The East Germany national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.
History The East German speedway team competed in the second edition of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1961, finishing fourth in the East European Round. This was one year after the West German team, who competed at the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960.
East Germany would contest the every World Cup until 1972 but as one of the smaller speedway nations failed to progress to the later rounds.
In 1969, East Germany reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship.
The team became part of the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.
Major tournament finals World Pairs Championship YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1969StockholmGubbängens IP1. New Zealand (28) 2. Sweden (27)3. England (21)4. Denmark (15)5. Czechoslovakia (12)6. East Germany (9)7. Bulgaria (9) Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8 Jochen Dinse 1
International caps Caps limited to East Germany only (West Germany and unified Germany not included).
RiderCapsBeckmeyer, Matthias Bever, Clemens Bocke, Andreas Bülau, Bruno Busch, Mario Diehr, Thomas Dinse, Jochen Engel, Thomas Ernst, Hartmut Frenzel, Walter Fritz, Hans Jürgen Fröbel, Thomas Gümmer, Norbert Gunther, Wilhelm Hegenbarth, Mathias Hehlert, Jürgen Hehlert, Peter Hey, Olaf Hopp, Thomas Jenning, Mike Koch, Thomas Kohl, Josef Lagoda, Tom Liebing, Peter Lieschk, Dietmar Mell, Joachim Mell, Werner Miessner, Bodo Mussehl, Herbert Nicolas, Bernhard Niemann, Heino Ott, Mike Peters, Ralf Raschke, Jürgen Rudolph, Jürgen Sass, Roland Schelenz, Gunther Schneider, Wilfried Schumann, Jürgen Suchland, Helmut Tetzlaff, Dieter Triemer, Diethlem Uhlenbrock, Gerhard8
See also German Individual Speedway Championship German Speedway Championship Germany national speedway team West Germany national speedway team
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