- East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics East Germany
games=1968 Summer
flagcaption=Flag of Germany superimposed
with the Olympic rings
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Karin Balzer
gold=9
silver=9
bronze=7
total=25
rank=5Athletes from East Germany (
German Democratic Republic ) competed at the1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City ,Mexico . It was the first time thatWest Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.Medalists
Gold
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Christoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
*Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
*Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
*Heinz-Jürgen Bothe andJörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
*Dieter Schubert ,Frank Forberger ,Dieter Grahn , andFrank 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 MiddleweightSilver
*
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 andKlaus Jacob — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
*Frank Wiegand ,Horst-Günter Gregor ,Eugen Henninger , andRoland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Helga Lindner — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
*Gabriele Wetzko ,Martina Grunert ,Roswitha Krause , andUta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle RelayBronze
*
Wolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
*Siegfried Fülle ,Klaus Köste ,Peter Weber ,Günter Beier ,Matthias Brehme , andGerhard Dietrich — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
*Magdalena Schmidt ,Ute Starke ,Erika Zuchold ,Maritta Bauerschmidt ,Karin Janz , andMarianne 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 , andKonrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's DragonResults by event
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 :*Eckhardt Pietzsch :*Arnold Schulz :*Rudi Schumann :*Jürgen Kessel :*Walter Toissant :*Jürgen Freiwald :*Wolfgang Webner 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 :*Jürgen Schiller :*Manfred Herzog :*Peter Fund :*Veit Herrmanns :*Jürgen Kluge :*Jürgen Thiel :*Klaus Schlenkrich :*Peter Schmidt :*Siegfried Ballerstedt References
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
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