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Athletes from East Germany and West Germany 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.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany 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.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
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Klaus Hirche was a German ice hockey goaltender, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal competing for East Germany at the 1966 European Championships. Hirche also played for East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He served on the national team's coaching staff when they finished in third place in Pool B of the 1971 World Championships.
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The men's pole vault was one of four men's jumping events on the athletics program at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The competition had two rounds, qualifying and a final, which were held on 14 and 16 October respectively at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City. Twenty-three athletes from 15 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Bob Seagren of the United States, the nation's 16th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Claus Schiprowski of West Germany took silver, while Wolfgang Nordwig of East Germany took bronze—the first medals for each of those nations as separate teams, though two West German vaulters had earned silver and bronze for the United Team of Germany in 1964.
Rainer Ernst Stephan is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
Axel Hermann Thieme is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Horst Otto Brennecke is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Dieter Walter Ehrlich is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dohna, Saxony, Germany.
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The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Klaus Vetter is a German field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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