United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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United Team of Germany at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg
Flag of Germany superimposed
with the Olympic rings
IOC code EUA
NOC United Team of Germany
in Squaw Valley
Competitors74 (56 men, 18 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Helmut Recknagel
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (1968–1988)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (1968–1988)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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Medalists

MedalNameNationalitySportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Heidi Biebl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Georg Thoma Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Nordic combined Men's individual
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Helmut Recknagel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Ski jumping Men's normal hill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Helga Haase Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Speed skating Women's 500m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans Peter Lanig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Alpine skiing Men's downhill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (both) Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Helga Haase Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Speed skating Women's 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Barbi Henneberger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Alpine skiing Women's slalom

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eberhard Riedel Downhill2:13.316
Luggi Leitner 2:10.211
Willy Bogner 2:09.79
Hans Peter Lanig 2:06.5Silver medal icon.svg
Willy Bogner Giant SlalomDSQ
Luggi Leitner 1:53.618
Fritz Wagnerberger 1:52.515
Hans Peter Lanig 1:51.913
Sepp Behr Slalom1:12.1121:03.9132:16.010
Hans Peter Lanig 1:11.9111:02.4102:14.37
Luggi Leitner 1:10.9659.632:10.54
Willy Bogner 1:08.81DSQDSQ
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Barbi Henneberger Downhill1:42.411
Sonja Sperl 1:41.07
Anneliese Meggl 1:40.86
Heidi Biebl 1:37.6Gold medal icon.svg
Heidi Biebl Giant Slalom2:01.537
Barbi Henneberger 1:42.615
Sonja Sperl 1:41.99
Anneliese Meggl 1:40.75
Heidi Biebl Slalom1:09.23557.332:06.521
Anneliese Meggl 1:02.52559.9122:02.413
Sonja Sperl 59.01459.8101:58.88
Barbi Henneberger 57.4459.261:56.6Bronze medal icon.svg

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissed targetsAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Kurt Hinze 1'36:36.591'54:36.520
Horst Nickel 1'32:28.981'48:28.917
Herbert Kirchner 1'38:25.641'46:35.613
Kuno Werner 1'29:33.861'41:33.89
1 Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Siegfried Weiß 58:04.642
Werner Haase 57:40.338
Enno Röder 56:54.432
Kuno Werner 55:25.624
30 km Siegfried Hug 2'05:48.633
Rudolf Dannhauer 2'03:38.929
Josef Maier 2'02:10.626
Helmut Weidlich 2'01:25.821
50 km Egon Fleischmann 3'38:53.628
Siegfried Weiß 3'28:29.124
Rudolf Dannhauer 3'27:54.623
Helmut Hagg 3'25:14.620
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Kuno Werner
Helmut Hagg
Werner Haase
Enno Röder
2'31:47.19
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km Christa Göhler DNF
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus 44:14.618
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 43:46.116
Rita Czech-Blasl 42:29.012
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Ritz Czech-Blasl
Renate Dannhauer-Borges
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus
1'09:25.75

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Bodo Bockenauer 17161161.213716
Tilo Gutzeit 10101274.0869
Manfred Schnelldorfer 991303.3758
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Ursel Barkey 20181164.516618
Bärbel Martin 18141219.813214
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Rita Blumenberg
Werner Mensching
70.2537
Margret Göbl
Franz Ningel
72.5365
Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
76.819Silver medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 22001644
2German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 2110492
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 20205120

Final round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States 5500291110
2Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 541031128
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 522124195
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 523021234
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 513119193
6German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 50505450
Contestants
Paul Ambros
Georg Eberl
Markus Egen
Ernst Eggerbauer
Michael Hobelsberger
Hans Huber
Ulli Jansen
Hans Rampf
Sepp Reif
Otto Schneitberger
Siegfried Schubert
Horst Franz Schuldes
Kurt Sepp
Ernst Trautwein
Xaver Unsinn
Leonhard Waitl

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Günter Flauger Individual66.065.5207.0121'02:10.0225.74214432.74213
Martin Körner 65.063.5212.0101'07:37.0204.64527416.64520
Rainer Dietel 67.563.5214.061'05:32.8212.64522426.64517
Georg Thoma 69.067.5221.5159:23.8236.4524457.952Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Werner Lesser Normal hill81.598.02578.5102.815200.821
Max Bolkart 87.5104.31181.0108.35212.66
Veit Kührt 88.5106.1979.5102.616208.712
Helmut Recknagel 93.5113.6184.5113.61227.2Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Manfred Schüler 42.524
Günther Tilch 42.320
Herbert Söllner 42.320
Helmut Kuhnert 42.320
1500 m Günther Tilch 2:24.838
Harald Norden 2:22.131
Manfred Schüler 2:18.318
Helmut Kuhnert 2:13.69
5000 m Heinz Wolfram 9:18.236
Sepp Biebl 8:48.032
Helmut Kuhnert 8:25.122
10,000 m Heinz Wolfram 18:37.029
Helmut Kuhnert 16:43.413
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Natascha Liebknecht 51.420
Sigrit Behrenz 50.218
Helga Haase 45.9Gold medal icon.svg
1000 m Sigrit Behrenz 1:43.818
Natascha Liebknecht 1:43.517
Helga Haase 1:34.3Silver medal icon.svg
1500 m Gisela Toews 2:51.122
Inge Görmer 2:36.516
Helga Haase 2:31.78
3000 m Gisela Toews 5:48.317
Inge Görmer 5:37.513

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