Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. Medalists Gold Christoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Heinz-Jürgen Bothe and Jörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Dieter Schubert, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn, and Frank Rühle — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Rudolf Vesper — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Silver Klaus Beer — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Lothar Milde — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Marita Lange — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Erika Zuchold — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault Karin Janz — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars Peter Kremtz, Dieter Semetzky, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler and Klaus Jacob — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Eugen Henninger, and Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Helga Lindner — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly Gabriele Wetzko, Gabriele Perthes, Roswitha Krause, and Uta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Bronze Wolfgang Nordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber, Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, and Gerhard Dietrich — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Magdalena Schmidt, Ute Starke, Erika Zuchold, Maritta Bauerschmidt, Karin Janz, and Marianne Noack — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Harald Vollmar — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Kurt Czekalla — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting Sabine Steinbach — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, and Konrad Weichert — Sailing, Men's Dragon Athletics Boxing Canoeing Cycling Ten cyclists represented East Germany in 1968. Team time trial Klaus Ampler Günter Hoffmann Dieter Grabe Axel Peschel 1000m time trial Heinz Richter Tandem Werner Otto Jürgen Geschke Team pursuit Heinz Richter Wolfgang Schmelzer Rudolf Franz Manfred Ulbricht Diving Equestrian Fencing Four fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. Men's épée Hans-Peter Schulze Klaus Dumke Harry Fiedler Men's team épée Bernd Uhlig, Klaus Dumke, Harry Fiedler, Hans-Peter Schulze Field hockey Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1968, when the East German team finished in 11th place. Rainer Stephan