East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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
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
Canoeing
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
Diving
Fencing
One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.
Men's foil
Klaus Haertter
Football
Gold Medal
First Round
Drew with 0-0
Defeated 1-0
Quarterfinals
Defeated 4-0
Semifinals
Defeated 2-1
Final
Defeated 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
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
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
Sailing
Shooting
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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Germany, East
1976
Summer Olympics
1976 in German sport