East Germany at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Munich, West Germany
26 August–10 September 1972
Competitors297 (231 men and 66 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Manfred Wolke
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
20
Silver
23
Bronze
23
Total
66
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
East German team at the opening ceremony

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]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
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

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
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
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Dieter Gonschorek Men's road race DNF
Wolfram Kühn DNF
Karl-Heinz Oberfranz 4:17:36 30
Wolfgang Wesemann 4:17:36 33

Track

1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jürgen Schütze Men's 1000m time trial 1:07.02
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Heats Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Hans-Jürgen Geschke Men's sprint  Díaz (COL)
 Rahbar (IRN)
W 11.52 		BYE  Crutchlow (GBR)
 Kocot (POL)
W 11.53 		BYE  King (TTO)
 Cardi (ITA)
W 11.42 		BYE  Balk (NED)
L 1:2 11.63 		Did not advance 5
Werner Otto  Reybaud (ARG)
 Crutchlow (GBR)
L 		 King (TTO)
 Chiarasapawong (THA)
L 		Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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  Switzerland (SUI)
W 4:23.26 		 Poland (POL)
W 4:23.14 		 West Germany (FRG)
L 4:25.25
Men's Tandem
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Jürgen Geschke
Werner Otto 		Tandem  Cooke
Rowe (ITA)
W 11.66 		BYE  Snellinx
Soetaert (BEL)
W 2:0 (10.75; 10.80) 		 Andrzej Bek
Benedykt Kocot (POL)
W 2:0 (10:45; 10:91) 		 Semenets
Tselovalnikov (URS)
L 1:2 (10.68)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
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
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
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

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Overall
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

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
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

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Football

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

First round

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Poland 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 6 Advanced to second round
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 4
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 2
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIFA
East Germany 4–0 Ghana
Kreische 19', 89'
Streich 45'
Sparwasser 66'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Michael Wuertz (United States)
East Germany 6–1 Colombia
Streich 1', 10'
Sparwasser 9'
Ducke 31'
Vogel 85'
Kreische 88' (pen.)		 Report Espinosa 38'
Dreiflüssestadion, Passau
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algelia)
Poland 2–1 East Germany
Gorgoń 6', 63' Report Streich 45'
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Second round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Gold Medal match
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 4 Bronze Medal match
 West Germany 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
 Mexico 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: FIFA
Hungary 2–0 East Germany
A. Dunai 60'
Tóth 66'		 Report
Dreiflüssestadion, Passau
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
East Germany 7–0 Mexico
Ganzera 34'
Sparwasser 39', 51', 89'
Streich 48'
Kreische 72'
Häfner 79'		 Report
ESV-Stadion, Ingolstadt
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
East Germany 3–2 West Germany
Pommerenke 10'
Streich 53'
Vogel 82'		 Report Hoeneß 31'
Hitzfeld 68'
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

Bronze Medal match

Soviet Union 2–2 East Germany
Blokhin 10'
Khurtsilava 30'		 Report Kreische 33' (pen.)
Vogel 78'
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medals shared.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

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.

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

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

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "East Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
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