East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

All-Around, Individual, Men Matthias Brehme 12
Klaus Köste 16
Siegfried Fülle 21
Peter Weber 26
Gerhard Dietrich =34
Günter Beier =51
Peter Kunze DNS
Team, Men East Germany 3 Bronze
Matthias Brehme • Klaus Köste • Siegfried Fülle • Peter Weber • Gerhard Dietrich • Günter Beier • Peter Kunze (DNS)
Floor Exercise, Men Siegfried Fülle =18 r1/2
Klaus Köste =21 r1/2
Matthias Brehme =24 r1/2
Günter Beier =37 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich =44 r1/2
Peter Weber =57 r1/2
Vault, Men Siegfried Fülle =10 r1/2
Matthias Brehme 14 r1/2
Günter Beier =15 r1/2
Peter Weber =23 r1/2
Klaus Köste =30 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich =68 r1/2
Parallel Bars, Men Matthias Brehme =12 r1/2
Peter Weber =21 r1/2
Siegfried Fülle =26 r1/2
Klaus Köste =33 r1/2
Günter Beier =51 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich 72 r1/2
Horizontal Bar, Men Klaus Köste 4
Matthias Brehme 10 r1/2
Siegfried Fülle =11 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich =23 r1/2
Peter Weber =25 r1/2
Günter Beier =33 r1/2
Rings, Men Klaus Köste =11 r1/2
Matthias Brehme =15 r1/2
Siegfried Fülle =23 r1/2
Peter Weber =28 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich =44 r1/2
Günter Beier =68 r1/2
Pommel Horse, Men Matthias Brehme 18 r1/2
Gerhard Dietrich =20 r1/2
Klaus Köste =45 r1/2
Peter Weber 52 r1/2
Siegfried Fülle =71 r1/2
Günter Beier =85 r1/2
All-Around, Individual, Women Erika Zuchold =4
Karin Janz 6
Maritta Bauerschmidt 12
Ute Starke =22
Marianne Noack 27
Magdalena Schmidt 29
Christine Schmitt DNS
Team, Women East Germany 3 Bronze
Erika Zuchold • Karin Janz • Maritta Bauerschmidt • Ute Starke • Marianne Noack • Magdalena Schmidt • Christine Schmitt (DNS)
Floor Exercise, Women Erika Zuchold =8 r1/2
Karin Janz =8 r1/2
Maritta Bauerschmidt =17 r1/2
Marianne Noack =24 r1/2
Magdalena Schmidt =27 r1/2
Ute Starke =27 r1/2
Vault, Women Erika Zuchold 2 Silver
Magdalena Schmidt 7 r1/2
Karin Janz =8 r1/2
Ute Starke =10 r1/2
Marianne Noack =13 r1/2
Maritta Bauerschmidt =17 r1/2
Uneven Bars, Women Karin Janz 2 Silver
Erika Zuchold 5
Magdalena Schmidt 16 r1/2
Maritta Bauerschmidt =17 r1/2
Ute Starke =17 r1/2
Marianne Noack =52 r1/2
Balance Beam, Women Karin Janz =4
Erika Zuchold 6
Maritta Bauerschmidt 8 r1/2
Marianne Noack =10 r1/2
Ute Starke =33 r1/2
Magdalena Schmidt 58 r1/2

Athletics

100 metres, Men Harald Eggers 7 h1 r3/4
Hartmut Schelter 8 h2 r3/4
Heinz Erbstößer 5 h2 r2/4
400 metres, Men Wolfgang Müller 8 h1 r3/4
Michael Zerbes 6 h4 r2/4
800 metres, Men Dieter Fromm 6
Manfred Matuschewski DNS
5,000 metres, Men Bernd Dießner 6 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Jürgen Haase 15
Marathon, Men Jürgen Busch 15
Jürgen Haase DNS
400 metres Hurdles, Men Joachim Singer DNS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men East Germany 5
Heinz Erbstößer • Hartmut Schelter • Peter Haase • Harald Eggers • Hermann Burde (DNS) • Günter Gollos (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men East Germany 4 h1 r1/2
Hartmut Schwabe • Dieter Fromm • Wolfgang Müller • Michael Zerbes • Hermann Burde (DNS) • Manfred Matuschewski (DNS)
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Gerhard Sperling 5
Hans-Georg Reimann 7
Peter Frenkel 10
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Christoph Höhne 1 Gold
Peter Selzer 4
Burkhard Leuschke DNF
Long Jump, Men Klaus Beer 2 Silver
Pole Vault, Men Wolfgang Nordwig 3 Bronze
Triple Jump, Men Heinz-Günter Schenk 26 r1/2
Klaus Neumann 32 r1/2
Shot Put, Men Dieter Hoffmann 4
Uwe Grabe 7
Dieter Prollius DNS
Discus Throw, Men Lothar Milde 2 Silver
Hartmut Losch 4
Günter Schaumburg 10
Hammer Throw, Men Reinhard Theimer 7
Helmuth Baumann 8
Javelin Throw, Men Manfred Stolle 5
Decathlon, Men Joachim Kirst 5
Manfred Tiedtke 10
Herbert Wessel DNF
800 metres, Women Karin Burneleit 5 h1 r2/3
Barbara Wieck 5 h2 r1/3
100 / 80 metres Hurdles, Women Karin Balzer 5
High Jump, Women Rita Schmidt 5
Karin Schulze 7
Long Jump, Women Burghild Wieczorek 4
Bärbel Löhnert 14
Shot Put, Women Margitta Gummel 1 Gold
Marita Lange 2 Silver
Renate Boy 5
Discus Throw, Women Anita Otto 4
Christa Spielberg 7
Karin Illgen 10
Pentathlon, Women Inge Bauer 7
Gerda Uhlemann 19
Bärbel Löhnert DNS

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Bernd Englmeier =9
Bantamweight, Men Bernd Juterzenka =17
Lightweight, Men Peter Rieger =17
Light-Welterweight, Men Peter Tiepold =5
Welterweight, Men Manfred Wolke 1 Gold
Light-Middleweight, Men Detlef Dahn =9
Light-Heavyweight, Men Jürgen Schlegel =5
Heavyweight, Men Bernd Anders =5

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 metres, Men Wolfgang Lange 8
Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres, Men East Germany 4 h3 r3/4
Klaus Heinroth • Manfred Ehrhardt
Kayak Fours (K4), 1,000 metres, Men East Germany 6
Joachim Wenzke • Klaus-Uwe Will • Erhard Riedrich • Klaus-Peter Ebeling
Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres, Men Jürgen Harpke DNS
Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 metres, Men East Germany 6
Jürgen Harpke • Helmut Wagner
Kayak Singles (K1), 500 metres, Women Anita Nüßner 6
Kayak Doubles (K2), 500 metres, Women East Germany 5
Anita Kobuß • Karin Haftenberger

Cycling Road

Team Time Trial, Men East Germany 13
Klaus Ampler • Günter Hoffmann • Dieter Grabe • Axel Peschel

Cycling Track

Track Time Trial, Men Heinz Richter =10
Tandem Sprint, Men East Germany =5
Werner Otto • Hans-Jürgen Geschke
Team Pursuit, Men East Germany 1 h7 r1/4
Heinz Richter • Wolfgang Schmelzer • Rudolf Franz • Manfred Ulbricht

Diving

Platform, Men Lothar Matthes 6
Rolf Sperling 20
Springboard, Women Ingrid Gulbin-Krämer 5
Platform, Women Sylvia Fiedler 19
Claudia Reiche 23

Equestrian Dressage

Individual, Open Horst Köhler 5
Gerhard Brockmüller 12
Wolfgang Müller =16
Team, Open East Germany 4
Horst Köhler • Gerhard Brockmüller • Wolfgang Müller

Equestrian Eventing

Individual, Open Karl-Heinz Fuhrmann 25
Uwe Plank 27
Helmut Hartmann 28
Ulrich Vité DNF
Team, Open East Germany 7
Karl-Heinz Fuhrmann • Uwe Plank • Helmut Hartmann • Ulrich Vité

Fencing

Épée, Individual, Men Hans-Peter Schulze =17
Klaus Dumke =17
Harry Fiedler 5 p1 r2/4
Épée, Team, Men East Germany 5
Bernd Uhlig • Klaus Dumke • Harry Fiedler • Hans-Peter Schulze • Dieter Burger (DNS)

Hockey

Hockey, Men East Germany 11
Axel Thieme • Dieter Ehrlich • Dieter Klauß • Eckhard Wallossek • Hans-Dietrich Sasse • Helmut Rabis • Horst Brennecke • Karl-Heinz Freiberger • Klaus Bahner • Klaus Träumer • Lothar Lippert • Rainer Stephan • Reinhart Sasse • Rolf Thieme • Horst Dahmlos (DNS) • Gerhard Krieger (DNS) • Jürgen Müller (DNS) • Rüdiger Kasch (DNS)

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Karl-Heinz Kutschke 4
Jörg Tscherner 15
Wolfgang Lüderitz 40
Team, Men East Germany 6
Karl-Heinz Kutschke • Jörg Tscherner • Wolfgang Lüderitz

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Achim Hill 5
Double Sculls, Men East Germany 5
Uli Schmied • Manfred Haake
Coxless Pairs, Men East Germany 1 Gold
Jörg Lucke • Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
Coxed Pairs, Men East Germany 4
Helmut Wollmann • Wolfgang Gunkel • Klaus-Dieter Neubert
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany 1 Gold
Frank Forberger • Dieter Grahn • Frank Rühle • Dieter Schubert
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany 2 Silver
Peter Kremtz • Roland Göhler • Manfred Gelpke • Klaus Jacob • Dieter Semetzky
Eights, Men East Germany 7
Günter Bergau • Klaus-Dieter Bähr • Claus Wilke • Peter Gorny • Reinhard Zerfowski • Peter Hein • Manfred Schneider • Peter Prompe • Karl-Heinz Danielowski

Sailing

Two-Person Keelboat, Men East Germany 14
Hartmann Bogumil • Udo Springsklee
One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Men Jürgen Mier 13
Three-Person Keelboat, Open East Germany 3 Bronze
Paul Borowski • Karl-Heinz Thun • Konrad Weichert
Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open East Germany 12
Hans-Jürgen Cochius • Werner Christoph

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, Men Christian Düring 4
Gerhard Dommrich 6
Free Pistol, Men Harald Vollmar 3 Bronze
Helmut Artelt 6
Free Rifle, Men Hartmut Sommer 6
Uto Wunderlich 23
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, Men Uto Wunderlich 17
Hartmut Sommer 26
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men Hartmut Sommer 54
Werner Heyn 56
Trap, Open Kurt Czekalla 3 Bronze
Rudolf Hager 23

Swimming

200 metres Freestyle, Men Udo Poser DNS
400 metres Freestyle, Men Alfred Müller 14
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Karl-Rüdiger Mann 9
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men East Germany 5
Frank Wiegand • Horst-Günter Gregor • Udo Poser • Lothar Gericke
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men East Germany 7
Frank Wiegand • Horst-Günter Gregor • Alfred Müller • Jochen Herbst
100 metres Backstroke, Men Roland Matthes 1 Gold
200 metres Backstroke, Men Roland Matthes 1 Gold
Joachim Rother 7
100 metres Breaststroke, Men Egon Henninger 8
Klaus Katzur 15
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Egon Henninger 6
Klaus Katzur 10
100 metres Butterfly, Men Horst-Günter Gregor 25
200 metres Individual Medley, Men Frank Wiegand 11
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men East Germany 2 Silver
Roland Matthes • Egon Henninger • Horst-Günter Gregor • Frank Wiegand
100 metres Freestyle, Women Martina Grunert 5
Roswitha Krause =9
Uta Schmuck =14
200 metres Freestyle, Women Gabriele Wetzko 4
400 metres Freestyle, Women Gabriele Wetzko 5
800 metres Freestyle, Women Sigrid Goral 11
Sabine Rantzsch 13
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women East Germany 2 Silver
Gabriele Wetzko • Roswitha Krause • Uta Schmuck • Gabriele Perthes • Martina Grunert
200 metres Backstroke, Women Doris Kohardt 9
100 metres Butterfly, Women Helga Lindner 8
Christine Strübing 9
200 metres Butterfly, Women Helga Lindner 2 Silver
Christine Strübing 10
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Sabine Steinbach 4
Marianne Seydel 6
400 metres Individual Medley, Women Sabine Steinbach 3 Bronze
Marianne Seydel 6
Eva Wittke 13
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women East Germany 5
Martina Grunert • Eva Wittke • Helga Lindner • Uta Schmuck

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men East Germany 4
Arnold Schulz • Eckehard Pietzsch • Eckhard Tielscher • Horst Peter • Jürgen Freiwald • Jürgen Kessel • Manfred Heine • Rainer Tscharke • Rudi Schumann • Siegfried Schneider • Walter Toussaint • Wolfgang Webner

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men East Germany 6
Hans-Georg Fehn • Klaus Schlenkrich • Jürgen Thiel • Siegfried Ballerstedt • Peter Rund • Hans-Jürgen Schüler • Jürgen Kluge • Veit Hermans • Manfred Herzog • Hans-Ulrich Lange • Peter Schmidt

Weightlifting

Middleweight, Men Werner Dittrich 6
Light-Heavyweight, Men Karl Arnold 5
Heavyweight, Men Manfred Rieger 4

Wrestling

Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men Hartmut Puls 20
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Lothar Schneider 8
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Klaus Pohl 11
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Rudolf Vesper 1 Gold
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Lothar Metz 1 Gold
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Jürgen Klinge =13
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Horst Mayer =18
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Jürgen Luczak =15
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Martin Heinze 9
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Peter Döring 6
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Gerd Bachmann 8