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]
| United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–pres.) Saar (1952) East Germany (1968–1988) West Germany (1968–1988) | |
Medalists
editNationality in brackets.
Gold
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editBoxing
editCanoeing
editCycling
editThirteen cyclists represented Germany in 1964.
Diving
edit- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Equestrian
editFencing
edit19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Germany in 1964.
Field hockey
editTwelve male field hockey players competed in 1964, when the German team finished in 5th place.[2]
- Rainer Stephan
- Axel Thieme
- Klaus Vetter
- Horst Brennecke
- Klaus Bahner
- Horst Dahmlos
- Lothar Lippert
- Rolf Westphal
- Karl-Heinz Freiberger
- Dieter Ehrlich
- Adolf Krause
- Reiner Hanschke
Football
editGymnastics
editJudo
editModern pentathlon
editThree male pentathletes represented Germany in 1964.
- Individual
- Team
- Wolfgang Gödicke
- Uwe Adler
- Elmar Frings
Rowing
editThe 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)
- Men's double sculls – 5th place
- Men's coxless pair – 3rd place (
bronze medal)
- Men's coxed four – 1st place (
gold medal)
- Men's eight – 2nd place ( silver medal)
Sailing
editShooting
editTen shooters represented Germany in 1964.
Swimming
edit- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Water polo
editWeightlifting
editWrestling
editReferences
edit- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo 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 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.