West Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Alpine skiing

 * Men


 * Men's slalom


 * Women

Biathlon
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
 * Men

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women


 * Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

 * Women


 * Pairs

First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.


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Consolation Round

 * West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
 * West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
 * West Germany 5-1 Norway
 * Japan 7-6 West Germany
 * Team roster
 * Anton Kehle
 * Heiko Antons
 * Georg Kink
 * Rainer Makatsch
 * Otto Schneitberger
 * Josef Völk
 * Werner Modes
 * Paul Langner
 * Rudolf Thanner
 * Karl-Heinz Egger
 * Rainer Philipp
 * Bernd Kuhn
 * Reinhold Bauer
 * Johann Eimannsberger


 * Lorenz Funk
 * Erich Kühnhackl
 * Alois Schloder
 * Anton Hofherr
 * Hans Rothkirch
 * Martin Wild


 * Head coach: Gerhard Kießling

Luge

 * Men

(Men's) Doubles


 * Women

Nordic combined
Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
 * 15 km cross-country skiing

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women