West Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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West Germany at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany.svg
IOC code FRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
in Sapporo, Japan
3 February 1972 (1972-02-03) – 13 February 1972 (1972-02-13)
Competitors78 (62 men, 16 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Walter Demel (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Bobsleigh Two-man
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Erhard Keller Speed skating Men's 500m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Monika Pflug Speed skating Women's 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Horst Floth
Pepi Bader
Bobsleigh Two-man
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider
Bobsleigh Four-man

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Willi Lesch Downhill1:56.6729
Alfred Hagn 1:56.0427
Franz Vogler 1:55.5024
Hans-Jörg Schlager 1:55.0518
Sepp Heckelmiller Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Max Rieger 1:33.86141:38.0853:11.946
Christian Neureuther 1:33.246DNFDNF
Alfred Hagn 1:31.7821:39.38113:11.164
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinal
TimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Hans-Jörg Schlager 1:43.30156.566DNFDNF
Max Rieger byeDNFDNF
Christian Neureuther bye58.421854.4851:52.9011
Alfred Hagn bye56.647DNFDNF
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pamela Behr Downhill1:44.2236
Traudl Treichl 1:40.6213
Rosi Mittermaier 1:39.326
Rosi Speiser 1:39.105
Pamela Behr Giant Slalom1:35.8725
Rosi Mittermaier 1:33.3912
Traudl Treichl 1:33.089
Rosi Speiser 1:32.565
Rosi Speiser SlalomDNFDNF
Traudl Treichl DNFDNF
Pamela Behr 47.57846.7041:34.276
Rosi Mittermaier 47.27753.90191:41.1718

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Theo Merkel 1'19:58.17111'30:58.1750
Josef Niedermeier 1'21:26.4481'29:26.4446

1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
FRG-1 Horst Floth
Pepi Bader
Two-man1:16.0451:15.3841:14.3561:13.0714:58.84Silver medal icon.svg
FRG-2 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Two-man1:14.8111:14.5611:13.5111:14.1944:57.07Gold medal icon.svg
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
FRG-1 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider
Four-man1:11.1831:11.7531:10.3041:10.6924:43.92Bronze medal icon.svg
FRG-2 Horst Floth
Donat Ertel
Walter Gillik
Pepi Bader
Four-man1:10.8321:11.8841:11.0661:11.3274:45.095

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Franz Betz 49:00.4136
Hartmut Döpp 48:46.0832
Gerhard Gehring 47:33.7822
Walter Demel 46:17.367
30 km Edgar Eckert 1'45:38.5138
Hartmut Döpp 1'44:51.0535
Gerhard Gehring 1'39:44.4710
Walter Demel 1'37:45.535
50 km Edgar Eckert 3'00:08.3231
Walter Demel 2'44:32.675
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Franz Betz
Urban Hettich
Hartmut Döpp
Walter Demel
2'10:42.857
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Monika Mrklas 17:57.4024
Michaela Endler 17:32.5611
10 km Monika Mrklas DNF
Ingrid Rothfuß 38:03.6932
Michaela Endler 36:38.0517
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Monika Mrklas
Ingrid Rothfuß
Michaela Endler
50:25.614

Figure skating

Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Isabelle de Navarre 16142340.012814
Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Corinne Halke
Eberhard Rausch
1010381.18710
Almut Lehmann
Herbert Wiesinger
56399.8525

Ice hockey

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4–0Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Consolation Round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 431022106
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 431016146
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 421117165
10Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 40229162
11 Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 40319171

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Hans Wimmer 54.091553.821752.621453.27213:33.8017
Wolfgang Winkler 54.071453.531452.661552.82153:33.0815
Josef Fendt 53.03552.73552.25952.0273:30.036
Leonhard Nagenrauft 53.00452.79751.97651.9143:29.675

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm
44.86544.8051:29.665
Stefan Hölzlwimmer
Hans Wimmer
45.611145.3191:30.9211
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gisela Otto 47.041746.781646.731945.99153:06.5418
Christa Schmuck 45.981046.01845.991245.21103:03.1910
Elisabeth Demleitner 45.45545.62445.08444.6543:00.804

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Urban Hettich Individual70.066.5152.13249:00.4214.6752366.77520
Alfred Winkler 71.572.5175.62052:41.5181.51032357.11025
Franz Keller 65.568.5154.03152:32.5182.86030336.86033
Ralph Pöhland 73.071.5174.82249:55.6206.3955381.19510

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Sepp Schwinghammer Normal hill68.589.868.590.3180.149
Alfred Grosche 70.092.269.090.6182.847
Günther Göllner 74.0101.666.084.3185.946
Alfred Grosche Large hill84.0 (fall)44.677.575.0119.652
Günther Göllner 90.093.087.082.3175.327

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Herbert Schwarz 43.0331
Gerd Zimmermann 41.3521
Hans Lichtenstern 40.5510
Erhard Keller 39.44 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Herbert Schwarz 2:15.4232
Gerd Zimmermann 2:08.9512
5000 m Herbert Schwarz 8:26.0327
Gerd Zimmermann 7:41.169
10,000 m Gerd Zimmermann 15:43.928
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Monika Stützle 48.1527
Paula Dufter 45.7712
Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 44.755
1000 m Paula Dufter 1:34.8616
Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 1:31.40 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Monika Stützle 2:37.1531
Paula Dufter 2:26.0015
Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 2:24.6910

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