East German medalists at the Mexico City 1968 Olympics

East German medalists at the Mexico City 1968 Olympics

Facts Medals Athletes Sports


Event	Medalists


Gold medalists

Athletics

50 km walk M	GDR	Christoph Höhne

Shot put W	GDR	Margitta Gummel


Boxing

Welterweight M	GDR	Manfred Wolke


Wrestling

Greco-Roman welterweight M	GDR	Rudolf Vesper

Greco-Roman middleweight M	GDR	Lothar Metz


Rowing

Pair without coxswain M	GDR	Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
		Jörg Lucke

Four without coxswain M	GDR	Dieter Grahn
		Frank Rüle
		Dieter Schubert
		Frank Forberger


Swimming

100 m backstroke M	GDR	Roland Matthes

200 m backstroke M	GDR	Roland Matthes


Silver medalists

Athletics

Long jump M	GDR	Klaus Beer

Discus throw M	GDR	Lothar Milde

Shot put W	GDR	Marita Lange


Gymnastics

Vault W	GDR	Erika Zuchold

Uneven bars W	GDR	Karin Janz


Rowing

Four with coxswain M	GDR	Dieter Semetzky
		Roland Göhler
		Manfred Gelpke
		Peter Kremtz
		Klaus Jacob


Swimming

200 m butterfly W	GDR	Helga Lindner

4x100 m freestyle W	GDR	Gabriele Perthes
		Martina Grunert
		Uta Schmuck
		Gabriele Wetzko
		Roswitha Krause

4x100 m medley M	GDR	Horst-Günter Gregor
		Frank Wiegand
		Roland Matthes
		Egon Henninger


Bronze medalists

Athletics

Pole vault M	GDR	Wolfgang Nordwig


Gymnastics

Team W	GDR	Magdalena Schmidt
		Maritta Bauerschmidt
		Marianne Noack
		Ute Starke
		Erika Zuchold
		Karin Janz

Team M	GDR	Peter Weber
		Günter Beier
		Klaus Köste
		Siegfried Fülle
		Gerhard Dietrich
		Matthias Brehme


Sailing

Dragon	GDR	Konrad Weichert
		Paul Borowski
		Karl-Heinz Thun


Shooting

Free pistol	GDR	Harald Vollmar

Trap	GDR	Kurt Czekalla


Swimming

400 m medley W	GDR	Sabine Steinbach

This information about German Democratic Republic at the olympic summer games in Mexico City 1968 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database