East Germany national speedway team

The East Germany national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.

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History

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The East German speedway team competed in the second edition of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1961, finishing fourth in the East European Round.[1][2] This was one year after the West German team, who competed at the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960.[3]

East Germany would contest the every World Cup until 1972 but as one of the smaller speedway nations failed to progress to the later rounds.[4]

In 1969, East Germany reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship.[5]

The team became part of the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.

Major tournament finals

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World Pairs Championship

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Year Venue Standings (Pts) Riders Pts
1969  
Stockholm
Gubbängens IP
1.   New Zealand (28)
2.   Sweden (27)
3.   England (21)
4.   Denmark (15)
5.   Czechoslovakia (12)
6.   East Germany (9)
7.   Bulgaria (9)
Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8
Jochen Dinse 1

International caps

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Caps limited to East Germany only (West Germany and unified Germany not included).[6]

Rider Caps
Beckmeyer, Matthias
Bever, Clemens
Bocke, Andreas
Bülau, Bruno
Busch, Mario
Diehr, Thomas
Dinse, Jochen
Engel, Thomas
Ernst, Hartmut
Frenzel, Walter
Fritz, Hans Jürgen
Fröbel, Thomas
Gümmer, Norbert
Gunther, Wilhelm
Hegenbarth, Mathias
Hehlert, Jürgen
Hehlert, Peter
Hey, Olaf
Hopp, Thomas
Jenning, Mike
Koch, Thomas
Kohl, Josef
Lagoda, Tom
Liebing, Peter
Lieschk, Dietmar
Mell, Joachim
Mell, Werner
Miessner, Bodo
Mussehl, Herbert
Nicolas, Bernhard
Niemann, Heino
Ott, Mike
Peters, Ralf
Raschke, Jürgen
Rudolph, Jürgen
Sass, Roland
Schelenz, Gunther
Schneider, Wilfried
Schumann, Jürgen
Suchland, Helmut
Tetzlaff, Dieter
Triemer, Diethlem
Uhlenbrock, Gerhard 8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1961 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  5. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  6. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.