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West Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

West Germany at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors71 (56 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearerWolfgang Zimmerer (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Rosi Mittermaier Alpine skiing Women's downhill
  Gold Rosi Mittermaier Alpine skiing Women's slalom
  Silver Rosi Mittermaier Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
  Silver Wolfgang Zimmerer
Manfred Schumann		 Bobsleigh Two-man
  Silver Josef Fendt Luge Men's individual
  Silver Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm		 Luge Men's doubles
  Silver Urban Hettich Nordic combined Men's individual
  Bronze Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Bodo Bittner
Manfred Schumann		 Bobsleigh Four-man
  Bronze West Germany men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's competition
  Bronze Elisabeth Demleitner Luge Women's individual

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wolfgang Junginger Downhill 1:50.48 29
Michael Veith 1:49.02 22
Sepp Ferstl 1:48.41 17
Peter Fischer 1:48.18 15
Christian Neureuther Giant Slalom 1:52.29 37 1:51.73 29 3:44.02 30
Sepp Ferstl 1:49.98 30 1:51.54 28 3:41.52 28
Wolfgang Junginger 1:49.79 29 1:46.23 14 3:36.02 19
Albert Burger 1:47.32 12 1:45.36 11 3:32.68 10
Sepp Ferstl Slalom 1:06.32 29 1:08.02 20 2:14.34 20
Albert Burger 1:03.38 17 1:06.93 16 2:10.31 15
Christian Neureuther 1:01.70 8 1:04.86 5 2:06.56 5
Wolfgang Junginger 1:00.95 3 1:06.13 11 2:07.08 6
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maria Epple Downhill 1:51.41 23
Evi Mittermaier 1:49.23 13
Irene Epple 1:48.91 10
Rosi Mittermaier 1:46.16  
Maria Epple Giant Slalom 1:33.02 24
Irene Epple 1:31.46 15
Evi Mittermaier 1:30.64 8
Rosi Mittermaier 1:29.25  
Monika Berwein Slalom 49.17 14 DNF – DNF –
Christa Zechmeister 48.20 8 45.52 6 1:33.72 7
Rosi Mittermaier 46.77 2 43.77 1 1:30.54  
Pamela Behr 46.88 1 45.63 7 1:32.31 5

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Alois Kanamüller 1'17:25.26 8 1'25:25.26 34
Josef Niedermeier 1'18:33.63 5 1'23:33.63 26
Heinrich Mehringer 1'16:49.15 2 1'18:49.15 11

1One 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
Heinrich Mehringer
Gerd Winkler
Josef Keck
Claus Gehrke 		4 2'04:11.86 4

2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Manfred Schumann 		Two-man 56.09 2 56.31 3 56.26 2 56.33 2 3:44.99  
FRG-2 Georg Heibl
Fritz Ohlwärter 		Two-man 56.36 4 56.43 4 56.59 5 56.75 6 3:46.13 5
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Bodo Bittner
Manfred Schumann 		Four-man 54.82 3 54.87 3 55.53 3 56.15 3 3:41.37  
FRG-2 Georg Heibl
Hans Morant
Siegfried Radandt
Fritz Ohlwärter 		Four-man 54.92 4 54.98 4 55.70 5 56.87 8 3:42.47 5

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Hans Speicher 48:28.90 45
Franz Betz 47:39.15 38
Georg Kandlinger 47:20.13 31
Georg Zipfel 45:38.10 7
30 km Walter Demel 1'37:44.17 40
Hans Speicher 1'36:52.45 36
Franz Betz 1'34:55.54 18
Georg Zipfel 1'34:04.71 14
50 km Georg Kandlinger DNF –
Franz Betz DNF –
Walter Demel 2'46:55.95 25
Georg Zipfel 2'46:20.30 23
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Franz Betz
Georg Kandlinger
Walter Demel
Georg Zipfel 		2'12:38.96 9
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Iris Schulze 18:04.81 33
Michaela Endler 17:08.68 21
10 km Iris Schulze 33:43.82 31
Michaela Endler 32:55.62 25

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Dagmar Lurz 7 10 11 178.04 92 10
Isabel De Navarre 1 11 12 182.42 59 5
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Corinna Halke
Eberhard Rausch 		8 8 127.37 72 8

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First round

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Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
  West Germany 5–1    Switzerland

Medal round

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Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1   Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 40 11 10
2   Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 0 17 10 6
3   West Germany   5 2 3 0 21 24 4
4   Finland 5 2 3 0 19 18 4
5   United States 5 2 3 0 15 21 4
6   Poland 5 1 4 0 9 37 2
  • West Germany 7-4 Poland
  • Finland 5-3 West Germany
  • USSR 7-3 West Germany
  • Czechoslovakia 7-4 West Germany
  • West Germany 4-1 USA

Leading scorers

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Rk GP G A Pts
2nd Erich Kuhnhackl 5 5 5 10
6th Ernst Kopf 5 3 5 8
10th Lorenz Funk 5 2 5 7
  • Team roster

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stefan Hölzlwimmer 52.766 4 n/a ? n/a ? n/a ? DNF –
Anton Winkler 52.755 3 52.194 5 52.219 7 52.352 6 3:29.520 6
Josef Fendt 52.694 2 51.933 1 51.749 3 51.820 2 3:28.196  

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm 		42.792 2 43.097 4 1:25.889  
Stefan Hölzlwimmer
Rudi Größwang 		43.205 5 43.033 3 1:26.238 4
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elisabeth Demleitner 43.138 7 42.535 1 42.388 2 42.995 7 2:51.056  
Monika Scheftschik 42.863 2 42.732 4 42.981 9 42.964 5 2:51.540 7

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 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
Günther Abel Individual 74.0 74.0 196.8 14 50:29.77 197.77 14 394.57 14
Urban Hettich 74.5 75.0 198.9 11 48:01.55 220.00 1 418.90  

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Sepp Schwinghammer Normal hill 75.5 106.1 76.5 109.2 215.3 23
Alfred Grosche 80.0 115.3 80.5 116.6 231.9 10
Alfred Grosche Large hill 89.5 100.3 84.5 92.8 193.1 16

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Horst Freese DNF –
1000 m Horst Freese 1:21.48 9
1500 m Herbert Schwarz 2:03.76 12
5000 m Herbert Schwarz 7:52.26 15
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 44.36 12
1000 m Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 1:29.54 5

References

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