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East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GDR

40
  
25

East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic Committee of the GDR

Competitors
  
267 (154 men, 113 women) in 17 sports

Flag bearer
  
Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics)

MedalsRanked 2nd
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal40252590

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme
  • Heat — 39.42
  • Semi Final — 39.43
  • Final — 38.66s (→ Silver Medal)

    • Men's High Jump

  • Rolf Beilschmidt
  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.18m (→ 7th place)
  • Henry Lauterbach
  • Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Long Jump

  • Frank Wartenberg
  • Qualification — 7.89m
  • Final — 8.02m (→ Bronze Medal)

    • Men's Discus Throw

  • Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Qualification — 63.14m
  • Final — 66.22m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Norbert Thiede
  • Qualification — 61.14m
  • Final — 64.30m (→ 4th place)
  • Siegfried Pachale
  • Qualification — 60.64m
  • Final — 64.24m (→ 5th place)

    • Men's 20 km Race Walk

  • Hans-Georg Reimann — 1:25:13 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50 (→ 4th place)

    • Women's Shot Put

  • Marianne Adam
  • Final — 20.55 m (→ 4th place)
  • Ilona Slupianek
  • Final — 20.54 m (→ 5th place)
  • Margitta Droese
  • Final — 19.79 m (→ 6th place)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Dietmar Geilich
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5

    • Cycling

    Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.

    Individual road race
  • Karl-Dietrich Diers — 4:49:01 (→ 16th place)
  • Gerhard Lauke — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Hans-Joachim Hartnick — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Siegbert Schmeisser — did not finish (→ no ranking)
    • Team time trial
  • Hans-Joachim Hartnick
  • Karl-Dietrich Diers
  • Gerhard Lauke
  • Michael Schiffner
    • Sprint
  • Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal
    • 1000m time trial
  • Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)
    • Individual pursuit
  • Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
    • Team pursuit
  • Norbert Dürpisch
  • Thomas Huschke
  • Uwe Unterwalder
  • Matthias Wiegand

    • Fencing

    One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.

    Men's foil
  • Klaus Haertter

    • Football

    Gold Medal

  • First Round
  • Drew with  Brazil 0-0
  • Defeated  Spain 1-0
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated  France 4-0
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated  Soviet Union 2-1
  • Final
  • Defeated  Poland 3-1
  • Team Roster
  • Jürgen Croy
  • Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
  • Gerd Weber
  • Gert Heidler
  • Hans-Jürgen Dörner
  • Konrad Weise
  • Lothar Kurbjuweit
  • Reinhard Lauck
  • Reinhard Häfner
  • Hans-Jürgen Riediger
  • Bernd Bransch
  • Martin Hoffmann
  • Gerd Kische
  • Dieter Riedel
  • Wolfram Löwe
  • Hartmut Schade
  • Wilfried Gröbner
  • Head Coach: Georg Buschner

    • Swimming

    Men's Competition

    100 meter Backstroke

  • Roland Matthes — 57.22 — Bronze Medal
    • Women's Competition

    100 meter Freestyle

  • Kornelia Ender — 55.65 — Gold Medal
  • Petra Priemer — 56.49 — Silver Medal

    • 200 meter Freestyle

  • Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 — Gold Medal

    • 400 meter Freestyle

  • Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 — Gold Medal

    • 800 meter Freestyle

  • Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 — Gold Medal

    • 100 meter Backstroke

  • Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 — Gold Medal
  • Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 — Silver Medal

    • 200 meter Backstroke

  • Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 — Gold Medal
  • Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 — Silver Medal

    • 100 meter Breaststroke

  • Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 — Gold Medal

    • 100 meter Butterfly

  • Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 — Gold Medal
  • Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 — Silver Medal

    • 200 meter Butterfly

  • Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 — Gold Medal
  • Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 — Silver Medal
  • Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86— Bronze Medal

    • 400 meter Individual Medley

  • Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 — Gold Medal

    • 4x100 meter Freestyle Relay

  • Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 — Silver Medal

    • 4x100 meter Medley Relay

  • Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 — Gold Medal

    • Volleyball

    Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Cuba (1–3)
  • Lost to South Korea (2–3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (2–3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Peru (3–2)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Cuba (0–3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Karla Roffeis
  • Johanna Strotzer
  • Cornelia Rickert
  • Christina Walther
  • Ingrid Mierzwiak
  • Helga Offen
  • Barbara Czekalla
  • Jutta Balster
  • Anke Westendorf
  • Hannelor Meincke
  • Monika Meissner
  • Gudrun Gartner
  • Head Coach: Dieter Grund

    • References

    East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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