Olympic Summer Games 1972 / Participant (GDR)

GDR

20th	23	23

The German Democratic Republic took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 299 athletes (233 men and 66 women) who won 66 medals in 18 sports in 161 competitions. With the fourth largest team in these games, they finished third according to the medal table . The boxer Manfred Wolke was chosen as the standard bearer for the opening ceremony. The most successful representative was the gymnast Karin Janz , who won two gold and two silver medals as well as one bronze medal.

Medals

Medal table

Medal table GDR
space	sport
1	athletics	8th	7th	5	20th
2	canoe	4th	1	1	6th
3	do gymnastics	3	4th	2	9
4th	rowing	3	1	3	7th
5	swim	2	5	2	9
6th	Cycling	-	2	1	3
7th	Wrestling	-	1	-	1
	sailing	-	1	-	1
	volleyball	-	1	-	1
10	Weightlifting	-	-	2	2
	shoot	-	-	2	2
	Diving	-	-	2	2
13	Boxing	-	-	1	1
	Soccer	-	-	1	1
	Judo	-	-	1	1
Total		20th	23	23	66

Medalist

gold

sport	competition	Name (s)
athletics	20 km walking	Peter Frenkel
	Pole vault	Wolfgang Nordwig
	100 m (women)	Renate Stecher
	200 m (women)	Renate Stecher
	400 m (women)	Monika Zehren
	100 m hurdles (women)	Annelie Ehrhardt
	4 × 400 m relay (women)	Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt
	Javelin throw (women)	Ruth Fuchs
Canoeing	One kayak, slalom	Siegbert Horn
	Single canoe, slalom	Reinhard Eiben
	Two-man canoe, slalom	Walter Hofmann , Rolf-Dieter Amend
	Single kayak, slalom (women)	Angelika Bahmann
rowing	Two without a helmsman	Siegfried Brietzke , Wolfgang Mager
	Two with a helmsman	Wolfgang Gunkel , Jörg Lucke , Klaus-Dieter Neubert
	Foursome without a helmsman	Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert
do gymnastics	Leap	Klaus Köste
	Jump (women)	Karin Janz
	Uneven bars (women)	Karin Janz
swim	100 m back	Roland Matthes
	200 m back	Roland Matthes

silver

sport	competition	Name (s)
athletics	high jump	Stefan Junge
	Triple jump	Jörg Drehel
	Hammer throw	Jochen Sachse
	1500 m (women)	Gunhild Hoffmeister
	4 × 100 m relay (women)	Evelin Kaufer , Christina Heinich , Bärbel Struppert , Renate Stecher
	Shot put (women)	Margitta Gummel
	Javelin throw (women)	Jacqueline Todten
swim	4 × 100 m layers	Roland Matthes , Klaus Katzur , Hartmut Flöckner , Lutz Unger
	100 m butterfly (women)	Roswitha Beier
	200 m medley (women)	Kornelia Ender
	4 × 100 m freestyle (women)	Kornelia Ender, Gabriele Wetzko , Andrea Eife , Elke Sehmisch
	4 × 100 m layers (women)	Christine Herbst , Renate Vogel , Roswitha Beier, Kornelia Ender
do gymnastics	Team all-around competition (women)	Irene Abel , Angelika Hellmann , Karin Janz , Richarda Schmeißer , Christine Schmitt , Erika Zuchold
	Individual all-around (women)	Karin Janz
	Jump (women)	Erika Zuchold
	Uneven bars (women)	Erika Zuchold
Cycling	tandem	Jürgen Geschke , Werner Otto
	4000 m team pursuit	Thomas Huschke , Heinz Richter , Herbert Richter , Uwe Unterwalder
Canoeing	Two-person kayak (women)	Ilse Kaschube , Petra Grabowsky
Wrestling	Greco-Roman featherweight	Heinz-Helmut Wehling
rowing	Foursome with a helmsman	Dietrich Zander , Reinhard Gust , Eckhard Martens , Rolf Jobst , Klaus-Dieter Ludwig
sailing	Dragons	Paul Borowski , Karl-Heinz Thun , Konrad Weichert
volleyball	Men team	Arnold Schulz , Wolfgang Webner , Siegfried Schneider , Wolfgang Weise , Rudi Schumann , Eckehard Pietzsch , Wolfgang Löwe , Wolfgang Maibohm , Rainer Tscharke , Jürgen Maune , Horst Peter , Horst Hagen

bronze

sport	competition	Name (s)
athletics	20 km walking	Hans-Georg Reimann
	Shot put	Hartmut Briesenick
	800 m (women)	Gunhild Hoffmeister
	100 m hurdles (women)	Karin Balzer
	Pentathlon (women)	Burglinde Pollak
rowing	One	Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
	Double scull	Joachim Böhmer , Hans-Ulrich Schmied
	Eighth	Hans-Joachim Borzym , Jörg Landvoigt , Harold Dimke , Manfred Schneider , Hartmut Schreiber , Manfred Schmorde , Bernd Landvoigt , Heinrich Mederow , Dietmar Schwarz
Weightlifting	Heavyweight	Stefan Grützner
	Super heavyweight	Gerd Bonk
shoot	KK three position fight	Werner Lippoldt
	Skeet	Michael Buchheim
swim	4 × 100 m freestyle	Roland Matthes , Wilfried Hartung , Peter Bruch , Lutz Unger
	400 m freestyle (women)	Gudrun Wegner
do gymnastics	Team all-around	Matthias Brehme , Wolfgang Klotz , Klaus Köste , Jürgen Paeke , Reinhard Rychly , Wolfgang Thüne
	Balance beam (women)	Karin Janz
Diving	Jumping 3 m (women)	Marina Janicke
	Diving (women)	Marina Janicke
Boxing	Light middleweight	Peter Tiepold
Soccer	Men team	Jürgen Croy , Lothar Kurbjuweit , Manfred Zapf , Konrad Weise , Bernd Bransch , Harald Irmscher , Jürgen Pommerenke , Ralf Schulenberg , Jürgen Sparwasser , Hans-Jürgen Kreische , Joachim Streich , Reinhard Häfner , Wolfgang Seguin , Peter Ducke , Eberhard Vogel , Axel Tyll , Siegmar Wätzlich , Frank Ganzera , Dieter Schneider
Judo	Light middleweight	Dietmar Hötger
Canoeing	One kayak, slalom	Harald Gimpel
Cycling	1000 m time trial	Jürgen Schütze

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Stefan Förster (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Jochen Bachfeld (SC Traktor Schwerin)

  Featherweight: 9th place

• Ulrich Beyer (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• Manfred Wolke (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Peter Tiepold (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Light middleweight: bronze

• Hans-Joachim Brauske (SC Chemie Halle)

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Ottomar Sachse (SC Chemie Halle)

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

• Jürgen Fanghänel (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  Heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

Men

• Horst Melzig (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Epee, singles: 4th round

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Bernd Uhlig (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Epee, singles: 3rd round

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Peter Schulze (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Epee, singles: 2nd round

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Harry Fiedler (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Epee, team: 1st round

• Eckhard Mannischeff (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Epee, team: 1st round

Soccer

• Men's team

  bronze

• Squad

  0(1) Jürgen Croy (BSG Sachsenring Zwickau)

  0(2) Lothar Kurbjuweit (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

  0(3) Manfred Zapf (1. FC Magdeburg)

  0(4) Konrad Weise (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

  0(5) Bernd Bransch (HFC Chemistry)

  0(6) Harald Irmscher (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

  0(7) Jürgen Pommerenke (1. FC Magdeburg)

  0(8) Ralf Schulenberg (BFC Dynamo)

  0(9) Jürgen Sparwasser (1. FC Magdeburg)

  (10) Hans-Jürgen Kreische (SG Dynamo Dresden)

  (11) Joachim Streich (FC Hansa Rostock)

  (12) Reinhard Häfner (SG Dynamo Dresden)

  (13) Wolfgang Seguin (1. FC Magdeburg)

  (14) Peter Ducke (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

  (15) Eberhard Vogel (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

  (16) Axel Tyll (1. FC Magdeburg)

  (17) Siegmar Wätzlich (SG Dynamo Dresden)

  (18) Frank Ganzera (SG Dynamo Dresden)

  (19) Dieter Schneider (FC Hansa Rostock)

Weightlifting

• Wolfgang Faber (TSC Berlin)

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Frank Zielecke (TSC Berlin)

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Werner Dittrich (BSG Motor Zittau)

  Middleweight: DNF

• Bernhard Radtke (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  Lightweight: 4th place

• Stefan Grützner (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  Heavyweight: bronze

• Helmut Losch (BSG Motor Stralsund)

  Heavyweight: 4th place

• Gerd Bonk (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  Super heavyweight: bronze

• Manfred Rieger (BSG Motor Zittau)

  Super heavyweight: 5th place

Handball

• Men's team

  4th Place

• Squad

  Reiner Frieske (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Siegfried Voigt (SC DHfK Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Böhme (SC Empor Rostock)

  Reiner Ganschow (SC Empor Rostock)

  Jürgen Hildebrandt (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Horst Jankhöfer (SC Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Lakenmacher (SC Magdeburg)

  Klaus Langhoff (SC Empor Rostock)

  Peter Larisch (SC Leipzig)

  Peter Randt (SC DHfK Leipzig)

  Udo Röhrig (SC Magdeburg)

  Josef Rose (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Klaus Weiß (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Rainer Würdig (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Rainer Zimmermann (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Harry Zörnack (SC Leipzig)

Judo

• Karl-Heinz Werner (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Dietmar Hötger (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Light middleweight: bronze

• Rudolf Hendel (ASK Forward Frankfurt)

  Middleweight: 19th place

• Helmut Howiller (SC Leipzig)

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

• Klaus Hennig (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Heavyweight: 9th place

  Open class: 19th place

canoe

Canoe racing

Men Joachim Mattern (SC Berlin-Grünau) Single kayak, 1000 m: Final 6th place Quad kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals Reiner Kurth (ASK Forward Potsdam) Two-person kayak, 1000 m: Final 4th place Alexander Slatnow (SC Neubrandenburg) Two-person kayak, 1000 m: Final 4th place Volkmar Thiede (SC Neubrandenburg) Quad kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals Eduard Augustin (SC Unit Dresden) Quad kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals Herbert Laabs (SC Magdeburg) Quad kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals Dirk Weise (ASK Forward Potsdam) Single Canoe, 1000 m: Final 4th place Two-man Canadians, 1000 m: Final 7th place Dieter Lichtenberg (ASK Forward Potsdam) Two-man Canadians, 1000 m: Final 7th place Joachim Wenzke (ASK Forward Potsdam) Without any effort Wolfgang Kopplin (SC Magdeburg) Without any effort

Women Bettina Müller (SC Unit Dresden) Single kayak, 500 m: Final 5th place Ilse Kaschube (SC Neubrandenburg) Two-person kayak, 500 m: silver Petra Grabowsky (ASK Forward Potsdam) Two-person kayak, 500 m: silver Marion Grupe (SC Magdeburg) Without any effort

Canoe slalom

Men Siegbert Horn (ASK Forward Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: gold Harald Gimpel (ASK Forward Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: bronze Jürgen Bremer (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: 8th place Reinhard Eiben (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single Canoe, Slalom: Gold Jochen Förster (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single Canadier, Slalom: 4th place Jürgen Köhler (ASK Forward Leipzig) Single canoe, slalom: 6th place Walter Hofmann (ASK Forward Leipzig) Two-man Canadians, slalom: gold Rolf-Dieter Amend (ASK Forward Leipzig) Two-man Canadians, slalom: gold Jürgen Kretschmer (SC DHfK Leipzig) Two-man canoe, slalom: 4th place Klaus Trummer (SC DHfK Leipzig) Two-man canoe, slalom: 4th place Jürgen Henze (SC DHfK Leipzig) Two-man canoe, slalom: 18th place Herbert Fischer (SC DHfK Leipzig) Two-man canoe, slalom: 18th place Jürgen Peter (ASK Forward Leipzig) Without any effort Jürgen Hönicke (ASK Forward Leipzig) Without any effort Jürgen Kalbitz (ASK Forward Leipzig) Without any effort

Women Angelika Bahmann (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: gold Martina Falke (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: 10th place Sybille Boedecker (SC DHfK Leipzig) Single kayak, slalom: 11th place Veronika Stampe (ASK Forward Leipzig) Without any effort

athletics

Men Bernd Borth (SC Chemie Halle) 100 m: semi-finals 4 × 100 m: Final 5th place Manfred Kokot (SC Leipzig) 100 m: quarter-finals 4 × 100 m: Final 5th place Hans-Jürgen Bombach (SC Dynamo Berlin) 100 m: quarter-finals 4 × 100 m: Final 5th place Siegfried Schenke (SC DHfK Leipzig) 200 m: Final 6th place 4 × 100 m: Final 5th place Hans-Joachim Zenk (ASK Forward Potsdam) 200 m: Final 8th place Dieter Fromm (SC Turbine Erfurt) 800 m: Final 8th place Klaus-Peter Justus (SC Motor Jena) 1500 m: semi-finals Frank Eisenberg (SC Leipzig) 5000 m: Final 9th ​​place Eckhard Lesse (SC Magdeburg) Marathon: 25th place Frank Siebeck (SC Leipzig) 110 m hurdles: Final 5th place Christian Rudolph (SC Cottbus) 400 m hurdles: semi-finals DNF Peter Frenkel (ASK Forward Potsdam) 20 km of walking: gold Hans-Georg Reimann (SC Dynamo Berlin) 20 km walking: bronze Gerhard Sperling (TSC Berlin) 20 km walking: 4th place Peter Selzer (SC Dynamo Berlin) 50 km walking: 5th place Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (TSC Berlin) 50 km walking: 11th place Christoph Höhne (SC Dynamo Berlin) 50 km walking: 14th place Stefan Junge (SC DHfK Leipzig) High jump: silver Wolfgang Nordwig (SC Motor Jena) Pole vault: gold Max Klauß (SC Unit Dresden) Long jump: Final 6th place Jörg Drehmel (ASK Forward Potsdam) Triple jump: silver Heinz-Günter Schenk (SC Dynamo Berlin) Triple jump: 19th place in qualification Hartmut Briesenick (SC Dynamo Berlin) Shot put: bronze Hans-Peter Gies (SC Dynamo Berlin) Shot put: Final 4th place Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (SC Dynamo Berlin) Shot put: Final 11th place Detlef Thorith (SC Dynamo Berlin) Discus throw: Final 6th place Hartmut Losch (ASK Forward Potsdam) Discus throw: 22nd place in qualification Jochen Sachse (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) Hammer throw: silver Reinhard Theimer (TSC Berlin) Hammer throw: Final 13th place Manfred Stolle (ASK Forward Potsdam) Javelin: Final 9th ​​place Stefan Schreyer (SC Chemie Halle) Decathlon: 5th place Joachim Kirst (ASK Forward Potsdam) Decathlon: DNF Harald Eggers (SC Leipzig) Without any effort Jürgen Haase (SC Leipzig) Without any effort

Women Renate Stecher (SC Motor Jena) 100 m: gold 200 m: gold 4 × 100 m: silver Ellen Strophal (ASK Forward Potsdam) 100 m: quarter-finals 200 m: Final 4th place Evelin Kaufer (SC Unit Dresden) 100 m: quarter-finals 4 × 100 m: silver Christina Heinich (SC Leipzig) 200 m: Final 5th place 4 × 100 m: silver Bärbel Struppert (SC Motor Jena) 4 × 100 m: silver Monika Zehrt (SC Dynamo Berlin) 400 m: gold 4 × 400 m: gold Helga Seidler (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) 400 m: Final 4th place 4 × 400 m: gold Dagmar Käsling (SC Magdeburg) 400 m: Final 7th place 4 × 400 m: gold Rita Kühne (SC Dynamo Berlin) 4 × 400 m: gold Gunhild Hoffmeister (SC Cottbus) 800 m: bronze 1500 m: silver Maritta Politz (SC Chemie Halle) 800 m: advance Karin Burneleit (SC Dynamo Berlin) 1500 m: Final 4th place Annelie Ehrhardt (SC Magdeburg) 100 m hurdles: gold Karin Balzer (SC Leipzig) 100 m hurdles: bronze Annerose Krumpholz (SC Turbine Erfurt) 100 m hurdles: Final 7th place Rita Schmidt (SC DHfK Leipzig) High jump: Final 5th place Rosemarie Witschas (SC Cottbus) High jump: Final 7th place Rita Gildemeister (SC Leipzig) High jump: Final 12th place Margrit Olfert (SC Magdeburg) Long jump: Final 8th place Angelika Liebsch (SC Unit Dresden) Long jump: Final 13th place Kristina Albertus (SC Unit Dresden) Long jump: 26th place in qualification Margitta Gummel (SC DHfK Leipzig) Shot put: silver Marianne Adam (SC Dynamo Berlin) Shot put: Final 5th place Marita Lange (SC Chemie Halle) Shot put: Final 6th place Gabriele Hinzmann (SC DHfK Leipzig) Discus throw: Final 6th place Ruth Fuchs (SC Motor Jena) Javelin throw: gold Jacqueline Todten (SC Dynamo Berlin) Javelin throw: silver Burglinde Pollak (ASK Forward Potsdam) Pentathlon: bronze Christine Bodner (SC Turbine Erfurt) Pentathlon: 4th place Monika Peikert (SC Cottbus) Pentathlon: 18th place Monika Meyer (SC Neubrandenburg) No use Brigitte Rohde (SC Neubrandenburg) No use

Cycling

train

• Jürgen Geschke (TSC Berlin)

  Sprint: 5th place

  Tandem: silver

• Werner Otto (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Sprint: 1st lap (hope runs)

  Tandem: silver

• Jürgen Schütze (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  1000 m time trial: bronze

• Thomas Huschke (TSC Berlin)

  4000 m single pursuit: 9th place in qualification

  4000 m team pursuit: silver

• Heinz Richter (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  4000 m team pursuit: silver

• Herbert Richter (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  4000 m team pursuit: silver

• Uwe Unterwalder (TSC Berlin)

  4000 m team pursuit: silver

• Karl Richter (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt)

  No use

• Bernhard Gruner (SC DHfK Leipzig)

  No use

Street

• Karl-Heinz Oberfranz (TSC Berlin)

  Road race: 30th place

• Wolfgang Wesemann (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Road race: 33rd place

• Wolfram Kühn (SC Turbine Erfurt)

  Road race: DNF

• Dieter Gonschorek (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Road race: DNF

horse riding

• Gerhard Brockmüller (ASK Forward Potsdam)

  Dressage, individual: 13th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Wolfgang Müller (ASK Forward Potsdam)

  Dressage, individual: 16th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Horst Köhler (ASK Forward Potsdam)

  Dressage, individual: 17th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Rudolf Beerbohm (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Versatility, singles: 11th place

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Jens Niehls (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Versatility, singles: 23rd place

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Joachim Brohmann (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Versatility, singles: 25th place

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Helmut Gille (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Versatility, singles: 26th place

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Uwe Plank (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  No use

• Hans-Werner Krüger (ASK Forward Potsdam)

  No use

Wrestling

Greco-Roman Bernd Drechsel (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis) Paper weight: 4th round Wolfgang Radmacher (SC Leipzig) Bantamweight: 2nd round Heinz-Helmut Wehling (ASK Forward Rostock) Featherweight: silver Klaus-Peter Göpfert (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis) Lightweight: 3rd round Klaus Pohl (SG Dynamo Luckenwalde) Welterweight: 7th place Frank Hartmann (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis) Middleweight: 6th place Lothar Metz (ASK Forward Rostock) Light Heavyweight: 3rd Round Fredi Albrecht (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis) Heavyweight: 5th place

Freestyle Jürgen Möbius (SC Motor Jena) Paper weight: 3rd round Willi Bock (SC Leipzig) Flyweight: 2nd round Horst Mayer (SG Dynamo Luckenwalde) Bantamweight: 6th place Udo Schröder (SG Dynamo Luckenwalde) Lightweight: 6th place Wolfgang Nitschke (SC Leipzig) Welterweight: 5th place Horst Stottmeister (SC Leipzig) Middleweight: 5th place Günter Spindler (SC Chemie Halle) Light Heavyweight: 7th place Gerd Bachmann (SC Leipzig) Heavyweight: 2nd round Peter Germer (SC Motor Jena) Super heavyweight: 6th place

rowing

• Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (SC Magdeburg)

  One: bronze

• Joachim Böhmer (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Double scull: bronze

• Hans-Ulrich Schmied (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Double scull: bronze

• Siegfried Brietzke (SC DHfK Leipzig)

  Two without a helmsman: gold

• Wolfgang Mager (SC DHfK Leipzig)

  Two without a helmsman: gold

• Wolfgang Gunkel (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Jörg Lucke (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Klaus-Dieter Neubert (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Frank Forberger (SC Unit Dresden)

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Frank Rühle (SC Unit Dresden)

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Dieter Grahn (SC Unit Dresden)

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Dieter Schubert (SC Unit Dresden)

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Dietrich Zander (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Reinhard Gust (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Eckhard Martens (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Rolf Jobst (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (SG Dynamo Potsdam)

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Hans-Joachim Borzym (SG Dynamo Potsdam)

  Eighth: bronze

• Jörg Landvoigt (SG Dynamo Potsdam)

  Eighth: bronze

• Harold Dimke (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Eighth: bronze

• Manfred Schneider (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Eighth: bronze

• Hartmut Schreiber (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Eighth: bronze

• Manfred Schmorde (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Eighth: bronze

• Bernd Landvoigt (SG Dynamo Potsdam)

  Eighth: bronze

• Heinrich Mederow (SG Dynamo Potsdam)

  Eighth: bronze

• Dietmar Schwarz (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Eighth: bronze

• Werner Klatt (ASK Forward Rostock)

  No use

• Peter Gorny (ASK Forward Rostock)

  No use

shoot

• Werner Lippoldt (GST Club Leipzig)

  Small caliber three-position battle: bronze

  Lying small bore: 12th place

  Small bore free rifle: 9th place

• Uto Wunderlich (GST Club Leipzig)

  Small caliber three-position fight: 14th place

  Small bore free rifle: 4th place

• Peter Gorewski (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Small caliber lying: 24th place

• Christian Düring (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Rapid fire pistol: 21st place

• Harald Vollmar (GST Club Leipzig)

  Free pistol: 5th place

• Michael Buchheim (ASK Forward Leipzig)

  Skeet: bronze

• Klaus Reschke (GST Club Leipzig)

  Skeet: 6th place

• Burckhardt Hoppe (GST Club Leipzig)

  Trap: 4th place

• Manfred Geisler (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Trap: 18th place

swim

Men Peter Bruch (SC Dynamo Berlin) 100 m freestyle: semi-finals 200 m freestyle: preliminary 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze 4 × 200 m freestyle: Final 6th place Wilfried Hartung (TSC Berlin) 100 m freestyle: preliminary 200 m freestyle: preliminary 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze 4 × 200 m freestyle: Final 6th place Hartmut Flöckner (TSC Berlin) 100 m freestyle: preliminary 100 m butterfly: Final 7th place 200 m butterfly: Final 7th place 4 × 100 m layers: silver Udo Poser (ASK Forward Rostock) 200 m freestyle: preliminary 400 m freestyle: preliminary 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze (was only used in the preliminary run) 4 × 200 m freestyle: Final 6th place Wolfram Sperling (SC DHfK Leipzig) 400 m freestyle: preliminary 200 m layers: advance 400 m medley: Final 8th place Klaus Dockhorn (SC Chemie Halle) 400 m freestyle: course 1500 m freestyle: preliminary Axel Freudenberg (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) 1500 m freestyle: preliminary Lutz Unger (SC Dynamo Berlin) 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze 4 × 200 m freestyle: Final 6th place 4 × 100 m layers: silver Roland Matthes (SC Turbine Erfurt) 100 m back: gold 200 m back: gold 100 m butterfly: Final 4th place 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze 4 × 100 m layers: silver Lutz Wanja (ASK Forward Rostock) 100 m back: Final 6th place 200 m back: forward Jürgen Krüger (SC Unit Dresden) 100 m back: Final 7th place Lothar Noack (SC Unit Dresden) 200 m back: Final 6th place Klaus Katzur (ASK Forward Rostock) 100 m chest: semi-finals 200 m chest: Final 8th place 4 × 100 m layers: silver Rainer Hradetzky (SC Dynamo Berlin) 100 m chest: semi-finals 200 m chest: forward Roger Pyttel (SC DHfK Leipzig) 100 m butterfly: semifinals 200 m butterfly: forward 4 × 200 m freestyle: Final 6th place (was only used in the preliminary stages) Bertram Türpe (SC DHfK Leipzig) 200 m layers: advance 400 m layers: advance Christian Lietzmann (SC Unit Dresden) 200 m layers: advance 400 m layers: advance

Women Gabriele Wetzko (SC DHfK Leipzig) Women, 100 m freestyle: Final 4th place Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: silver Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: silver (was only used in the run-up) Andrea Eife (SC Dynamo Berlin) Women, 100 m freestyle: Final 6th place Women, 200 m freestyle: Final 5th place Women, 800 m freestyle: preliminary Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: silver Sylvia Eichner (SC Unit Dresden) Women, 100 m freestyle: semi-finals Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: silver (only used in the run-up) Karin Tülling (SC Empor Rostock) Women, 200 m freestyle: Final 8th place Women, 400 m freestyle: preliminary Women, 800 m freestyle: preliminary Gudrun Wegner (SC Unit Dresden) Women, 200 m freestyle: preliminary Women, 400 m freestyle: bronze Women, 800 m freestyle: Final 5th place Elke Sehmisch (SC DHfK Leipzig) Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: silver Christine Herbst (SC Unit Dresden) Women, 100 m back: Final 7th place Women, 200 m back: Final 5th place Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: silver Susanne Hilger (SC Empor Rostock) Women, 100 m back: forward Women, 200 m back: forward Renate Vogel (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) Women, 100 m breaststroke: semi-finals Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: silver Sylvia Langer (ASK Forward Rostock) Women, 100 m breaststroke: semi-finals Women, 200 m chest: preliminary Brigitte Schuchardt (SC Turbine Erfurt) Women, 100 m chest: forward Women, 200 m chest: preliminary Women, 200 m individual medley: forward Hannelore Anke (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) Women, 200 m chest: preliminary Roswitha Beier (SC Dynamo Berlin) Women, 100 m butterfly: silver Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: silver Rosemarie Kother (SC Dynamo Berlin) Women, 100 m butterfly: semi-finals Women, 200 m butterfly: Final 4th place Helga Lindner (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) Women, 200 m butterfly: Final 6th place Brigitte Mertz (SC Empor Rostock) Women, 200 m butterfly: preliminary Kornelia Ender (SC Chemie Halle) Women, 200 m individual medley: silver Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle: silver Women, 4 × 100 m individual medley: silver Evelyn Stolze (SC Dynamo Berlin) Women, 200 m medley: Final 6th place Women, 400 m medley: Final 5th place Marlies Pohl (SC Empor Rostock) Women, 400 m individual medley: forward Angela Franke (SC Magdeburg) Women, 400 m individual medley: forward

sailing

• Christian Schröder (ASK Forward Rostock)

  Finn dinghy: 7th place

• Hans-Joachim Lange (ASK Forward Rostock)

  Star: 17th place

• Herbert Weichert (SC Empor Rostock)

  Star: 17th place

• Dietmar Gedde (ASK Forward Rostock)

  Flying Dutchman: 13th place

• Herbert Hüttner (ASK Forward Rostock)

  Flying Dutchman: 13th place

• Karl-Heinz Thun (SC Empor Rostock)

  Dragons: silver

• Konrad Weichert (SC Empor Rostock)

  Dragons: silver

• Paul Borowski (SC Empor Rostock)

  Dragons: silver

• Lothar Koepsel (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Soling: 14th place

• Roland Schwarz (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Soling: 14th place

• Werner Christoph (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  Soling: 14th place

• Dieter Below (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  No use

• Michael Zachries (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  No use

• Bernd Dehmel (SC Berlin-Grünau)

  No use

• Klaus Eckard-Mayer (ASK Forward Rostock)

  No use

do gymnastics

Men Klaus Köste (SC DHfK Leipzig) Individual all-around: Final 6th place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 9th place in qualification Floor: Final 5th place Leap: gold Horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification Rings: Final 5th place Pommel horse: 13th place in qualification Wolfgang Thüne (ASK Forward Potsdam) Individual all-around: Final 9th ​​place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 15th place in qualification Floor: 19th place in qualification Jump: 12th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 7th place in qualification Rings: 10th place in qualification Pommel horse: 14th place in qualification Matthias Brehme (SC DHfK Leipzig) Individual all-around: Final 10th place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 15th place in qualification Floor: 10th place in qualification Jump: 6th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 10th place in qualification Rings: 12th place in qualification Pommel horse: 8th place in qualification Wolfgang Klotz (ASK Forward Potsdam) Individual all-around: Final 17th place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 17th place in qualification Floor: 14th place in qualification Jump: 16th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 20th place in qualification Rings: 16th place in qualification Pommel horse: 23rd place in qualification Reinhard Rychly (ASK Forward Potsdam) Individual all-around: Final 26th place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 29th place in qualification Floor: 29th place in qualification Jump: 23rd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification Rings: 31st place in qualification Pommel horse: 32nd place in qualification Jürgen Paeke (SC Dynamo Berlin) Individual all-around: Final 28th place Team all-around: bronze Bars: 36th place in qualification Floor: 36th place in qualification Jump: 20th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification Rings: 49th place in qualification Pommel horse: 14th place in qualification Joachim Rühle (SC DHfK Leipzig) No use

Women Karin Janz (SC Dynamo Berlin) Individual all-around: silver Team all-around: silver Floor: Final 4th place Leap: gold Balance beam: bronze Uneven bars: gold Erika Zuchold (SC Leipzig) Individual all-around: Final 4th place Team all-around: silver Floor: 7th place in qualification Leap: silver Balance beam: Final 6th place Uneven bars: silver Angelika Hellmann (SC Dynamo Berlin) Individual all-around: Final 6th place Team all-around: silver Floor: Final 5th place Jump: 7th place in qualification Balance beam: 12th place in qualification Uneven bars: Final 6th place Irene Abel (SC Dynamo Berlin) Individual all-around: Final 11th place Team all-around: silver Floor: 22nd place in qualification Jump: 7th place in qualification Balance beam: 22nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 18th place in qualification Richarda Schmeißer (SC Chemie Halle) Individual all-around: Final 12th place Team all-around: silver Floor: 13th place in qualification Jump: 56th place in qualification Balance beam: 17th place in qualification Uneven bars: 8th place in qualification Christine Schmitt (SC Empor Rostock) Individual all-around: Final 15th place Team all-around: silver Floor: 13th place in qualification Jump: 11th place in qualification Balance beam: 21st place in qualification Uneven bars: 18th place in qualification Sylvia Schäfer (SC Leipzig) No use

volleyball

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Arnold Schulz (SC Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Webner (SC Dynamo Berlin)

  Siegfried Schneider (SC Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Weise (SC Leipzig)

  Rudi Schumann (SC Leipzig)

  Eckehard Pietzsch (SC Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Löwe (SC Leipzig)

  Wolfgang Maibohm (SC Traktor Schwerin)

  Rainer Tscharke (TSC Berlin)

  Jürgen Maune (SC Leipzig)

  Horst Peter (SC Leipzig)

  Horst Hagen (SC Leipzig)

Diving

Men Falk Hoffmann (SC Chemie Halle) Artistic jumping 3 m: Final 7th place High diving: Final 10th place Helge Ziethen (SC Empor Rostock) Artistic jumping 3 m: Final 12th place Lothar Matthes (SC Unit Dresden) High diving: Final 4th place Wolfram Ristau (TSC Berlin) High diving: 23rd place in qualification

Women Marina Janicke (TSC Berlin) Women, jumping 3 m: bronze Women, diving: bronze Heidi Becker (SC Empor Rostock) Women, jumping 3 m: Final 9th ​​place Christa Koehler (SC Empor Rostock) Women, jumping 3 m: Final 11th place Sylvia Fiedler (SC Unit Dresden) Women, high diving: Final 6th place

Web links

1. ^ East Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . In: sports-reference.com . Retrieved November 23, 2012.

Individual evidence

• Presentation of the Olympic team in the Berliner Zeitung on August 10, 1972 p. 3