West Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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IOC codeFRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee for Germany
Competitors78 (62 men, 16 women) in 10 sports
FlagbearerWalter Demel (cross-country skiing)
West Germany at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee for Germany
in Sapporo, Japan
3 February 1972 (1972-02-03) – 13 February 1972 (1972-02-13)
Competitors78 (62 men, 16 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearerWalter Demel (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldWolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider		BobsleighTwo-man
 GoldErhard KellerSpeed skatingMen's 500m
 GoldMonika PflugSpeed skatingWomen's 1000m
 SilverHorst Floth
Pepi Bader		BobsleighTwo-man
 BronzeWolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider		BobsleighFour-man

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Willi Lesch Downhill 1:56.67 29
Alfred Hagn 1:56.04 27
Franz Vogler 1:55.50 24
Hans-Jörg Schlager 1:55.05 18
Sepp Heckelmiller Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Max Rieger 1:33.86 14 1:38.08 5 3:11.94 6
Christian Neureuther 1:33.24 6 DNF – DNF –
Alfred Hagn 1:31.78 2 1:39.38 11 3:11.16 4
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Hans-Jörg Schlager 1:43.30 1 56.56 6 DNF – DNF –
Max Rieger bye DNF – – – DNF –
Christian Neureuther bye 58.42 18 54.48 5 1:52.90 11
Alfred Hagn bye 56.64 7 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pamela Behr Downhill 1:44.22 36
Traudl Treichl 1:40.62 13
Rosi Mittermaier 1:39.32 6
Rosi Speiser 1:39.10 5
Pamela Behr Giant Slalom 1:35.87 25
Rosi Mittermaier 1:33.39 12
Traudl Treichl 1:33.08 9
Rosi Speiser 1:32.56 5
Rosi Speiser Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Traudl Treichl DNF – – – DNF –
Pamela Behr 47.57 8 46.70 4 1:34.27 6
Rosi Mittermaier 47.27 7 53.90 19 1:41.17 18

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Theo Merkel 1'19:58.17 11 1'30:58.17 50
Josef Niedermeier 1'21:26.44 8 1'29:26.44 46

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

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Horst Floth
Pepi Bader		 Two-man 1:16.04 5 1:15.38 4 1:14.35 6 1:13.07 1 4:58.84 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
FRG-2 Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider		 Two-man 1:14.81 1 1:14.56 1 1:13.51 1 1:14.19 4 4:57.07 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider		 Four-man 1:11.18 3 1:11.75 3 1:10.30 4 1:10.69 2 4:43.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
FRG-2 Horst Floth
Donat Ertel
Walter Gillik
Pepi Bader		 Four-man 1:10.83 2 1:11.88 4 1:11.06 6 1:11.32 7 4:45.09 5

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Franz Betz 49:00.41 36
Hartmut Döpp 48:46.08 32
Gerhard Gehring 47:33.78 22
Walter Demel 46:17.36 7
30 km Edgar Eckert 1'45:38.51 38
Hartmut Döpp 1'44:51.05 35
Gerhard Gehring 1'39:44.47 10
Walter Demel 1'37:45.53 5
50 km Edgar Eckert 3'00:08.32 31
Walter Demel 2'44:32.67 5
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Franz Betz
Urban Hettich
Hartmut Döpp
Walter Demel		 2'10:42.85 7
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Monika Mrklas 17:57.40 24
Michaela Endler 17:32.56 11
10 km Monika Mrklas DNF –
Ingrid Rothfuß 38:03.69 32
Michaela Endler 36:38.05 17
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Monika Mrklas
Ingrid Rothfuß
Michaela Endler		 50:25.61 4

Figure skating

Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Isabel de Navarre 16 14 2340.0 128 14
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Corinne Halke
Eberhard Rausch		 10 10 381.1 87 10
Almut Lehmann
Herbert Wiesinger		 5 6 399.8 52 5

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
 Poland 4–0  West Germany

Consolation Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  West Germany 431022106
8  Norway 431016146
9  Japan 421117165
10   Switzerland 40229162
11 Yugoslavia 40319171
  • West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
  • West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
  • West Germany 5-1 Norway
  • Japan 7-6 West Germany
  • Team roster

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Wimmer 54.09 15 53.82 17 52.62 14 53.27 21 3:33.80 17
Wolfgang Winkler 54.07 14 53.53 14 52.66 15 52.82 15 3:33.08 15
Josef Fendt 53.03 5 52.73 5 52.25 9 52.02 7 3:30.03 6
Leonhard Nagenrauft 53.00 4 52.79 7 51.97 6 51.91 4 3:29.67 5

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm		 44.86 5 44.80 5 1:29.66 5
Stefan Hölzlwimmer
Hans Wimmer		 45.61 11 45.31 9 1:30.92 11
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gisela Otto 47.04 17 46.78 16 46.73 19 45.99 15 3:06.54 18
Christa Schmuck 45.98 10 46.01 8 45.99 12 45.21 10 3:03.19 10
Elisabeth Demleitner 45.45 5 45.62 4 45.08 4 44.65 4 3:00.80 4

Nordic combined

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
Urban Hettich Individual 70.0 66.5 152.1 32 49:00.4 214.675 2 366.775 20
Alfred Winkler 71.5 72.5 175.6 20 52:41.5 181.510 32 357.110 25
Franz Keller 65.5 68.5 154.0 31 52:32.5 182.860 30 336.860 33
Ralph Pöhland 73.0 71.5 174.8 22 49:55.6 206.395 5 381.195 10

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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