Athletes from West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony. Medalists Gold Ingrid Becker — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann — Canoeing, K2 500m Kayak Pairs Josef Neckermann, Reiner Klimke, Liselott Linsenhoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team Horst Meyer, Wolfgang Hottenrott, Dirk Schreyer, Egbert Hirschfelder, Rüdiger Henning, Jörg Siebert, Lutz Ulbricht, Niko Ott, Gunther Tiersch — Rowing, Men's Eight Bernd Klingner — Shooting, 50m Rifle Three Positions Silver Gerhard Hennige — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles Claus Schiprowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Hans-Joachim Walde — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Liesel Westermann — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Detlef Lewe — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canoe Singles Renate Breuer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles Karl Link, Udo Hempel, Karlheinz Henrichs, Jürgen Kissner — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit Josef Neckermann — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Jochen Meißner — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Ulli Libor, Peter Naumann — Sailing, Flying Dutchman Heinz Mertel — Shooting, 50m Pistol Bronze Bodo Tümmler — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres Helmar Müller, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Kurt Bendlin — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Günther Meier — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Hermann Schridde, Alwin Schockemöhle, Hans Günter Winkler — Equestrian, Jumping Team Konrad Wirnhier — Shooting, Skeet Michael Holthaus — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley Angelika Kraus, Uta Frommater, Heike Hustede, Heidemarie Reineck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Wilfried Dietrich — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight Athletics Boxing Canoeing Cycling Fourteen cyclists represented West Germany in 1968. Individual road race Burkhard Ebert Jürgen Tschan Ortwin Czarnowski Dieter Koslar Team time trial Burkhard Ebert Jürgen Tschan Ortwin Czarnowski Dieter Koslar Sprint Jürgen Barth 1000m time trial Herbert Honz Tandem Klaus Kobusch Martin Stenzel Individual pursuit Rupert Kratzer Team pursuit Udo Hempel Karl Link Karl Heinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner Rainer Podlesch Diving Equestrian Fencing 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1968. Men's foil Tim Gerresheim Friedrich Wessel Dieter Wellmann Men's team