East Germany national speedway team
East Germany national motorcycle speedway team
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The East Germany national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.
| East Germany | |
|---|---|
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| SWC wins | 0 |
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.[1][2] This was one year after the West German team, who competed at the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960.[3]
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.[4]
In 1969, East Germany reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship.[5]
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
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Stockholm Gubbängens IP |
1.  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).[6]
| Rider | Caps |
|---|---|
| Beckmeyer, 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, Gerhard | 8 |