German Olympic qualification 1960 / summer games / swimming pool competitions
This article describes the results of the elimination competitions in swimming, diving and water polo for the formation of the all-German team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome .
In swimming there were two elimination competitions, which took place on 2/3. July in the Munich Dantebad and on 13./14. July were held in Leipzig . The times achieved were added up. Out of consideration for Hans Zierold , who had fled the GDR , the second elimination for the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay was held on July 27 in Uppsala, Sweden. A day later there was also a water polo game that had become necessary.
There were also two elimination competitions in diving, which took place on 28/29. June in Bad Kissingen as well as together with the swimmers on 13./14. July were held in Leipzig. The place numbers were added. In consideration of Herbert Barendt, who had also fled, the second high diving competition was moved to Vienna , which took place there on July 27th.
Results
swim
Men
100 m crawl
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Voell | 58.2 + 57.6 | w | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uwe Jacobsen | 58.2 + 57.7 | w | Semifinals |
400 m crawl
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 4: 35.0 + 4: 29.7 | w | leader |
| 2 | Gerhard Hetz | 4: 34.4 + 4: 32.1 | w | leader |
1500 m crawl
The competitions took place on July 3rd in Munich and on July 14th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Hetz | 18: 17.1 DR + 18: 00.5 DR | w | leader |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 18: 27.8 + 18: 18.7 | w | instead of Klein, Millow was nominated |
| 3 | Hans-Ulrich Millow | 18: 28.9 + 18: 18.2 | O | leader |
100 m back
The competitions took place on July 3rd in Munich and on July 14th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Wagner | 1: 03.6 + 1: 03.2 DR | O | 6th place |
| 2 | Jürgen Dietze | 1: 03.6 + 1: 03.3 | O | Semifinals |
200 m butterfly
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Sieber | 2: 25.5 + 2: 23.6 | O | leader |
| 2 | Jürgen Bachmann | 2: 27.5 + 2: 23.6 | O | Semifinals |
200 m chest
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egon Henninger | 2: 41.0 + 2: 38.7 | O | 4th Place |
| 2 | Konrad Enke | 2: 40.8 + 2: 39.7 | O | leader |
4 × 200 m freestyle
The eliminations took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 27th in Uppsala as an individual swim in the 200 m freestyle. The best four qualified for the relay.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 2: 06.1 + 2: 07.6 | w |
| 2 | Gerhard Hetz | 2: 06.4 + 2: 08.8 | w |
| 3 | Hans Zierold | 2: 11.3 + 2: 09.8 | w |
| Frank Wiegand | - + 2: 08.1 | O |
The season took 7th place in Rome.
4 × 100 m layers
The fastest swimmers in Rome were selected for the two individual distances swum 100 m back and 100 m crawl at the Olympics. That was the East German Wolfgang Wagner in the backstroke and the West German Uwe Jacobsen in the freestyle swimming .
For the two other styles there was elimination swimming, which was held in the context of the other competitions on July 3 in Munich and on July 14 in Leipzig. The West German Hermann Lotter prevailed over the 100 m butterfly with times of 1: 04.4 and 1: 04.0. In Leipzig the East German Horst-Günter Gregor won , although his German record time of 1: 03.9 was of no use. In the first swim, Hans Zierold, who had fled the GDR , came third, but then did not take his (small) chances. The East German Günter Tittes sat over 100 m chest with times of 1: 13.0 and? by.
In Rome, the German layer relay was eliminated in advance.
Women
100 m crawl and 4 × 100 m crawl
The competitions took place on July 3rd in Munich and on July 14th in Leipzig. The first two swimmers qualified for the individual swim and the first four for the relay.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ursel Brunner | 1: 04.8 + 1: 04.4 DR | w | Semifinals |
| 2 | Heidi Pechstein | 1: 07.3 + 1: 04.4 DR | O | Semifinals |
| Christel Steffin | 1: 05.4 +? | O | ||
| Gisela White | 1: 06.4 +? | O |
The relay won bronze in Rome.
400 m crawl
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ursel Brunner | 5: 07.3 + 5: 04.3 | w | leader |
| 2 | Gisela White | 5: 12.4 + 5: 06.4 | O | leader |
100 m back
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Schmidt | 1: 12.2 + 1: 11.4 | O | leader |
| 2 | Helga Schmidt | 1: 13.0 + 1: 13.1 | w | leader |
100 m butterfly
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heidi Eisenschmidt | 1: 12.4 + 1: 12.9 | O | leader |
| 2 | Bärbel Fuhrmann | 1: 14.6 + 1: 11.4 DR | O | leader |
200 m chest
The competitions took place on July 2nd in Munich and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiltrud Urselmann | 2: 54.7 + 2: 51.8 | w | silver |
| 2 | Barbara Göbel | 2: 54.5 + 2: 52.6 | O | bronze |
4 × 100 m layers
The fastest swimmers in Rome were selected for the three individual distances swum 100 m back, 100 m butterfly and 100 m crawl at the Olympics. That was East German Ingrid Schmidt for backstroke swimming, East German Bärbel Fuhrmann for butterfly swimming and West German Ursel Brunner for freestyle swimming .
There were two elimination swims for the 100 m breaststroke course, which were held as part of the other competitions on July 3 in Munich and on July 14 in Leipzig. The East German Ursula Küper prevailed with times of 1: 21.6 min and 1: 19.0 min, the latter time being a world record.
In Rome, the relay won bronze.
Diving
Men
Jumping
The competitions took place on June 28th in Bad Kissingen and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Pz | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudi Oertel | 3 | O | Semifinals |
| 2 | Hans-Dieter Pophal | 5 | O | 8th place |
Diving
The competitions took place on June 29th in Bad Kissingen and on July 27th in Vienna.
| * | Surname | Pz | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolf Sperling | 2 | O | 5th place |
| 2 | Fritz Enskat | 4th | w | 7th place |
Women
Jumping
The competitions took place on June 28th in Bad Kissingen and on July 13th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Pz | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Kramer | 2 | O | gold |
| 2 | Waltraud Oertel | 7th | O | Semifinals |
Diving
The competitions took place on June 29th in Bad Kissingen and on July 14th in Leipzig.
| * | Surname | Pz | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Kramer | 2 | O | gold |
| 2 | Gabriele Schöpe | 5 | O | Preliminary round |
Water polo
There were two qualifying matches on May 21 and 22 in Wuppertal and on May 28 and 29 in Leipzig . The two games in Wuppertal were won by the West selection 4: 3 and 4.2, while the two games in Leipzig were won by the East selection with 5: 4 and 6: 4. The two West German players Hans Hoffmeister and Lajos Nagy , who had fled the GDR and Hungary respectively, had not traveled to Leipzig . Since there was a tie between points and goals after these four games, a playoff was played on July 28th in Uppsala, Sweden, which won the Western selection 3-1.
Since the German water polo team had taken 6th place at the 1956 Olympics, the West German selection qualified directly for Rome, where they (again) took 6th place.
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Issues of the Hamburger Abendblatt and the New Germany from 1960.
Remarks
- ↑ Wiegand was not allowed to start because of a slight concussion.