West Germany at The 1972 Summer Olympics - Boxing

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Gerd Schubert

• First Round — Defeated Phar Khong (CMB), walk-over
• Second Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Werner Schaefer

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Joe Destimo (GHA), 2:3

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Peter Prause

• First Round — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Peter Hess

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (CUB), 4:1
• Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Günther Meier

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Jeff Rackley (NZL), 5:0
• Third Round — Defeated Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Dieter Kottysch → Gold Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2
• Third Round — Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0
• Semifinals — Defeated Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2
• Final — Defeated Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ewald Jarmer

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Rudi Hornig

• First Round — Defeated Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0
• Second Round — Defeated Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Gortat (POL), TKO-1

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Peter Hussing → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1
• Semifinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-2