As the East German national team won the inter-national qualification matches in 1963 against the West German amateur national team by a 3-0 win in Leipzig and a 2-1 loss in Hannover, the German Olympic team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was an East German one. The team won the bronze medal, beating Egypt, 3-1.
Forward Dieter Engelhardt played with SC Rotation Leipzig, later renamed SC Leipzig and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. In East Germany’s Oberliga he appeared in 237 matches, scoring 31 goals. For the Olympic team of East Germany he played one match only, also playing three matches (one goal) with the national team in 1966. Engelhardt later became a football (soccer) coach.
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