United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained
| Noc: | EUA |
| Nocname: | United Team of Germany |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Germany superimposed
with the Olympic rings |
| Start Date: | 10 October |
| End Date: | 24 October |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 337 (275 men and 62 women) |
| Sports: | 19 |
| Flagbearer: | Ingrid Engel-Krämer |
| Rank: | 4 |
| Gold: | 10 |
| Silver: | 22 |
| Bronze: | 18 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1956 |
| App End Year: | 1964 |
| See also: | (1896–1936, 1992–)
(1968–1988)
(1968–1988) |
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.[1]
Medalists
Nationality in brackets.
Gold
- Karin Balzer — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Willi Holdorf — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Jürgen Eschert — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canoe Singles
- Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann (both from) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
- Lothar Claesges, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Karl Link, Ernst Streng (all from) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
- Ingrid Engel-Krämer — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
- Harry Boldt, Reiner Klimke, Josef Neckermann (all from) — Equestrian, Dressage Team
- Hermann Schridde, Kurt Jarasinski, Hans Günter Winkler (all from) — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (all from) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Wilhelm Kuhweide — Sailing, Finn
Silver
- Harald Norpoth — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
- Dieter Lindner — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Wolfgang Reinhardt — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Renate Culmberger — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Ingrid Lotz — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Emil Schulz — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Hans Huber — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Günter Perleberg, Bernhard Schulze, Friedhelm Wentzke, Holger Zander (all from) — Canoeing, K4 1.000m Kayak Fours
- Ingrid Engel-Krämer — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
- Harry Boldt — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Hermann Schridde — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Helga Mees — Fencing, Individual Foil
- Birgit Radochla — Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Wolfgang Hofmann — Judo, Men's 80 kg
- Achim Hill — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Klaus Aeffke, Klaus Bittner, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht, Klaus Behrens, Jürgen Schröder, Jürgen Plagemann, Horst Meyer, Thomas Ahrens (all from) — Rowing, Men's Eight
- Peter Ahrendt, Wilfried Lorenz, Ulrich Mense (all from) — Sailing, Dragon
- Frank Wiegand — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
- Horst Löffler, Frank Wiegand, Uwe Jacobsen, Hans-Joachim Klein — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Horst-Günter Gregor, Gerhard Hetz, Frank Wiegand, Hans-Joachim Klein — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Ernst-Joachim Küppers, Egon Henninger, Horst-Günter Gregor, Hans-Joachim Klein — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Klaus Rost — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze
- Klaus Lehnertz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Uwe Beyer — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Hans-Joachim Walde — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Heinz Schulz — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Heinz Büker, Holger Zander (both from) — Canoeing, K2 1.000m Kayak Pairs
- Willi Fuggerer, Klaus Kobusch (both from) — Cycling, Men's Tandem
- Fritz Ligges — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Fritz Ligges, Horst Karsten, Gerhard Schulz — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Rosemarie Scherberger, Gudrun Theuerkauff (all from) — Fencing, Women's Team Foil
- Gerd Backhaus, Wolfgang Barthels, Bernd Bauchspieß, Gerhard Körner, Otto Fräßdorf, Henning Frenzel, Dieter Engelhardt, Herbert Pankau, Manfred Geisler, Jürgen Heinsch, Klaus Lisiewicz, Jürgen Nöldner, Peter Rock, Klaus-Dieter Seehaus, Hermann Stöcker, Werner Unger, Klaus Urbanczyk, Eberhard Vogel, Manfred Walter, Horst Weigang (all from) — Football, Men's Team Competition
- Siegfried Fülle, Philipp Fürst, Erwin Koppe, Klaus Köste, Günter Lyhs, Peter Weber — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around
- Klaus Glahn — Judo, Men's Open Category
- Michael Schwan, Wolfgang Hottenrott (both from) — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Hans-Joachim Klein — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
- Gerhard Hetz — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Heinz Kiehl — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Wilfried Dietrich — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Athletics
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Boxing
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Canoeing
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Thirteen cyclists represented Germany in 1964.
- Individual road race
- Team time trial
- Sprint
- 1000m time trial
- Tandem
- Individual pursuit
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: article and Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Equestrian
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: article and Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Germany in 1964.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Field hockey
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Twelve male field hockey players competed in 1964, when the German team finished in 5th place.[2]
Football
See main article: article and Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics
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Judo
See main article: article and Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1964.
- Individual
- Team
- Wolfgang Gödicke
- Uwe Adler
- Elmar Frings
Rowing
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The United Team of Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.[3]
- Men's single sculls – 2nd place (silver medal)
- Men's double sculls – 5th place
- Men's coxless pair – 3rd place (bronze medal)
- Men's coxed pair
- Men's coxless four
- Men's coxed four – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's eight – 2nd place (silver medal)
Sailing
See main article: article and Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Ten shooters represented Germany in 1964.
- 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: article and Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Water polo
See main article: article and Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
External links
Notes and References
- Germany at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041321/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1964/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 August 2014.
- Germany Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417075332/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1964/HOK/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2016-06-01.
- Germany Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417075238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1964/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 February 2018.
