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 Schubert
		Frank Rüle
		Dieter Grahn
		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	Roland Göhler
		Dieter Semetzky
		Klaus Jacob
		Peter Kremtz
		Manfred Gelpke


Swimming

200 m butterfly W	GDR	Helga Lindner

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

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


Bronze medalists

Athletics

Pole vault M	GDR	Wolfgang Nordwig


Gymnastics

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

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


Sailing

Dragon	GDR	Konrad Weichert
		Karl-Heinz Thun
		Paul Borowski


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