East Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of the German Democratic Republic
IOC code  GDR
NOC National Olympic Committee of the GDR
At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Competitors 42 (29 men, 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Klaus Bonsack (luge)
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
3		 Bronze
7		 Total
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East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Scheidel, WolfgangWolfgang Scheidel Luge Men's individual
 Gold Hörnlein, HorstHorst Hörnlein
Bredow, ReinhardReinhard Bredow 		Luge Men's doubles
 Gold Müller, Anna-MariaAnna-Maria Müller Luge Women's individual
 Gold Wehling, UlrichUlrich Wehling Nordic combined Men's individual
 Silver Knauthe, HansjörgHansjörg Knauthe Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Silver Ehrig, HaraldHarald Ehrig Luge Men's individual
 Silver Rührold, UteUte Rührold Luge Women's individual
 Bronze Knauthe, HansjörgHansjörg Knauthe
Meischner, JoachimJoachim Meischner
Speer, DieterDieter Speer
Koschka, HorstHorst Koschka 		Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Bronze Groß, ManuelaManuela Groß
Kagelmann, UweUwe Kagelmann 		Figure skating Pairs
 Bronze Fiedler, WolframWolfram Fiedler Luge Men's individual
 Bronze Bonsack, Klaus-MichaelKlaus-Michael Bonsack
Fiedler, WolframWolfram Fiedler 		Luge Men's doubles
 Bronze Schumann, MargitMargit Schumann Luge Women's individual
 Bronze Luck, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Luck Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Schmidt, RainerRainer Schmidt Ski jumping Men's large hill

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Horst Koschka 1'17:24.58 5 1'22:24.58 20
Günther Bartnick 1'16:01.73 5 1'21:01.73 15
Dieter Speer 1'13:43.63 7 1'20:43.63 13
Hansjörg Knauthe 1'15:07.60 1 1'16:07.60 2nd
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Hansjörg Knauthe
Joachim Meischner
Dieter Speer
Horst Koschka		 4 1'54:57.67 3rd
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Rainer Groß 48:05.86 26
Gerd Heßler 48:04.15 25
Gert-Dietmar Klause 46:34.40 13
Axel Lesser 46:17.01 6
30 km Eberhard Klessen 1'43:15.99 27
Gerd Heßler 1'41:37.47 18
Axel Lesser 1'39:49.24 12
Gert-Dietmar Klause 1'39:15.54 8
50 km Rainer Groß 2'50:16.91 18
Eberhard Klessen 2'49:53.01 16
Gert-Dietmar Klause 2'46:17.43 9
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Gerd Heßler
Axel Lesser
Gerhard Grimmer
Gert-Dietmar Klause		 2'10:03.73 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Christine Phillip 18:17.02 30
Anni Unger 18:13.19 28
Gabriele Haupt 17:55.04 20
Renate Fischer-Köhler 17:41.07 14
10 km Christine Phillip 37:51.76 31
Anni Unger 36:45.24 20
Gabriele Haupt 36:38.41 18
Renate Fischer-Köhler 35:46.96 9
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Gabriele Haupt
Renate Fischer-Köhler
Anni Unger		 50:28.45 5

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Jan Hoffmann 4 10 2567.6 55 6
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Christine Errath 11 5 2489.3 78 8
Sonja Morgenstern 8 3 2579.4 53 6
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Annette Kansy
Axel Salzmann		 7 8 392.6 68 8
Manuela Groß
Uwe Kagelmann		 3 3 411.8 29 3rd

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wolfram Fiedler 53.04 6 52.55 3 51.61 3 51.77 3 3:28.73 3rd
Klaus-Michael Bonsack 52.98 3 52.72 4 51.54 1 51.92 5 3:29.16 4
Harald Ehrig 52.60 2 52.32 2 51.74 4 51.73 2 3:28.39 2nd
Wolfgang Scheidel 52.17 1 52.06 1 51.58 2 51.53 1 3:27.58 1st

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow		 44.27 2 44.08 1 1:28.35 1st
Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Wolfram Fiedler		 44.69 3 44.47 3 1:29.16 3rd
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna-Maria Müller 45.00 3 45.00 1 44.86 3 44.32 1 2:59.18 1st
Ute Rührold 44.95 1 45.23 2 44.76 2 44.55 2 2:59.49 2nd
Margit Schumann 44.95 1 45.38 3 44.65 1 44.56 3 2:59.54 3rd

Nordic combined

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Karl-Heinz Luck Individual 69.5 74.0 178.8 17 48:24.9 220.000 1 398.800 3rd
Hans Hartleb 74.0 73.0 183.9 11 52:14.2 185.605 28 369.505 18
Ulrich Wehling 78.0 76.5 200.9 4 49:15.3 212.440 3 413.340 1st
Günter Deckert 78.5 83.0 183.4 12 50:41.1 199.570 10 385.970 9

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Hans-Georg Aschenbach Normal hill 74.0 103.1 69.5 95.4 198.5 31
Manfred Wolf 77.5 109.2 81.0 (fall) 85.8 195.0 38
Henry Glaß 78.0 109.5 73.5 102.3 211.8 18
Rainer Schmidt 80.5 114.5 75.0 102.7 217.2 15
Heinz Wosipiwo Large hill 82.0 74.3 87.0 85.3 159.6 39
Henry Glaß 91.0 97.9 84.0 85.1 183.0 20
Rainer Schmidt 98.5 106.4 101.0 112.9 219.3 3rd
Manfred Wolf 107.0 120.3 89.5 94.8 215.1 5

Speed skating

Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher 45.78 13
1000 m Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher 1:52.65 (fall) 33
Rosemarie Taupadel 1:33.79 12
1500 m Rosemarie Taupadel 2:22.35 5
3000 m Rosemarie Taupadel 5:12.85 15

References

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