East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GDR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
in Munich, West Germany 26 August–10 September 1972 | |
Competitors | 297 (231 men and 66 women) in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | Manfred Wolke |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.[1]
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Men's High Jump
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | ||
Reinhard Eiben | Men's C-1 | 327.50 | 1 | 315.84 | 1 | 315.84 | ![]() |
Jochen Förster | 354.42 | 3 | 365.45 | 5 | 354.42 | 4 | |
Jürgen Köhler | 372.88 | 4 | 447.70 | 13 | 372.88 | 6 | |
Walter Hofmann Rolf-Dieter Amend |
Men's C-2 | 310.68 | 1 | 445.51 | 15 | 310.68 | ![]() |
Jürgen Kretschmer Klaus Trummer |
329.57 | 3 | DNF | 329.57 | 4 | ||
Jürgen Henze Herbert Fischer |
DNF | 508.44 | 18 | 508.44 | 18 | ||
Jürgen Bremer | Men's K-1 | 408.50 | 24 | 303.15 | 7 | 303.15 | 8 |
Harald Gimpel | 298.11 | 5 | 277.95 | 2 | 277.95 | ![]() | |
Siegbert Horn | 363.20 | 17 | 268.56 | 1 | 268.56 | ![]() | |
Angelika Bahmann | Women's K-1 | 413.07 | 2 | 364.50 | 1 | 364.50 | ![]() |
Sybille Bödecker | 482.88 | 8 | 526.10 | 10 | 482.88 | 11 | |
Martina Falke | 482.20 | 7 | DNF | 482.20 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dirk Weise | C-1 1000 m | 4:41.04 | 3 Q | — | BYE | 4:14.38 | 4 | ||
Dirk Weise Dieter Lichtenberg |
C-2 1000 m | 4:12.95 | 3 Q | BYE | 3:52.66 | 1 Q | 4:01.50 | 7 | |
Joachim Mattern | K-1 1000 m | 4:02.88 | 2 Q | BYE | 3:54.24 | 3 Q | 3:51.94 | 6 | |
Reiner Kurth Alexander Slatnow |
K-2 1000 m | 3:46.05 | 1 Q | BYE | 3:32.82 | 1 Q | 3:34.16 | 4 | |
Volkmar Thiede Eduard Augustin Herbert Laabs Joachim Mattern |
K-4 1000 m | 3:18.65 | 2 Q | BYE | 3:11.65 | 4 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bettina Müller | K-1 500 m | 2:15.15 | 4 q | 2:08.92 | 1 Q | 2:07.90 | 3 Q | 2:06.85 | 5 |
Ilse Kaschube Petra Grabowski |
K-2 500 m | 2:00.96 | 2 Q | — | BYE | 1:54.30 | ![]() |
Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Dieter Gonschorek | Men's road race | DNF | |
Wolfram Kühn | DNF | ||
Karl-Heinz Oberfranz | 4:17:36 | 30 | |
Wolfgang Wesemann | 4:17:36 | 33 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Jürgen Schütze | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.02 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | Repechage Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
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Rank | |||
Hans-Jürgen Geschke | Men's sprint | ![]() ![]() W 11.52 |
BYE | ![]() ![]() W 11.53 |
BYE | ![]() ![]() W 11.42 |
BYE | ![]() L 1:2 11.63 |
Did not advance | 5 | ||
Werner Otto | ![]() ![]() L |
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Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Thomas Huschke | Men's individual pursuit | 4:57.95 | 9 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder |
Team pursuit | 4:25.48 | 2 Q | ![]() W 4:23.26 |
![]() W 4:23.14 |
![]() L 4:25.25 |
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Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Repechage Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
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Rank | ||
Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto |
Tandem | ![]() Rowe (ITA) W 11.66 |
BYE | ![]() Soetaert (BEL) W 2:0 (10.75; 10.80) |
![]() Benedykt Kocot (POL) W 2:0 (10:45; 10:91) |
![]() Tselovalnikov (URS) L 1:2 (10.68) |
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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Falk Hoffmann | 3 m springboard | 384.45 | 5 Q | 160.50 | 11 | 544.95 | 7 |
10 m platform | 291.54 | 8 Q | 145.17 | 10 | 436.71 | 10 | |
Lothar Matthes | 298.41 | 6 Q | 167.34 | 3 | 465.75 | 4 | |
Wolfram Ristau | 268.59 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
Helge Ziethen | 3 m springboard | 364.02 | 8 Q | 147.00 | 12 | 511.02 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Heidi Becker | 3 m springboard | 281.58 | 4 Q | 124.20 | 10 | 405.78 | 9 |
Sylvia Fiedler | 10 m platform | 206.07 | 4 Q | 135.60 | 8 | 341.67 | 6 |
Marina Janicke | 3 m springboard | 273.48 | 8 Q | 157.44 | 2 | 430.92 | ![]() |
10 m platform | 206.73 | 3 Q | 153.81 | 2 | 360.54 | ![]() | |
Christa Köhler | 3 m springboard | 278.88 | 5 Q | 115.32 | 12 | 394.20 | 11 |
Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | Overall | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Gerhard Brockmüller | Marios | Individual | 1545 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
Horst Köhler | Imanuel | 1486 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
Wolfgang Müller | Semafor | 1521 | 16 | Did not advance | ||||
Gerhard Brockmüller Horst Köhler Wolfgang Müller |
See above | Team | 4552 | 5 | — | 4552 | 5 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||
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Final | ||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Rudolf Beerbohm | Ingolf | Individual | 71.00 | 64 | 74.80 | 3.80 | 15 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 1 | 3.80 | 11 |
Joachim Brohmann | Uranio | 51.33 | 19 | 71,73 | 71.73 | 47 | 0.00 | 71.73 | 1 | 71.73 | 25 | |
Helmut Gille | Pflicht | 69.00 | 58 | 34.80 | 34.20 | 32 | 40.00 | 74.20 | 40 | 74.20 | 26 | |
Jens Niehls | Big-Ben | 84.00 | 70 | 34.00 | 50.00 | 39 | 10.00 | 60.00 | 16 | 60.00 | 23 | |
Rudolf Beerbohm Joachim Brohmann Helmut Gille Jens Niehls |
See above | Team | 191.33 | 15 | 143.60 | 80.40 | 5 | 10.00 | 127.93 | 2 | 127.93 | 5 |
Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972.
Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Advanced to second round |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
East Germany ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Kreische ![]() Streich ![]() Sparwasser ![]() |
Report |
East Germany ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Streich ![]() Sparwasser ![]() Ducke ![]() Vogel ![]() Kreische ![]() |
Report | Espinosa ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Gorgoń ![]() |
Report | Streich ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Gold Medal match |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | Bronze Medal match |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
Hungary ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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A. Dunai ![]() Tóth ![]() |
Report |
East Germany ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Ganzera ![]() Sparwasser ![]() Streich ![]() Kreische ![]() Häfner ![]() |
Report |
East Germany ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Pommerenke ![]() Streich ![]() Vogel ![]() |
Report | Hoeneß ![]() Hitzfeld ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Blokhin ![]() Khurtsilava ![]() |
Report | Kreische ![]() Vogel ![]() |
Bronze medals shared.
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
As expected, the East Germans dominated the first round, defeating Iceland, Tunisia, and Czechoslovakia in turn to win their division. The second round began with a loss to the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia's wins over the Soviet Union and Sweden meant that the East Germans had to defeat Sweden as well just to tie the Czechoslovakian team in the standings, which they did. However, the tie-breaker went against the East Germans and they placed second in the division. They played the other division's second place team, Romania in the bronze medal game and lost, receiving fourth place.
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Nine male shooters represented East Germany in 1972. Werner Lippoldt won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Michael Buchheim won bronze in the skeet.
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Men's 100m Freestyle
Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics |