United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics

United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Germany superimposed with the Olympic rings
IOC code	EUA
NOC	United Team of Germany
in Rome, Italy 25 August-11 September
Competitors	293 (238 men, 55 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 12 Silver 19 Bronze 11 Total 42
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1956 1960 1964
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)   Saar (1952)   East Germany (1968–1988)   West Germany (1968–1988)

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. ^[1]

Medalists

Nationality in brackets.

Gold

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

Silver

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

Bronze

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1960, when the German team finished in 7th place. ^[2]

• 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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1960.

Individual

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Dieter Krickow
• Ralf Berckhan

Team

• Wolfgang Gödicke
• Dieter Krickow
• Ralf Berckhan

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The United Team of Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960. ^[3]

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

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Swim-off		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Uwe Jacobsen	100 m freestyle	57.9	=19 Q	—		57.4	13	Did not advance
Paul Voell		58.0	22 Q	—		58.4	=20	Did not advance
Gerhard Hetz	400 m freestyle	4:38.4	18	—				Did not advance
Hans-Joachim Klein		4:31.6	10	—				Did not advance
Gerhard Hetz	1500 m freestyle	18:32.2	15	—				Did not advance
Hans-Ulrich Millow		18:22.7	12	—				Did not advance
Jürgen Dietze	100 m backstroke	1:04.0	=5 Q	—		1:04.7	=9	Did not advance
Wolfgang Wagner		1:04.7	=10 Q	—		1:03.9	6 Q	1:03.5	6
Konrad Enke	200 m breaststroke	2:44.6	21	—		Did not advance
Egon Henninger		2:42.4	=15 QSO	2:39.5	1 Q	2:38.5	3 Q	2:40.1	4
Jürgen Bachmann	200 m butterfly	2:25.0	=16 QSO	2:23.1	1 Q	2:28.4	14	Did not advance
Wolfgang Sieber		2:25.4	19	—		Did not advance
Frank Wiegand Gerhard Hetz Hans Zierold Hans-Joachim Klein	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:29.4	5 Q	—				8:31.8	7
Wolfgang Wagner Günter Tittes Hermann Lotter Uwe Jacobsen	4 × 100 m medley	4:17.7	=9	—				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursel Brunner	100 m freestyle	1:04.6	10 Q	1:04.5	10	Did not advance
Heidi Pechstein		1:05.1	11 Q	1:05.6	=13	Did not advance
Ursel Brunner	400 m freestyle	5:05.3	11	—		Did not advance
Gisela Weiß		5:08.6	12	—		Did not advance
Helga Schmidt	100 m backstroke	1:13.3	12	—		Did not advance
Ingrid Schmidt		1:13.1	11	—		Did not advance
Barbara Göbel	200 m breaststroke	2:54.2	4 Q	—		2:53.6
Wiltrud Urselmann		2:52.0 OR	1 Q	—		2:50.0
Heidi Eisenschmidt	100 m butterfly	1:14.6	13	—		Did not advance
Bärbel Fuhrmann		1:13.2	=9	—		Did not advance
Christel Steffin Heidi Pechstein Gisela Weiß Ursel Brunner	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:24.2	4 Q	—		4:19.7
Ingrid Schmidt Ursula Küper Bärbel Fuhrmann Ursel Brunner	4 × 100 m medley	4:49.6	4 Q	—		4:47.6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Germany at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Hockey at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database