East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme

* Heat — 39.42

* Semi Final — 39.43

* Final — 38.66s (→ Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump

• Rolf Beilschmidt

* Qualification — 2.16m

* Final — 2.18m (→ 7th place)

• Henry Lauterbach

* Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Frank Wartenberg

* Qualification — 7.89m

* Final — 8.02m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Discus Throw

• Wolfgang Schmidt

* Qualification — 63.14m

* Final — 66.22m (→ Silver Medal)

• Norbert Thiede

* Qualification — 61.14m

* Final — 64.30m (→ 4th place)

• Siegfried Pachale

* Qualification — 60.64m

* Final — 64.24m (→ 5th place)

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