East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GDR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Montreal
Competitors	267 (154 men, 113 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 40 25 25 90
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Cierpinski, WaldemarWaldemar Cierpinski	Athletics	men's marathon
01 ! Gold	Beyer, UdoUdo Beyer	Athletics	men's shot put
01 ! Gold	Eckert, BärbelBärbel Eckert	Athletics	women's 200 m
01 ! Gold	Schaller, JohannaJohanna Schaller	Athletics	women's 100 m hurdles
01 ! Gold	Oelsner, MarliesMarlies Oelsner Stecher, RenateRenate Stecher Bodendorf, CarlaCarla Bodendorf Eckert, BärbelBärbel Eckert	Athletics	women's 4×100 metres relay
01 ! Gold	Maletzki, DorisDoris Maletzki Rohde, BrigitteBrigitte Rohde Streidt, EllenEllen Streidt Brehmer, ChristinaChristina Brehmer	Athletics	women's 4×400 metres relay
01 ! Gold	Voigt, AngelaAngela Voigt	Athletics	women's long jump
01 ! Gold	Ackermann, RosemarieRosemarie Ackermann	Athletics	women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Schlaak, EvelinEvelin Schlaak	Athletics	women's discus throw
01 ! Gold	Fuchs, RuthRuth Fuchs	Athletics	women's javelin throw
01 ! Gold	Siegl, SiegrunSiegrun Siegl	Athletics	women's pentathlon
01 ! Gold	Bachfeld, JochenJochen Bachfeld	Boxing	men's −67 kg
01 ! Gold	Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm	Canoeing	men's K-1 1000 m
01 ! Gold	Mattern, JoachimJoachim Mattern Olbricht, BerndBernd Olbricht	Canoeing	men's K-2 500 m
01 ! Gold	Zirzow, CarolaCarola Zirzow	Canoeing	women's K-1 500 m
01 ! Gold	Grünke, Klaus-JürgenKlaus-Jürgen Grünke	Cycling	men's 1000 m time trial
01 ! Gold	Grapenthin, Hans-UlrichHans-Ulrich Grapenthin Gröbner, WilfriedWilfried Gröbner Croy, JürgenJürgen Croy Weber, GerdGerd Weber Dörner, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Dörner Weise, KonradKonrad Weise Kurbjuweit, LotharLothar Kurbjuweit Lauck, ReinhardReinhard Lauck Heidler, GertGert Heidler Häfner, ReinhardReinhard Häfner Riediger, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Riediger Bransch, BerndBernd Bransch Hoffmann, MartinMartin Hoffmann Kische, GerdGerd Kische Löwe, WolframWolfram Löwe Schade, HartmutHartmut Schade Riedel, DieterDieter Riedel	Football	men's football
01 ! Gold	Güldenpfennig, WolfgangWolfgang Güldenpfennig Reiche, RüdigerRüdiger Reiche Bußert, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Bußert Wolfgramm, MichaelMichael Wolfgramm	Rowing	men's quadruple sculls
01 ! Gold	Landvoigt, JörgJörg Landvoigt Landvoigt, BerndBernd Landvoigt	Rowing	men's coxless pairs
01 ! Gold	Jährling, HaraldHarald Jährling Ulrich, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Spohr, GeorgGeorg Spohr	Rowing	men's coxed pairs
01 ! Gold	Brietzke, SiegfriedSiegfried Brietzke Decker, AndreasAndreas Decker Semmler, StefanStefan Semmler Mager, WolfgangWolfgang Mager	Rowing	men's coxless fours
01 ! Gold	Baumgart, BerndBernd Baumgart Döhn, GottfriedGottfried Döhn Klatt, WernerWerner Klatt Lück, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Lück Wendisch, DieterDieter Wendisch Kostulski, RolandRoland Kostulski Karnatz, UlrichUlrich Karnatz Prudöhl, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Prudöhl Danielowski, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Danielowski	Rowing	men's eights
01 ! Gold	Scheiblich, ChristineChristine Scheiblich	Rowing	women's single sculls
01 ! Gold	Borchmann, AnkeAnke Borchmann Lau, JuttaJutta Lau Poley, ViolaViola Poley Zobelt, RoswiethaRoswietha Zobelt Weigelt, LianeLiane Weigelt	Rowing	women's quadruple sculls
01 ! Gold	Metze, KarinKarin Metze Schwede, BiankaBianka Schwede Lohs, GabrieleGabriele Lohs Kurth, AndreaAndrea Kurth Heß, SabineSabine Heß	Rowing	women's coxed fours
01 ! Gold	Goretzki, ViolaViola Goretzki Knetsch, ChristianeChristiane Knetsch Richter, IlonaIlona Richter Ahrenholz, BrigitteBrigitte Ahrenholz Kallies, MonikaMonika Kallies Ebert, HenriettaHenrietta Ebert Lehmann, HelmaHelma Lehmann Müller, IrinaIrina Müller Wilke, MarinaMarina Wilke	Rowing	women's eights
01 ! Gold	Schumann, JochenJochen Schumann	Sailing	men's Finn
01 ! Gold	Potteck, UweUwe Potteck	Shooting	men's 50 m pistol
01 ! Gold	Klaar, NorbertNorbert Klaar	Shooting	men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
01 ! Gold	Ender, KorneliaKornelia Ender	Swimming	women's 100 m freestyle
01 ! Gold	Ender, KorneliaKornelia Ender	Swimming	women's 200 m freestyle
01 ! Gold	Thümer, PetraPetra Thümer	Swimming	women's 400 m freestyle
01 ! Gold	Thümer, PetraPetra Thümer	Swimming	women's 800 m freestyle
01 ! Gold	Richter, UlrikeUlrike Richter	Swimming	women's 100 m backstroke
01 ! Gold	Richter, UlrikeUlrike Richter	Swimming	women's 200 m backstroke
01 ! Gold	Anke, HanneloreHannelore Anke	Swimming	women's 100 m breaststroke
01 ! Gold	Ender, KorneliaKornelia Ender	Swimming	women's 100 m butterfly
01 ! Gold	Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack	Swimming	women's 200 m butterfly
01 ! Gold	Tauber, UlrikeUlrike Tauber	Swimming	women's 400 m individual medley
01 ! Gold	Richter, UlrikeUlrike Richter Anke, HanneloreHannelore Anke Ender, KorneliaKornelia Ender Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack	Swimming	women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
02 ! Silver	Kokot, ManfredManfred Kokot Pfeifer, JörgJörg Pfeifer Kurrat, Klaus-DieterKlaus-Dieter Kurrat Thieme, AlexanderAlexander Thieme	Athletics	men's 4×100 metres relay
02 ! Silver	Reimann, Hans-GeorgHans-Georg Reimann	Athletics	men's 20 km walk
02 ! Silver	Schmidt, WolfgangWolfgang Schmidt	Athletics	men's discus throw
02 ! Silver	Stecher, RenateRenate Stecher	Athletics	women's 100 m
02 ! Silver	Brehmer, ChristinaChristina Brehmer	Athletics	women's 400 m
02 ! Silver	Hoffmeister, GunhildGunhild Hoffmeister	Athletics	women's 1500 m
02 ! Silver	Laser, ChristineChristine Laser	Athletics	women's pentathlon
02 ! Silver	Nowakowski, RichardRichard Nowakowski	Boxing	men's −57 kg
02 ! Silver	Köhler, ChristaChrista Köhler	Diving	women's 3 m springboard
02 ! Silver	Dombeck, CarolaCarola Dombeck	Gymnastics	men's vault
02 ! Silver	Badorek, GabrieleGabriele Badorek Burosch, HanneloreHannelore Burosch Krause, RoswithaRoswitha Krause Kretzschmar, WaltraudWaltraud Kretzschmar Matz, EvelynEvelyn Matz Michaelis, LianeLiane Michaelis Paskuy, EvaEva Paskuy Richter, KristinaKristina Richter Rost, ChristinaChristina Rost Siefert, SilviaSilvia Siefert Tietz, MarionMarion Tietz Uhlig, PetraPetra Uhlig Voß, ChristinaChristina Voß Zober, HanneloreHannelore Zober	Handball	women's handball
02 ! Silver	Jahn, SabineSabine Jahn Boesler, PetraPetra Boesler	Rowing	women's double sculls
02 ! Silver	Noack, AngelikaAngelika Noack Dähne, SabineSabine Dähne	Rowing	women's coxless pairs
02 ! Silver	Vollmar, HaraldHarald Vollmar	Shooting	men's 50 m pistol
02 ! Silver	Wiefel, JürgenJürgen Wiefel	Shooting	men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
02 ! Silver	Priemer, PetraPetra Priemer	Swimming	women's 100 m freestyle
02 ! Silver	Treiber, BirgitBirgit Treiber	Swimming	women's 100 m backstroke
02 ! Silver	Treiber, BirgitBirgit Treiber	Swimming	women's 200 m backstroke
02 ! Silver	Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack	Swimming	women's 100 m butterfly
02 ! Silver	Tauber, UlrikeUlrike Tauber	Swimming	women's 200 m butterfly
02 ! Silver	Priemer, PetraPetra Priemer Ender, KorneliaKornelia Ender Hempel, ClaudiaClaudia Hempel Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack	Swimming	women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
02 ! Silver	Bonk, GerdGerd Bonk	Weightlifting	men's +110 kg
02 ! Silver	Brüchert, Hans-DieterHans-Dieter Brüchert	Wrestling	men's freestyle −57 kg
03 ! Bronze	Baumgartl, FrankFrank Baumgartl	Athletics	men's 3000 m steeplechase
03 ! Bronze	Frenkel, PeterPeter Frenkel	Athletics	men's 20 km walk
03 ! Bronze	Wartenberg, FrankFrank Wartenberg	Athletics	men's long jump
03 ! Bronze	Stecher, RenateRenate Stecher	Athletics	women's 200 m
03 ! Bronze	Streidt, EllenEllen Streidt	Athletics	women's 400 m
03 ! Bronze	Zinn, ElfiElfi Zinn	Athletics	women's 800 m
03 ! Bronze	Klapezynski, UlrikeUlrike Klapezynski	Athletics	women's 1500 m
03 ! Bronze	Hinzmann, GabrieleGabriele Hinzmann	Athletics	women's discus throw
03 ! Bronze	Pollak, BurglindeBurglinde Pollak	Athletics	women's pentathlon
03 ! Bronze	Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm	Canoeing	men's K-1 500 m
03 ! Bronze	Bischof, Frank-PeterFrank-Peter Bischof Duvigneau, BerndBernd Duvigneau Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm Lehnert, JürgenJürgen Lehnert	Canoeing	men's K-4 1000 m
03 ! Bronze	Zirzow, CarolaCarola Zirzow Köster, BärbelBärbel Köster	Canoeing	women's K-2 500 m
03 ! Bronze	Geschke, JürgenJürgen Geschke	Cycling	men's sprint
03 ! Bronze	Huschke, ThomasThomas Huschke	Cycling	men's individual pursuit
03 ! Bronze	Bruckerner, RolandRoland Bruckerner Hanschke, RainerRainer Hanschke Jager, BerndBernd Jager Klotz, WolfgangWolfgang Klotz Mack, LutzLutz Mack Nikolay, MichaelMichael Nikolay	Gymnastics	men's team all-around
03 ! Bronze	Nikolay, MichaelMichael Nikolay	Gymnastics	men's pommel horse
03 ! Bronze	Dombeck, CarolaCarola Dombeck Escher, GittaGitta Escher Gerschau, KerstinKerstin Gerschau Hellmann, AngelikaAngelika Hellmann Kische, MarionMarion Kische Kraker, SteffiSteffi Kraker	Gymnastics	women's team all-around
03 ! Bronze	Dreifke, JoachimJoachim Dreifke	Rowing	men's single sculls
03 ! Bronze	Schmied, Hans-UlrichHans-Ulrich Schmied Bertow, JürgenJürgen Bertow	Rowing	men's double sculls
03 ! Bronze	Below, DieterDieter Below Zachries, MichaelMichael Zachries Engelhardt, OlafOlaf Engelhardt	Sailing	men's Soling
03 ! Bronze	Matthes, RolandRoland Matthes	Swimming	men's 100 m backstroke
03 ! Bronze	Gabriel, RosemarieRosemarie Gabriel	Swimming	women's 200 m butterfly
03 ! Bronze	Wenzel, PeterPeter Wenzel	Weightlifting	men's −75 kg
03 ! Bronze	Losch, HelmutHelmut Losch	Weightlifting	men's +110 kg
03 ! Bronze	Wehling, Heinz-HelmutHeinz-Helmut Wehling	Wrestling	men's Greco-Roman −68 kg

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

Canoeing

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

Diving

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References