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Athletes from East Germany (

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, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the

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. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Peter Frenkel Peter Frenkel (born 13 May 1939 in Eckartsberga) is an East German athlete who was one of the best 20 km race walkers in the world in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Biography He won the gold medal for East Germany in the Munich Olympic ...

— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk * Wolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault * Renate Stecher — Athletics, Women's 100 metres * Renate Stecher — Athletics, Women's 200 metres *

Monika Zehrt Monika Zehrt (later Landgraf, born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400m and 4 × 400m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, re ...

— Athletics, Women's 400 metres *

Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt, (née Jahns on 18 June 1950) is a retired German hurdler. She won the gold medal in the inaugural 100 metre hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, setting a new world record, and becoming the f ...

— Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles *

, Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, and Helga Seidler — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs ( Gamm, later Hellmann, born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olymp ...

— Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw *

Siegbert Horn Siegbert Horn (11 May 1950 – 9 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Horn also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championsh ...

— Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles * Reinhard Eiben — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles *

Rolf-Dieter Amend Rolf-Dieter Amend (21 March 1949 – 4 January 2022) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Amend was born in Magdeburg, Germany. He won three me ...

and Walter Hofmann — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs * Angelika Bahmann — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles *

Klaus Köste Klaus Köste (27 February 1943 – 14 December 2012) was a German gymnast. He won a gold medal in the vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and won bronze medals in the team all-around event in three Olympics, ...

— Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault *

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— Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault *

— Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars * Siegfried Brietzke and Wolfgang Mager — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs * Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke, and Klaus-Dieter Neubert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs * Dieter Schubert, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn and Frank Rühle — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours *

Roland Matthes Roland Matthes (, ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European champ ...

— Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke *

— Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

Silver

* Stefan Junge — Athletics, Men's High Jump * Jörg Drehmel — Athletics, Men's triple jump * Jochen Sachse — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Gunhild Hoffmeister — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres * Bärbel Struppert, Christina Heinich, Evelin Kaufer, and Renate Stecher — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay * Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt — Athletics, Women's Shot Put * Jacqueline Todten — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw * Petra Grabowski and

Ilse Kaschube Ilse Kaschube (later Zeisler, born 25 June 1953 in Altentreptow, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich ...

— Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs *

Uwe Unterwalder Uwe Unterwalder (born 15 July 1950) is a retired East German track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m individual and team pursuit. In these disciplines he won two silver medal at the 1972 and 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as s ...

Thomas Huschke Thomas Huschke (born 29 December 1947) is a retired East German cyclist. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4000m individual and team pursuit events. He won a silver team medal in 1972 and an individual bronze medal in 1976, ...

, Heinz Richter, and Herbert Richter — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit *

Jürgen Geschke Hans-Jürgen Geschke (also known as Tutti, born 7 July 1943) is a German former track cyclist who competed for East Germany in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After having won the silver medal in the 2000 m tandem, alongside Werner Otto, he ...

and Werner Otto — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem *

— Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual *

Erika Zuchold Erika Zuchold (''née'' Barth; 19 March 1947 – 22 August 2015) was an East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid-1960s to early 1970s. She and Karin Janz were the two most significant (in terms of m ...

— Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault *

— Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars *

, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Irene Abel,

Angelika Hellmann Angelika Hellmann (later Keilig, born 10 April 1954) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver and a bronze medal in the team competitions, respectively. He ...

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— Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises * Eckhard Martens, Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust,

Rolf Jobst Rolf Jobst (born 31 March 1951 in Ebersbach, East Germany) is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions. References External links * ...

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Klaus-Dieter Ludwig Klaus-Dieter Ludwig, known as Lucky in rowing circles (2 January 1943 – 18 May 2016), was a German Coxswain (rowing), coxswain who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He had a long rowing caree ...

— Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours *

Klaus Katzur Klaus Katzur (26 August 1943 – 4 September 2016) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay and finished eighth in the 200 metre breaststrok ...

, Hartmut Flöckner, and Lutz Unger — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Roswitha Beier — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly *

Kornelia Ender Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958 in Plauen, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, ...

— Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley * Gabriele Wetzko, Andrea Eife,

, and Elke Sehmisch — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, and

— Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

Rainer Tscharke Rainer Tscharke (born 1 August 1942) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Babelsberg Babelsberg () is the largest quarter ('' Stadtteil' ...

Wolfgang Webner Wolfgang Webner (23 April 1937 – 2020) was a German volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...

Wolfgang Weise Wolfgang Weise (born 12 June 1949) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Sax ...

, Siegfried Schneider, Arnold Schulz,

Rudi Schumann Rudi Schumann (born 15 February 1947) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympia ...

Jürgen Maune Jürgen Maune (born 7 June 1947) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Meißen Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about ...

, Horst Peter, Eckehard Pietzsch, Horst Hagen, Wolfgang Löwe, and Wolfgang Maibohm — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition * Heinz-Helmut Wehling — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight *

Paul Borowski Paul Borowski (19 March 1937 – 22 December 2012) was a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the '' Dragon class'' together with crew members Konrad Weichert and Karl–Heinz Thun at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics ( ...

, Karl-Heinz Thun and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon Class

Bronze

Hans-Georg Reimann Hans-Georg Reimann (born 24 August 1941 in Starrischken, Municipality Heydekrug) is a former East German race walker, who started for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the GDR and won two Olympic medals in 20 km racewalking. He finished t ...

— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk * Hartmut Briesenick — Athletics, Men's Shot Put * Gunhild Hoffmeister — Athletics, Women's 800 metres *

Karin Balzer Karin Balzer (''née'' Richert; 5 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was an East German hurdler who competed in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and in the 100 m hurdles in 1972. She won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronz ...

— Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles *

Burglinde Pollak Burglinde Pollak (later Grimm, born 10 June 1951) is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980. At the European championships she won three silver medals, in 1971, 1974 and 1978. ...

— Athletics, Women's Pentathlon *

Peter Tiepold Peter Tiepold (born 15 November 1945 in Berlin) is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany. He was a quarterfinalist at the 1968 Olympic Games and a bronze medallist at the 1972 Olympic Games. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight *

Marina Janicke Marina Janicke (later Höhne, born 19 June 1954) is a retired East German diver who won bronze medals in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform Platform may refer to: Technology * Computing platform, a framework on which applications may ...

— Diving, Women's 3m Springboard *

— Diving, Women's 10m Platform * Harald Gimpel — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles * Jürgen Schütze — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial *

Jürgen Paeke Jürgen Paeke (born 13 September 1948, in Biesenthal Biesenthal is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the '' Amt'' ("collective municipality") Amt Biesenthal-Barnim. Geography The town ...

Reinhard Rychly Reinhard Rychly (born 7 November 1951) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München ...

Wolfgang Thüne Wolfgang Thüne (born 8 October 1949) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal with the East German team. Individually his best achievement was seventh place in ...

Matthias Brehme Matthias Brehme (born 7 February 1943) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: ...

Wolfgang Klotz Wolfgang Klotz (born 4 November 1951) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won two bronze medals with the East German team. Individually his best achievement was 14t ...

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— Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises 559.70 *

— Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam * Dietmar Hötger — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg) *

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (born 20 December 1951) is a retired East German rower who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he won a bronze medal in the single sculls event, whereas in 1976 he became Olympic champion in the quadru ...

— Rowing, Men's Single Sculls * Joachim Böhmer and

Hans-Ullrich Schmied Hans-Ulrich Schmied (born 23 February 1947) is a retired German rower who specialized in the double sculls. In this event he won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and finished in fifth place in 1968. He also won one world (1974) a ...

— Rowing, Men's Double Sculls * Manfred Schneider,

Hartmut Schreiber Hartmut Schreiber (born 28 January 1944 in Wittich) is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the sec ...

Dietmar Schwarz Dietmar Schwarz (born 30 July 1947 in East Berlin) is a German coxswain who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV D ...

, Jörg Landvoigt, Heinrich Mederow,

Manfred Schmorde Manfred Schmorde (born 18 September 1946 in Großsteinberg, Saxony) is a German rower. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport associ ...

, Hans-Joachim Borzym, Harold Dimke, and Bernd Landvoigt — Rowing, Men's Rowing Eights * Werner Lippoldt — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions * Michael Buchheim — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting *

Konrad Weise Konrad Weise (born 17 August 1951 in Greiz) is a German former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

Manfred Zapf Manfred Zapf (born 24 August 1946 in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR champion ...

Joachim Streich Joachim Streich (13 April 1951 – 16 April 2022) was a German footballer who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Playing career Born in Wismar, Streich played as a striker for Aufbau Wismar from 1957 t ...

, Eberhard Vogel, Siegmar Wätzlich, Ralf Schulenberg,

Wolfgang Seguin Wolfgang "Paule" Seguin (born 14 September 1945) is an East German former professional footballer. Club career Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In ...

Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser (born 4 June 1948 in Halberstadt) is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager. Sparwasser started his playing career in the youth department of his hometown club BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 19 ...

Hans-Jürgen Kreische Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische (born 19 July 1947) is a former East German footballer. Career Club career Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 19 ...

Lothar Kurbjuweit Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa) is a former German footballer and football manager. Career Kurbjuweit played for Stahl Riesa (1965–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1983). International career On the national level he ...

Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Pommerenke (born 22 January 1953 in Wegeleben) is a former German football midfielder and manager. Pommerenke played his entire professional career for 1. FC Magdeburg, though he began his career as an youngster with BSG Traktor Wege ...

, Frank Ganzera,

Reinhard Häfner Reinhard Häfner (2 February 1952 – 24 October 2016) was a German footballer and coach. Häfner played children's and youth football for his hometown club BSG Motor Sonneberg. As a junior player he was assigned to FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt before jo ...

Harald Irmscher Harald Irmscher (born 12 February 1946 in Oelsnitz) is a former German football player. Irmscher played for BSG Motor Zwickau (1964–1968), FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1968–1976) and BSG Wismut Gera (1976–1978). On the national level he played ...

, Bernd Bransch,

Jürgen Croy Jürgen Croy (born 19 October 1946) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 86 appearances for the German Democratic Republic national team. Club career Born in Zwickau, Germany, Croy spent his entire footballing career at ...

, and Peter Ducke — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition * Lutz Unger, Peter Bruch,

Wilfried Hartung Wilfried Hartung (born 16 August 1953) is a retired German swimmer. Born in East Berlin, East Germany, he competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1972. He is the divorced husban ...

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— Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

Gudrun Wegner Gudrun Wegner (later Wünsche, 28 February 1955 – 16 January 2005) was a German swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 200, 400 and 800 m freestyle events; she won a bronze medal in the 400 m and finished fifth in 800 m. Late ...

— Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle *

Stefan Grützner Stefan Grützner (born 29 June 1948 in Chemnitz) is an East German former weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight *

Gerd Bonk Gerd Bonk (26 August 1951 – 20 October 2014) was a weightlifter active for East Germany from 1969 to 1980 who during his career won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics, set two world records an ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres *

Dieter Fromm Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948) is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years. His career ended abruptly in 1976 when, in a race ahead of the 1976 Su ...

** Heat — 1:46.9 ** Semifinals — 1:48.1 ** Final — 1:48.0 (→ 8th place) Men's 1500 metres *

Klaus-Peter Justus Klaus-Peter Justus (born 1 July 1951 in Königsee, Thuringia) is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medals at the 1970 European Junior Championships and the 1974 European Championshi ...

** Heat — 3:40.4 ** Semifinals — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay *

Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot (born 3 January 1948 in Templin, Brandenburg) is a former East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He did so alongside Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Diet ...

, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jörgen Bombach, and Siegfried Schenke ** Heat — 39.17s ** Semifinals — 39.06s ** Final — 38.90s (→ 5th place) Men's High Jump * Stefan Junge ** Qualifying Round — 2.15m ** Final — 2.21m (→ Silver Medal)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

→ Bronze Medal ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated

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(ROM), 4:1 ** Third Round — Defeated Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0 ** Quarterfinals — Defeated

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(MEX), 5:0 ** Semifinals — Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4 Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *

Jürgen Fanghänel Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s. Career Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The ...

** First Round — Defeated

Atanas Suvandzhiev Atanas Sapundzhiev (born 14 July 1950) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he defeated Mahmoud Ahmed Ali and Viktor Ivanov Viktor Petrovich Ivanov (russian ...

(BUL), KO-1 ** Quarterfinals — Lost to

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Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972. ; Individual road race * Karl-Heinz Oberfranz — 30th place * Wolfgang Wesemann — 33rd place * Dieter Gonschorek — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Wolfram Kühn Wolfram Kühn (born 7 November 1952) is a retired German Navy Vizeadmiral. He served as Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Inspector of the Joint Support Service from 2006 to his retirement in 2012. Military career Kühn entered ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Sprint *

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* Werner Otto ; 1000m time trial * Jürgen Schütze ** Final — 1:07.02 (→ Bronze Medal) ;

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and Werner Otto — Silver Medal ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Heinz Richter * Herbert Richter *

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard: *

Falk Hoffmann Falk Hoffmann (born 29 August 1952 in Chemnitz) is a retired diver from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's 10 m platform event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He competed in three consecut ...

— 544.95 points (→ 7th place) * Helge Ziethen — 511.02 points (→ 12th place) Men's 10m Platform: * Lothar Matthes — 465.75 points (→ 4th place) *

— 436.71 points (→ 10th place) * Wolfram Ristau — 268.59 points (→ 23rd place) Women's 3m Springboard: *

— 430.92 points (→ Bronze Medal) * Heidi Becker — 405.78 points (→ 9th place) *

Christa Köhler Christa Köhler (later Kinast, born 18 August 1951) is a retired East German diver who specialized in the 3 m springboard event. She won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most popul ...

— 394.20 points (→ 11th place) Women's 10m Platform: *

— 360.54 points (→ Bronze Medal) * Sylvia Fiedler — 341.67 points (→ 6th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972. ; Men's épée * Horst Melzig * Bernd Uhlig * Hans-Peter Schulze ; Men's team épée * Harry Fiedler, Eckhard Mannischeff, Horst Melzig, Hans-Peter Schulze, Bernd Uhlig

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition As expected, the East Germans dominated the first round, defeating

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in turn to win their division. The second round began with a loss to the

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. Czechoslovakia's wins over the Soviet Union and Sweden meant that the East Germans had to defeat Sweden as well just to tie the Czechoslovakian team in the standings, which they did. However, the tie-breaker went against the East Germans and they placed second in the division. They played the other division's second place team,

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in the bronze medal game and lost, receiving fourth place. *Preliminary Round (Group B) ** East Germany – Iceland 16-11 (7-6) ** East Germany – Tunisia 21-9 (11-2) ** East Germany – Czechoslovakia 14-12 (5-4) *Second Round (Group A) ** East Germany – Soviet Union 8-11 (4-4) ** East Germany – Sweden 14-11 (8-6) *Bronze Medal Game ** East Germany – Romania 16-19 (8-11) → 4th place *Team Roster ** Harry Zörnack ** Horst Jankhöfer ** Josef Rose ** Jürgen Hildebrand ** Klaus Langhoff ** Klaus Weiß ** Peter Larisch ** Peter Randt ** Rainer Würdig ** Rainer Zimmermann **

Reiner Frieske Reiner Frieske (born October 11, 1940) is an East Germany, East German former Team handball, handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lommatzsch, in Saxony. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finishe ...

** Reiner Ganschow ** Siegfried Voigt ** Udo Röhrig ** Wolfgang Böhme **

Wolfgang Lakenmacher Wolfgang Lakenmacher (8 October 1943 – 25 May 2023) was a East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matc ...

Judo

Rowing

Men's single sculls *

**Heat — 7:46.31 **Repechage — 8:05.19 **Semi Finals — 8:16.35 **Final — 7:14.45 (→ Bronze medal) Men's double sculls * Joachim Böhmer *

Uli Schmied Hans-Ulrich Schmied (born 23 February 1947) is a retired German rower who specialized in the double sculls. In this event he won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and finished in fifth place in 1968. He also won one world (1974) a ...

Men's coxless pair * Siegfried Brietzke * Wolfgang Mager Men's coxed pair * Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke and Klaus-Dieter Neubert **Heat — 7:54.11 **Semi Finals — 8:13.87 **Final — 7:17.25 (→ Gold medal) Men's coxless four * Frank Forberger * Dieter Grahn * Frank Rühle * Dieter Schubert Men's coxed four * Dietrich Zander * Reinhard Gust * Eckhard Martens *

Men's eight * Hans-Joachim Borzym * Jörg Landvoigt * Harold Dimke * Manfred Schneider *

* Bernd Landvoigt * Heinrich Mederow *

Sailing

Shooting

Nine male shooters represented East Germany in 1972. Werner Lippoldt won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Michael Buchheim won bronze in the skeet. ;

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* Harald Vollmar ; 300 m rifle, three positions *

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* Werner Lippoldt ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Werner Lippoldt *

; 50 m rifle, prone * Werner Lippoldt * Peter Gorewski ;

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* Burckhardt Hoppe * Manfred Geisler ;

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* Michael Buchheim * Klaus Reschke

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Peter Bruch ** Heat — 54.25s ** Semifinals — 53.97s (→ did not advance) * Wilfried Härtung ** Heat — 54.37s (→ did not advance) * Hartmut Flöckner ** Heat — 54.36s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle * Wilfried Härtung ** Heat — 1:56.95 (→ did not advance) * Udo Poser ** Heat — 1:57.23 (→ did not advance) * Peter Bruch ** Heat — 1:58.49 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser and Lutz Unger ** Heat — 3:35.13 *

, Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, and Lutz Unger ** Final — 3:32.42 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Wilfried Härtung, Udo Poser, Roger Pyttel and Lutz Unger ** Heat — 7:51.11 * Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, and Lutz Unger ** Final — 7:49.11 (→ 6th place)

Volleyball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group B) ** Defeated Cuba (3-0) ** Defeated Brazil (3-1) ** Lost to Japan (0-3) ** Defeated West Germany (3-0) ** Defeated Romania (3-0) *Semifinals ** Defeated Soviet Union (3-1) *Final ** Lost to Japan (1-3) → Silver Medal *Team Roster ** Siggi Schneider ** Arnold Schulz **

** Eckhardt Pietzsch **

** Horst Hagen ** Horst Peter ** Wolfgang Löwe **

** Wolf Maibohn **

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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Summer Olympics 1972 in German sport