Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Athletics men's marathon Athletics men's shot put Athletics women's 200 m Athletics women's 100 m hurdles Athletics women's 4 × 100 metres relay Athletics women's 4 × 400 metres relay Athletics women's long jump Athletics women's high jump Athletics women's discus throw Athletics women's javelin throw Athletics women's pentathlon Boxing men's −67 kg Canoeing men's K-1 1000 m Canoeing men's K-2 500 m Canoeing women's K-1 500 m Cycling men's 1000 m time trial Football men's football Rowing men's quadruple sculls Rowing men's coxless pairs Rowing men's coxed pairs Rowing men's coxless fours Rowing men's eights Rowing women's single sculls Rowing women's quadruple sculls Rowing women's coxed fours Rowing women's eights Sailing men's Finn Shooting men's 50 m pistol Shooting men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Swimming women's 100 m freestyle Swimming women's 200 m freestyle Swimming women's 400 m freestyle Swimming women's 800 m freestyle Swimming women's 100 m backstroke Swimming women's 200 m backstroke Swimming women's 100 m breaststroke Swimming women's 100 m butterfly Swimming women's 200 m butterfly Swimming women's 400 m individual medley Swimming women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Athletics men's 4 × 100 metres relay Athletics men's 20 km walk Athletics men's discus throw Athletics women's 100 m Athletics women's 400 m Athletics women's 1500 m Athletics women's pentathlon Boxing men's −57 kg Diving women's 3 m springboard Gymnastics men's vault Handball women's handball Rowing men's coxed four Rowing women's double sculls Rowing women's coxless pairs Shooting men's 50 m pistol Shooting men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Swimming women's 100 m freestyle Swimming women's 100 m backstroke Swimming women's 200 m backstroke Swimming women's 100 m butterfly Swimming women's 200 m butterfly Swimming women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Weightlifting men's +110 kg Wrestling men's freestyle −57 kg Athletics men's 3000 m steeplechase Athletics men's 20 km walk Athletics men's long jump Athletics women's 200 m Athletics women's 400 m Athletics women's 800 m Athletics women's 1500 m Athletics women's discus throw Athletics women's pentathlon Canoeing men's K-1 500 m Canoeing men's K-4 1000 m Canoeing women's K-2 500 m Cycling men's sprint Cycling men's individual pursuit Gymnastics men's team all-around Gymnastics men's pommel horse Gymnastics women's team all-around Rowing men's single sculls Rowing men's double sculls Sailing men's Soling Swimming men's 100 m backstroke Swimming women's 200 m butterfly Weightlifting men's −75 kg Weightlifting men's +110 kg Wrestling men's Greco-Roman −68 kg
Athletics
Men's Marathon Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme Heat — 39.42 Semi Final — 39.43 Final — 38.66 s (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump Rolf Beilschmidt Qualification — 2.16 m Final — 2.18 m (→ 7th place) Henry Lauterbach Qualification — 2.13 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Frank Wartenberg Qualification — 7.89 m Final — 8.02 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Discus Throw Wolfgang Schmidt Qualification — 63.14 m Final — 66.22 m (→ Silver Medal) Norbert Thiede Qualification — 61.14 m Final — 64.30 m (→ 4th place) Siegfried Pachale Qualification — 60.64 m Final — 64.24 m (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk Hans-Georg Reimann — 1:25:13 (→ Silver Medal) Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29 (→ Bronze Medal) Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50 (→ 4th place)
Women's Shot Put Marianne Adam Final — 20.55 m (→ 4th place) Ilona Slupianek Final — 20.54 m (→ 5th place) Margitta Droese Final — 19.79 m (→ 6th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Dietmar Geilich First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.
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)
Team time trial Hans-Joachim Hartnick Karl-Dietrich Diers Gerhard Lauke Michael Schiffner
Sprint Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal
1000 m time trial Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)
Individual pursuit Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
Team pursuit Norbert Dürpisch Thomas Huschke Uwe Unterwalder Matthias Wiegand
Diving
Fencing
One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.
Men's foil Klaus Haertter
Football
Gold Medal First Round Drew with 0-0 Defeated 1-0 Quarterfinals Defeated 4-0 Semifinals Defeated 2-1 Final Defeated 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
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.
Men's single sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal) Joachim Dreifke
Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal) Uli Schmied Jürgen Bertow
Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal) Jörg Landvoigt Bernd Landvoigt
Men's coxed pair – 1st place ( gold medal) Harald Jährling Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr
Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Rüdiger Reiche Karl-Heinz Bußert Michael Wolfgramm
Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal) Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager
Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal) Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Johannes Thomas
Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal) Bernd Baumgart Gottfried Döhn Werner Klatt Hans-Joachim Lück Dieter Wendisch Roland Kostulski Ulrich Karnatz Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski
Women's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) Christine Scheiblich
Women's double sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal) Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler
Women's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal) Angelika Noack Sabine Dähne
Women's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal) Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß
Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt
Women's eight – 1st place ( gold medal) Viola Goretzki Christiane Knetsch Ilona Richter Brigitte Ahrenholz Monika Kallies Henrietta Ebert Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Marina Wilke
Sailing
Shooting
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 Medal 200 meter Freestyle Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 — Gold Medal 400 meter Freestyle Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 — Gold Medal 800 meter Freestyle Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 — Gold Medal 100 meter Backstroke Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 — Gold Medal Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 — Silver Medal 200 meter Backstroke Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 — Gold Medal Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 — Silver Medal 100 meter Breaststroke Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 — Gold Medal 100 meter Butterfly Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 — Gold Medal Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 — Silver Medal 200 meter Butterfly Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 — Gold Medal Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 — Silver Medal Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86— Bronze Medal 400 meter Individual Medley Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 — Gold Medal 4 × 100 meter Freestyle Relay Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 — Silver Medal 4 × 100 meter Medley Relay Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 — 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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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