East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics East Germany
games=1976 Summer
competitors=
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flagbearer=Hans Reimann
gold=40
silver=25
bronze=25
total=90

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 40 gold medals and 90 medals overall.

Silver

*Gabriele Badorek, Hannelore Burosch, Roswitha Krause, Waltraud Kretzschmar, Evelny Matz, Liane Michaelis, Eva Paskuy, Kristina Richter, Christina Rost, Silvia Siefert, Marion Tietz, Petra Uhlig, Christina Voß, and Hannelore Zober — Handball, Women's Team Competition

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's Marathon
* Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Relay
* Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme:* Heat — 39.42:* Semi Final — 39.43:* Final — 38.66s (→ Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump
* Rolf Beilschmidt:* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.18m (→ 7th place)

* Henry Lauterbach:* Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Frank Wartenberg:* Qualification — 7.89m:* Final — 8.02m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Discus Throw
* Wolfgang Schmidt:* Qualification — 63.14m:* Final — 66.22m (→ Silver Medal)

* Norbert Thiede:* Qualification — 61.14m:* Final — 64.30m (→ 4th place)

* Siegfried Pachale:* Qualification — 60.64m:* Final — 64.24m (→ 5th place)

Men's 20km Race Walk
* Silver Medal)

* Bronze Medal)

* Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50 (→ 4th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Dietmar Geilich
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*Karl-Dietrich Diers — 4:49:01 (→ 16th place)
*Gerhard Lauke — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Hans-Joachim Hartnick — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Siegbert Schmeisser — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Gold Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
*Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal

Football

Gold Medal
* First Round:*Drew with flagIOC|BRA|1976 Summer 0-0:*Defeated flagIOC|ESP|1976 Summer 1-0
*Quarterfinals:*Defeated flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer 4-0
*Semifinals:*Defeated flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer 2-1
*Final:*Defeated flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer 3-1
*Team Roster:*Jürgen Croy:*Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin:*Gerd Weber:*Gert Heidler:*Hans-Jürgen Dörner:*Konrad Weise:*Lothar Kurbjuweit:*Reinhard Lauck:*Reinhard Häfner:*Hans-Jürgen Riediger:*Bernd Bransch:*Martin Hoffmann:*Gerd Kische:*Dieter Riedel:*Wolfram Löwe:*Hartmut Schade:*Wilfried Gröbner
*Head Coach: Georg Buschner

=Swimming=

Men's Competition

100 meter Backstroke
*Roland Matthes — 57.22 — Bronze Medal

Women's Competition

100 meter Freestyle
*Kornelia Ender — 55.65 — Gold Medal
*Petra Priemer — 56.49 — Silver Medal200 meter Freestyle
* Gold Medal400 meter Freestyle
* Gold Medal800 meter Freestyle
* Gold Medal100 meter Backstroke
* Gold Medal
* Silver Medal200 meter Backstroke
* Gold Medal
* Silver Medal100 meter Breaststroke
* Gold Medal100 meter Butterfly
* Gold Medal
* Silver Medal200 meter Butterfly
* Gold Medal
* Silver Medal
* Bronze Medal400 meter Individual Medley
* Gold Medal4x100 meter Freestyle Relay
*Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Silver Medal4x100 meter Medley Relay
*Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Gold Medal

=Volleyball=

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Cuba (1-3):* Lost to South Korea (2-3):* Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Defeated Peru (3-2):* 5th/6th place: Lost to Cuba (0-3) → Sixth place
*Team Roster:*Karla Roffeis:*Johanna Strotzer:*Cornelia Rickert:*Christina Walther:*Ingrid Mierzwiak:*Helga Offen:*Barbara Czekalla:*Jutta Balster:*Anke Westendorf:*Hannelor Meincke:*Monika Meissner:*Gudrun Gartner
*Head Coach: Dieter Grund