East Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the
1972 Winter Olympics
East Germany at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	GDR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Sapporo
Competitors	42 (29 men, 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Klaus Bonsack (luge)
Medals ; Ranked 2nd	Gold4Silver3Bronze7Total14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ;
Other related appearances
	Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–); United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Last updated August 12, 2024

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Wolfgang Scheidel	Luge	Men's individual
Gold	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow	Luge	Men's doubles
Gold	Anna-Maria Müller	Luge	Women's individual
Gold	Ulrich Wehling	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Hansjörg Knauthe	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Silver	Harald Ehrig	Luge	Men's individual
Silver	Ute Rührold	Luge	Women's individual
Bronze	Hansjörg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Bronze	Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann	Figure skating	Pairs
Bronze	Wolfram Fiedler	Luge	Men's individual
Bronze	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler	Luge	Men's doubles
Bronze	Margit Schumann	Luge	Women's individual
Bronze	Karl-Heinz Luck	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Rainer 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

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
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Hansjörg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka	4	1'54:57.67

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Gerd Heßler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause	2'10:03.73	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
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
Wolfgang Scheidel	52.17	1	52.06	1	51.58	2	51.53	1	3:27.58

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow	44.27	2	44.08	1	1:28.35
Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler	44.69	3	44.47	3	1:29.16

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Ute Rührold	44.95	1	45.23	2	44.76	2	44.55	2	2:59.49
Margit Schumann	44.95	1	45.38	3	44.65	1	44.56	3	2:59.54

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	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
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
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
Athlete	Event	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
Manfred Wolf		107.0	120.3	89.5	94.8	215.1	5

Speed skating

Women

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

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