Peter Caninenberg
- (11.) Peter Trump
- (12.) Hans Montag
- (13.) Wolfgang Strödter
- (14.) Heiner Dopp
- (15.) Rainer Seifert
- (16.) Ralf Lauruschkat
- Head Coach: Klaus Kleiter
