Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Medalists Nationality in brackets.
Gold Karin Balzer () — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles Willi Holdorf () — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Jürgen Eschert () — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canoe Singles Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann (both from ) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs Lothar Claesges, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Karl Link, Ernst Streng (all from ) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit Ingrid Engel-Krämer () — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard Harry Boldt, Reiner Klimke, Josef Neckermann (all from ) — Equestrian, Dressage Team Hermann Schridde, Kurt Jarasinski, Hans Günter Winkler (all from ) — Equestrian, Jumping Team Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Wilhelm Kuhweide () — Sailing, Finn
Silver Harald Norpoth () — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres Dieter Lindner () — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk Wolfgang Reinhardt () — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Renate Culmberger () — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Ingrid Lotz () — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Emil Schulz () — Boxing, Men's Middleweight Hans Huber () — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Günter Perleberg, Bernhard Schulze, Friedhelm Wentzke, Holger Zander (all from ) — Canoeing, K4 1000 m Kayak Fours Ingrid Engel-Krämer () — Diving, Women's 10 m Platform Harry Boldt () — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Hermann Schridde () — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Helga Mees () — Fencing, Individual Foil Birgit Radochla () — Gymnastics, Women's Vault Wolfgang Hofmann () — Judo, Men's 80 kg Achim Hill () — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Klaus Aeffke, Klaus Bittner, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht, Klaus Behrens, Jürgen Schröder, Jürgen Plagemann, Horst Meyer, Thomas Ahrens (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Eight Peter Ahrendt, Wilfried Lorenz, Ulrich Mense (all from ) — Sailing, Dragon Frank Wiegand () — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle Horst Löffler (), Frank Wiegand (), Uwe Jacobsen (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Horst-Günter Gregor (), Gerhard Hetz (), Frank Wiegand (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Ernst-Joachim Küppers (), Egon Henninger (), Horst-Günter Gregor (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Klaus Rost () — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze Klaus Lehnertz () — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Uwe Beyer () — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw Hans-Joachim Walde () — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Heinz Schulz () — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Heinz Büker, Holger Zander (both from ) — Canoeing, K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs Willi Fuggerer, Klaus Kobusch (both from ) — Cycling, Men's Tandem Fritz Ligges () — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Fritz Ligges (), Horst Karsten (), Gerhard Schulz () — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Rosemarie Scherberger, Gudrun Theuerkauff (all from ) — Fencing, Women's Team Foil Gerd Backhaus, Wolfgang Barthels, Bernd Bauchspieß, Gerhard Körner, Otto Fräßdorf, Henning Frenzel, Dieter Engelhardt, Herbert Pankau, Manfred Geisler, Jürgen Heinsch, Klaus Lisiewicz, Jürgen Nöldner, Peter Rock, Klaus-Dieter Seehaus, Hermann Stöcker, Werner Unger, Klaus Urbanczyk, Eberhard Vogel, Manfred Walter, Horst Weigang (all from ) — Football, Men's Team Competition Siegfried Fülle (), Philipp Fürst (), Erwin Koppe (), Klaus Köste (), Günter Lyhs (), Peter Weber () — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around Klaus Glahn () — Judo, Men's Open Category Michael Schwan, Wolfgang Hottenrott (both from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle Gerhard Hetz () — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley Lothar Metz () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Heinz Kiehl () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Wilfried Dietrich () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists represented Germany in 1964.
Individual road race Wilfried Peffgen Burkhard Ebert Immo Rittmeyer Günter Hoffmann
Team time trial Burkhard Ebert Günter Hoffmann Peter Glemser Immo Rittmeyer
Sprint Willi Fuggerer Ulrich Schillinger
1000 m time trial Lothar Claesges
Tandem Willi Fuggerer Klaus Kobusch
Individual pursuit Lothar Spiegelberg
Team pursuit Lothar Claesges Karl Heinz Henrichs Karl Link Ernst Streng
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankHans-Dieter Pophal3 m springboard91.168 Q51.423142.584Horst Rosenfeldt85.6617Did not advanceRolf Sperling86.9814Did not advanceKlaus Konzorr10 m platform90.0815Did not advanceRolf Sperling92.248 Q50.004142.247Gerd Völker91.629Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankIngrid Engel-Krämer3 m springboard94.691 Q50.311145.00Angelika Hilbert86.535 Q36.748123.278Christiane Lanzke82.5610Did not advanceIngrid Engel-Krämer10 m platform52.983 Q45.47398.45Christiane Lanzke49.696 Q43.23592.925Delia Reinhardt47.838 Q38.961086.7910
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Germany in 1964.
Men's foil Tim Gerresheim Jürgen Brecht Dieter Schmitt
Men's team foil Jürgen Brecht, Dieter Wellmann, Eberhard Mehl, Tim Gerresheim, Jürgen Theuerkauff
Men's épée Franz Rompza Dietrich Hecke Paul Gnaier
Men's team épée Franz Rompza, Max Geuter, Volkmar Würtz, Paul Gnaier, Haakon Stein
Men's sabre Walter Köstner Dieter Wellmann Jürgen Theuerkauff
Men's team sabre Dieter Wellmann, Klaus Allisat, Walter Köstner, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Percy Borucki
Women's foil Helga Mees Heidi Schmid Romy Weiß-Scherberger
Women's team foil Helga Mees, Heidi Schmid, Romy Weiß-Scherberger, Gundi Theuerkauff
Field hockey
Twelve male field hockey players competed in 1964, when the German team finished in 5th place.
Rainer Stephan Axel Thieme Klaus Vetter Horst Brennecke Klaus Bahner Horst Dahmlos Lothar Lippert Rolf Westphal Karl-Heinz Freiberger Dieter Ehrlich Adolf Krause Reiner Hanschke
Football
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1964.
Individual Wolfgang Gödicke Uwe Adler Elmar Frings
Team Wolfgang Gödicke Uwe Adler Elmar Frings
Rowing
The United Team of Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's single sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal) Achim Hill
Men's double sculls – 5th place Helmut Lebert Josef Steffes-Mies
Men's coxless pair – 3rd place ( bronze medal) Michael Schwan Wolfgang Hottenrott
Men's coxed pair Günter Bergau Peter Gorny Karl-Heinz Danielowski
Men's coxless four Günter Schroers Horst Effertz Albrecht Müller Manfred Misselhorn
Men's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal) Peter Neusel Bernhard Britting Joachim Werner Egbert Hirschfelder Jürgen Oelke
Men's eight – 2nd place ( silver medal) Klaus Aeffke Klaus Bittner Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht Klaus Behrens Jürgen Schröder Jürgen Plagemann Horst Meyer Thomas Ahrens
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented Germany in 1964.
25 m pistol Lothar Jacobi Gerhard Feller
50 m pistol Johann Garreis Hans Kaupmannsennecke
300 m rifle, three positions Harry Köcher Klaus Zähringer
50 m rifle, three positions Harry Köcher Klaus Zähringer
50 m rifle, prone Karl Wenk Rudolf Bortz
Trap Joachim Marscheider Heinz Rehder
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankUwe Jacobsen100 m freestyle 55.6 =14 Q 54.8 =7 Q 56.1 8Hans-Joachim Klein 55.3 9 Q 54.4 6 Q 54.0 Horst Löffler 55.6 =14 Q 56.0 19 Did not advanceMartin Klink400 m freestyle 4:29.1 19 colspan=2 Did not advanceWolfgang Kremer 4:29.9 22 colspan=2 Did not advanceFrank Wiegand 4:17.2 3 Q colspan=2 4:14.9 Heinz Junga1500 m freestyle 18:08.7 19 colspan=2 Did not advanceHolger Kirschke 18:01.6 15 colspan=2 Did not advanceJürgen Dietze200 m backstroke 2:20.4 =19 Did not advanceErnst-Joachim Küppers 2:17.9 12 Q 2:15.3 4 Q 2:15.7 5Wolfgang Wagner 2:18.5 14 Q 2:20.2 15 Did not advanceEgon Henninger200 m breaststroke 2:30.1 1 Q 2:33.3 =6 Q 2:31.1 5Klaus Katzur 2:36.7 13 Q 2:37.3 13 Did not advanceWilli Messner 2:36.0 11 Q 2:35.5 12 Did not advanceWerner Freitag200 m butterfly 2:16.9 15 Q 2:13.5 10 Did not advanceHermann Lotter 2:18.2 20 Did not advanceWolfgang Platzeck 2:18.7 22 Did not advanceGerhard Hetz400 m individual medley 4:57.6 2 Q colspan=2 4:51.0 Dieter Pfeifer 5:05.2 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceStefan Weinrich 5:07.8 13 colspan=2 Did not advanceHorst LöfflerFrank WiegandUwe JacobsenHans-Joachim Klein4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:41.0 3 Q colspan=2 3:37.2 Horst-Günter GregorGerhard HetzFrank WiegandHans-Joachim Klein4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:09.7 2 Q colspan=2 7:59.3 Ernst-Joachim KüppersEgon HenningerHorst-Günter GregorHans-Joachim Klein4 × 100 m medley relay 4:06.6 2 Q colspan=2 4:01.6
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTraudi Beierlein100 m freestyle 1:05.4 31 Did not advanceMartina Grunert 1:03.1 10 Q 1:03.1 12 Did not advanceRita Schumacher 1:03.5 17 Did not advanceMartina Grunert400 m freestyle 4:57.7 13 colspan=2 Did not advanceHeidi Pechstein 5:01.4 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceJutta Wanke 5:01.7 15 colspan=2 Did not advancePetra Nerger100 m backstroke 1:12.1 18 colspan=2 Did not advanceHelga Neuber 1:11.4 =12 colspan=2 Did not advanceIngrid Schmidt 1:11.1 =9 colspan=2 Did not advanceBärbel Grimmer200 m breaststroke 2:48.6 2 Q colspan=2 2:51.0 6Ursula Küper 2:50.1 6 Q colspan=2 2:53.9 8Wiltrud Urselmann 2:53.2 10 colspan=2 Did not advanceUrsel Brunner100 m butterfly 1:13.6 26 Did not advanceHeike Hustede 1:10.5 14 Q 1:08.8 8 Q 1:08.5 6Ute Noack 1:09.2 7 Q 1:09.3 10 Did not advanceHarriet Blank400 m individual medley 5:42.4 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceVeronika Holletz 5:26.8 2 Q colspan=2 5:25.6 4Helga Zimmermann 5:38.9 11 colspan=2 Did not advanceMartina GrunertTraudi BeierleinRita SchumacherHeidi Pechstein4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:14.9 =6 Q colspan=2 4:15.0 6Ingrid SchmidtBärbel GrimmerHeike HustedeMartina Grunert4 × 100 m medley relay 4:43.2 4 Q colspan=2
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database list of all German participants of 1964 (pages 561 to 567)