United Team of Germany at the 1960 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 at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Nationality in brackets.

Gold

• Armin Hary () — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (all from ) — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Dieter Krause (), Günter Perleberg (), Paul Lange (), Friedhelm Wentzke () — Canoeing, Men's K1 4 × 500 m
• Ingrid Krämer () — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
• Ingrid Krämer () — Diving, Women's 10 m Platform
• Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle (all from ) — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Heidi Schmid () — Fencing, Women's Foil
• Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, Klaus Zerta (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Manfred Rulffs, Walter Schröder, Frank Schepke, Kraft Schepke, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Karl-Heinz Hopp, Klaus Bittner, Hans Lenk, Willi Padge (all from ) — Rowing, Men's Eight
• Peter Kohnke () — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone
• Wilfried Dietrich () — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Silver

• Carl Kaufmann () — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Hans Grodotzki () — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
• Hans Grodotzki () — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
• Manfred Kinder, Joachim Reske, Johannes Kaiser, Carl Kaufmann (all from ) — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
• Jutta Heine () — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Martha Langbein, Anni Biechl, Brunhilde Hendrix, Jutta Heine (all from ) — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Walter Krüger () — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Johanna Lüttge () — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Therese Zenz () — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Therese Zenz, Ingrid Hartmann (both from ) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
• Gustav-Adolf Schur, Egon Adler, Erich Hagen, Günter Lörke (all from ) — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial
• Siegried Köhler, Bernd Barleben, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme (all from ) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
• Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber (both from ) — Cycling, Men's Tandem
• Dieter Gieseler () — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
• Achim Hill () — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Wiltrud Urselmann () — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
• Lothar Metz () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Günther Maritschnigg () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
• Wilfried Dietrich () — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Bronze

• Ursula Donath () — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Gisela Birkemeyer () — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
• Hildrun Claus () — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Günter Siegmund () — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Josef Neckermann () — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Jürgen Theuerkauff, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Brecht (all from ) — Fencing, Men's Team Foil
• Rolf Mulka, Ingo von Bredow (both from ) — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
• Klaus Zähringer () — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
• Barbara Göbel () — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
• Christel Steffin (), Heidi Pechstein (), Gisela Weiß (), Ursel Brunner () — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
• Ingrid Schmidt (), Ursula Küper (), Bärbel Fuhrmann (), Ursel Brunner () — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight

• Manfred Homberg =5th

Men's Bantamweight

• Horst Rascher =5th

Men's Featherweight

• Werner Kirsch =9th

Men's Lightweight

• Harry Lempio =9th

Men's Light welterweight

• Werner Busse =17th

Men's Welterweight

• Bruno Guse =17th

Light-Middleweight

• Rolf Caroli =17th

Men's Middleweight

• Eberhard Radzik =17th

Men's Light heavyweight

• Emil Willer =9th

Men's Heavyweight

• Günter Siegmund

Canoeing

Cycling

14 male cyclists represented Germany in 1960.

Individual road race

• Egon Adler
• Erich Hagen
• Bernhard Eckstein
• Gustav-Adolf Schur

Team time trial

• Gustav-Adolf Schur
• Egon Adler
• Erich Hagen
• Günter Lörke

Sprint

• August Rieke
• Günter Kaslowski

1000 m time trial

• Dieter Gieseler

Tandem

• Jürgen Simon
• Lothar Stäber

Team pursuit

• Siegfried Köhler
• Peter Gröning
• Manfred Klieme
• Bernd Barleben

Diving

Men

Women

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1960.

Men's foil

• Eberhard Mehl
• Tim Gerresheim
• Jürgen Brecht

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

• Paul Gnaier
• Georg Neuber
• Dieter Fänger

Men's team épée

• Paul Gnaier, Fritz Zimmermann, Dieter Fänger, Georg Neuber, Helmut Anschütz, Walter Köstner

Men's sabre

• Jürgen Theuerkauff
• Walter Köstner
• Wilfried Wöhler

Men's team sabre

• Dieter Löhr, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Wilfried Wöhler, Peter von Krockow, Walter Köstner

Women's foil

• Heidi Schmid
• Helga Mees
• Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger

Women's team foil

• Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Helga Stroh, Helmi Höhle, Gudrun Theuerkauff, Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger

Field hockey

Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1960, when the German team finished in 7th place.

• Carsten Keller
• Christian Büchting
• Dieter Krause
• Eberhard Ferstl
• Günther Ullerich
• Helmut Nonn
• Herbert Winters
• Hugo Budinger
• Klaus Greinert
• Klaus Woeller
• Norbert Schuler
• Werner Delmes
• Willi Brendel
• Wolfgang End

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1960.

Individual

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Dieter Krickow
• Ralf Berckhan

Team

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Dieter Krickow
• Ralf Berckhan

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

• Heinz Becher
• Günter Schroers

Men's coxless pair – 4th place

• Jochen Neuling
• Heinz Weigel

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

• Bernhard Knubel
• Heinz Renneberg
• Klaus Zerta

Men's coxless four

• Victor Hendrix
• Manfred Kluth
• Georg Niermann
• Albrecht Wehselau

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

• Gerd Cintl
• Horst Effertz
• Klaus Riekemann
• Jürgen Litz
• Michael Obst

Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Manfred Rulffs
• Walter Schröder
• Frank Schepke
• Kraft Schepke
• Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
• Karl-Heinz Hopp
• Klaus Bittner
• Hans Lenk
• Willi Padge

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Germany in 1960. Peter Kohnke won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone and Klaus Zähringer won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

25 m pistol

• Heinz Franke
• Heinrich Gollwitzer

50 m pistol

• Horst Kadner
• Wolfgang Losack

300 m rifle, three positions

• Hans-Joachim Mars

50 m rifle, three positions

• Klaus Zähringer
• Bernd Klingner

50 m rifle, prone

• Peter Kohnke
• Bernd Klingner

Trap

• Gerhard Aßmus
• Heinz Kramer

Swimming

Men

Women

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database