| Continental union | European Union of Gymnastics |
|---|---|
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 5 |
| Medals |  Silver: 1972  Bronze: 1968, 1976, 1980, 1988 |
| World Championships | |
| Medals |  Silver: 1970 1974  Bronze: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 |
The East Germany women's national artistic gymnastics team represented East Germany in FIG international competitions.
Shortly after World War II Germany was split into East Germany and West Germany. For many years East and West Germany had competed as a Unified Team. [1] East Germany made their World Championships debut in 1962 and their Olympic debut in 1968.
This list includes all East German female artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. This list does not includes medals won as a unified Germany. Also not included are medals won at the 1984 Friendship Games (alternative Olympics).
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Olympic Total | World Total | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxi Gnauck | 1980 1979 1981 1983 | 1980 1979 |  1981 |  1980 1979 1981 | 1981 1983 | 1980 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Karin Büttner-Janz | 1972 1968 1970 | 1972 | 1972 1970 | 1972 1968 1970 | 1972 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Erika Zuchold | 1972 1968 1970 | 1970 | 1968 1972 1970 1966 | 1972 | 1970 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Steffi Kräker | 1976 1980 1978 1979 1981 | 1980 1978 1979 1981 | 1980 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Dagmar Kersten | 1988 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1988 1985 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Gabriele Fähnrich | 1988 1983 1985 1987 | 1985 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Angelika Hellmann | 1972 1976 1970 1974 | 1974 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | Ulrike Klotz | 1988 1985 1987 | 1985 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
The following East German gymnasts have been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame:
Yelena Viktorovna Davydova is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual all-around champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She's the owner and head coach at Gemini Gymnastics, a gymnastics club in Oshawa, Ontario. In July 2012, Davydova was one of the coaches of the Canadian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team. In 2016 Davydova was head floor judge at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.
Maxi Gnauck is a German former artistic gymnast who represented East Germany. With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnasts that Germany has ever produced. In 1980 she was selected East German Sportspersonality of the Year.
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Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Karin Büttner-Janz is a German medical doctor who won world and Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for East Germany. From 1990 to 2012, she was chief physician of clinics in Berlin, Germany. She has a foundation named Spinefoundation.
Stefanie Biskupek-Kräker is a German former gymnast who competed for East Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. Over her career she won four Olympic medals and six world championship medals.
Angelika Hellmann is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver and a bronze medal in the team competitions, respectively. Her best individual results were fifth place in the floor exercise in 1972 and on the balance beam in 1976. She won two more silver medals with the East German team, and an individual all-around bronze, at the world championships in 1970 and 1974. At the European championships, she won three medals in 1971 and 1973, in the vault and uneven bars.
Dagmar Kersten is a German former gymnast. She represented East Germany at the 1988 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal on the uneven bars, and a bronze medal in the team event. In 1985, she won four medals at the World Championships, including silver on the bars and bronze in the all-around. She was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit.
Gabriele Fähnrich is a German former gymnast who represented East Germany (GDR). She is the 1985 World champion on the uneven bars. She also finished fourth in the all-around event at the 1985 World Championships, and won a bronze medal in the team event at the 1988 Olympic Games.
Roland Brückner is a retired East German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal in the team competition, respectively. Individually he won a gold in the floor exercise and two bronze medals in the vault and parallel bars in 1980. He won two more gold medals in the floor exercise at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 1981 European championships. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a gold on the floor and a silver in the team competition.
Erika Zuchold was an East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid-1960s to early 1970s.
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