East Germany at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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East Germany at the
1984 Summer Paralympics
Flag of East Germany.svg
IPC code GDR
in Stoke Mandeville/New York
Competitors4 in 1 sport
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (1960–)

The German Democratic Republic (commonly known as East Germany) made its first and only Paralympic Games appearance at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, where it entered four competitors in athletics.

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This marked East Germany's first and only appearance at the Paralympic Games, [1] as it never took part in the Winter Paralympics. Thus the country's tally at the 1984 Summer Games (three silver medals and one bronze) is also its all-round Paralympic Games tally. [2]


Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rita Gerstenberger Athletics Women's discus throw B1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Siegmund Hegeholz Athletics Men's long jump B3
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Siegmund Hegeholz Athletics Men's pentathlon B3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rita Gerstenberger Athletics Women's javelin throw B1

Athletics

AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Ralf Fox Men's 100 m B3 12.053 Q12.108
Ralf Fox Men's 400 m B3 53.493 Q52.885
Ralf Fox Men's 800 m B3 2:07.952 Q2:03.764
Rita Gerstenberger Women's long jump B1 N/A4.355
Rita Gerstenberger Women's javelin throw B1 N/A17.68 Bronze medal icon.svg
Rita Gerstenberger Women's discus throw B1 N/A20.02 Silver medal icon.svg
Siegmund Hegeholz Men's triple jump B3 N/A12.264
Siegmund Hegeholz Men's long jump B3 N/A6.28 Silver medal icon.svg
Siegmund Hegeholz Men's pentathlon B3 N/A2678.0 Silver medal icon.svg
Siegmund Turteltaube Men's discus throw B1 N/A26.219
Siegmund Turteltaube Men's shot put B1 N/A9.239
Siegmund Turteltaube Men's triple jump B1 N/A8.234

See also

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