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West Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany superimposed with the Olympic rings IOC code   FRG
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors
Flag bearer	Wilfried Dietrich
Medals	Gold 5	Silver 11	Bronze 10	Total 26
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
Winter Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 *With GDR as the Unified Team of Germany
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) Saar (1952)

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 had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.

Results by event

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Spain (5:3)
• Lost to Hungary (4:6)
• Lost to Soviet Union (3:6)
• Defeated Brazil (10:5)
• Lost to Cuba (6:7)
• Lost to United States (5:7)

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Defeated Mexico (6:3)
• 9th/10th place: Lost to Spain (5:7) → Tenth place

• Team Roster

• Dietmar Seiz
• Günter Kilian
• Heinz Kleimeier
• Hermann Haverkamp
• Kurt Schuhmann
• Ludger Weeke
• Ludwig Ott
• Peter Teicher
• Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz
• Johannes Hoffmeister
• Lajos Nagy

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database