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. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Medalists Gold Ingrid Becker — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann — Canoeing, K2 500 m Kayak Pairs Josef Neckermann, Reiner Klimke, Liselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team Horst Meyer, Wolfgang Hottenrott, Dirk Schreyer, Egbert Hirschfelder, Rüdiger Henning, Jörg Siebert, Lutz Ulbricht, Niko Ott, Gunther Tiersch — Rowing, Men's Eight Bernd Klingner — Shooting, 50 m Rifle Three Positions
Silver Gerhard Hennige — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles Claus Schiprowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Hans-Joachim Walde — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Liesel Westermann — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Detlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canoe Singles Renate Breuer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles Karl Link, Udo Hempel, Karlheinz Henrichs, Jürgen Kissner — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit Josef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Jochen Meißner — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Ulli Libor, Peter Naumann — Sailing, Flying Dutchman Heinz Mertel — Shooting, 50 m Pistol
Bronze Bodo Tümmler — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres Helmar Müller, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Kurt Bendlin — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Günther Meier — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Hermann Schridde, Alwin Schockemöhle, Hans Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team Konrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Skeet Michael Holthaus — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley Angelika Kraus, Uta Frommater, Heike Hustede, Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Wilfried Dietrich — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
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
1000 m 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
Equestrian
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
Field hockey
Eighteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the West German team finished in 4th place.
Wolfgang Rott Günther Krauss Utz Aichinger Jürgen Wein Klaus Greinert Uli Vos Detlev Kittstein Norbert Schuler Fritz Schmidt Carsten Keller Michael Krause Wolfgang Müller Dirk Michel Eckardt Suhl Ulrich Sloma Hermann End Friedrich Josten Wolfgang Baumgart
Gymnastics
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
West Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.
Men's single sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal) Jochen Meißner
Men's double sculls Wolfgang Glock Udo Hild
Men's coxless pair Günther Karl Franz Held
Men's coxed pair Bernhard Hiesinger Rolf Hartung Lutz Benter (cox)
Men's coxless four Thomas Hitzbleck Manfred Weinreich Volkhart Buchter Jochen Heck
Men's coxed four Niko Ott Peter Berger Udo Brecht Hans-Johann Färber Stefan Armbruster (cox)
Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal) Horst Meyer Dirk Schreyer Rüdiger Henning Wolfgang Hottenrott Lutz Ulbricht Egbert Hirschfelder Jörg Siebert Niko Ott Gunther Tiersch (cox) Roland Böse (heat 1)
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
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database