East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GDR
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the GDR
Games:	Summer Olympics
Games Link:	1972 Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Date:	26 August–10 September 1972
Location:	Munich, West Germany
Competitors:	297
Competitors Men:	231
Competitors Women:	66
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Manfred Wolke
Rank:	3
Gold:	20
Silver:	23
Bronze:	23
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968
App End Year:	1988
See also:	(1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) (1956–1964)

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]

Medalists

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 4 × 400 m 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

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 - 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 - Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
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 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, and Kornelia Ender - Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m 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

Bronze

Hans-Georg 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
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 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

See 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 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

See 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

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Reinhard Eiben	Men's C-1	327.50	1	315.84	1	315.84
Jochen Förster		354.42	3	365.45	5	354.42	4
Jürgen Köhler		372.88	4	447.70	13	372.88	6
Walter Hofmann Rolf-Dieter Amend	Men's C-2	310.68	1	445.51	15	310.68
Jürgen Kretschmer Klaus Trummer		329.57	3	DNF		329.57	4
Jürgen Henze Herbert Fischer		DNF		508.44	18	508.44	18
Jürgen Bremer	Men's K-1	408.50	24	303.15	7	303.15	8
Harald Gimpel		298.11	5	277.95	2	277.95
Siegbert Horn		363.20	17	268.56	1	268.56
Angelika Bahmann	Women's K-1	413.07	2	364.50	1	364.50
Sybille Bödecker		482.88	8	526.10	10	482.88	11
Martina Falke		482.20	7	DNF		482.20	10

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dirk Weise	C-1 1000 m	4:41.04	3 Q	4:14.38	4
	C-2 1000 m	4:12.95	3 Q	3:52.66	1 Q	4:01.50	7
	K-1 1000 m	4:02.88	2 Q	3:54.24	3 Q	3:51.94	6
Reiner Kurth Alexander Slatnow	K-2 1000 m	3:46.05	1 Q	3:32.82	1 Q	3:34.16	4
	K-4 1000 m	3:18.65	2 Q	3:11.65	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bettina Müller	K-1 500 m	2:15.15	4 q	2:08.92	1 Q	2:07.90	3 Q	2:06.85	5
Ilse Kaschube Petra Grabowski	K-2 500 m	2:00.96	2 Q	1:54.30

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race	DNF
Wolfram Kühn		DNF
Karl-Heinz Oberfranz		4:17:36	30
Wolfgang Wesemann		4:17:36	33

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Hans-Jürgen Geschke	Men's sprint	W 11.52	W 11.53	W 11.42	L 1:2 11.63	Did not advance	5
Werner Otto	Men's sprint	L	L	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Thomas Huschke	Men's individual pursuit	4:57.95	9	Did not advance			9
Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder	Team pursuit	4:25.48	2 Q	W 4:23.26	W 4:23.14	L 4:25.25

Men's Tandem

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Falk Hoffmann	3 m springboard	384.45	5 Q	160.50	11	544.95	7
Falk Hoffmann	10 m platform	291.54	8 Q	145.17	10	436.71	10
Lothar Matthes		298.41	6 Q	167.34	3	465.75	4
Wolfram Ristau		268.59	23	Did not advance
	3 m springboard	364.02	8 Q	147.00	12	511.02	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Heidi Becker	3 m springboard	281.58	4 Q	124.20	10	405.78	9
Sylvia Fiedler	10 m platform	206.07	4 Q	135.60	8	341.67	6
Marina Janicke	3 m springboard	273.48	8 Q	157.44	2	430.92
Marina Janicke	10 m platform	206.73	3 Q	153.81	2	360.54
Christa Köhler	3 m springboard	278.88	5 Q	115.32	12	394.20	11

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gerhard Brockmüller	Marios	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1545	13	Did not advance
Horst Köhler	Imanuel	1486	17	Did not advance
Wolfgang Müller	Semafor	1521	16	Did not advance
Gerhard Brockmüller Horst Köhler Wolfgang Müller	See above	Team	4552	5	4552	5

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rudolf Beerbohm	Ingolf	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	71.00	64	74.80	3.80	15	0.00	3.80	1	3.80	11
Joachim Brohmann	Uranio	51.33	19	71,73	71.73	47	0.00	71.73	1	71.73	25
Helmut Gille	Pflicht	69.00	58	34.80	34.20	32	40.00	74.20	40	74.20	26
Jens Niehls	Big-Ben	84.00	70	34.00	50.00	39	10.00	60.00	16	60.00	23
Rudolf Beerbohm Joachim Brohmann Helmut Gille Jens Niehls	See above	Team	191.33	15	143.60	80.40	5	10.00	127.93	2	127.93	5

Fencing

See 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

Football

See main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group D

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Second round

Group 1

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Bronze Medal match

Bronze medals shared.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team CompetitionAs 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.

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

See main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's single sculls

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
- Heat - 7:46.31
- Repechage - 8:05.19
- Semi Finals - 8:16.35
- Final - 7:14.45 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

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

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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.

25 m pistol

Christian Düring

50 m pistol

Harald Vollmar

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Skeet

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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
Roland Matthes, 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

See main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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 Wolfgang Webner Eckhardt Pietzsch Rudi Schumann Wolfgang Weise Horst Hagen Horst Peter Wolfgang Löwe Rainer Tscharke Wolf Maibohn
- Jürgen Maune

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

Web site: East Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . 2011-02-12 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809120844/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GDR/summer/1972/ . 2011-08-09 .