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. It was the first time that West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
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
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, Eugen 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
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
Ten cyclists represented East Germany in 1968.
Team time trial
Klaus Ampler
Günter Hoffmann
Dieter Grabe
Axel Peschel
1000m time trial
Heinz Richter
Tandem
Werner Otto
Jürgen Geschke
Team pursuit
Heinz Richter
Wolfgang Schmelzer
Rudolf Franz
Manfred Ulbricht
Four fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1968.
Men's épée
Hans-Peter Schulze
Klaus Dumke
Harry Fiedler
Men's team épée
Bernd Uhlig, Klaus Dumke, Harry Fiedler, Hans-Peter Schulze
Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the East German team finished in 11th place.
Rainer Stephan
Axel Thieme
Eckhard Wallossek
Klaus Bahner
Horst Brennecke
Dieter Klauß
Lothar Lippert
Dieter Ehrlich
Karlheinz Freiberger
Reinhart Sasse
Hans-Dietrich Sasse
Rolf Thieme
Klaus Träumer
Helmut Rabis
Three male pentathlete represented East Germany in 1968.
Individual
Karl-Heinz Kutschke
Jörg Tscherner
Wolfgang Lüderitz
Team
Karl-Heinz Kutschke
Jörg Tscherner
Wolfgang Lüderitz
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
Christian Düring
Gerhard Dommrich
50 m pistol
Harald Vollmar
Helmut Artelt
300 m rifle, three positions
Hartmut Sommer
Uto Wunderlich
50 m rifle, three positions
Uto Wunderlich
Hartmut Sommer
50 m rifle, prone
Hartmut Sommer
Werner Heyn
Trap
Kurt Czekalla
Rudolf Hager
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
Horst Peter
Eckhardt Tielscher
Siegfried Schneider
Manfred Heine
Rainer Tscharke
Eckhardt Pietzsch
Arnold Schulz
Rudi Schumann
Jürgen Kessel
Walter Toissant
Jürgen Freiwald
Wolfgang Webner
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
Hans-Georg Fehn
Hans-Ulrich Lange
Hans-Jürgen Schüler
Manfred Herzog
Peter Fund
Veit Herrmanns
Jürgen Kluge
Jürgen Thiel
Klaus Schlenkrich
Peter Schmidt
Siegfried Ballerstedt
