Abstract: A gas chromatograph, very small sample metering apparatus having a double hollow needle that is inserted downward into the sample vial to transfer pneumatically the entire sample quantity, on the order of 1 microliter, from the sample vial, through a transfer capillary with an inside diameter of between 0.1 and 0.15 mm, directly to the cold, temperature-programmable vaporizer. The sample is retained in the vaporizer for later vaporization. While the sample is being vaporized and injected into the gas-chromatographic separation column, the transfer capillary line is backwashed with a flushing solvent which is transferred by a carrier gas through the interconnecting tubular lines.