Hess First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (CUB), 4:1 Third Round — Lost to Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), KO-2Men'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), 2:3Men'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), 3:2Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)Ewald Jarmer First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Marvin Johnson (USA), 0:5Men'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-1Men'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 Canoeing Cycling 17 cyclists represented West Germany in 1972. Individual road race Wilfried Trott — 7th place Erwin Tischler — 22nd place Alfred Gaida — 57th place Peter Weibel — 68th place Team time trial Johannes Knab Algis Oleknavicius Rainer Podlesch Erwin Tischler Sprint Karl Köther Dieter Berkmann 1000m time trial Karl Köther Final — 1:07.21 (→ 4th place) Tandem Jürgen Barth and Rainer Müller → 6th place Individual pursuit Hans Lutz Team pursuit Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof DivingMen's 3m Springboard Norbert Huda — 524.16 points (→ 8th place) Gerhard Hölzl — 327.42 points (→ 19th place) Reinhard vom Bauer — 299.79 points (→ 30th place)Men's 10m Platform Karl-Heinz Schwemmer — 281.55 points (→ 16th place) Bernd Wucherpfennig — 267.87 points (→ 24th place) Klaus Konzorr — 260.01 points (→ 30th place)Women's 3m Springboard Michaela Herweck — 261.78 points (→ 13th place)Women's 10m Platform Maxie Michael — 183.48 points (→ 15th place) Ursula Sapp — 162.39 points (→ 24th place) Equestrian 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