German Olympic qualification 1964 / Summer Games / Swimming
This article describes the results of the elimination competitions in swimming for the formation of the all-German team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .
The elimination in swimming was held from August 21st to 23rd in the Elbe swimming hall in Magdeburg and from August 28th to 30th in Dortmund's Südbad, based on the US trials.
Results
Men
100 m crawl and 4 × 100 m crawl
Location: Dortmund
The participants were divided into two runs. The three fastest people qualified for the individual race, which was also joined by the fourth fastest for the relay.
1st run:
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Löffler | 55.1 | w | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uwe Jacobsen | 55.6 | w | 8th place |
| 3 | Frank Wiegand | 55.6 | O | Relay deployment |
2nd run:
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 54.6 DR | w | bronze |
The relay won silver in Tokyo.
400 m crawl
Location: Dortmund
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Wiegand | 4: 18.4 ER | O | silver |
| 2 | Wolfgang Kremer | 4: 23.6 | w | leader |
| 3 | Martin Klink | 4: 24.8 | O | leader |
1500 m crawl
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holger Kirschke | 17: 35.9 | w | leader |
| 2 | Gerhard Hetz | 17: 48.5 | w | not started |
| 3 | Martin Klink | 17: 55.1 | O | For Klink, the fourth-placed East German Heinz Junga swam in Tokyo, who was eliminated there in the preliminary run. |
200 m back
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernst-Joachim Küppers | 2: 12.6 ER | w | 5th place |
| 2 | Jürgen Dietze | 2: 17.2 | O | leader |
| 3 | Wolfgang Wagner | 2: 17.3 | O | Semifinals |
200 m butterfly
Location: Dortmund
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst-Günter Gregor | 2: 12.1 DR | O | For Gregor, the fourth-placed East German Wolfgang Platzeck swam in Tokyo, who was eliminated there in the preliminary run. |
| 2 | Hermann Lotter | 2: 13.4 | w | leader |
| 3 | Werner Friday | 2: 14.0 | w | Semifinals |
200 m chest
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egon Henninger | 2: 31.8 | O | 5th place |
| 2 | Willi Messner | 2: 35.4 | O | Semifinals |
| 3 | Klaus Katzur | 2: 36.6 | O | Semifinals |
400 m layers
Location: Dortmund
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Hetz | 4: 53.0 | w | bronze |
| 2 | Dieter Pfeifer | 5: 03.0 | O | leader |
| 3 | Stefan Weinrich | 5: 03.7 | O | leader |
4 × 200 m freestyle
Location: Magdeburg
The participants were divided into two runs. The four fastest qualifiers qualified for the relay.
1st run:
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 2: 00.1 | w |
| 2 | Horst-Günter Gregor | 2: 00.4 | O |
| 3 | Frank Wiegand | 2: 00.8 | O |
2nd run:
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Hetz | 2: 02.2 | w |
The relay won silver in Tokyo.
4 × 100 m layers
The fastest swimmer in the elimination and in Tokyo, Hans-Joachim Klein, was selected for the individual distance 100 m crawl swum at the Olympics .
There were elimination swimming for the three other styles, which were held for the 100 m back and 100 m chest in Dortmund and for the 100 m butterfly in Magdeburg.
Ernst-Joachim Küppers (f) qualified for the 100 m back , who swam the world record with 1: 00.8 min. Egon Henninger , who swam the German record with 1: 07.5 min, qualified for the 100 m breaststroke . Horst-Günter Gregor (o) qualified for the 100 m butterfly , who swam the German record in 59.6 seconds.
The relay won silver in Tokyo.
Women
100 m crawl and 4 × 100 m crawl
Location: Dortmund
The three fastest people qualified for the individual race, which was joined by the fourth fastest for the relay.
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Grunert | 1: 02.5 DR | O | leader |
| 2 | Traudi Beierlein | 1: 03.0 | w | leader |
| 3 | Rita Schumacher | 1: 03.2 | O | leader |
| 4th | Ursel Brunner | 1: 03.5 | w | For Brunner, the East German Heidi Pechstein, who was fifth in the elimination, swam in Tokyo in the season . |
The season took 6th place in Tokyo.
400 m crawl
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Grunert | 4: 52.7 DR | O | leader |
| 2 | Heidi Pechstein | 4: 54.4 | O | leader |
| 3 | Jutta Wanke | 4: 54.6 | O | leader |
100 m back
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Schmidt | 1: 11.2 | O | leader |
| 2 | Petra Nerger | 1: 11.2 | O | leader |
| 3 | Helga Schmidt-Neuber | 1: 11.4 | w | leader |
100 m butterfly
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Hustede | 1: 07.8 DR | w | 6th place |
| 2 | Ute Noack | 1: 08.5 | O | Semifinals |
| 3 | Ursel Brunner | 1: 09.8 | w | leader |
200 m chest
Location: Magdeburg
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärbel Grimmer | 2: 49.4 | O | 6th place |
| 2 | Wiltrud Urselmann | 2: 50.5 | w | leader |
| 3 | Ursula Küper | 2: 51.2 | O | 8th place |
400 m layers
Location: Dortmund
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronika Holletz | 5: 33.6 DR | O | 4th Place |
| 2 | Helga Zimmermann | 5: 38.0 | O | leader |
| 3 | Harriet Blank | 5: 39.6 | O | leader |
4 × 100 m layers
The fastest swimmers in the elimination and in Tokyo were selected for the three individual distances swum at the Olympics: 100 m back, 100 m butterfly and 100 m crawl. That was East German Ingrid Schmidt for backstroke swimming, West German Heike Hustede for butterfly swimming and East German Martina Grunert for freestyle swimming .
There was an elimination in Dortmund for the 100 m chest course, which was won by the East German Bärbel Grimmer in 1: 19.4.
The relay was disqualified in the final in Tokyo.
See also
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Editions of the Hamburger Abendblatt and the Neues Deutschland from 1964.