Handball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Defeated Spain (13-10)
- Drew with Norway (15-15)
- Lost to Romania (11-13)
- Main Round
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (15-24)
- Defeated Hungary (17-14)
- Classification Match
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- 5th/6th place: Lost to Soviet Union (16-17) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
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- Herwig Ahrendsen
- Hans-Jürgen Bode
- Wolfgang Braun
- Peter Bucher
- Jochen Feldhoff
- Diethard Finkelmann
- Josef Karrer
- Klaus Kater
- Klaus Lange
- Herbert Lübking
- Heiner Möller
- Hans-Peter Neuhaus
- Uwe Rathjen
- Herbert Rogge
- Herbert Wehnert
- Klaus Westebbe
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