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East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists
GoldChristoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk • Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put • Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight • Heinz-Jürgen Bothe and Jörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless 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 • Rudolf Vesper — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight • Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight SilverKlaus Beer — Athletics, Men's Long Jump • Lothar Milde — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw • Marita Lange — Athletics, Women's Shot Put • Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault • Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars • Peter Kremtz, Dieter Semetzky, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler and Klaus Jacob — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours • Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Egon Henninger, and Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay • Helga Lindner — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly • Gabriele Wetzko, Gabriele Perthes, Roswitha Krause, and Uta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay BronzeWolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault • Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber, Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, and Gerhard Dietrich — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises • Magdalena Schmidt, Ute Starke, Erika Zuchold, Maritta Bauerschmidt, Karin Janz, and Marianne Noack — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises • Harald Vollmar — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol • Kurt Czekalla — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting • Sabine Steinbach — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley • Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon ==Athletics==
Fencing
Four fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. ;Men's épéeHans-Peter SchulzeKlaus DumkeHarry Fiedler ;Men's team épéeBernd Uhlig, Klaus Dumke, Harry Fiedler, Hans-Peter Schulze ==Field hockey==
Field hockey
Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the East German team finished in 11th place. • Rainer StephanAxel ThiemeEckhard WallossekKlaus BahnerHorst BrenneckeDieter KlaußLothar LippertDieter EhrlichKarlheinz FreibergerReinhart SasseHans-Dietrich SasseRolf ThiemeKlaus TräumerHelmut Rabis ==Gymnastics==
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented East Germany in 1968. ;Individual • Karl-Heinz KutschkeJörg TschernerWolfgang Lüderitz ;Team • Karl-Heinz Kutschke • Jörg Tscherner • Wolfgang Lüderitz ==Rowing==
Rowing
Shooting
Nine shooters, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. Harald Vollmar won bronze in the 50 m pistol and Kurt Czekalla won bronze in the trap. ;25 m pistolChristian DüringGerhard Dommrich ;50 m pistolHarald VollmarHelmut Artelt ;300 m rifle, three positionsHartmut SommerUto Wunderlich ;50 m rifle, three positionsUto WunderlichHartmut Sommer ;50 m rifle, proneHartmut SommerWerner Heyn ;TrapKurt CzekallaRudolf Hager ==Swimming==
Volleyball
;Men's team competition • Round robin • Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3) • Lost to Japan (0-3) • Defeated Mexico (3-0) • Defeated Belgium (3-0) • Lost to Soviet Union (2-3) • Defeated United States (3-0) • Defeated Brazil (3-1) • Defeated Bulgaria (3-2) • Defeated Poland (3-0) → Fourth placeTeam rosterHorst PeterEckhardt TielscherSiegfried SchneiderManfred HeineRainer TscharkeEckehard PietzschArnold SchulzRudi SchumannJürgen KesselWalter ToissantJürgen FreiwaldWolfgang Webner ==Water polo==
Water polo
;Men's Team Competition • Preliminary Round (Group B) • Defeated Mexico (12:4) • Tied with Yugoslavia (4:4) • Lost to Italy (4:5) • Defeated Greece (11:4) • Defeated Japan (8:0) • Defeated United Arab Republic (19:2) • Defeated Netherlands (8:3) • Classification Matches5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (8:2) • 5th/6th place: Lost to United States (4:6) → Sixth placeTeam RosterHans-Georg FehnHans-Ulrich LangeHans-Jürgen SchülerManfred HerzogPeter RundVeit HerrmannsJürgen KlugeJürgen ThielKlaus SchlenkrichPeter SchmidtSiegfried Ballerstedt ==Weightlifting==
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