East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.[1]
East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GDR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
in Montreal | |
Competitors | 267 (154 men, 113 women) in 17 sports |
Flag bearer | Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics) |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) |
Medalists
Athletics
Men's Marathon
- Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme
- Heat — 39.42
- Semi Final — 39.43
- Final — 38.66s (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump
- Rolf Beilschmidt
- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.18m (→ 7th place)
- Henry Lauterbach
- Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Frank Wartenberg
- Qualification — 7.89m
- Final — 8.02m (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Discus Throw
- Wolfgang Schmidt
- Qualification — 63.14m
- Final — 66.22m (→ Silver Medal)
- Norbert Thiede
- Qualification — 61.14m
- Final — 64.30m (→ 4th place)
- Siegfried Pachale
- Qualification — 60.64m
- Final — 64.24m (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
- Hans-Georg Reimann — 1:25:13 (→ Silver Medal)
- Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50 (→ 4th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Marianne Adam
- Final — 20.55 m (→ 4th place)
- Ilona Slupianek
- Final — 20.54 m (→ 5th place)
- Margitta Droese
- Final — 19.79 m (→ 6th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Dietmar Geilich
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.
- Karl-Dietrich Diers — 4:49:01 (→ 16th place)
- Gerhard Lauke — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Hans-Joachim Hartnick — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Siegbert Schmeisser — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal
- Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)
- Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
Diving
Football
Gold Medal
- First Round
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated France 4-0
- Semifinals
- Defeated Soviet Union 2-1
- Final
- Defeated Poland 3-1
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Georg Buschner
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.[2]
- Men's single sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)
- Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)
- Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxed pair – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Bernd Baumgart
- Gottfried Döhn
- Werner Klatt
- Hans-Joachim Lück
- Dieter Wendisch
- Roland Kostulski
- Ulrich Karnatz
- Karl-Heinz Prudöhl
- Karl-Heinz Danielowski
- Women's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Women's double sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Women's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Women's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Women's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
- Men's Competition
100 meter Backstroke
- Roland Matthes — 57.22 — Bronze Medal
- Women's Competition
100 meter Freestyle
- Kornelia Ender — 55.65 — Gold Medal
- Petra Priemer — 56.49 — Silver Medal
200 meter Freestyle
- Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 — Gold Medal
400 meter Freestyle
- Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 — Gold Medal
800 meter Freestyle
- Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 — Gold Medal
100 meter Backstroke
- Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 — Gold Medal
- Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 — Silver Medal
200 meter Backstroke
- Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 — Gold Medal
- Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 — Silver Medal
100 meter Breaststroke
- Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 — Gold Medal
100 meter Butterfly
- Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 — Gold Medal
- Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 — Silver Medal
200 meter Butterfly
- Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 — Gold Medal
- Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 — Silver Medal
- Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86— Bronze Medal
400 meter Individual Medley
- Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 — Gold Medal
4x100 meter Freestyle Relay
- Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 — Silver Medal
4x100 meter Medley Relay
- Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 — Gold Medal
Volleyball
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Cuba (1–3)
- Lost to South Korea (2–3)
- Lost to Soviet Union (2–3)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Peru (3–2)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Cuba (0–3) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Dieter Grund
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- "East Germany at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "East Germany Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2018.