East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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]

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

Medalists

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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Men's 800 metres

  • Dieter Fromm
    • Heat — 1:46.9
    • Semifinals — 1:48.1
    • Final — 1:48.0 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1500 metres

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's High Jump

  • Stefan Junge
    • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
    • Final — 2.21m (→   Silver Medal)

Boxing

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Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

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Slalom

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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

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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

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Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972.

Road

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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

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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

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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

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Dressage

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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

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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

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

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Football

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First round

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Group D

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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
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'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algelia)

Poland  2–1  East Germany
Gorgoń   6', 63' Report Streich   45'
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Second round

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Group 1

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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
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
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

East Germany  3–2  West Germany
Pommerenke   10'
Streich  53'
Vogel   82'
Report Hoeneß   31'
Hitzfeld   68'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

Bronze Medal match

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

Bronze medals shared.

Gymnastics

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Handball

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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

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Rowing

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Men's single sculls

  • Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
    • Heat — 7:46.31
    • Repechage — 8:05.19
    • Semi Finals — 8:16.35
    • Final — 7:14.45 (→   Bronze medal)

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

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Shooting

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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

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Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Volleyball

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Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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