East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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.[1]
| East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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| 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 |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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Medalists
Athletics
Men's Marathon
- Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→
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 (→
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 (→
Men's Discus Throw
- Wolfgang Schmidt
- Qualification — 63.14m
- Final — 66.22m (→
- 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 (→
- Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29 (→
- 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
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.
- 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)
- Jürgen Geschke —
- Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→
- Thomas Huschke —
Diving
Football
- First Round
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated
- Defeated
- Semifinals
- Defeated
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- Defeated
- Final
- Defeated
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- Defeated
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Georg Buschner
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Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.[2]
- Men's single sculls – 3rd place (
- Men's double sculls – 3rd place (
- Men's coxless pair – 1st place (
- Men's coxed pair – 1st place (
- Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place (
- Men's coxless four – 1st place (
- Men's coxed four – 2nd place (
- Men's eight – 1st place (
- Bernd Baumgart
- Gottfried Döhn
- Werner Klatt
- Hans-Joachim Lück
- Dieter Wendisch
- Roland Kostulski
- Ulrich Karnatz
- Karl-Heinz Prudöhl
- Karl-Heinz Danielowski
- Women's single sculls – 1st place (
- Women's double sculls – 2nd place (
- Women's coxless pair – 2nd place (
- Women's coxed four – 1st place (
- Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place (
- Women's eight – 1st place (
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
- Men's Competition
100 meter Backstroke
- Roland Matthes — 57.22 —
- Women's Competition
100 meter Freestyle
- Kornelia Ender — 55.65 —
- Petra Priemer — 56.49 —
200 meter Freestyle
- Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 —
400 meter Freestyle
- Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 —
800 meter Freestyle
- Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 —
100 meter Backstroke
- Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 —
- Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 —
200 meter Backstroke
- Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 —
- Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 —
100 meter Breaststroke
- Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 —
100 meter Butterfly
- Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 —
- Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 —
200 meter Butterfly
- Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 —
- Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 —
- Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86—
400 meter Individual Medley
- Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 —
4x100 meter Freestyle Relay
- Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 —
4x100 meter Medley Relay
- Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 —
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
- "East Germany at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "East Germany Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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