# East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Waldemar Cierpinski | Athletics | men's marathon |
| Gold | Udo Beyer | Athletics | men's shot put |
| Gold | Bärbel Eckert | Athletics | women's 200 m |
| Gold | Johanna Schaller | Athletics | women's 100 m hurdles |
| Gold | Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Bärbel Eckert | Athletics | women's 4×100 metres relay |
| Gold | Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer | Athletics | women's 4×400 metres relay |
| Gold | Angela Voigt | Athletics | women's long jump |
| Gold | Rosemarie Ackermann | Athletics | women's high jump |
| Gold | Evelin Schlaak | Athletics | women's discus throw |
| Gold | Ruth Fuchs | Athletics | women's javelin throw |
| Gold | Siegrun Siegl | Athletics | women's pentathlon |
| Gold | Jochen Bachfeld | Boxing | men's −67 kg |
| Gold | Rüdiger Helm | Canoeing | men's K-1 1000 m |
| Gold | Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht | Canoeing | men's K-2 500 m |
| Gold | Carola Zirzow | Canoeing | women's K-1 500 m |
| Gold | Klaus-Jürgen Grünke | Cycling | men's 1000 m time trial |
| Gold | Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin Wilfried Gröbner Jürgen Croy Gerd Weber Hans-Jürgen Dörner Konrad Weise Lothar Kurbjuweit Reinhard Lauck Gert Heidler Reinhard Häfner Hans-Jürgen Riediger Bernd Bransch Martin Hoffmann Gerd Kische Wolfram Löwe Hartmut Schade Dieter Riedel | Football | men's football |
| Gold | Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Rüdiger Reiche Karl-Heinz Bußert Michael Wolfgramm | Rowing | men's quadruple sculls |
| Gold | Jörg Landvoigt Bernd Landvoigt | Rowing | men's coxless pairs |
| Gold | Harald Jährling Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr | Rowing | men's coxed pairs |
| Gold | Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager | Rowing | men's coxless fours |
| Gold | Bernd Baumgart Gottfried Döhn Werner Klatt Hans-Joachim Lück Dieter Wendisch Roland Kostulski Ulrich Karnatz Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski | Rowing | men's eights |
| Gold | Christine Scheiblich | Rowing | women's single sculls |
| Gold | Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt | Rowing | women's quadruple sculls |
| Gold | Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß | Rowing | women's coxed fours |
| Gold | Viola Goretzki Christiane Knetsch Ilona Richter Brigitte Ahrenholz Monika Kallies Henrietta Ebert Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Marina Wilke | Rowing | women's eights |
| Gold | Jochen Schümann | Sailing | men's Finn |
| Gold | Uwe Potteck | Shooting | men's 50 m pistol |
| Gold | Norbert Klaar | Shooting | men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| Gold | Kornelia Ender | Swimming | women's 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | Kornelia Ender | Swimming | women's 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | Petra Thümer | Swimming | women's 400 m freestyle |
| Gold | Petra Thümer | Swimming | women's 800 m freestyle |
| Gold | Ulrike Richter | Swimming | women's 100 m backstroke |
| Gold | Ulrike Richter | Swimming | women's 200 m backstroke |
| Gold | Hannelore Anke | Swimming | women's 100 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Kornelia Ender | Swimming | women's 100 m butterfly |
| Gold | Andrea Pollack | Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly |
| Gold | Ulrike Tauber | Swimming | women's 400 m individual medley |
| Gold | Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Kornelia Ender Andrea Pollack | Swimming | women's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
| Silver | Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme | Athletics | men's 4×100 metres relay |
| Silver | Hans-Georg Reimann | Athletics | men's 20 km walk |
| Silver | Wolfgang Schmidt | Athletics | men's discus throw |
| Silver | Renate Stecher | Athletics | women's 100 m |
| Silver | Christina Brehmer | Athletics | women's 400 m |
| Silver | Gunhild Hoffmeister | Athletics | women's 1500 m |
| Silver | Christine Laser | Athletics | women's pentathlon |
| Silver | Richard Nowakowski | Boxing | men's −57 kg |
| Silver | Christa Köhler | Diving | women's 3 m springboard |
| Silver | Carola Dombeck | Gymnastics | men's vault |
| Silver | Gabriele Badorek Hannelore Burosch Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Evelyn Matz Liane Michaelis Eva Paskuy Kristina Richter Christina Rost Silvia Siefert Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Christina Voß Hannelore Zober | Handball | women's handball |
| Silver | Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Johannes Thomas | Rowing | men's coxed four |
| Silver | Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler | Rowing | women's double sculls |
| Silver | Angelika Noack Sabine Dähne | Rowing | women's coxless pairs |
| Silver | Harald Vollmar | Shooting | men's 50 m pistol |
| Silver | Jürgen Wiefel | Shooting | men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| Silver | Petra Priemer | Swimming | women's 100 m freestyle |
| Silver | Birgit Treiber | Swimming | women's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Birgit Treiber | Swimming | women's 200 m backstroke |
| Silver | Andrea Pollack | Swimming | women's 100 m butterfly |
| Silver | Ulrike Tauber | Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly |
| Silver | Petra Priemer Kornelia Ender Claudia Hempel Andrea Pollack | Swimming | women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Silver | Gerd Bonk | Weightlifting | men's +110 kg |
| Silver | Hans-Dieter Brüchert | Wrestling | men's freestyle −57 kg |
| Bronze | Frank Baumgartl | Athletics | men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Bronze | Peter Frenkel | Athletics | men's 20 km walk |
| Bronze | Frank Wartenberg | Athletics | men's long jump |
| Bronze | Renate Stecher | Athletics | women's 200 m |
| Bronze | Ellen Streidt | Athletics | women's 400 m |
| Bronze | Elfi Zinn | Athletics | women's 800 m |
| Bronze | Ulrike Klapezynski | Athletics | women's 1500 m |
| Bronze | Gabriele Hinzmann | Athletics | women's discus throw |
| Bronze | Burglinde Pollak | Athletics | women's pentathlon |
| Bronze | Rüdiger Helm | Canoeing | men's K-1 500 m |
| Bronze | Frank-Peter Bischof Bernd Duvigneau Rüdiger Helm Jürgen Lehnert | Canoeing | men's K-4 1000 m |
| Bronze | Carola Zirzow Bärbel Köster | Canoeing | women's K-2 500 m |
| Bronze | Jürgen Geschke | Cycling | men's sprint |
| Bronze | Thomas Huschke | Cycling | men's individual pursuit |
| Bronze | Roland Brückner Rainer Hanschke Bernd Jäger Wolfgang Klotz Lutz Mack Michael Nikolay | Gymnastics | men's team all-around |
| Bronze | Michael Nikolay | Gymnastics | men's pommel horse |
| Bronze | Carola Dombeck Gitta Escher Kerstin Gerschau Angelika Hellmann Marion Kische Steffi Kräker | Gymnastics | women's team all-around |
| Bronze | Joachim Dreifke | Rowing | men's single sculls |
| Bronze | Uli Schmied Jürgen Bertow | Rowing | men's double sculls |
| Bronze | Dieter Below Michael Zachries Olaf Engelhardt | Sailing | men's Soling |
| Bronze | Roland Matthes | Swimming | men's 100 m backstroke |
| Bronze | Rosemarie Gabriel | Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly |
| Bronze | Peter Wenzel | Weightlifting | men's −75 kg |
| Bronze | Helmut Losch | Weightlifting | men's +110 kg |
| Bronze | Heinz-Helmut Wehling | Wrestling | men's Greco-Roman −68 kg |

## Athletics

Men's Marathon
* Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m 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

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Dietmar Geilich
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5

## Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.

### Individual road race

* 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)

### Team time trial

* Hans-Joachim Hartnick
* Karl-Dietrich Diers
* Gerhard Lauke
* Michael Schiffner

### Sprint

* Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal

### 1000m time trial

* Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)

### Individual pursuit

* Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal

### Team pursuit

* Norbert Dürpisch
* Thomas Huschke
* Uwe Unterwalder
* Matthias Wiegand

## Fencing

One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.

### Men's foil

* Klaus Haertter

## Football

Gold Medal
* First Round
** Drew with Brazil 0-0
** Defeated Spain 1-0
* Quarterfinals
** Defeated France 4-0
* Semifinals
** Defeated Soviet Union 2-1
* Final
** Defeated Poland 3-1
* Team roster
** Jürgen Croy
** Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
** Gerd Weber
** Gert Heidler
** Hans-Jürgen Dörner
** Konrad Weise
** Lothar Kurbjuweit
** Reinhard Lauck
** Reinhard Häfner
** Hans-Jürgen Riediger
** Bernd Bransch
** Martin Hoffmann
** Gerd Kische
** Dieter Riedel
** Wolfram Löwe
** Hartmut Schade
** Wilfried Gröbner
* Head coach: Georg Buschner

## Rowing

East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.

### Men's single sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

* Joachim Dreifke

### Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

* Uli Schmied
* Jürgen Bertow

### Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Jörg Landvoigt
* Bernd Landvoigt

### Men's coxed pair – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Harald Jährling
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich
* Georg Spohr

### Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
* Rüdiger Reiche
* Karl-Heinz Bußert
* Michael Wolfgramm

### Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Siegfried Brietzke
* Andreas Decker
* Stefan Semmler
* Wolfgang Mager

### Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal)

* Andreas Schulz
* Rüdiger Kunze
* Walter Dießner
* Ullrich Dießner
* Johannes Thomas

### Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Bernd Baumgart
* Gottfried Döhn
* Werner Klatt
* Hans-Joachim Lück
* Dieter Wendisch
* Roland Kostulski
* Ulrich Karnatz
* Karl-Heinz Prudöhl
* Karl-Heinz Danielowski

### Women's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Christine Scheiblich

### Women's double sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)

* Sabine Jahn
* Petra Boesler

### Women's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal)

* Angelika Noack
* Sabine Dähne

### Women's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Karin Metze
* Bianka Schwede
* Gabriele Lohs
* Andrea Kurth
* Sabine Heß

### Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Anke Borchmann
* Jutta Lau
* Viola Poley
* Roswietha Zobelt
* Liane Weigelt

### Women's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Viola Goretzki
* Christiane Knetsch
* Ilona Richter
* Brigitte Ahrenholz
* Monika Kallies
* Henrietta Ebert
* Helma Lehmann
* Irina Müller
* Marina Wilke

## Swimming
### 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
### 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
** Karla Roffeis
** Johanna Strotzer
** Cornelia Rickert
** Christina Walther
** Ingrid Mierzwiak
** Helga Offen
** Barbara Czekalla
** Jutta Balster
** Anke Westendorf
** Hannelor Meincke
** Monika Meissner
** Gudrun Gartner
* Head coach: Dieter Grund