West Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics
West Germany competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. West German athletes had competed together with East German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men;Men's slalom
;Women
Biathlon
;Men| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
| 20 km | Herbert Hindelang | 1'21:48.5 | 10 | 1'31:48.5 | 41 |
| 20 km | Xaver Kraus | 1'18:40.2 | 12 | 1'30:40.2 | 39 |
| 20 km | Gerhard Gehring | 1'20:26.8 | 8 | 1'28:26.8 | 32 |
| 20 km | Theo Merkel | 1'18:10.5 | 4 | 1'22:10.5 | 12 |
1One minute added per close miss, two minutes added per complete miss.
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
;Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Figure skating
;Men| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Jürgen Eberwein | 25 | 22 | 1530.3 | 219 | 24 |
| Peter Krick | 7 | 16 | 1723.2 | 104 | 12 |
;Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Eileen Zillmer | 12 | 23 | 1600.3 | 171 | 19 |
| Petra Ruhrmann | 16 | 18 | 1611.2 | 161 | 17 |
| Monika Feldmann | 11 | 13 | 1687.1 | 99 | 10 |
;Pairs
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Marianne Streifler Herbert Wiesinger | 12 | 11 | 282.7 | 100 | 11 |
| Gudrun Hauss Walter Häfner | 7 | 9 | 293.6 | 67 | 8 |
| Margot Glockshuber Wolfgang Danne | 3 | 3 | 304.4 | 30 |
Ice hockey
First Round
West Germany - Romania 7:0Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.
Final Round
Canada – West Germany 6:1Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dineen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.
Referees: Seglin, Snětkov
Czechoslovakia – West Germany 5:1
Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.
Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy
Sweden – West Germany 5:4
Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala
USSR – West Germany 9:1
Goalscorers: Populanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Staršinov, Majorov, Mojsejev, Firsov – Funk.
Referees: Trumble, Valentin
USA – West Germany 8:1
Goalscorers: Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk.
Referees: McEvoy, Seglin
Finland– West Germany 4:1
Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala
East Germany – West Germany 2:4
Goalscorers: Hiller, Fuchs – Funk, Waitl, Hanig, Lax.
Referees: McEvoy, Kořínek
Contestants
7. WEST GERMANYGoaltenders: Josef Schramm, Günther Knauss.
Defence: Leonhard Eaitl, Johannes Schichtl, Rudolf Thanner, Otto Schneitberger, Josef Völk, Heinz Bader.
Forwards: Josef Reif, Ernst Köpf, Bernd Kuhn, Lorenz Funk, Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach, Manfred Gmeiner, Peter Lax.
Coach: Ed Riegle.
Luge
;MenDoubles
;Women
Nordic combined
Events:- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Speed skating
;Men;Women