Athletics
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 metres
- Eugen Ray
- Heat — 10.38
- Quarterfinals — 10.30
- Semifinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance)
- Sören Schlegel
- Heat — 10.44
- Quarterfinals — 10.28 (→ did not advance)
- Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
- Heat — 10.53
- Quarterfinals — 10.54 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Andreas Busse
- Heat — 1:47.4
- Semifinals — 1:46.9
- Final — 1:46.9 (→ 5th place)
- Detlef Wagenknecht
- Heat — 1:47.5
- Semifinals — 1:46.7
- Final — 1:47.0 (→ 6th place)
- Olaf Beyer
- Heat — 1:48.9
- Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Jürgen Straub
- Heat — 3:37.0
- Semifinals — 3:39.4
- Final — 3:38.8 (→ Silver Medal)
- Andreas Busse
- Heat — 3:44.3
- Semifinals — 3:43.5
- Final — 3:40.2 (→ 4th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Jörg Peter
- Heat — 28:50.0
- Final — 28:05.5 (→ 6th place)
- Werner Schildhauer
- Heat — 28:32.1
- Final — 28:11.0 (→ 7th place)
Men's Marathon
- Waldemar Cierpinski
- Final — 2:11:03 (→ Gold Medal)
- Joachim Truppel
- Final — 2:14:55 (→ 11th place)
- Jörgen Eberding
- Final — 2:18:04 (→ 21st place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel, Frank Schaffer, and Volker Beck
- Heat — 3:03.4
- Final — 3:01.3 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Thomas Munkelt
- Heat — 13.55
- Semifinals — 13.49
- Final — 13.39 (→ Gold Medal)
- Thomas Dittrich
- Heat — 13.93
- Semifinals — 13.90 (→ did not advance)
- Andreas Schlißke
- Heat — 14.18
- Semifinals — 14.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Volker Beck
- Heat — 50.35
- Semifinals — 50.36
- Final — 48.70 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Ralf Pönitsch
- Heat — 8:56.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Axel Weber
- Qualification — 5.15 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Lutz Dombrowski
- Qualification — 8.17 m
- Final — 8.54 m (→ Gold Medal)
- Frank Paschek
- Qualification — 8.17 m
- Final — 8.21 m (→ Silver Medal)
- Peter Rieger
- Qualification — 7.59 m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Gerd Wessig
- Qualification — 2.21 m
- Final — 2.36 m (→ Gold Medal)
- Jörg Freimuth
- Qualification — 2.21 m
- Final — 2.31 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Henry Lauterbach
- Qualification — 2.21 m
- Final — 2.29 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Wolfgang Schmidt
- Qualification — 62.46 m
- Final — 65.64 m (→ 4th place)
- Hilmar Hossfeld
- Qualification — 59.92 m
- Final — 61.14 m (→ 11th place)
- Armin Lemme
- Qualification — 59.44 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Udo Beyer
- Qualification — 19.94 m
- Final — 21.06 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Hans-Jürgen Jacobi
- Qualification — 19.92 m
- Final — 20.32 m (→ 6th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Wolfgang Hanisch
- Qualification — 85.82 m
- Final — 86.72 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Detlef Fuhrmann
- Qualification — 78.80 m
- Final — 83.50 m (→ 7th place)
- Detlef Michel
- Qualification — 78.34 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Roland Steuk
- Qualification — 73.52 m
- Final — 77.54 m (→ 4th place)
- Detlef Gerstenberg
- Qualification — 75.04 m
- Final — 74.60 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Steffen Grummt
- Final — 7892 points (→ 8th place)
- Siegfried Stark
- Final — retired (→ no ranking)
- Rainer Pottel
- Final — retired (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Roland Wieser
- Final — 1:25:58.2 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller
- Final — 1:29:21.7 (→ 8th place)
- Werner Heyer
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Hartwig Gauder
- Final — 3:49:24 (→ Gold Medal)
- Dietmar Meisch
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
- Uwe Dünkel
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
- Women's Competition
Women's 100 metres
- Marlies Göhr
- Heat — 11.41
- Quarterfinals — 11.12
- Semifinals — 11.18
- Final — 11.07 (→ Silver Medal)
- Ingrid Auerswald
- Heat — 11.32
- Quarterfinals — 11.09
- Semifinals — 11.27
- Final — 11.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Romy Müller
- Heat — 11.41
- Quarterfinals — 11.12
- Semifinals — 11.22
- Final — 11.16 (→ 5th place)
Women's 800 metres
- Martina Kämpfert
- Heat — 1:58.8
- Semifnals — 1:58.1
- Final — 1:56.3 (→ 4th place)
- Hildegard Ullrich
- Heat — 2:00.1
- Semifnals — 1:58.7
- Final — 1:57.2 (→ 5th place)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Christiane Wartenberg
- Heat — 4:00.4
- Final — 3:57.8 (→ Silver Medal)
- Ulrike Bruns
- Heat — 4:01.6
- Final — 4:00.7 (→ 5th place)
- Beate Liebich
- Heat — 4:06.8 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Johanna Schaller-Klier
- Heat — 13.03
- Semifinal — 12.77
- Final — 12.63 (→ Silver Medal)
- Kerstin Knabe
- Heat — 12.77
- Semifinal — 12.99
- Final — 12.66 (→ 4th place)
- Bettina Gärtz
- Heat — 13.06
- Semifinal — 13.04
- Final — 13.14 (→ 7th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Brigitte Wujak
- Qualification — 6.65 m
- Final — 7.04 m (→ Silver Medal)
- Siegrun Siegl
- Qualification — 6.53 m
- Final — 6.87 m (→ 5th place)
- Siegrid Heimann
- Qualification — 6.71 m
- Final — 6.71 m (→ 7th place)
Women's High Jump
- Jutta Kirst
- Qualification — 1.88 m
- Final — 1.94 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Rosemarie Ackermann
- Qualification — 1.88 m
- Final — 1.91 m (→ 4th place)
- Andrea Reichstein
- Qualification — 1.88 m
- Final — 1.91 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Evelin Jahl
- Qualification — 60.22 m
- Final — 69.96 m (→ Gold Medal)
- Gisela Beyer
- Qualification — 62.86 m
- Final — 67.08 m (→ 4th place)
- Margitta Pufe
- Qualification — 65.52 m
- Final — 66.12 m (→ 5th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Ute Hommola
- Qualification — 63.52 m
- Final — 66.56 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Ute Richter
- Qualification — 66.66 m
- Final — 66.54 m (→ 4th place)
- Ruth Fuchs
- Qualification — 64.26 m
- Final — 63.94 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Ilona Slupianek
- Final — 22.41 m (→ Gold Medal)
- Margitta Pufe
- Final — 21.20 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Ines Reichenbach
- Final — 19.66 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Pentathlon
- Ramona Neubert — 4698 points (→ 4th place)
- 100 metres — 13.93s
- Shot Put — 13.68m
- High Jump — 1.77m
- Long Jump — 6.63m
- 800 metres — 2:07.70
- Burglinde Pollak — 4553 points (→ 6th place)
- 100 metres — 13.74s
- Shot Put — 16.67m
- High Jump — 1.68m
- Long Jump — 5.93m
- 800 metres — 2:14.40
- Christine Laser — 1712 points (→ no ranking)
- 100 metres — 13.67s
- Shot Put — 13.39m
- High Jump — DNF
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