Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Medalists
Gold Christoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Heinz-Jürgen Bothe and Jörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Dieter Schubert, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn, and Frank Rühle — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Rudolf Vesper — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Silver
Klaus Beer — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Lothar Milde — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Marita Lange — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars Peter Kremtz, Dieter Semetzky, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler and Klaus Jacob — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Egon Henninger, and Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Helga Lindner — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly Gabriele Wetzko, Gabriele Perthes, Roswitha Krause, and Uta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Wolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber, Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, and Gerhard Dietrich — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Magdalena Schmidt, Ute Starke, Erika Zuchold, Maritta Bauerschmidt, Karin Janz, and Marianne Noack — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Harald Vollmar — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Kurt Czekalla — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting Sabine Steinbach — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented East Germany in 1968.
Team time trial Klaus Ampler Günter Hoffmann Dieter Grabe Axel Peschel
1000m time trial Heinz Richter
Tandem Werner Otto Jürgen Geschke
Team pursuit Heinz Richter Wolfgang Schmelzer Rudolf Franz Manfred Ulbricht
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Four fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1968.
Men's épée Hans-Peter Schulze Klaus Dumke Harry Fiedler
Men's team épée Bernd Uhlig, Klaus Dumke, Harry Fiedler, Hans-Peter Schulze
Field hockey
Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the East German team finished in 11th place. Rainer Stephan Axel Thieme Eckhard Wallossek Klaus Bahner Horst Brennecke Dieter Klauß Lothar Lippert Dieter Ehrlich Karlheinz Freiberger Reinhart Sasse Hans-Dietrich Sasse Rolf Thieme Klaus Träumer Helmut Rabis
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented East Germany in 1968.
Individual Karl-Heinz Kutschke Jörg Tscherner Wolfgang Lüderitz
Team Karl-Heinz Kutschke Jörg Tscherner Wolfgang Lüderitz
Rowing
East Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.
Men's single sculls Achim Hill
Men's double sculls Uli Schmied Manfred Haake
Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal) Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
Men's coxed pair Helmut Wollmann Wolfgang Gunkel Klaus-Dieter Neubert
Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal) Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn Frank Rühle Dieter Schubert
Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal) Peter Kremtz Roland Göhler Manfred Gelpke Klaus Jacob Dieter Semetzky
Men's eight Günter Bergau Klaus-Dieter Bähr Claus Wilke Peter Gorny Reinhard Zerfowski Peter Hein Manfred Schneider Peter Prompe Karl-Heinz Danielowski
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. Harald Vollmar won bronze in the 50 m pistol and Kurt Czekalla won bronze in the trap.
25 m pistol Christian Düring Gerhard Dommrich
50 m pistol Harald Vollmar Helmut Artelt
300 m rifle, three positions Hartmut Sommer Uto Wunderlich
50 m rifle, three positions Uto Wunderlich Hartmut Sommer
50 m rifle, prone Hartmut Sommer Werner Heyn
Trap Kurt Czekalla Rudolf Hager
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's team competition Round robin Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3) Lost to Japan (0-3) Defeated Mexico (3-0) Defeated Belgium (3-0) Lost to Soviet Union (2-3) Defeated United States (3-0) Defeated Brazil (3-1) Defeated Bulgaria (3-2) Defeated Poland (3-0) → Fourth place Team roster Horst Peter Eckhardt Tielscher Siegfried Schneider Manfred Heine Rainer Tscharke Eckehard Pietzsch Arnold Schulz Rudi Schumann Jürgen Kessel Walter Toissant Jürgen Freiwald Wolfgang Webner
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Mexico (12:4) Tied with Yugoslavia (4:4) Lost to Italy (4:5) Defeated Greece (11:4) Defeated Japan (8:0) Defeated United Arab Republic (19:2) Defeated Netherlands (8:3) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (8:2) 5th/6th place: Lost to United States (4:6) → Sixth place Team Roster Hans-Georg Fehn Hans-Ulrich Lange Hans-Jürgen Schüler Manfred Herzog Peter Rund Veit Herrmanns Jürgen Kluge Jürgen Thiel Klaus Schlenkrich Peter Schmidt Siegfried Ballerstedt
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database