The East Germany men's national artistic gymnastics team represented East Germany in FIG international competitions.
History Shortly after World War II Germany was split into East Germany and West Germany. For many years East and West Germany had competed as a Unified Team. East Germany made their World Championships debut in 1962 and their Olympic debut in 1968. They won an Olympic team medal at every Olympic Games they participated in, with their best team finishes being silver in 1980 and 1988.
Team competition results Olympic Games YearPositionSquad 1968 Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, Gerhard Dietrich, Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber 1972 bronze medal Matthias Brehme, Wolfgang Klotz, Klaus Köste, Jürgen Paeke, Reinhard Rychly, Wolfgang Thüne 1976 bronze medal Roland Brückner, Rainer Hanschke, Bernd Jäger, Wolfgang Klotz, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay 1980 silver medal Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Hoffmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay 1984 boycotted 1988 silver medal Holger Behrendt, Ralf Büchner, Ulf Hoffmann, Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Andreas Wecker
World Championships
YearPositionSquad 1962 8th place Werner Dolling, Siegfried Fülle, Erwin Koppe, Klaus Köste, Frank Tippelt, Peter Weber 1966 bronze medal Matthias Brehme, Gerhard Dietrich, Werner Dolling, Erwin Koppe, Siegfried Fülle, Peter Weber 1970 bronze medal Matthias Brehme, Klaus Köste, Wolfgang Thüne, Gerhard Dietrich, Peter Kunze, Bernd Schiller 1974 bronze medal Wolfgang Thüne, Bernd Jäger, Wolfgang Klotz, Rainer Hanschke, Lutz Mack, Olaf Grosse 1978 bronze medal Ralph Bärthel, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay, Reinhard Rückriem 1979 4th place Ralph Bärthel, Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner, Lutz Hoffmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay 1981 4th place Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Bernd Jensch, Jürgen Nikolay, Michael Nikolay 1985 bronze medal Sylvio Kroll, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Jorg Hasse, Sven Tippelt, Holger Zeig 1987 bronze medal Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Maik Belle, Mario Reichert 1989 silver medal Enrico Ambros, Jörg Behrend, Sylvio Kroll, Jens Milbradt, Sven Tippelt, Andreas Wecker
Most decorated gymnasts This list includes all East German male artistic gymnasts who have won at least three medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. This list does not includes medals won as a unified Germany. Also not included are medals won at the 1984 Friendship Games (alternative Olympics).
RankGymnastYearsTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHBOlympic TotalWorld TotalTotal 1 Sylvio Kroll 1985–1989 1988 1989 1985 1987 1985 1988 1987 1989 1985 1985 2 8 10 2 Roland Brückner 1976–1980 1980 1976 1978 1980 1979 1980 1980 5 2 7 3 Sven Tippelt 1985–1989 1988 1989 1985 1987 1988 1988 1987 3 4 7 4 Holger Behrendt 1985–1988 1988 1985 1987 1988 1988 1987 3 3 6 Michael Nikolay 1976–1981 1980 1976 1978 1976 1980 1981 4 2 6 6 Klaus Köste 1968–1972 1968 1972 1970 1972 1970 2 3 5 7 Andreas Wecker 1988–1989 1988 1989 1989 1989 1989 1 4 5 8 Lutz Mack 1974–1980 1980 1976 1974 1978 1 3 4 Wolfgang Thüne 1970–1974 1972 1970 1974 1974 1 3 4 10 Matthias Brehme 1966–1972 1968 1972 1966 1970 2 2 4 11 Ralf-Peter Hemmann 1978–1981 1980 1978 1981 1 2 3 12 Ulf Hoffmann 1985–1988 1988 1985 1987 1 2 3 13 Ralph Bärthel 1978–1979 1978 1978 1979 0 3 3 Gerhard Dietrich 1966–1970 1968 1966 1970 1 2 3 Wolfgang Klotz 1972–1976 1972 1976 1974 2 1 3
See also East Germany women's national artistic gymnastics team
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