Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Peter Bruch
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- Heat — 54.25s
- Semifinals — 53.97s (→ did not advance)
- Wilfried Härtung
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- Heat — 54.37s (→ did not advance)
- Hartmut Flöckner
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- Heat — 54.36s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Wilfried Härtung
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- Heat — 1:56.95 (→ did not advance)
- Udo Poser
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- Heat — 1:57.23 (→ did not advance)
- Peter Bruch
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- Heat — 1:58.49 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser and Lutz Unger
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- Heat — 3:35.13
- Roland Matthes, Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, and Lutz Unger
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- Final — 3:32.42 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Wilfried Härtung, Udo Poser, Roger Pyttel and Lutz Unger
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- Heat — 7:51.11
- Wilfried Härtung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, and Lutz Unger
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- Final — 7:49.11 (→ 6th place)
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