East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

East Germany at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| GDR
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Munich, West Germany
26 August–10 September 1972
Competitors| 297 (231 men and 66 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer | Manfred Wolke
Medals
Ranked 3rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988

Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
East German team at the opening ceremony

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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### Gold

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* Peter Frenkel -- Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
* Wolfgang Nordwig -- Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Renate Stecher -- Athletics, Women's 100 metres
* Renate Stecher -- Athletics, Women's 200 metres
* Monika Zehrt -- Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Annelie Ehrhardt -- Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
* Monika Zehrt, Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, and Helga Seidler -- Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Ruth Fuchs -- Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
* Siegbert Horn -- Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
* Reinhard Eiben -- Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
* Rolf-Dieter Amend and Walter Hofmann -- Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
* Angelika Bahmann -- Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
* Klaus Köste -- Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
* Karin Janz -- Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
* Karin Janz -- Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
* Siegfried Brietzke and Wolfgang Mager -- Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
* Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke, and Klaus-Dieter Neubert -- Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
* Dieter Schubert, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn and Frank Rühle -- Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
* Roland Matthes -- Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
* Roland Matthes -- Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

### Silver

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* Stefan Junge -- Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Jörg Drehmel -- Athletics, Men's triple jump
* Jochen Sachse -- Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
* Gunhild Hoffmeister -- Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
* Bärbel Struppert, Christina Heinich, Evelin Kaufer, and Renate Stecher -- Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt -- Athletics, Women's Shot Put
* Jacqueline Todten -- Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
* Petra Grabowski and Ilse Kaschube -- Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
* Uwe Unterwalder, Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, and Herbert Richter -- Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
* Jürgen Geschke and Werner Otto -- Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
* Karin Janz -- Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
* Erika Zuchold -- Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
* Erika Zuchold -- Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
* Erika Zuchold, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Irene Abel, Angelika Hellmann, and Karin Janz -- Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
* Eckhard Martens, Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Rolf Jobst, and Klaus-Dieter Ludwig -- Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
* Roland Matthes, Klaus Katzur, Hartmut Flöckner, and Lutz Unger -- Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Roswitha Beier -- Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
* Kornelia Ender -- Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Gabriele Wetzko, Andrea Eife, Kornelia Ender, and Elke Sehmisch -- Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, and Kornelia Ender -- Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Rainer Tscharke, Wolfgang Webner, Wolfgang Weise, Siegfried Schneider, Arnold Schulz, Rudi Schumann, Jürgen Maune, Horst Peter, Eckehard Pietzsch, Horst Hagen, Wolfgang Löwe, and Wolfgang Maibohm -- Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
* Heinz-Helmut Wehling -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
* Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun and Konrad Weichert -- Sailing, Men's Dragon Class

### Bronze

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* Hans-Georg Reimann -- Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
* Hartmut Briesenick -- Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Gunhild Hoffmeister -- Athletics, Women's 800 metres
* Karin Balzer -- Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
* Burglinde Pollak -- Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
* Peter Tiepold -- Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
* Marina Janicke -- Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
* Marina Janicke -- Diving, Women's 10m Platform
* Harald Gimpel -- Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
* Jürgen Schütze -- Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
* Jürgen Paeke, Reinhard Rychly, Wolfgang Thüne, Matthias Brehme, Wolfgang Klotz, and Klaus Köste -- Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises 559.70
* Karin Janz -- Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
* Dietmar Hötger -- Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
* Wolfgang Güldenpfennig -- Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
* Joachim Böhmer and Hans-Ullrich Schmied -- Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
* Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Dietmar Schwarz, Jörg Landvoigt, Heinrich Mederow, Manfred Schmorde, Hans-Joachim Borzym, Harold Dimke, and Bernd Landvoigt -- Rowing, Men's Rowing Eights
* Werner Lippoldt -- Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
* Michael Buchheim -- Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
* Konrad Weise, Manfred Zapf, Joachim Streich, Eberhard Vogel, Siegmar Wätzlich, Ralf Schulenberg, Wolfgang Seguin, Jürgen Sparwasser, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Jürgen Pommerenke, Frank Ganzera, Reinhard Häfner, Harald Irmscher, Bernd Bransch, Jürgen Croy, and Peter Ducke -- Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
* Lutz Unger, Peter Bruch, Wilfried Hartung, and Roland Matthes -- Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Gudrun Wegner -- Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
* Stefan Grützner -- Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
* Gerd Bonk -- Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

* Dieter Fromm
* Heat -- 1:46.9
* Semifinals -- 1:48.1
* Final -- 1:48.0 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1500 metres

* Klaus-Peter Justus
* Heat -- 3:40.4
* Semifinals -- 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

* Manfred Kokot, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jörgen Bombach, and Siegfried Schenke
* Heat -- 39.17s
* Semifinals -- 39.06s
* Final -- 38.90s (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

* Stefan Junge
* Qualifying Round -- 2.15m
* Final -- 2.21m (→  Silver Medal)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (- 71 kg)

* Peter Tiepold →  Bronze Medal
* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Defeated Ion Györfi (ROM), 4:1
* Third Round -- Defeated Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0
* Quarterfinals -- Defeated Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 5:0
* Semifinals -- Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

* Jürgen Fanghänel
* First Round -- Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (BUL), KO-1
* Quarterfinals -- Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), 0:5

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Slalom

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Final

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Reinhard Eiben | Men's C-1 | 327.50  | 1  | 315.84  | 1  | 315.84  |
Jochen Förster | 354.42  | 3  | 365.45  | 5  | 354.42  | 4
Jürgen Köhler | 372.88  | 4  | 447.70  | 13  | 372.88  | 6
Walter Hofmann
Rolf-Dieter Amend | Men's C-2 | 310.68  | 1  | 445.51  | 15  | 310.68  |
Jürgen Kretschmer
Klaus Trummer | 329.57  | 3  | DNF  | 329.57  | 4
Jürgen Henze
Herbert Fischer | DNF  | 508.44  | 18  | 508.44  | 18
Jürgen Bremer | Men's K-1 | 408.50  | 24  | 303.15  | 7  | 303.15  | 8
Harald Gimpel | 298.11  | 5  | 277.95  | 2  | 277.95  |
Siegbert Horn | 363.20  | 17  | 268.56  | 1  | 268.56  |
Angelika Bahmann | Women's K-1 | 413.07  | 2  | 364.50  | 1  | 364.50  |
Sybille Bödecker | 482.88  | 8  | 526.10  | 10  | 482.88  | 11
Martina Falke | 482.20  | 7  | DNF  | 482.20  | 10

### Sprint

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechages  | Semifinals  | Final

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Dirk Weise | C-1 1000 m | 4:41.04  | 3 Q | —  | BYE  | 4:14.38  | 4
Dirk Weise
Dieter Lichtenberg | C-2 1000 m | 4:12.95  | 3 Q | BYE  | 3:52.66  | 1 Q | 4:01.50  | 7
Joachim Mattern | K-1 1000 m | 4:02.88  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:54.24  | 3 Q | 3:51.94  | 6
Reiner Kurth
Alexander Slatnow | K-2 1000 m | 3:46.05  | 1 Q | BYE  | 3:32.82  | 1 Q | 3:34.16  | 4
Volkmar Thiede
Eduard Augustin
Herbert Laabs
Joachim Mattern | K-4 1000 m | 3:18.65  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:11.65  | 4  | Did not advance

Women
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Bettina Müller | K-1 500 m | 2:15.15  | 4 q | 2:08.92  | 1 Q | 2:07.90  | 3 Q | 2:06.85  | 5
Ilse Kaschube
Petra Grabowski | K-2 500 m | 2:00.96  | 2 Q | —  | BYE  | 1:54.30  |

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972.

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Dieter Gonschorek | Men's road race | DNF
Wolfram Kühn | DNF
Karl-Heinz Oberfranz | 4:17:36  | 30
Wolfgang Wesemann | 4:17:36  | 33

### Track

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1000m time trial
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jürgen Schütze | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.02  |

Men's Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Repechage 2  | Round 3  | Repechage 3  | Repechage Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank
Hans-Jürgen Geschke | Men's sprint |  Díaz (COL)
Rahbar (IRN)
W 11.52  | BYE  |  Crutchlow (GBR)
Kocot (POL)
W 11.53  | BYE  |  King (TTO)
Cardi (ITA)
W 11.42  | BYE  |  Balk (NED)
L 1:2 11.63  | Did not advance  | 5
Werner Otto |  Reybaud (ARG)
Crutchlow (GBR)
L |  King (TTO)
Chiarasapawong (THA)
L | Did not advance

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Thomas Huschke | Men's individual pursuit | 4:57.95  | 9  | Did not advance  | 9
Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder | Team pursuit | 4:25.48  | 2 Q |  Switzerland (SUI)
W 4:23.26  |  Poland (POL)
W 4:23.14  |  West Germany (FRG)
L 4:25.25  |

Men's Tandem
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Repechage Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
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Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank
Jürgen Geschke
Werner Otto | Tandem |  Cooke
Rowe (ITA)
W 11.66  | BYE  |  Snellinx
Soetaert (BEL)
W 2:0 (10.75; 10.80)  |  Andrzej Bek
Benedykt Kocot (POL)
W 2:0 (10:45; 10:91)  |  Semenets
Tselovalnikov (URS)
L 1:2 (10.68)  |

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Falk Hoffmann | 3 m springboard | 384.45  | 5 Q | 160.50  | 11  | 544.95  | 7
10 m platform | 291.54  | 8 Q | 145.17  | 10  | 436.71  | 10
Lothar Matthes | 298.41  | 6 Q | 167.34  | 3  | 465.75  | 4
Wolfram Ristau | 268.59  | 23  | Did not advance
Helge Ziethen | 3 m springboard | 364.02  | 8 Q | 147.00  | 12  | 511.02  | 12

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Heidi Becker | 3 m springboard | 281.58  | 4 Q | 124.20  | 10  | 405.78  | 9
Sylvia Fiedler | 10 m platform | 206.07  | 4 Q | 135.60  | 8  | 341.67  | 6
Marina Janicke | 3 m springboard | 273.48  | 8 Q | 157.44  | 2  | 430.92  |
10 m platform | 206.73  | 3 Q | 153.81  | 2  | 360.54  |
Christa Köhler | 3 m springboard | 278.88  | 5 Q | 115.32  | 12  | 394.20  | 11

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Dressage

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final  | Overall

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Gerhard Brockmüller | Marios  | Individual | 1545  | 13  | Did not advance
Horst Köhler | Imanuel  | 1486  | 17  | Did not advance
Wolfgang Müller | Semafor  | 1521  | 16  | Did not advance
Gerhard Brockmüller
Horst Köhler
Wolfgang Müller | See above | Team | 4552  | 5  | —  | 4552  | 5

### Eventing

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Dressage  | Cross-country  | Jumping  | Total

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Final
Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank
Rudolf Beerbohm | Ingolf  | Individual | 71.00  | 64  | 74.80  | 3.80  | 15  | 0.00  | 3.80  | 1  | 3.80  | 11
Joachim Brohmann | Uranio  | 51.33  | 19  | 71,73  | 71.73  | 47  | 0.00  | 71.73  | 1  | 71.73  | 25
Helmut Gille | Pflicht  | 69.00  | 58  | 34.80  | 34.20  | 32  | 40.00  | 74.20  | 40  | 74.20  | 26
Jens Niehls | Big-Ben  | 84.00  | 70  | 34.00  | 50.00  | 39  | 10.00  | 60.00  | 16  | 60.00  | 23
Rudolf Beerbohm
Joachim Brohmann
Helmut Gille
Jens Niehls | See above | Team | 191.33  | 15  | 143.60  | 80.40  | 5  | 10.00  | 127.93  | 2  | 127.93  | 5

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972.

Men's épée

* Horst Melzig
* Bernd Uhlig
* Hans-Peter Schulze

Men's team épée

* Harry Fiedler, Eckhard Mannischeff, Horst Melzig, Hans-Peter Schulze, Bernd Uhlig

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### First round

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#### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Poland | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 11  | 2  | +9  | 6  | Advanced to second round
East Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 3  | +8  | 4
Colombia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 12  | −7  | 2  |
Ghana | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 11  | −10  | 0

Source: FIFA

28 August 1972

17:30

East Germany | 4–0|  Ghana

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Kreische 19', 89'
Streich 45'
Sparwasser 66' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Michael Wuertz (United States)

* * *

30 August 1972

16:30

East Germany | 6–1|  Colombia

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Streich 1', 10'
Sparwasser 9'
Ducke 31'
Vogel 85'
Kreische 88' (pen.) | Report | Espinosa 38'

Dreiflüssestadion, Passau

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algelia)

* * *

1 September 1972

16:30

Poland | 2–1|  East Germany

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Gorgoń 6', 63' | Report | Streich 45'

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 10.000

Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

### Second round

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#### Group 1

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Hungary | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 1  | +7  | 6  | Gold Medal match
East Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 4  | Bronze Medal match
West Germany | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 8  | −4  | 1  |
Mexico | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 10  | −9  | 1

Source: FIFA

3 September 1972

15:00

Hungary | 2–0|  East Germany

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A. Dunai 60'
Tóth 66' | Report |

Dreiflüssestadion, Passau

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

* * *

5 September 1972

15:00

East Germany | 7–0|  Mexico

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Ganzera 34'
Sparwasser 39', 51', 89'
Streich 48'
Kreische 72'
Häfner 79' | Report |

ESV-Stadion, Ingolstadt

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

* * *

8 September 1972

21:30

East Germany | 3–2|  West Germany

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Pommerenke 10'
Streich 53'
Vogel 82' | Report | Hoeneß 31'
Hitzfeld 68'

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

### Bronze Medal match

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10 September 1972

10:00

Soviet Union | 2–2|  East Germany

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Blokhin 10'
Khurtsilava 30' | Report | Kreische 33' (pen.)
Vogel 78'

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medals shared.

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

As expected, the East Germans dominated the first round, defeating Iceland, Tunisia, and Czechoslovakia in turn to win their division. The second round began with a loss to the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia's wins over the Soviet Union and Sweden meant that the East Germans had to defeat Sweden as well just to tie the Czechoslovakian team in the standings, which they did. However, the tie-breaker went against the East Germans and they placed second in the division. They played the other division's second place team, Romania in the bronze medal game and lost, receiving fourth place.

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
* East Germany - Iceland 16-11 (7-6)
* East Germany - Tunisia 21-9 (11-2)
* East Germany - Czechoslovakia 14-12 (5-4)
* Second Round (Group A)
* East Germany - Soviet Union 8-11 (4-4)
* East Germany - Sweden 14-11 (8-6)
* Bronze Medal Game
* East Germany - Romania 16-19 (8-11) → 4th place
* Team Roster
* Harry Zörnack
* Horst Jankhöfer
* Josef Rose
* Jürgen Hildebrand
* Klaus Langhoff
* Klaus Weiß
* Peter Larisch
* Peter Randt
* Rainer Würdig
* Rainer Zimmermann
* Reiner Frieske
* Reiner Ganschow
* Siegfried Voigt
* Udo Röhrig
* Wolfgang Böhme
* Wolfgang Lakenmacher

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's single sculls

* Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
* Heat -- 7:46.31
* Repechage -- 8:05.19
* Semi Finals -- 8:16.35
* Final -- 7:14.45 (→  Bronze medal)

Men's double sculls

* Joachim Böhmer
* Uli Schmied

Men's coxless pair

* Siegfried Brietzke
* Wolfgang Mager

Men's coxed pair

* Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke and Klaus-Dieter Neubert
* Heat -- 7:54.11
* Semi Finals -- 8:13.87
* Final -- 7:17.25 (→  Gold medal)

Men's coxless four

* Frank Forberger
* Dieter Grahn
* Frank Rühle
* Dieter Schubert

Men's coxed four

* Dietrich Zander
* Reinhard Gust
* Eckhard Martens
* Rolf Jobst
* Klaus-Dieter Ludwig

Men's eight

* Hans-Joachim Borzym
* Jörg Landvoigt
* Harold Dimke
* Manfred Schneider
* Hartmut Schreiber
* Manfred Schmorde
* Bernd Landvoigt
* Heinrich Mederow
* Dietmar Schwarz

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Nine male shooters represented East Germany in 1972. Werner Lippoldt won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Michael Buchheim won bronze in the skeet.

25 m pistol

* Christian Düring

50 m pistol

* Harald Vollmar

300 m rifle, three positions

* Uto Wunderlich
* Werner Lippoldt

50 m rifle, three positions

* Werner Lippoldt
* Uto Wunderlich

50 m rifle, prone

* Werner Lippoldt
* Peter Gorewski

Trap

* Burckhardt Hoppe
* Manfred Geisler

Skeet

* Michael Buchheim
* Klaus Reschke

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

* Peter Bruch
* Heat -- 54.25s
* Semifinals -- 53.97s (→ did not advance)
* Wilfried Härtung
* Heat -- 54.37s (→ did not advance)
* Hartmut Flöckner
* Heat -- 54.36s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

* Wilfried Härtung
* Heat -- 1:56.95 (→ did not advance)
* Udo Poser
* Heat -- 1:57.23 (→ did not advance)
* Peter Bruch
* Heat -- 1:58.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser and Lutz Unger
* Heat -- 3:35.13
* Roland Matthes, Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, and Lutz Unger
* Final -- 3:32.42 (→  Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Wilfried Härtung, Udo Poser, Roger Pyttel and Lutz Unger
* Heat -- 7:51.11
* Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, and Lutz Unger
* Final -- 7:49.11 (→ 6th place)

## Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Defeated Cuba (3-0)
* Defeated Brazil (3-1)
* Lost to Japan (0-3)
* Defeated West Germany (3-0)
* Defeated Romania (3-0)
* Semifinals
* Defeated Soviet Union (3-1)
* Final
* Lost to Japan (1-3) →  Silver Medal
* Team Roster
* Siggi Schneider
* Arnold Schulz
* Wolfgang Webner
* Eckhardt Pietzsch
* Rudi Schumann
* Wolfgang Weise
* Horst Hagen
* Horst Peter
* Wolfgang Löwe
* Rainer Tscharke
* Wolf Maibohn
* Jürgen Maune

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "East Germany at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2011-02-12.

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