East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Athletics | men's marathon | ||
| Athletics | men's shot put | ||
| Athletics | women's 200 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 100 m hurdles | ||
| Athletics | women's 4×100 metres relay | ||
| Athletics | women's 4×400 metres relay | ||
| Athletics | women's long jump | ||
| Athletics | women's high jump | ||
| Athletics | women's discus throw | ||
| Athletics | women's javelin throw | ||
| Athletics | women's pentathlon | ||
| Boxing | men's −67 kg | ||
| Canoeing | men's K-1 1000 m | ||
| Canoeing | men's K-2 500 m | ||
| Canoeing | women's K-1 500 m | ||
| Cycling | men's 1000 m time trial | ||
| Football | men's football | ||
| Rowing | men's quadruple sculls | ||
| Rowing | men's coxless pairs | ||
| Rowing | men's coxed pairs | ||
| Rowing | men's coxless fours | ||
| Rowing | men's eights | ||
| Rowing | women's single sculls | ||
| Rowing | women's quadruple sculls | ||
| Rowing | women's coxed fours | ||
| Rowing | women's eights | ||
| Sailing | men's Finn | ||
| Shooting | men's 50 m pistol | ||
| Shooting | men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m freestyle | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m freestyle | ||
| Swimming | women's 400 m freestyle | ||
| Swimming | women's 800 m freestyle | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m backstroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m backstroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m breaststroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m butterfly | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly | ||
| Swimming | women's 400 m individual medley | ||
| Swimming | women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | ||
| Athletics | men's 4×100 metres relay | ||
| Athletics | men's 20 km walk | ||
| Athletics | men's discus throw | ||
| Athletics | women's 100 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 400 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 1500 m | ||
| Athletics | women's pentathlon | ||
| Boxing | men's −57 kg | ||
| Diving | women's 3 m springboard | ||
| Gymnastics | men's vault | ||
| Handball | women's handball | ||
| | Rowing | men's coxed four | |
| Rowing | women's double sculls | ||
| Rowing | women's coxless pairs | ||
| Shooting | men's 50 m pistol | ||
| Shooting | men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m freestyle | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m backstroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m backstroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 100 m butterfly | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly | ||
| Swimming | women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | ||
| Weightlifting | men's +110 kg | ||
| Wrestling | men's freestyle −57 kg | ||
| Athletics | men's 3000 m steeplechase | ||
| Athletics | men's 20 km walk | ||
| Athletics | men's long jump | ||
| Athletics | women's 200 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 400 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 800 m | ||
| Athletics | women's 1500 m | ||
| Athletics | women's discus throw | ||
| Athletics | women's pentathlon | ||
| Canoeing | men's K-1 500 m | ||
| Canoeing | men's K-4 1000 m | ||
| Canoeing | women's K-2 500 m | ||
| Cycling | men's sprint | ||
| Cycling | men's individual pursuit | ||
| Gymnastics | men's team all-around | ||
| Gymnastics | men's pommel horse | ||
| Gymnastics | women's team all-around | ||
| Rowing | men's single sculls | ||
| Rowing | men's double sculls | ||
| Sailing | men's Soling | ||
| Swimming | men's 100 m backstroke | ||
| Swimming | women's 200 m butterfly | ||
| Weightlifting | men's −75 kg | ||
| Weightlifting | men's +110 kg | ||
| Wrestling | men's Greco-Roman −68 kg |
Athletics
Men's Marathon- Waldemar Cierpinski — 2:09.55
- Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, and Alexander Thieme
- * Heat — 39.42
- * Semi Final — 39.43
- * Final — 38.66s
- Rolf Beilschmidt
- * Qualification — 2.16m
- * Final — 2.18m
- Henry Lauterbach
- * Qualification — 2.13m
- Frank Wartenberg
- * Qualification — 7.89m
- * Final — 8.02m
- Wolfgang Schmidt
- * Qualification — 63.14m
- * Final — 66.22m
- Norbert Thiede
- * Qualification — 61.14m
- * Final — 64.30m
- Siegfried Pachale
- * Qualification — 60.64m
- * Final — 64.24m
- Hans-Georg Reimann — 1:25:13
- Peter Frenkel — 1:25:29
- Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller — 1:26:50
- Marianne Adam
- *Final — 20.55 m
- Ilona Slupianek
- *Final — 20.54 m
- Margitta Droese
- *Final — 19.79 m
Boxing
- Dietmar Geilich
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Armando Guevara, 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1976.;Individual road race
- Karl-Dietrich Diers — 4:49:01
- Gerhard Lauke — did not finish
- Hans-Joachim Hartnick — did not finish
- Siegbert Schmeisser — did not finish
- Hans-Joachim Hartnick
- Karl-Dietrich Diers
- Gerhard Lauke
- Michael Schiffner
- Jürgen Geschke — Bronze Medal
- Klaus-Jürgen Grünke — 1:05.927
- Thomas Huschke — Bronze Medal
- Norbert Dürpisch
- Thomas Huschke
- Uwe Unterwalder
- Matthias Wiegand
Diving
Fencing
One male fencer represented East Germany in 1976.;Men's foil
- Klaus Haertter
Football
- First Round
- *Drew with 0-0
- *Defeated 1-0
- Quarterfinals
- *Defeated 4-0
- Semifinals
- *Defeated 2-1
- Final
- *Defeated 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
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
East Germany had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all fourteen rowing events in 1976. Each team received a medal.; Men's single sculls – 3rd place
; Men's double sculls – 3rd place
; Men's coxless pair – 1st place
; Men's coxed pair – 1st place
; Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place
; Men's coxless four – 1st place
; Men's coxed four – 2nd place
; Men's eight – 1st place
- Bernd Baumgart
- Gottfried Döhn
- Werner Klatt
- Hans-Joachim Lück
- Dieter Wendisch
- Roland Kostulski
- Ulrich Karnatz
- Karl-Heinz Prudöhl
- Karl-Heinz Danielowski
; Women's double sculls – 2nd place
; Women's coxless pair – 2nd place
; Women's coxed four – 1st place
; Women's quadruple sculls – 1st place
; Women's eight – 1st place
- Viola Goretzki
- Christiane Knetsch
- Ilona Richter
- Brigitte Ahrenholz
- Monika Kallies
- Henrietta Ebert
- Helma Lehmann
- Irina Müller
- Marina Wilke
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men's Competition100 meter Backstroke
- Roland Matthes — 57.22 — Bronze Medal
100 meter Freestyle
- Kornelia Ender — 55.65 — Gold Medal
- Petra Priemer — 56.49 — Silver Medal
- Kornelia Ender — 1:59.26 — Gold Medal
- Petra Thumer — 4:09.89 — Gold Medal
- Petra Thumer — 8:37.14 — Gold Medal
- Ulrike Richter — 1:01.83 — Gold Medal
- Birgit Treiber — 1:03.41 — Silver Medal
- Ulrike Richter — 2:13.43 — Gold Medal
- Birgit Treiber — 2:14.97 — Silver Medal
- Hannelore Anke — 1:11.16 — Gold Medal
- Kornelia Ender — 1:00.13 — Gold Medal
- Andrea Pollack — 1:00.98 — Silver Medal
- Andrea Pollack — 2:11.41 — Gold Medal
- Ulrike Tauber — 2:12.50 — Silver Medal
- Rosemarie Gabriel — 2:12.86— Bronze Medal
- Ulrike Tauber — 4:42.77 — Gold Medal
- Petra Priemer; Kornelia Ender; Claudia Hempel; Andrea Pollack — 3:45.50 — Silver Medal
- Ulrike Richter; Hannelore Anke; Kornelia Ender; Andrea Pollack — 4:07.95 — Gold Medal
Volleyball
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Cuba
- * Lost to South Korea
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Defeated Peru
- * 5th/6th place: Lost to Cuba → 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
Weightlifting