Fencing
19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented West Germany in 1972.
- Men's foil
- Friedrich Wessel
- Klaus Reichert
- Harald Hein
- Men's team foil
- Klaus Reichert, Friedrich Wessel, Harald Hein, Dieter Wellmann, Erk Sens-Gorius
- Men's épée
- Hans-Jürgen Hehn
- Reinhold Behr
- Men's team épée
- Reinhold Behr, Hans-Jürgen Hehn, Harald Hein, Dieter Jung, Max Geuter
- Men's sabre
- Paul Wischeidt
- Walter Convents
- Knut Höhne
- Men's team sabre
- Walter Convents, Volker Duschner, Knut Höhne, Dieter Wellmann, Paul Wischeidt
- Women's foil
- Irmela Broniecki
- Brigitte Oertel
- Karin Rutz-Gießelmann
- Women's team foil
- Gundi Theuerkauff, Irmela Broniecki, Karin Rutz-Gießelmann, Monika Pulch, Erika Bethmann
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