United Team of Germany at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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![]() Flag of Germany, which was used at the time by both East Germany (until 1959) and West Germany | |
IOC code | EUA |
NOC | United Team of Germany |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 63 (52 men, 11 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Andreas Ostler (bobsleigh) |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Germany was represented at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany ) and, for the first time, also from the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany ) which had not joined in 1952.
The results were rather disappointing as only 2 medals were scored against the emerging competition. Rosa "Ossi" Reichert won gold at the women's giant slalom, and Harry Glaß took bronze in the K90 individual jump.
Medal | Name | Nationality | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Ossi Reichert | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | January 27 |
![]() | Harry Glaß | East Germany | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill | February 5 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Pepi Schwaiger | Downhill | 3:22.2 | 20 | ||||
Karl Zillibiller | 3:21.6 | 19 | |||||
Sepp Behr | 3:07.7 | 12 | |||||
Hans Peter Lanig | 2:59.8 | 5 | |||||
Beni Obermüller | Giant Slalom | 3:42.9 | 48 | ||||
Pepi Schwaiger | 3:23.5 | 26 | |||||
Sepp Behr | 3:11.4 | 8 | |||||
Hans Peter Lanig | 3:08.6 | 7 | |||||
Rochus Wagner | Slalom | 1:48.7 | 32 | 2:28.7 (+0:05) | 42 | 4:17.4 | 34 |
Karl Zillibiller | 1:36.6 | 26 | 2:23.6 | 34 | 4:00.2 | 25 | |
Sepp Behr | 1:33.3 | 15 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Beni Obermüller | 1:32.3 | 10 | 1:55.2 | 10 | 3:27.5 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mirl Buchner | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
Sonja Sperl | 1:57.8 | 32 | |||||
Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 1:54.7 | 29 | |||||
Ossi Reichert | 1:52.3 | 20 | |||||
Mirl Buchner | Giant Slalom | 2:05.0 | 27 | ||||
Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 2:02.7 | 19 | |||||
Marianne Seltsam | 2:01.4 | 12 | |||||
Ossi Reichert | 1:56.5 | ![]() | |||||
Marianne Seltsam | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
Ossi Reichert | 1:07.8 | 24 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 1:01.8 | 19 | 1:02.9 | 17 | 2:04.7 | 14 | |
Mirl Buchner | 1:01.7 | 18 | 1:16.8 | 28 | 2:18.5 | 21 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GER-1 | Hans Rösch Lorenz Nieberl | Two-man | 1:26.92 | 14 | 1:24.08 | 6 | 1:25.21 | 9 | 1:25.13 | 6 | 5:41.34 | 9 |
GER-2 | Andreas Ostler Hans Hohenester | Two-man | 1:24.63 | 4 | 1:24.89 | 10 | 1:25.07 | 8 | 1:25.54 | 8 | 5:40.13 | 8 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GER-1 | Hans Rösch Michael Pössinger Lorenz Nieberl Sylvester Wackerle | Four-man | 1:18.61 | 6 | 1:19.04 | 8 | 1:19.43 | 7 | 1:20.94 | 13 | 5:18.02 | 6 |
GER-2 | Franz Schelle Jakob Nirschl Hans Henn Edmund Koller | Four-man | 1:19.03 | 9 | 1:18.84 | 7 | 1:19.31 | 6 | 1:21.32 | 15 | 5:18.50 | 8 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Helmut Hagg | 56:50 | 46 |
Rudi Kopp | 54:31 | 31 | |
Siegfried Weiß | 54:29 | 29 | |
Kuno Werner | 54:18 | 27 | |
30 km | Werner Moring | 2'00:55 | 40 |
Erich Lindenlaub | 1'58:30 | 33 | |
Hermann Möchel | 1'56:34 | 30 | |
50 km | Werner Moring | 3'20:32 | 20 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Kuno Werner Siegfried Weiß Rudi Kopp Hermann Möchel | 2'26:37 | 10 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
10 km | Rita Czech-Blasl | 43:51 | 29 |
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig | 43:15 | 26 | |
Else Amann | 42:22 | 20 | |
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus | 42:22 | 20 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig Else Amann Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus | 1'15:33 | 7 |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Tilo Gutzeit | 10 | 11 | 141.08 | 90 | 10 |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Rosel Pettinger | 11 | 6 | 152.04 | 101 | 10 |
Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
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Marika Kilius Franz Ningel | 10.98 | 35.5 | 4 |
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Helmut Böck | Individual | 66.0 | 66.5 | 190.0 | 24 | 59:13 | 228.700 | 11 | 418.700 | 19 |
Gerhard Glaß | 72.0 | 72.5 | 203.5 | 9 | 1'04:17 | 209.100 | 30 | 412.600 | 24 | |
Herbert Leonhardt | 62.0 | 62.0 | 177.0 | 32 | 1'01:34 | 219.600 | 23 | 396.600 | 28 | |
Heinz Hauser | 71.0 | 67.5 | 195.0 | 20 | 1'00:43 | 222.900 | 17 | 417.900 | 21 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Sepp Kleisl | Normal hill | 73.0 | 95.0 | 29 | 71.0 | 94.0 | 26 | 189.0 | 26 |
Werner Lesser | 77.5 | 105.0 | 10 | 77.5 | 105.0 | 8 | 210.0 | 8 | |
Max Bolkart | 80.0 | 111.5 | 3 | 81.5 | 111.0 | 4 | 222.5 | 4 | |
Harry Glaß | 83.5 | 115.0 | 1 | 80.5 | 109.5 | 7 | 224.5 | ![]() |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Helmut Kuhnert | 44.0 | 34 |
1500 m | Hans Keller | 2:18.1 | 35 |
5000 m | Hans Keller | 8:24.5 | 30 |
Helmut Kuhnert | 8:04.8 | 9 | |
10,000 m | Hans Keller | 17:27.7 | 21 |
Helmut Kuhnert | 17:04.6 | 10 |