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East Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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East Germany at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Sapporo
Competitors42 (29 men, 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerKlaus Bonsack (luge)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
7
Total
14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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

Medalists

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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

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Misses 2 Time Rank
Hansjörg Knauthe
Joachim Meischner
Dieter Speer
Horst Koschka 		4 1'54:57.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Gerd Heßler
Axel Lesser
Gerhard Grimmer
Gert-Dietmar Klause 		2'10:03.73 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Gabriele Haupt
Renate Fischer-Köhler
Anni Unger 		50:28.45 5

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wolfgang Scheidel 52.17 1 52.06 1 51.58 2 51.53 1 3:27.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow 		44.27 2 44.08 1 1:28.35 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Wolfram Fiedler 		44.69 3 44.47 3 1:29.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ute Rührold 44.95 1 45.23 2 44.76 2 44.55 2 2:59.49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Margit Schumann 44.95 1 45.38 3 44.65 1 44.56 3 2:59.54 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Günter Deckert 78.5 83.0 183.4 12 50:41.1 199.570 10 385.970 9

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Manfred Wolf 107.0 120.3 89.5 94.8 215.1 5

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher 45.78 13
1000 m Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher 1:52.65 (fall) 33
Rosemarie Taupadel 1:33.79 12
1500 m Rosemarie Taupadel 2:22.35 5
3000 m Rosemarie Taupadel 5:12.85 15

References

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