United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:EUA
Nocname:United Team of Germany
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1960
Flagcaption:Flag of Germany superimposed
with the Olympic rings
Location:Squaw Valley
Competitors:74 (56 men, 18 women)
Sports:8
Flagbearer:Helmut Recknagel
Rank:2
Gold:4
Silver:3
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1956
App End Year:1964
See also: (1896–1936, 1992–)
(1968–1988)
(1968–1988)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

MedalNameNationalitySportEvent
Women's downhill
Men's individual
Men's normal hill
Women's 500m
Men's downhill

(both) Pairs
Women's 1000m
Women's slalom

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eberhard RiedelDownhill2:13.316
Luggi Leitner2:10.211
Willy Bogner2:09.79
Hans Peter Lanig2:06.5
Willy BognerGiant SlalomDSQ -
Luggi Leitner1:53.618
Fritz Wagnerberger1:52.515
Hans Peter Lanig1:51.913
Sepp BehrSlalom1:12.1121:03.9132:16.010
Hans Peter Lanig1:11.9111:02.4102:14.37
Luggi Leitner1:10.9659.632:10.54
Willy Bogner1:08.81DSQ - DSQ -
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Barbi HennebergerDownhill1:42.411
Sonja Sperl1:41.07
Anneliese Meggl1:40.86
Heidi Biebl1:37.6
Heidi BieblGiant Slalom2:01.537
Barbi Henneberger1:42.615
Sonja Sperl1:41.99
Anneliese Meggl1:40.75
Heidi BieblSlalom1:09.23557.332:06.521
Anneliese Meggl1:02.52559.9122:02.413
Sonja Sperl59.01459.8101:58.88
Barbi Henneberger57.4459.261:56.6

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissed targets Adjusted time 1Rank
20 kmKurt Hinze1'36:36.591'54:36.520
Horst Nickel1'32:28.981'48:28.917
Herbert Kirchner1'38:25.641'46:35.613
Kuno Werner1'29:33.861'41:33.89

1 Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 kmSiegfried Weiß58:04.642
Werner Haase57:40.338
Enno Röder56:54.432
Kuno Werner55:25.624
30 kmSiegfried Hug2'05:48.633
Rudolf Dannhauer2'03:38.929
Josef Maier2'02:10.626
Helmut Weidlich2'01:25.821
50 kmEgon Fleischmann3'38:53.628
Siegfried Weiß3'28:29.124
Rudolf Dannhauer3'27:54.623
Helmut Hagg3'25:14.620
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 kmChrista GöhlerDNF -
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus44:14.618
Renate Dannhauer-Borges43:46.116
Rita Czech-Blasl42:29.012
Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Bodo Bockenauer17161161.213716
Tilo Gutzeit10101274.0869
Manfred Schnelldorfer991303.3758
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Ursel Barkey20181164.516618
Bärbel Martin18141219.813214
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Rita Blumenberg
Werner Mensching
70.2537
Margret Göbl
Franz Ningel
72.5365
Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
76.819

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
122001644
22110492
320205120

Final round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
15500291110
2541031128
3522124195
4523021234
5513119193
650505450
Contestants
Paul Ambros
Georg Eberl
Markus Egen
Ernst Eggerbauer
Michael Hobelsberger
Hans Huber
Ulli Jansen
Hans Rampf
Sepp Reif
Otto Schneitberger
Siegfried Schubert
Horst Franz Schuldes
Kurt Sepp
Ernst Trautwein
Xaver Unsinn
Leonhard Waitl

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Günter FlaugerIndividual66.065.5207.0121'02:10.0225.74214432.74213
Martin Körner65.063.5212.0101'07:37.0204.64527416.64520
Rainer Dietel67.563.5214.061'05:32.8212.64522426.64517
Georg Thoma69.067.5221.5159:23.8236.4524457.952

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Werner LesserNormal hill81.598.02578.5102.815200.821
Max Bolkart87.5104.31181.0108.35212.66
Veit Kührt88.5106.1979.5102.616208.712
Helmut Recknagel93.5113.6184.5113.61227.2

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mManfred Schüler42.524
Günther Tilch42.320
Herbert Söllner42.320
Helmut Kuhnert42.320
1500 mGünther Tilch2:24.838
Harald Norden2:22.131
Manfred Schüler2:18.318
Helmut Kuhnert2:13.69
5000 mHeinz Wolfram9:18.236
Sepp Biebl8:48.032
Helmut Kuhnert8:25.122
10,000 mHeinz Wolfram18:37.029
Helmut Kuhnert16:43.413
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mNatascha Liebknecht51.420
Sigrit Behrenz50.218
Helga Haase45.9
1000 mSigrit Behrenz1:43.818
Natascha Liebknecht1:43.517
Helga Haase1:34.3
1500 mGisela Toews2:51.122
Inge Görmer2:36.516
Helga Haase2:31.78
3000 mGisela Toews5:48.317
Inge Görmer5:37.513

References