East Germany first competed as its own team at the World Championships in 1958 where the men's and women's teams both placed ninth. The men would win their first team medal, a bronze, in 1966. The women would win their first team medal, a silver, at the following iteration of the World Championships in 1970. In 1989 East and West Germany were reunified; therefore in 1991 they began competing as a unified German team.
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Matthias Brehme, Gerhard Dietrich, Werner Dolling, Erwin Koppe, Siegfried Fülle, Peter Weber 1966 Dortmund Men's team Erika Zuchold Women's vault Matthias Brehme, Klaus Köste, Wolfgang Thüne, Gerhard Dietrich, Peter Kunze, Bernd Schiller 1970 Ljubljana Men's team Angelika Hellmann, Karin Janz, Marianne Noack, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Erika Zuchold Women's team Erika Zuchold Women's all-around Erika Zuchold Women's vault Karin Janz Karin Janz Women's uneven bars Erika Zuchold Women's balance beam Christine Schmitt Klaus Köste Men's horizontal bar Wolfgang Thüne, Bernd Jäger, Wolfgang Klotz, Rainer Hanschke, Lutz Mack, Olaf Grosse 1974 Varna Men's team Angelika Hellmann, Annelore Zinke, Richarda Schmeißer, Bärbel Röhrich, Heike Gerisch, Irene Abel Women's team Angelika Hellmann Women's all-around Annelore Zinke Women's uneven bars Wolfgang Thüne Men's horizontal bar Ralph Bärthel, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay, Reinhard Rückriem 1978 Strasbourg Men's team Steffi Kräker, Silvia Hindorff, Birgit Süß, Heike Kuhardt, Karola Sube, Ute Wittwer Women's team Steffi Kräker Women's vault Ralph Bärthel Men's vault Maxi Gnauck, Regina Grabolle, Silvia Hindorff, Steffi Kräker, Katharina Rensch, Karola Sube 1979 Fort Worth Women's team Maxi Gnauck Women's all-around Roland Brückner Men's floor exercise Steffi Kräker Women's vault Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars Ralph Bärthel Men's vault Regina Grabolle Women's balance beam Steffi Kräker, Annett Lindner, Birgit Senff, Kerstin Jacobs, Franka Voigt, Maxi Gnauck 1981 Moscow Women's team Maxi Gnauck Women's vault Steffi Kräker Michael Nikolay Men's pommel horse Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars Ralf-Peter Hemman Men's vault Maxi Gnauck Women's balance beam Maxi Gnauck, Gabriele Fähnrich, Astrid Heese, Diana Morawe, Silvia Rau, Bettina Schieferdecker 1983 Budapest Women's team Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars Bernd Jensch Men's vault Sylvio Kroll, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Jorg Hasse, Sven Tippelt, Holger Zeig 1985 Montreal Men's team Gabriele Fähnrich, Jana Fuhrmann, Martina Jentsch, Dagmar Kersten, Ulrike Klotz, Jana Vogel Women's team Sylvio Kroll Men's all-around Dagmar Kersten Women's all-around Dagmar Kersten Women's vault Gabriele Fähnrich Women's uneven bars Dagmar Kersten Sylvio Kroll Men's parallel bars Ulrike Klotz Women's floor exercise Sylvio Kroll Men's horizontal bar Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Maik Belle, Mario Reichert 1987 Rotterdam Men's team Dörte Thümmler, Ulrike Klotz, Martina Jentsch, Klaudia Rapp, Astrid Heese, Gabriele Fähnrich Women's team Dörte Thümmler Women's uneven bars Sylvio Kroll Men's vault Sven Tippelt Men's parallel bars Holger Behrendt Men's horizontal bar Andreas Wecker, Sven Tippelt, Sylvio Kroll, Jörg Behrend, Jens Milbradt, Enrico Ambros 1989 Stuttgart Men's team Andreas Wecker Men's pommel horse Andreas Wecker Men's rings Jörg Behrend Men's vault Sylvio Kroll Andreas Wecker Men's parallel bars
Medal tables By gender
By event
See also East Germany men's national artistic gymnastics team East Germany women's national artistic gymnastics team Germany at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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