East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 267 (154 men, 113 women) in 17 sports | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics) | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 40 |
Silver 25 |
Bronze 25 |
Total 90 |
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 Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) |
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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]
Contents
Medalists
Gold
Silver
BronzeAthletics
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Men's Marathon
- Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→
Gold Medal)
Men's 4x100m 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
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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Dietmar Geilich
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5
Canoeing
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Cycling
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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
- Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)
- Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
Diving
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Fencing
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One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.
Football
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Gold Medal
- First Round
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated
France 4-0
- Defeated
- Semifinals
- Defeated
Soviet Union 2-1
- Defeated
- Final
- Defeated
Poland 3-1
- Defeated
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Georg Buschner
Gymnastics
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Handball
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Judo
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Rowing
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Sailing
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Shooting
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Swimming
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- 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
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- 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
- Head Coach: Dieter Grund
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
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