West Germany at The 1972 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Franz-Josef Kemper

• Heat — 1:47.3
• Semifinals — 1:48.8
• Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)

• Josef Schmidt

• Heat — 1:47.8
• Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)

• Walter Adams

• Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Paul-Heinz Wellmann

• Heat — 3:41.8
• Semifinals — 3:38.4
• Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)

• Thomas Wessinghage

• Heat — 3:40.6
• Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)

• Bodo Tümmler

• Heat — 3:44.5
• Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Jürgen May

• Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)

• Wolfgang Riesinger

• Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus Ehl

• Heat — 39.17s
• Semifinals — 38.86s
• Final — 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's High Jump

• Hermann Magerl

• Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place)

• Ingomar Sieghart

• Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)