United Team of Germany at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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United Team of Germany at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany.svg
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
Competitors63 (52 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Andreas Ostler (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (1968–1988)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (1968–1988)

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.

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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.

Medalists

MedalNameNationalitySportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ossi Reichert West Germany Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom January 27
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harry Glaß East Germany Ski jumping Men's normal hill February 5

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pepi Schwaiger Downhill3:22.220
Karl Zillibiller 3:21.619
Sepp Behr 3:07.712
Hans Peter Lanig 2:59.85
Beni Obermüller Giant Slalom3:42.948
Pepi Schwaiger 3:23.526
Sepp Behr 3:11.48
Hans Peter Lanig 3:08.67
Rochus Wagner Slalom1:48.7322:28.7 (+0:05)424:17.434
Karl Zillibiller 1:36.6262:23.6344:00.225
Sepp Behr 1:33.315DSQDSQ
Beni Obermüller 1:32.3101:55.2103:27.59
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mirl Buchner DownhillDNF
Sonja Sperl 1:57.832
Hannelore Glaser-Franke 1:54.729
Ossi Reichert 1:52.320
Mirl Buchner Giant Slalom2:05.027
Hannelore Glaser-Franke 2:02.719
Marianne Seltsam 2:01.412
Ossi Reichert 1:56.5Gold medal icon.svg
Marianne Seltsam SlalomDSQDSQ
Ossi Reichert 1:07.824DSQDSQ
Hannelore Glaser-Franke 1:01.8191:02.9172:04.714
Mirl Buchner 1:01.7181:16.8282:18.521

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Hans Rösch
Lorenz Nieberl
Two-man1:26.92141:24.0861:25.2191:25.1365:41.349
GER-2 Andreas Ostler
Hans Hohenester
Two-man1:24.6341:24.89101:25.0781:25.5485:40.138
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Hans Rösch
Michael Pössinger
Lorenz Nieberl
Sylvester Wackerle
Four-man1:18.6161:19.0481:19.4371:20.94135:18.026
GER-2 Franz Schelle
Jakob Nirschl
Hans Henn
Edmund Koller
Four-man1:19.0391:18.8471:19.3161:21.32155:18.508

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Helmut Hagg 56:5046
Rudi Kopp 54:3131
Siegfried Weiß 54:2929
Kuno Werner 54:1827
30 km Werner Moring 2'00:5540
Erich Lindenlaub 1'58:3033
Hermann Möchel 1'56:3430
50 km Werner Moring 3'20:3220
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Kuno Werner
Siegfried Weiß
Rudi Kopp
Hermann Möchel
2'26:3710
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km Rita Czech-Blasl 43:5129
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig 43:1526
Else Amann 42:2220
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus 42:2220
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig
Else Amann
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus
1'15:337

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Tilo Gutzeit 1011141.089010
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Rosel Pettinger 116152.0410110
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Marika Kilius
Franz Ningel
10.9835.54

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 33003016
2German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 3111963
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3012572
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30212321

Games for 1st-6th places

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 550025510
2Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 541026128
3Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 532023116
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 513110173
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 514020302
6German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 50416351
Contestants
Ulli Jansen
Alfred Hoffmann
Toni Biersack
Bruno Guttowski
Martin Beck
Paul Ambros
Karl Bierschel
Kurt Sepp
Markus Egen
Ernst Trautwein
Rudolf Pittrich
Hans Huber
Arthur Endress
Reiner Kossmann
Hans Rampf
Martin Zach
Günther Jochems

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Helmut Böck Individual66.066.5190.02459:13228.70011418.70019
Gerhard Glaß 72.072.5203.591'04:17209.10030412.60024
Herbert Leonhardt 62.062.0177.0321'01:34219.60023396.60028
Heinz Hauser 71.067.5195.0201'00:43222.90017417.90021

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Sepp Kleisl Normal hill73.095.02971.094.026189.026
Werner Lesser 77.5105.01077.5105.08210.08
Max Bolkart 80.0111.5381.5111.04222.54
Harry Glaß 83.5115.0180.5109.57224.5Bronze medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Helmut Kuhnert 44.034
1500 m Hans Keller 2:18.135
5000 m Hans Keller 8:24.530
Helmut Kuhnert 8:04.89
10,000 m Hans Keller 17:27.721
Helmut Kuhnert 17:04.610

References