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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, Manfred Zapf, Joachim Streich, Eberhard Vogel, Siegmar Wätzlich, Ralf Schulenberg, Wolfgang Seguin, Jürgen Sparwasser, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Jürgen Pommerenke, Frank Ganzera, Reinhard Häfner, Harald Irmscher, Bernd Bransch, Jürgen Croy, and Peter Ducke — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition * Lutz Unger, Peter Bruch, Wilfried Hartung, and

— Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Gudrun Wegner — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle * Stefan Grützner — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight * Gerd Bonk — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres *Dieter Fromm ** Heat — 1:46.9 ** Semifinals — 1:48.1 ** Final — 1:48.0 (→ 8th place) Men's 1500 metres *Klaus-Peter Justus ** Heat — 3:40.4 ** Semifinals — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay *Manfred Kokot, 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 Ion Györfi (ROM), 4:1 ** Third Round — Defeated Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0 ** Quarterfinals — Defeated Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 5:0 ** Semifinals — Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4 Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *Jürgen Fanghänel ** First Round — Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (BUL), KO-1 ** Quarterfinals — Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972. ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Individual road race * Karl-Heinz Oberfranz — 30th place * Wolfgang Wesemann — 33rd place * Dieter Gonschorek — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Wolfram Kühn (cyclist), Wolfram Kühn — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, Sprint * Hans-Jürgen Geschke * Werner Otto ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial, 1000m time trial * Jürgen Schütze ** Final — 1:07.02 (→ Bronze Medal) ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem, Tandem *

and Werner Otto — Silver Medal ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit, Individual pursuit *

;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, Team pursuit *

* Heinz Richter * Herbert Richter *

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard: * Falk Hoffmann — 544.95 points (→ 7th place) * Helge Ziethen — 511.02 points (→ 12th place) Men's 10m Platform: * Lothar Matthes — 465.75 points (→ 4th place) * Falk Hoffmann — 436.71 points (→ 10th place) * Wolfram Ristau — 268.59 points (→ 23rd place) Women's 3m Springboard: *

— 430.92 points (→ Bronze Medal) * Heidi Becker (diver), Heidi Becker — 405.78 points (→ 9th place) * Christa Köhler — 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. ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée, Men's épée * Horst Melzig * Bernd Uhlig * Hans-Peter Schulze ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée, 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 Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Iceland, Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Tunisia, and Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Czechoslovakia in turn to win their division. The second round began with a loss to the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia's wins over the Soviet Union and Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 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, Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Romania 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 Ganschow **Siegfried Voigt **Udo Röhrig **Wolfgang Böhme **Wolfgang Lakenmacher

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 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. ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol, 25 m pistol * Christian Düring ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol, 50 m pistol * Harald Vollmar ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions, 300 m rifle, three positions * Uto Wunderlich * Werner Lippoldt ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m rifle, three positions * Werner Lippoldt * Uto Wunderlich ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone, 50 m rifle, prone * Werner Lippoldt * Peter Gorewski ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap, Trap * Burckhardt Hoppe * Manfred Geisler (sport shooter), Manfred Geisler ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet, Skeet * 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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