West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Bobsleigh Two-man Speed skating Men's 500m Speed skating Women's 1000m Bobsleigh Two-man Bobsleigh Four-man
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWilli LeschDownhill1:56.6729Alfred Hagn1:56.0427Franz Vogler1:55.5024Hans-Jörg Schlager1:55.0518Sepp HeckelmillerGiant SlalomDNF–––DNF–Max Rieger1:33.86141:38.0853:11.946Christian Neureuther1:33.246DNF–DNF–Alfred Hagn1:31.7821:39.38113:11.164
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankHans-Jörg Schlager1:43.30156.566DNF–DNF–Max RiegerbyeDNF–––DNF–Christian Neureutherbye58.421854.4851:52.9011Alfred Hagnbye56.647DNF–DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPamela BehrDownhill1:44.2236Traudl Treichl1:40.6213Rosi Mittermaier1:39.326Rosi Speiser1:39.105Pamela BehrGiant Slalom1:35.8725Rosi Mittermaier1:33.3912Traudl Treichl1:33.089Rosi Speiser1:32.565Rosi SpeiserSlalomDNF–––DNF–Traudl TreichlDNF–––DNF–Pamela Behr47.57846.7041:34.276Rosi Mittermaier47.27753.90191:41.1718
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmTheo Merkel1'19:58.17111'30:58.1750Josef Niedermeier1'21:26.4481'29:26.4446 1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Horst FlothPepi BaderTwo-man1:16.0451:15.3841:14.3561:13.0714:58.84FRG-2Wolfgang ZimmererPeter UtzschneiderTwo-man1:14.8111:14.5611:13.5111:14.1944:57.07
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Wolfgang ZimmererStefan GaisreiterWalter SteinbauerPeter UtzschneiderFour-man1:11.1831:11.7531:10.3041:10.6924:43.92FRG-2Horst FlothDonat ErtelWalter GillikPepi BaderFour-man1:10.8321:11.8841:11.0661:11.3274:45.095
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmFranz Betz49:00.4136Hartmut Döpp48:46.0832Gerhard Gehring47:33.7822Walter Demel46:17.36730 kmEdgar Eckert1'45:38.5138Hartmut Döpp1'44:51.0535Gerhard Gehring1'39:44.4710Walter Demel1'37:45.53550 kmEdgar Eckert3'00:08.3231Walter Demel2'44:32.675
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFranz BetzUrban HettichHartmut DöppWalter Demel2'10:42.857
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmMonika Mrklas17:57.4024Michaela Endler17:32.561110 kmMonika MrklasDNF–Ingrid Rothfuß38:03.6932Michaela Endler36:38.0517
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMonika MrklasIngrid RothfußMichaela Endler50:25.614
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Isabel de Navarre16142340.012814
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Corinne HalkeEberhard Rausch1010381.18710 Almut LehmannHerbert Wiesinger56399.8525
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Consolation Round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts743102210684310161469421117165104022916211 Yugoslavia40319171 West Germany 5-0 Switzerland West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia West Germany 5-1 Norway Japan 7-6 West Germany Team roster Anton Kehle Heiko Antons Georg Kink Rainer Makatsch Otto Schneitberger Josef Völk Werner Modes Paul Langner Rudolf Thanner Karl-Heinz Egger Rainer Philipp Bernd Kuhn Reinhold Bauer Johann Eimannsberger Lorenz Funk Erich Kühnhackl Alois Schloder Anton Hofherr Hans Rothkirch Martin Wild Head coach: Gerhard Kießling
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHans Wimmer54.091553.821752.621453.27213:33.8017Wolfgang Winkler54.071453.531452.661552.82153:33.0815Josef Fendt53.03552.73552.25952.0273:30.036Leonhard Nagenrauft53.00452.79751.97651.9143:29.675
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHans BrandnerBalthasar Schwarm44.86544.8051:29.665Stefan HölzlwimmerHans Wimmer45.611145.3191:30.9211
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGisela Otto47.041746.781646.731945.99153:06.5418Christa Schmuck45.981046.01845.991245.21103:03.1910Elisabeth Demleitner45.45545.62445.08444.6543:00.804
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankUrban HettichIndividual70.066.5152.13249:00.4214.6752366.77520Alfred Winkler71.572.5175.62052:41.5181.51032357.11025Franz Keller65.568.5154.03152:32.5182.86030336.86033Ralph Pöhland73.071.5174.82249:55.6206.3955381.19510
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankSepp SchwinghammerNormal hill68.589.868.590.3180.149Alfred Grosche70.092.269.090.6182.847Günther Göllner74.0101.666.084.3185.946Alfred GroscheLarge hill84.0 (fall)44.677.575.0119.652Günther Göllner90.093.087.082.3175.327
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHerbert Schwarz43.0331Gerd Zimmermann41.3521Hans Lichtenstern40.5510Erhard Keller39.44 OR1500 mHerbert Schwarz2:15.4232Gerd Zimmermann2:08.95125000 mHerbert Schwarz8:26.0327Gerd Zimmermann7:41.16910,000 mGerd Zimmermann15:43.928
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mMonika Stützle48.1527Paula Dufter45.7712Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug44.7551000 mPaula Dufter1:34.8616Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug1:31.40 OR1500 mMonika Stützle2:37.1531Paula Dufter2:26.0015Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug2:24.6910
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com