United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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.^[1]

IOC codeEUA

NOCUnited Team of Germany

Competitors337 (275 men and 62 women) in 19 sports

Flagbearer Ingrid Engel-Krämer

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United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of Germany superimposed with the Olympic rings
IOC code	EUA
NOC	United Team of Germany
in Tokyo, Japan 10−24 October
Competitors	337 (275 men and 62 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Ingrid Engel-Krämer
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 10 Silver 22 Bronze 18 Total 50
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1956 1960 1964
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–pres.) Saar (1952) East Germany (1968–1988) West Germany (1968–1988)

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Medalists

Nationality in brackets.

Gold

Karin Balzer ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
Willi Holdorf ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Jürgen Eschert ( East Germany) — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canoe Singles
Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann (both from West Germany) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Lothar Claesges, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Karl Link, Ernst Streng (all from West Germany) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
Ingrid Engel-Krämer ( East Germany) — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
Harry Boldt, Reiner Klimke, Josef Neckermann (all from West Germany) — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Hermann Schridde, Kurt Jarasinski, Hans Günter Winkler (all from West Germany) — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (all from West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Wilhelm Kuhweide ( West Germany) — Sailing, Finn

Silver

Harald Norpoth ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
Dieter Lindner ( East Germany) — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Wolfgang Reinhardt ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Renate Culmberger ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Ingrid Lotz ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Emil Schulz ( West Germany) — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Hans Huber ( West Germany) — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Günter Perleberg, Bernhard Schulze, Friedhelm Wentzke, Holger Zander (all from West Germany) — Canoeing, K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
Ingrid Engel-Krämer ( East Germany) — Diving, Women's 10 m Platform
Harry Boldt ( West Germany) — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Hermann Schridde ( West Germany) — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Helga Mees ( West Germany) — Fencing, Individual Foil
Birgit Radochla ( East Germany) — Gymnastics, Women's Vault
Wolfgang Hofmann ( West Germany) — Judo, Men's 80 kg
Achim Hill ( East Germany) — 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 West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Eight
Peter Ahrendt, Wilfried Lorenz, Ulrich Mense (all from East Germany) — Sailing, Dragon
Frank Wiegand ( East Germany) — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Horst Löffler ( West Germany), Frank Wiegand ( East Germany), Uwe Jacobsen ( West Germany), Hans-Joachim Klein ( West Germany) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Horst-Günter Gregor ( East Germany), Gerhard Hetz ( West Germany), Frank Wiegand ( East Germany), Hans-Joachim Klein ( West Germany) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Ernst-Joachim Küppers ( West Germany), Egon Henninger ( East Germany), Horst-Günter Gregor ( East Germany), Hans-Joachim Klein ( West Germany) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Klaus Rost ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

Bronze

Klaus Lehnertz ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Uwe Beyer ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Hans-Joachim Walde ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Heinz Schulz ( East Germany) — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Heinz Büker, Holger Zander (both from West Germany) — Canoeing, K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
Willi Fuggerer, Klaus Kobusch (both from West Germany) — Cycling, Men's Tandem
Fritz Ligges ( West Germany) — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Fritz Ligges ( West Germany), Horst Karsten ( West Germany), Gerhard Schulz ( East Germany) — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Rosemarie Scherberger, Gudrun Theuerkauff (all from West Germany) — 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 East Germany) — Football, Men's Team Competition
Siegfried Fülle ( East Germany), Philipp Fürst ( West Germany), Erwin Koppe ( East Germany), Klaus Köste ( East Germany), Günter Lyhs ( West Germany), Peter Weber ( East Germany) — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around
Klaus Glahn ( West Germany) — Judo, Men's Open Category
Michael Schwan, Wolfgang Hottenrott (both from West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Hans-Joachim Klein ( West Germany) — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
Gerhard Hetz ( West Germany) — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Lothar Metz ( East Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Heinz Kiehl ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Wilfried Dietrich ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented Germany in 1964.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Sprint

1000 m time trial

Lothar Claesges

Tandem

Individual pursuit

Lothar Spiegelberg

Team pursuit

Diving

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Hans-Dieter Pophal	3 m springboard	91.16	8 Q	51.42	3	142.58	4
Horst Rosenfeldt		85.66	17	Did not advance
Rolf Sperling		86.98	14	Did not advance
Klaus Konzorr	10 m platform	90.08	15	Did not advance
Rolf Sperling		92.24	8 Q	50.00	4	142.24	7
Gerd Völker		91.62	9	Did not advance

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Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Ingrid Engel-Krämer	3 m springboard	94.69	1 Q	50.31	1	145.00
Angelika Hilbert		86.53	5 Q	36.74	8	123.27	8
Christiane Lanzke		82.56	10	Did not advance
Ingrid Engel-Krämer	10 m platform	52.98	3 Q	45.47	3	98.45
Christiane Lanzke		49.69	6 Q	43.23	5	92.92	5
Delia Reinhardt		47.83	8 Q	38.96	10	86.79	10

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Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Germany in 1964.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Jürgen Brecht, Dieter Wellmann, Eberhard Mehl, Tim Gerresheim, Jürgen Theuerkauff

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Franz Rompza, Max Geuter, Volkmar Würtz, Paul Gnaier, Haakon Stein

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Dieter Wellmann, Klaus Allisat, Walter Köstner, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Percy Borucki

Women's foil

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.^[2]

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1964.

Individual

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.^[3]

Men's single sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)

Achim Hill

Men's double sculls – 5th place

Men's coxless pair – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal)

Men's eight – 2nd place ( silver medal)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Germany in 1964.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Swimming

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Uwe Jacobsen	100 m freestyle	55.6	=14 Q	54.8	=7 Q	56.1	8
Hans-Joachim Klein		55.3	9 Q	54.4	6 Q	54.0
Horst Löffler		55.6	=14 Q	56.0	19	Did not advance
Martin Klink	400 m freestyle	4:29.1	19	N/a		Did not advance
Wolfgang Kremer		4:29.9	22	N/a		Did not advance
Frank Wiegand		4:17.2	3 Q	N/a		4:14.9
Heinz Junga	1500 m freestyle	18:08.7	19	N/a		Did not advance
Holger Kirschke	1500 m freestyle	18:01.6	15	N/a		Did not advance
Jürgen Dietze	200 m backstroke	2:20.4	=19	Did not advance
Ernst-Joachim Küppers		2:17.9	12 Q	2:15.3	4 Q	2:15.7	5
Wolfgang Wagner		2:18.5	14 Q	2:20.2	15	Did not advance
Egon Henninger	200 m breaststroke	2:30.1 OR	1 Q	2:33.3	=6 Q	2:31.1	5
Klaus Katzur		2:36.7	13 Q	2:37.3	13	Did not advance
Willi Messner		2:36.0	11 Q	2:35.5	12	Did not advance
Werner Freitag	200 m butterfly	2:16.9	15 Q	2:13.5	10	Did not advance
Hermann Lotter		2:18.2	20	Did not advance
Wolfgang Platzeck		2:18.7	22	Did not advance
Gerhard Hetz	400 m individual medley	4:57.6	2 Q	N/a		4:51.0
Dieter Pfeifer		5:05.2	9	N/a		Did not advance
Stefan Weinrich		5:07.8	13	N/a		Did not advance
Horst Löffler Frank Wiegand Uwe Jacobsen Hans-Joachim Klein	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:41.0	3 Q	N/a		3:37.2
Horst-Günter Gregor Gerhard Hetz Frank Wiegand Hans-Joachim Klein	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.7 OR	2 Q	N/a		7:59.3
Ernst-Joachim Küppers Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Hans-Joachim Klein	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:06.6	2 Q	N/a		4:01.6

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Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Traudi Beierlein	100 m freestyle	1:05.4	31	Did not advance
Martina Grunert		1:03.1	10 Q	1:03.1	12	Did not advance
Rita Schumacher		1:03.5	17	Did not advance
Martina Grunert	400 m freestyle	4:57.7	13	N/a		Did not advance
Heidi Pechstein		5:01.4	14	N/a		Did not advance
Jutta Wanke		5:01.7	15	N/a		Did not advance
Petra Nerger	100 m backstroke	1:12.1	18	N/a		Did not advance
Helga Neuber		1:11.4	=12	N/a		Did not advance
Ingrid Schmidt		1:11.1	=9	N/a		Did not advance
Bärbel Grimmer	200 m breaststroke	2:48.6 OR	2 Q	N/a		2:51.0	6
Ursula Küper		2:50.1	6 Q	N/a		2:53.9	8
Wiltrud Urselmann		2:53.2	10	N/a		Did not advance
Ursel Brunner	100 m butterfly	1:13.6	26	Did not advance
Heike Hustede		1:10.5	14 Q	1:08.8	8 Q	1:08.5	6
Ute Noack		1:09.2	7 Q	1:09.3	10	Did not advance
Harriet Blank	400 m individual medley	5:42.4	14	N/a		Did not advance
Veronika Holletz		5:26.8	2 Q	N/a		5:25.6	4
Helga Zimmermann		5:38.9	11	N/a		Did not advance
Martina Grunert Traudi Beierlein Rita Schumacher Heidi Pechstein	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:14.9	=6 Q	N/a		4:15.0	6
Ingrid Schmidt Bärbel Grimmer Heike Hustede Martina Grunert	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:43.2	4 Q	N/a		DSQ

United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

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