West Germany At The 1972 Summer Olympics
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West Germany At The 1972 Summer Olympics
West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports. Medalists West Germany finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 40 medals overall. Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, West Germany entered two men and two women. Their highest placing competitor was Siegfried Ortmann, at 14th place in the men's competition. Women's Individual Competition: * Ursula Bueschking - 2200 points (→ 30th place) * Carla Nolpa - 2165 points (→ 35th place) Men's Individual Competition: * Siegfried Ortmann - 2390 points (→ 14th place) * Richard Krust - 2342 points (→ 30th place) Athletics Men's 800 metres *Franz-Josef Kemper :* Heat — 1:47.3 :* Semifinals — 1:48.8 :* Final — 1:46.5 (→ 4th place) * Josef Schmidt :* Heat — 1:47.8 :* Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did n ...
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German Olympic Sports Confederation
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC. Seated in Frankfurt am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany. Presidential Board DOSB-President is Alfons Hörmann. Also members of the presidential board are: *Stephan Abel (Vice President, economy and finances) * Ole Bischof (Vice President, competitive sports) *Walter Schneeloch (Vice President, popular sports and development of sports) *Gudrun Doll-Tepper (Vice President, education and olympic breeding) *Petra Tzschoppe (Vice President, women and equality) *Ingo-Rolf Weiss (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend) *Christian Schreiber (representative of the athletes) *Claudia Bokel (German IOC Member) *Th ...
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Athletics At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... took place on September 2–3 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich. The qualifying standard was . Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: Results Qualifying round Finals The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw M Javelin throw at the Olympics Men's events at the 1972 Summer Olympics ...
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Heide Rosendahl
Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl (; ; born 14 February 1947) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump. On September 3, 1970, at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, she set a world record in the long jump at 6.84 m "East German Sets Record at Games", ''Ottawa Journal'', September 4, 1970, p. 24 that stood for almost six years. Biography She won the long jump gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics with a leap of 6.78 m, one centimetre ahead of Diana Yorgova of Bulgaria. Two days later in a thrilling pentathlon, she finished second to Mary Peters of Great Britain.Heide Rosendahl
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After the three events on the first day Rosendahl was in the fifth place, 301 points behind Peters. On the second day, she jumped 6.83 m in the long jump (one cm short of t ...
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Annegret Richter
Annegret Richter (born 13 October 1950) is a German (former West German) athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion. Biography Born Annegret Irrgang, she won her first international title at the 1971 European Championships, as a part of her country's 4×100 m relay team. The next year, at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she finished 5th in the 100 m, in front of her home crowd. As she had married hurdler Manfred Richter, she now ran under that name. With the relay team, Richter ran a new world record, beating rivals East Germany for the gold.Annegret Richter
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She took the 60 meter title at the European Indoor Championships in 1973. After taking a bronze in 1971 and a silver in 1972 (over 50 meters). At the
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Ingrid Becker
Ingrid Mickler-Becker (; née ''Becker'' on 26 September 1942) is a former West German athlete. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists. Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972. She won the pentathlon gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 4×100 m relay gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Becker was the first German woman to clear 1.70 m in high jump (1970) and 6.50 m in the long jump (1967).Ingrid Mickler-Becker
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At the 1969 European Athletics Championships she won a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 metre relay team. In 1970 she won the European Cup Final in 100 metres, defeating the favourite

Canoeing At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 Metres
The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program. Medallists Results Heats Thirteen competitors were entered. Held on September 5, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others were relegated to the semifinal. Ivan Patzaichin broke his paddle and placed last in his heat. Yet he managed to finish the race, paddling with a peace of wood that he removed from the floor of his canoe, and was included to the repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car .... Semifinal Only the seven canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on September 8, the top three finishers advanced to the final. Final The final took pla ...
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Canoeing At The 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested, at the Augsburg Eiskanal. Medal table Medal summary Slalom Sprint Men's events Women's events The introduction of slalom: A difficult case During the Congress of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) in 1966 that the Deutscher Kanu-Verband (DKV) decides to make all possible efforts to include canoeing slalom at the Olympic Games. During the 67th Session of the IOC in Mexico in 1968, Canoe Slalom and Wild-Water Racing asked to be included into the Olympic Programme. The ICF presents an exposed about these two disciplines. The meeting decides to add canoe slalom to the program with the restriction that the event must not take place too far from the Olympic city. If the proposition was accepted at the Session in June 1969 these two events will be part of the canoeing events that will ma ...
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Cycling At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Pursuit
These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 2 to 4 September 1972. There were 90 participants from 22 nations. Competition format The team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ... competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or ...
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Cycling At The 1972 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. Medal summary Road cycling Track cycling Participating nations 359 cyclists from 54 nations competed. Medal table Notes ReferencesInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Cycling at the Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics events 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ... 1972 in track cycling 1972 in road cycling 1972 in cycle racing ...
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Peter Vonhof
Peter Vonhof (born 15 January 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher Günther Schumacher (born 27 June 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984. He twice represented West Germany at the Summer Olympics (1972 and 1976), and won th .... References External links databaseOlympics 1949 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Cyclists from Berlin Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics German track cyclists West German male cyclists {{Ge ...
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Günther Schumacher
Günther Schumacher (born 27 June 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984. He twice represented West Germany at the Summer Olympics (1972 and 1976), and won the gold medal on both occasions in the Men's Team Pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over .... Teams * 1977: Citizen (West Germany) * 1978: Citizen (West Germany) * 1979: Citizen (West Germany) * 1980: Citizen (West Germany) * 1981: Kotter (West Germany) * 1982: Unknown * 1983: Unknown * 1984: Unknown References External links * * * * Günther Schumacher at databaseOlympics.com 1949 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cy ...
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Udo Hempel
Udo Hempel (born 3 November 1946) is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Günter Haritz. In the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ..., he had already won silver in the same event. He was a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1983, whose best results were on the track. Hempel was also part of the West German team that won the gold medal in the amateur 4 km pursuit world championship in Leicester in 1970. References External links * 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Düsseldorf German track cyclists German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cycli ...
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