Athletics
Men's 800 metres
- Franz-Josef Kemper
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- Heat — 1:47.3
- Semifinals — 1:48.8
- Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place)
- Josef Schmidt
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- Heat — 1:47.8
- Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
- Walter Adams
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- Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Paul-Heinz Wellmann
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- Heat — 3:41.8
- Semifinals — 3:38.4
- Final — 3:40.1 (→ 7th place)
- Thomas Wessinghage
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- Heat — 3:40.6
- Semifinals — 3:43.4 (→ did not advance)
- Bodo Tümmler
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- Heat — 3:44.5
- Semifinals — 3:50.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Jürgen May
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- Heat — 14:06.6 (→ did not advance)
- Wolfgang Riesinger
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- Heat — 14:15.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Relay
- Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, and Klaus Ehl
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- Heat — 39.17s
- Semifinals — 38.86s
- Final — 38.79s (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's High Jump
- Hermann Magerl
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- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.18m (→ 4th place)
- Ingomar Sieghart
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- Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
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