East Germany at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

East Germany at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Flag of East Germany
IOC codeGDR
Medals
Gold
17
Silver
13
Bronze
29
Total
59

East Germany first competed as its own team at the World Championships in 1958 where the men's and women's teams both placed ninth. The men would win their first team medal, a bronze, in 1966.[1] The women would win their first team medal, a silver, at the following iteration of the World Championships in 1970.[2] In 1989 East and West Germany were reunified; therefore in 1991 they began competing as a unified German team.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Year Event
 Bronze Matthias Brehme, Gerhard Dietrich, Werner Dolling, Erwin Koppe, Siegfried Fulle, Peter Weber West Germany 1966 Dortmund Men's team
 Silver Erika Zuchold Women's vault
 Bronze Matthias Brehme, Klaus Köste, Wolfgang Thüne, Gerhard Dietrich, Peter Kunze, Bernd Schiller Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1970 Ljubljana Men's team
 Silver Angelika Hellmann, Karin Janz, Marianne Noack, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Erika Zuchold Women's team
 Silver Erika Zuchold Women's all-around
 Gold Erika Zuchold Women's vault
 Silver Karin Janz
 Gold Karin Janz Women's uneven bars
 Gold Erika Zuchold Women's balance beam
 Bronze Christine Schmitt
 Bronze Klaus Köste Men's horizontal bar
 Bronze Wolfgang Thüne, Bernd Jäger, Wolfgang Klotz, Rainer Hanschke, Lutz Mack, Olaf Grosse Bulgaria 1974 Varna Men's team
 Silver Angelika Hellmann, Annelore Zinke, Richarda Schmeißer, Bärbel Röhrich, Heike Gerisch, Irene Abel Women's team
 Bronze Angelika Hellmann Women's all-around
 Gold Annelore Zinke Women's uneven bars
 Silver Wolfgang Thüne Men's horizontal bar
 Bronze Ralph Bärthel, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay, Reinhard Rückriem France 1978 Strasbourg Men's team
 Bronze Steffi Kräker, Silvia Hindorff, Birgit Süß, Heike Kuhardt, Karola Sube, Ute Wittwer Women's team
 Bronze Steffi Kräker Women's vault
 Bronze Ralph Bärthel Men's vault
 Bronze Maxi Gnauck, Regina Grabolle, Silvia Hindorff, Steffi Kräker, Katharina Rensch, Karola Sube United States 1979 Fort Worth Women's team
 Silver Maxi Gnauck Women's all-around
 Gold Roland Brückner Men's floor exercise
 Bronze Steffi Kräker Women's vault
 Gold Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars
 Bronze Ralph Bärthel Men's vault
 Bronze Regina Grabolle Women's balance beam
 Bronze Steffi Kräker, Annett Lindner, Birgit Senff, Kerstin Jacobs, Franka Voigt, Maxi Gnauck Soviet Union 1981 Moscow Women's team
 Gold Maxi Gnauck Women's vault
 Bronze Steffi Kräker
 Gold Michael Nikolay Men's pommel horse
 Gold Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars
 Gold Ralf-Peter Hemman Men's vault
 Gold Maxi Gnauck Women's balance beam
 Bronze Maxi Gnauck, Gabriele Fähnrich, Astrid Heese, Diana Morawe, Silvia Rau, Bettina Schieferdecker Hungary 1983 Budapest Women's team
 Gold Maxi Gnauck Women's uneven bars
 Bronze Bernd Jensch Men's vault
 Bronze Sylvio Kroll, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Jorg Hasse, Sven Tippelt, Holger Zeig Canada 1985 Montreal Men's team
 Bronze Gabriele Fähnrich, Jana Fuhrmann, Martina Jentsch, Dagmar Kersten, Ulrike Klotz, Jana Vogel Women's team
 Bronze Sylvio Kroll Men's all-around
 Bronze Dagmar Kersten Women's all-around
 Bronze Dagmar Kersten Women's vault
 Gold Gabriele Fähnrich Women's uneven bars
 Silver Dagmar Kersten
 Gold Sylvio Kroll Men's parallel bars
 Bronze Ulrike Klotz Women's floor exercise
 Silver Sylvio Kroll Men's horizontal bar
 Bronze Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Maik Belle, Mario Reichert Netherlands 1987 Rotterdam Men's team
 Bronze Dörte Thümmler, Ulrike Klotz, Martina Jentsch, Klaudia Rapp, Astrid Heese, Gabriele Fähnrich Women's team
 Gold Dörte Thümmler Women's uneven bars
 Gold Sylvio Kroll Men's vault
 Bronze Sven Tippelt Men's parallel bars
 Bronze Holger Behrendt Men's horizontal bar
 Silver Andreas Wecker, Sven Tippelt, Sylvio Kroll, Jörg Behrend, Jens Milbradt, Enrico Ambros West Germany 1989 Stuttgart Men's team
 Silver Andreas Wecker Men's pommel horse
 Silver Andreas Wecker Men's rings
 Gold Jörg Behrend Men's vault
 Silver Sylvio Kroll
 Bronze Andreas Wecker Men's parallel bars

Medal tables

By gender

GenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Women1171533
Men661426

By event

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Women's uneven bars7108
Men's vault3137
Women's vault2248
Women's balance beam2024
Men's pommel horse1102
Men's parallel bars1023
Men's floor exercise1001
Women's team0268
Men's horizontal bar0224
Women's individual all-around0224
Men's team0167
Men's rings0101
Men's individual all-around0011
Women's floor exercise0011

See also

References

  1. ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 88.
  2. ^ "1970: The Women's Competition at the World Championships". Gymnastics History. October 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "GYMNASTICS; Soviets Triumph; Americans Place 5th". New York Times. September 11, 1991.