United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

Nationality in brackets.

Gold

• Karin Balzer () — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
• Willi Holdorf () — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Jürgen Eschert () — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canoe Singles
• Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann (both from ) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
• Lothar Claesges, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Karl Link, Ernst Streng (all from ) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
• Ingrid Engel-Krämer () — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
• Harry Boldt, Reiner Klimke, Josef Neckermann (all from ) — Equestrian, Dressage Team
• Hermann Schridde, Kurt Jarasinski, Hans Günter Winkler (all from ) — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Wilhelm Kuhweide () — Sailing, Finn

Silver

• Harald Norpoth () — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
• Dieter Lindner () — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
• Wolfgang Reinhardt () — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Renate Culmberger () — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Ingrid Lotz () — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Emil Schulz () — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Hans Huber () — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Günter Perleberg, Bernhard Schulze, Friedhelm Wentzke, Holger Zander (all from ) — Canoeing, K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
• Ingrid Engel-Krämer () — Diving, Women's 10 m Platform
• Harry Boldt () — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Hermann Schridde () — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Helga Mees () — Fencing, Individual Foil
• Birgit Radochla () — Gymnastics, Women's Vault
• Wolfgang Hofmann () — Judo, Men's 80 kg
• Achim Hill () — 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 ) — Rowing, Men's Eight
• Peter Ahrendt, Wilfried Lorenz, Ulrich Mense (all from ) — Sailing, Dragon
• Frank Wiegand () — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Horst Löffler (), Frank Wiegand (), Uwe Jacobsen (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
• Horst-Günter Gregor (), Gerhard Hetz (), Frank Wiegand (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
• Ernst-Joachim Küppers (), Egon Henninger (), Horst-Günter Gregor (), Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
• Klaus Rost () — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

Bronze

• Klaus Lehnertz () — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Uwe Beyer () — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Hans-Joachim Walde () — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Heinz Schulz () — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Heinz Büker, Holger Zander (both from ) — Canoeing, K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
• Willi Fuggerer, Klaus Kobusch (both from ) — Cycling, Men's Tandem
• Fritz Ligges () — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Fritz Ligges (), Horst Karsten (), Gerhard Schulz () — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
• Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Rosemarie Scherberger, Gudrun Theuerkauff (all from ) — 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 ) — Football, Men's Team Competition
• Siegfried Fülle (), Philipp Fürst (), Erwin Koppe (), Klaus Köste (), Günter Lyhs (), Peter Weber () — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around
• Klaus Glahn () — Judo, Men's Open Category
• Michael Schwan, Wolfgang Hottenrott (both from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• Hans-Joachim Klein () — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Gerhard Hetz () — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
• Lothar Metz () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Heinz Kiehl () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
• Wilfried Dietrich () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented Germany in 1964.

Individual road race

• Wilfried Peffgen
• Burkhard Ebert
• Immo Rittmeyer
• Günter Hoffmann

Team time trial

• Burkhard Ebert
• Günter Hoffmann
• Peter Glemser
• Immo Rittmeyer

Sprint

• Willi Fuggerer
• Ulrich Schillinger

1000 m time trial

• Lothar Claesges

Tandem

• Willi Fuggerer
• Klaus Kobusch

Individual pursuit

• Lothar Spiegelberg

Team pursuit

• Lothar Claesges
• Karl Heinz Henrichs
• Karl Link
• Ernst Streng

Diving

Men

Women

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Germany in 1964.

Men's foil

• Tim Gerresheim
• Jürgen Brecht
• Dieter Schmitt

Men's team foil

• Jürgen Brecht, Dieter Wellmann, Eberhard Mehl, Tim Gerresheim, Jürgen Theuerkauff

Men's épée

• Franz Rompza
• Dietrich Hecke
• Paul Gnaier

Men's team épée

• Franz Rompza, Max Geuter, Volkmar Würtz, Paul Gnaier, Haakon Stein

Men's sabre

• Walter Köstner
• Dieter Wellmann
• Jürgen Theuerkauff

Men's team sabre

• Dieter Wellmann, Klaus Allisat, Walter Köstner, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Percy Borucki

Women's foil

• Helga Mees
• Heidi Schmid
• Romy Weiß-Scherberger

Women's team foil

• Helga Mees, Heidi Schmid, Romy Weiß-Scherberger, Gundi Theuerkauff

Field hockey

Twelve male field hockey players competed in 1964, when the German team finished in 5th place.

• 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

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1964.

Individual

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Uwe Adler
• Elmar Frings

Team

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Uwe Adler
• Elmar Frings

Rowing

The United Team of Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.

Men's single sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)

• Achim Hill

Men's double sculls – 5th place

• Helmut Lebert
• Josef Steffes-Mies

Men's coxless pair – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

• Michael Schwan
• Wolfgang Hottenrott

Men's coxed pair

• Günter Bergau
• Peter Gorny
• Karl-Heinz Danielowski

Men's coxless four

• Günter Schroers
• Horst Effertz
• Albrecht Müller
• Manfred Misselhorn

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

• Peter Neusel
• Bernhard Britting
• Joachim Werner
• Egbert Hirschfelder
• Jürgen Oelke

Men's eight – 2nd place ( silver medal)

• Klaus Aeffke
• Klaus Bittner
• Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
• Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht
• Klaus Behrens
• Jürgen Schröder
• Jürgen Plagemann
• Horst Meyer
• Thomas Ahrens

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Germany in 1964.

25 m pistol

• Lothar Jacobi
• Gerhard Feller

50 m pistol

• Johann Garreis
• Hans Kaupmannsennecke

300 m rifle, three positions

• Harry Köcher
• Klaus Zähringer

50 m rifle, three positions

• Harry Köcher
• Klaus Zähringer

50 m rifle, prone

• Karl Wenk
• Rudolf Bortz

Trap

• Joachim Marscheider
• Heinz Rehder

Swimming

Men

Women

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• list of all German participants of 1964 (pages 561 to 567)