Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) 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.^[1]

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East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GDR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Montreal
Competitors	267 (154 men, 113 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hans-Georg Reimann (athletics)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 40 Silver 25 Bronze 25 Total 90
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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Men's Marathon

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

Men's 4 × 100 m 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)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Hans-Georg Reimann — 1:25:13 (→ Silver Medal)
• Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50 (→ 4th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Marianne Adam
  • Final — 20.55 m (→ 4th place)
• Ilona Slupianek
  • Final — 20.54 m (→ 5th place)
• Margitta Droese
  • Final — 19.79 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Dietmar Geilich
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara (VEN), 0:5

Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.

Individual road race

• Karl-Dietrich Diers — 4:49:01 (→ 16th place)
• Gerhard Lauke — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Hans-Joachim Hartnick — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Siegbert Schmeisser — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Hans-Joachim Hartnick
• Karl-Dietrich Diers
• Gerhard Lauke
• Michael Schiffner

Sprint

• Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal

1000m time trial

• Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927 (→ Gold Medal)

Individual pursuit

• Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal

Team pursuit

• Norbert Dürpisch
• Thomas Huschke
• Uwe Unterwalder
• Matthias Wiegand

One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.

Men's foil

• Klaus Haertter

Gold Medal

• First Round
  • Drew with  Brazil 0-0
  • Defeated  Spain 1-0
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated  France 4-0
• Semifinals
  • Defeated  Soviet Union 2-1
• Final
  • Defeated  Poland 3-1
• Team roster
  • Jürgen Croy
  • Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
  • Gerd Weber
  • Gert Heidler
  • Hans-Jürgen Dörner
  • Konrad Weise
  • Lothar Kurbjuweit
  • Reinhard Lauck
  • Reinhard Häfner
  • Hans-Jürgen Riediger
  • Bernd Bransch
  • Martin Hoffmann
  • Gerd Kische
  • Dieter Riedel
  • Wolfram Löwe
  • Hartmut Schade
  • Wilfried Gröbner
• Head coach: Georg Buschner

East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.^[2]

Men's single sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

• Joachim Dreifke

Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

• Uli Schmied
• Jürgen Bertow

Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Jörg Landvoigt
• Bernd Landvoigt

Men's coxed pair – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Harald Jährling
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich
• Georg Spohr

Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
• Rüdiger Reiche
• Karl-Heinz Bußert
• Michael Wolfgramm

Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Siegfried Brietzke
• Andreas Decker
• Stefan Semmler
• Wolfgang Mager

Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal)

• Andreas Schulz
• Rüdiger Kunze
• Walter Dießner
• Ullrich Dießner
• Johannes Thomas

Men's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Bernd Baumgart
• Gottfried Döhn
• Werner Klatt
• Hans-Joachim Lück
• Dieter Wendisch
• Roland Kostulski
• Ulrich Karnatz
• Karl-Heinz Prudöhl
• Karl-Heinz Danielowski

Women's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Christine Scheiblich

Women's double sculls – 2nd place ( silver medal)

• Sabine Jahn
• Petra Boesler

Women's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal)

• Angelika Noack
• Sabine Dähne

Women's coxed four – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Karin Metze
• Bianka Schwede
• Gabriele Lohs
• Andrea Kurth
• Sabine Heß

Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Anke Borchmann
• Jutta Lau
• Viola Poley
• Roswietha Zobelt
• Liane Weigelt

Women's eight – 1st place ( gold medal)

• Viola Goretzki
• Christiane Knetsch
• Ilona Richter
• Brigitte Ahrenholz
• Monika Kallies
• Henrietta Ebert
• Helma Lehmann
• Irina Müller
• Marina Wilke

Men's Competition

100 meter Backstroke

• Roland Matthes — 57.22 — Bronze Medal

Women's Competition

100 meter Freestyle

• Kornelia Ender — 55.65 — Gold Medal
• Petra Priemer — 56.49 — Silver Medal

200 meter Freestyle

• Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 — Gold Medal

400 meter Freestyle

• Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 — Gold Medal

800 meter Freestyle

• Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 — Gold Medal

100 meter Backstroke

• Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 — Gold Medal
• Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 — Silver Medal

200 meter Backstroke

• Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 — Gold Medal
• Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 — Silver Medal

100 meter Breaststroke

• Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 — Gold Medal

100 meter Butterfly

• Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 — Gold Medal
• Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 — Silver Medal

200 meter Butterfly

• Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 — Gold Medal
• Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 — Silver Medal
• Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86— Bronze Medal

400 meter Individual Medley

• Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 — Gold Medal

4x100 meter Freestyle Relay

• Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 — Silver Medal

4x100 meter Medley Relay

• Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 — Gold Medal

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)
  • Lost to Cuba (1–3)
  • Lost to South Korea (2–3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (2–3)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Peru (3–2)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Cuba (0–3) → Sixth place
• Team roster
  • Karla Roffeis
  • Johanna Strotzer
  • Cornelia Rickert
  • Christina Walther
  • Ingrid Mierzwiak
  • Helga Offen
  • Barbara Czekalla
  • Jutta Balster
  • Anke Westendorf
  • Hannelor Meincke
  • Monika Meissner
  • Gudrun Gartner
• Head coach: Dieter Grund