United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics

United Team of Germany at the
1960 Summer Olympics
United Team of Germany at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
	Flag of Germany superimposed; with the Olympic rings
IOC code	EUA
NOC	United Team of Germany
in Rome, Italy; 25 August-11 September
Competitors	293 (238 men, 55 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian)
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 12 Silver 19 Bronze 11 Total 42
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)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Nationality in brackets.

Gold

Armin Hary ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (all from West Germany) — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Dieter Krause ( East Germany), Günter Perleberg ( East Germany), Paul Lange ( West Germany), Friedhelm Wentzke ( West Germany) — Canoeing, Men's K1 4 × 500 m
Ingrid Krämer ( East Germany) — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
Ingrid Krämer ( East Germany) — Diving, Women's 10 m Platform
Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle (all from West Germany) — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Heidi Schmid ( West Germany) — Fencing, Women's Foil
Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, Klaus Zerta (all from West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (all from West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Manfred Rulffs, Walter Schröder, Frank Schepke, Kraft Schepke, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Karl-Heinz Hopp, Klaus Bittner, Hans Lenk, Willi Padge (all from West Germany) — Rowing, Men's Eight
Peter Kohnke ( West Germany) — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone
Wilfried Dietrich ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Silver

Carl Kaufmann ( West Germany) — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Hans Grodotzki ( East Germany) — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
Hans Grodotzki ( East Germany) — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
Manfred Kinder, Joachim Reske, Johannes Kaiser, Carl Kaufmann (all from West Germany) — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Jutta Heine ( West Germany) — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Martha Langbein, Anni Biechl, Brunhilde Hendrix, Jutta Heine (all from West Germany) — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Walter Krüger ( East Germany) — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
Johanna Lüttge ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Therese Zenz ( West Germany) — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
Therese Zenz, Ingrid Hartmann (both from West Germany) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Gustav-Adolf Schur, Egon Adler, Erich Hagen, Günter Lörke (all from East Germany) — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial
Siegried Köhler, Bernd Barleben, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme (all from East Germany) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber (both from East Germany) — Cycling, Men's Tandem
Dieter Gieseler ( West Germany) — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
Achim Hill ( East Germany) — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Wiltrud Urselmann ( West Germany) — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Lothar Metz ( East Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Günther Maritschnigg ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Wilfried Dietrich ( West Germany) — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Bronze

Ursula Donath ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Gisela Birkemeyer ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
Hildrun Claus ( East Germany) — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Günter Siegmund ( East Germany) — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Josef Neckermann ( West Germany) — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Jürgen Theuerkauff, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Brecht (all from West Germany) — Fencing, Men's Team Foil
Rolf Mulka, Ingo von Bredow (both from West Germany) — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
Klaus Zähringer ( West Germany) — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
Barbara Göbel ( East Germany) — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Christel Steffin ( East Germany), Heidi Pechstein ( East Germany), Gisela Weiß ( East Germany), Ursel Brunner ( West Germany) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Ingrid Schmidt ( East Germany), Ursula Küper ( East Germany), Bärbel Fuhrmann ( East Germany), Ursel Brunner ( West Germany) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight

Manfred Homberg =5th

Men's Bantamweight

Horst Rascher^[a] =5th

Men's Featherweight

Werner Kirsch =9th

Men's Lightweight

Harry Lempio =9th

Men's Light welterweight

Werner Busse =17th

Men's Welterweight

Bruno Guse^[b] =17th

Light-Middleweight

Rolf Caroli =17th

Men's Middleweight

Eberhard Radzik =17th

Men's Light heavyweight

Emil Willer =9th

Men's Heavyweight

Günter Siegmund Bronze

Canoeing

Cycling

14 male cyclists represented Germany in 1960.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Sprint

1000 m time trial

Dieter Gieseler

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Rudi Oertel	3 m springboard	51.80	15 Q	40.10	7	91.90	11	Did not advance
Hans-Dieter Pophal	3 m springboard	55.10	4 Q	38.81	=11	94.91	5 Q	39.04	8	133.95	8
Fritz Enskat	10 m platform	51.23	13 Q	41.80	6	93.07	7 Q	45.83	6	133.86	7
Rolf Sperling	10 m platform	57.25	2 Q	38.59	8	96.83	4 Q	55.00	5	151.83	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Ingrid Krämer	3 m springboard	56.23	1 Q	42.37	1	96.80	1 Q	57.21	1	155.81
Waltraud Oertel	3 m springboard	48.64	11 Q	35.85	13	84.49	10	Did not advance
Ingrid Krämer	10 m platform	56.30	1 Q	N/a				34.98	2	91.28
Gabriele Schöpe	10 m platform	48.81	15	N/a				Did not advance

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1960.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Jürgen Brecht, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Theuerkauff

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Paul Gnaier, Fritz Zimmermann, Dieter Fänger, Georg Neuber, Helmut Anschütz, Walter Köstner

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Dieter Löhr, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Wilfried Wöhler, Peter von Krockow, Walter Köstner

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Helga Stroh, Helmi Höhle, Gudrun Theuerkauff, Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger

Field hockey

Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1960, when the German team finished in 7th place.^[2]

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1960.

Individual

Team

Wolfgang Gödicke
Dieter Krickow
Ralf Berckhan

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

Men's coxless pair – 4th place

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

Men's coxless four

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

Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Germany in 1960. Peter Kohnke won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone and Klaus Zähringer won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

Hans-Joachim Mars

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Swim-off		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Uwe Jacobsen	100 m freestyle	57.9	=19 Q	N/a		57.4	13	Did not advance
Paul Voell	100 m freestyle	58.0	22 Q	N/a		58.4	=20	Did not advance
Gerhard Hetz	400 m freestyle	4:38.4	18	N/a				Did not advance
Hans-Joachim Klein	400 m freestyle	4:31.6	10	N/a				Did not advance
Gerhard Hetz	1500 m freestyle	18:32.2	15	N/a				Did not advance
Hans-Ulrich Millow	1500 m freestyle	18:22.7	12	N/a				Did not advance
Jürgen Dietze	100 m backstroke	1:04.0	=5 Q	N/a		1:04.7	=9	Did not advance
Wolfgang Wagner	100 m backstroke	1:04.7	=10 Q	N/a		1:03.9	6 Q	1:03.5	6
Konrad Enke	200 m breaststroke	2:44.6	21	N/a		Did not advance
Egon Henninger	200 m breaststroke	2:42.4	=15 QSO	2:39.5	1 Q	2:38.5	3 Q	2:40.1	4
Jürgen Bachmann	200 m butterfly	2:25.0	=16 QSO	2:23.1	1 Q	2:28.4	14	Did not advance
Wolfgang Sieber	200 m butterfly	2:25.4	19	N/a		Did not advance
Frank Wiegand Gerhard Hetz Hans Zierold Hans-Joachim Klein	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:29.4	5 Q	N/a				8:31.8	7
Wolfgang Wagner Günter Tittes Hermann Lotter Uwe Jacobsen	4 × 100 m medley	4:17.7	=9	N/a				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursel Brunner	100 m freestyle	1:04.6	10 Q	1:04.5	10	Did not advance
Heidi Pechstein	100 m freestyle	1:05.1	11 Q	1:05.6	=13	Did not advance
Ursel Brunner	400 m freestyle	5:05.3	11	N/a		Did not advance
Gisela Weiß	400 m freestyle	5:08.6	12	N/a		Did not advance
Helga Schmidt	100 m backstroke	1:13.3	12	N/a		Did not advance
Ingrid Schmidt	100 m backstroke	1:13.1	11	N/a		Did not advance
Barbara Göbel	200 m breaststroke	2:54.2	4 Q	N/a		2:53.6
Wiltrud Urselmann	200 m breaststroke	2:52.0 OR	1 Q	N/a		2:50.0
Heidi Eisenschmidt	100 m butterfly	1:14.6	13	N/a		Did not advance
Bärbel Fuhrmann	100 m butterfly	1:13.2	=9	N/a		Did not advance
Christel Steffin Heidi Pechstein Gisela Weiß Ursel Brunner	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:24.2	4 Q	N/a		4:19.7
Ingrid Schmidt Ursula Küper Bärbel Fuhrmann Ursel Brunner	4 × 100 m medley	4:49.6	4 Q	N/a		4:47.6

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

↑ also competed for West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics
↑ also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics

References

↑ "Germany at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Hockey at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links

Official Olympic Reports Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
International Olympic Committee results database

[2] so competed for West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

[3] so competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics

[sports-reference-1] "Germany at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Hockey at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[5] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Germany superimposed with the Olympic rings
IOC code	EUA
NOC	United Team of Germany
in Rome, Italy 25 August-11 September
Competitors	293 (238 men, 55 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 12 Silver 19 Bronze 11 Total 42
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)