East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Flag bearer Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics) | | |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | ||
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, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.[1]
Medalists
Athletics
Men's Marathon
- Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
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
Men's Discus Throw
- Wolfgang Schmidt
- 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
- 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 — Bronze Medal
- 1000m time trial
- Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)
- Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
Diving
Fencing
One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.
Football
- First Round
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated France 4-0
- Semifinals
- Defeated Soviet Union 2-1
- Final
- Defeated Poland 3-1
- Team roster
- Head coach: Georg Buschner
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 ( bronze medal)
- Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)
- Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxed pair – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)
- 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 ( gold medal)
- Women's double sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Women's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal)
- Women's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Women's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Viola Goretzki
- Christiane Knetsch
- Ilona Richter
- Brigitte Ahrenholz
- Monika Kallies
- Henrietta Ebert
- Helma Lehmann
- Irina Müller
- Marina Wilke
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
- Gold Medal
800 meter Freestyle
- 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
- ^ "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.