East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports.[1] It was the first time that West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Medalists
Gold
- Christoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Heinz-Jürgen Bothe and Jörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless 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
- Rudolf Vesper — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
- Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Silver
- Klaus Beer — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Lothar Milde — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Marita Lange — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
- Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
- Peter Kremtz, Dieter Semetzky, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler and Klaus Jacob — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Egon Henninger, and Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Helga Lindner — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
- Gabriele Wetzko, Gabriele Perthes, Roswitha Krause, and Uta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Bronze
- Wolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber, Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, and Gerhard Dietrich — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Magdalena Schmidt, Ute Starke, Erika Zuchold, Maritta Bauerschmidt, Karin Janz, and Marianne Noack — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
- Harald Vollmar — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- Kurt Czekalla — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
- Sabine Steinbach — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Boxing
See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Canoeing
See main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Ten cyclists represented East Germany in 1968.
- Team time trial
- 1000m time trial
- Tandem
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Equestrian
See main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Four fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1968.
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
Field hockey
See main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the East German team finished in 11th place.[2]
Gymnastics
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathlete represented East Germany in 1968.
- Individual
- Team
- Karl-Heinz Kutschke
- Jörg Tscherner
- Wolfgang Lüderitz
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. East Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.[3]
- Men's single sculls
- Men's double sculls
- Men's coxless pair – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's coxed pair
- Men's coxless four – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's coxed four – 2nd place (silver medal)
- Men's eight
Sailing
See main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Nine shooters, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. Harald Vollmar won bronze in the 50 m pistol and Kurt Czekalla won bronze in the trap.
- 25 m pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 300 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Trap
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Volleyball
See main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- Men's team competition
- Round robin
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Defeated Mexico (3-0)
- Defeated Belgium (3-0)
- Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0)
- Defeated Brazil (3-1)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
- Defeated Poland (3-0) → Fourth place
- Team roster
Water polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Defeated Mexico (12:4)
- Tied with Yugoslavia (4:4)
- Lost to Italy (4:5)
- Defeated Greece (11:4)
- Defeated Japan (8:0)
- Defeated United Arab Republic (19:2)
- Defeated Netherlands (8:3)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (8:2)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to United States (4:6) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
External links
Notes and References
- East Germany at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . 20 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140804144655/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GDR/summer/1968/ . 4 August 2014 . dmy-all .
- East Germany Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games . 2016-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308052552/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GDR/summer/1968/HOK/ . 8 March 2016 . dmy-all .
- East Germany Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GDR/summer/1968/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 February 2018.
