West Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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IOC codeFRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee for Germany
Competitors71 (56 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
FlagbearerWolfgang Zimmerer (bobsleigh)
West Germany at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
(GER used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee for Germany
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)

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

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldRosi MittermaierAlpine skiingWomen's downhill
 GoldRosi MittermaierAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 SilverRosi MittermaierAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
 SilverWolfgang Zimmerer
Manfred Schumann		BobsleighTwo-man
 SilverJosef FendtLugeMen's individual
 SilverHans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm		LugeMen's doubles
 SilverUrban HettichNordic combinedMen's individual
 BronzeWolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Bodo Bittner
Manfred Schumann		BobsleighFour-man
 BronzeWest Germany men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockeyMen's competition
 BronzeElisabeth DemleitnerLugeWomen's individual

Alpine skiing

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pamela Behr 46.88 1 45.63 7 1:32.31 5

Biathlon

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

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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

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

First round

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

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 5500401110
2  Czechoslovakia 532017106
3  West Germany 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 523021244
4  Finland 523019184
5  United States 523015214
6  Poland 51409372
  • 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

Rk GP G A Pts
2nd Erich Kuhnhackl 55510
6th Ernst Kopf 5358
10th Lorenz Funk 5257
  • Team roster

Luge

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

(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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Monika Scheftschik 42.863 2 42.732 4 42.981 9 42.964 5 2:51.540 7

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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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