East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

East Germany at the Olympic Games
East Germany at the Olympic Games
	; Flag of the German Democratic Republic – Flag bearers
IOC code	GDR
NOC	Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Ostdeutschland
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	297 (231 men and 66 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Manfred Wolke
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
Winter Games
	1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 *With FRG as the Unified Team of Germany
	Other related appearances
	Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)

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Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

Peter Frenkel — 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 — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Annelie Ehrhardt — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
Monika Zehrt, Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, and Helga Seidler — Athletics, Women's 4x400m Relay
Ruth Fuchs — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Siegbert Horn — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Reinhard Eiben — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
Rolf-Dieter Amend and Walter Hofmann — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
Angelika Bahmann — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Klaus Köste — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Karin Janz — 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 — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

[edit] 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, Evelyn Kaufer, and Renate Stecher — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Jacqueline Todten — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Petra Grabowski and Ilse Kaschube — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
Uwe Unterwalder, Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, and Herbert Richter — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Jürgen Geschke and Werner Otto — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Erika Zuchold, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Irene Abel, Angelika Hellmann, and Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Eckhard Martens, Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Rolf Jobst, and Klaus-Dieter Ludwig — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Roland Matthes, Klaus Katzur, Hartmut Flöckner, and Lutz Unger — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
Roswitha Beier — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Kornelia Ender — Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley
Gabriele Wetzko, Andrea Eife, Kornelia Ender, and Elke Sehmisch — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, and Kornelia Ender — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
Rainer Tscharke, Wolfgang Webner, Wolfgang Weise, Siegfried Schneider, Arnold Schulz, Rudi Schumann, Jürgen Maune, 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, Karl-Heinz Thun and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon Class

[edit] Bronze

Hans Reimann — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Hartmut Briesenick — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Gunhild Hoffmeister — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Karin Balzer — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
Burglinde Pollak — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
Peter Tiepold — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Marina Janicke — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
Marina Janicke — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
Harald Gimpel — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Jürgen Schütze — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Jürgen Paeke, Reinhard Rychly, Wolfgang Thüne, Matthias Brehme, Wolfgang Klotz, and Klaus Köste — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises 559.70
Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Dietmar Hötger — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
Wolfgang Güldenpfennig — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Joachim Böhmer and Hans-Ullrich Schmied — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Dietmar Schwarz, Jörg Landvoigt, Heinrich Mederow, Manfred Schmorde, 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 Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Gudrun Wegner — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Stefan Grützner — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Gerd Bonk — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 4x100m 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)

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Peter Tiepold → 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

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Karl-Heinz Oberfranz — 30th place
Wolfgang Wesemann — 33rd place
Dieter Gonschorek — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Wolfram Kühn — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Jürgen Schütze

Final — 1:07.02 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Tandem

Jürgen Geschke and Werner Otto — Silver Medal

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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:

Marina Janicke — 430.92 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Heidi Becker — 405.78 points (→ 9th place)
Christa Köhler — 394.20 points (→ 11th place)

Women's 10m Platform:

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

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972.

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Harry Fiedler, Eckhard Mannischeff, Horst Melzig, Hans-Peter Schulze, Bernd Uhlig

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

As expected, the East Germans dominated the first round, defeating Iceland, Tunisia, and Czechoslovakia in turn to win their division. The second round began with a loss to the Soviet Union. 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, Romania in the bronze medal game and lost, receiving fourth place.