Axel Thieme Eckhard Wallossek Klaus Bahner Horst Brennecke Dieter Klauß Lothar Lippert Dieter Ehrlich Karlheinz Freiberger Reinhart Sasse Hans-Dietrich Sasse Rolf Thieme Klaus Träumer Helmut Rabis Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Three male pentathlete represented East Germany in 1968. Individual Karl-Heinz Kutschke Jörg Tscherner Wolfgang Lüderitz Team Karl-Heinz Kutschke Jörg Tscherner Wolfgang Lüderitz Rowing East Germany had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968. Men's single sculls Achim Hill Men's double sculls Uli Schmied Manfred Haake Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( gold medal) Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe Men's coxed pair Helmut Wollmann Wolfgang Gunkel Klaus-Dieter Neubert Men's coxless four – 1st place ( gold medal) Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn Frank Rühle Dieter Schubert Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( silver medal) Peter Kremtz Roland Göhler Manfred Gelpke Klaus Jacob Dieter Semetzky Men's eight Günter Bergau Klaus-Dieter Bähr Claus Wilke Peter Gorny Reinhard Zerfowski Peter Hein Manfred Schneider Peter Prompe Karl-Heinz Danielowski Sailing Shooting Nine shooters, all men, represented East Germany in 1968. Harald Vollmar won bronze in the 50 m pistol and Kurt Czekalla won bronze in the trap. 25 m pistol Christian Düring Gerhard Dommrich 50 m pistol Harald Vollmar Helmut Artelt 300 m rifle, three positions Hartmut Sommer Uto Wunderlich 50 m rifle, three positions Uto Wunderlich Hartmut Sommer 50 m rifle, prone Hartmut Sommer Werner Heyn Trap Kurt Czekalla Rudolf Hager Swimming Volleyball Men's team competition Round robin Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3) Lost to Japan (0-3) Defeated Mexico (3-0) Defeated Belgium (3-0) Lost to Soviet Union (2-3) Defeated United States (3-0) Defeated Brazil (3-1) Defeated Bulgaria (3-2) Defeated Poland (3-0) → Fourth place Team roster Horst Peter Eckhardt Tielscher Siegfried Schneider Manfred Heine Rainer Tscharke Eckehard Pietzsch Arnold Schulz Rudi Schumann Jürgen Kessel Walter Toissant Jürgen Freiwald Wolfgang Webner Water polo Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Mexico (12:4) Tied with Yugoslavia (4:4) Lost to Italy (4:5) Defeated Greece (11:4) Defeated Japan (8:0) Defeated United Arab Republic (19:2) Defeated Netherlands (8:3) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (8:2) 5th/6th place: Lost to United States (4:6) → Sixth place Team Roster Hans-Georg Fehn Hans-Ulrich Lange Hans-Jürgen Schüler Manfred Herzog Peter Rund Veit Herrmanns Jürgen Kluge Jürgen Thiel Klaus Schlenkrich Peter Schmidt Siegfried Ballerstedt Weightlifting Wrestling References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Germany, East 1968 Summer Olympics