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

Medal	Name	Nationality	Sport	Event
				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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eberhard Riedel	Downhill					2:13.3	16
Luggi Leitner						2:10.2	11
Willy Bogner						2:09.7	9
Hans Peter Lanig						2:06.5
Willy Bogner	Giant Slalom					DSQ	-
Luggi Leitner						1:53.6	18
Fritz Wagnerberger						1:52.5	15
Hans Peter Lanig						1:51.9	13
Sepp Behr	Slalom	1:12.1	12	1:03.9	13	2:16.0	10
Hans Peter Lanig		1:11.9	11	1:02.4	10	2:14.3	7
Luggi Leitner		1:10.9	6	59.6	3	2:10.5	4
Willy Bogner		1:08.8	1	DSQ	-	DSQ	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbi Henneberger	Downhill					1:42.4	11
Sonja Sperl						1:41.0	7
Anneliese Meggl						1:40.8	6
Heidi Biebl						1:37.6
Heidi Biebl	Giant Slalom					2:01.5	37
Barbi Henneberger						1:42.6	15
Sonja Sperl						1:41.9	9
Anneliese Meggl						1:40.7	5
Heidi Biebl	Slalom	1:09.2	35	57.3	3	2:06.5	21
Anneliese Meggl		1:02.5	25	59.9	12	2:02.4	13
Sonja Sperl		59.0	14	59.8	10	1:58.8	8
Barbi Henneberger		57.4	4	59.2	6	1:56.6

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Missed targets	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Kurt Hinze	1'36:36.5	9	1'54:36.5	20
	Horst Nickel	1'32:28.9	8	1'48:28.9	17
	Herbert Kirchner	1'38:25.6	4	1'46:35.6	13
	Kuno Werner	1'29:33.8	6	1'41:33.8	9

¹ Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Siegfried Weiß	58:04.6	42
	Werner Haase	57:40.3	38
	Enno Röder	56:54.4	32
	Kuno Werner	55:25.6	24
30 km	Siegfried Hug	2'05:48.6	33
	Rudolf Dannhauer	2'03:38.9	29
	Josef Maier	2'02:10.6	26
	Helmut Weidlich	2'01:25.8	21
50 km	Egon Fleischmann	3'38:53.6	28
	Siegfried Weiß	3'28:29.1	24
	Rudolf Dannhauer	3'27:54.6	23
	Helmut Hagg	3'25:14.6	20

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Christa Göhler	DNF	-
	Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus	44:14.6	18
	Renate Dannhauer-Borges	43:46.1	16
	Rita Czech-Blasl	42:29.0	12

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

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

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Bodo Bockenauer	17	16	1161.2	137	16
Tilo Gutzeit	10	10	1274.0	86	9
Manfred Schnelldorfer	9	9	1303.3	75	8

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ursel Barkey	20	18	1164.5	166	18
Bärbel Martin	18	14	1219.8	132	14

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Rita Blumenberg Werner Mensching	70.2	53	7
Margret Göbl Franz Ningel	72.5	36	5
Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	76.8	19

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.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	16	4	4
2		2	1	1	0	4	9	2
3		2	0	2	0	5	12	0

• USSR 8-0 Germany
• Germany 4-1 Finland

Final round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2		5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3		5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4		5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5		5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6		5	0	5	0	5	45	0

• Canada 12-0 Germany
• USA 9-1 Germany
• USSR 7-1 Germany
• Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany
• Sweden 8-2 Germany

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:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Günter Flauger	Individual	66.0	65.5	207.0	12	1'02:10.0	225.742	14	432.742	13
Martin Körner		65.0	63.5	212.0	10	1'07:37.0	204.645	27	416.645	20
Rainer Dietel		67.5	63.5	214.0	6	1'05:32.8	212.645	22	426.645	17
Georg Thoma		69.0	67.5	221.5	1	59:23.8	236.452	4	457.952

Ski jumping

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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Werner Lesser	Normal hill	81.5	98.0	25	78.5	102.8	15	200.8	21
Max Bolkart		87.5	104.3	11	81.0	108.3	5	212.6	6
Veit Kührt		88.5	106.1	9	79.5	102.6	16	208.7	12
Helmut Recknagel		93.5	113.6	1	84.5	113.6	1	227.2

Speed skating

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Manfred Schüler	42.5	24
	Günther Tilch	42.3	20
	Herbert Söllner	42.3	20
	Helmut Kuhnert	42.3	20
1500 m	Günther Tilch	2:24.8	38
	Harald Norden	2:22.1	31
	Manfred Schüler	2:18.3	18
	Helmut Kuhnert	2:13.6	9
5000 m	Heinz Wolfram	9:18.2	36
	Sepp Biebl	8:48.0	32
	Helmut Kuhnert	8:25.1	22
10,000 m	Heinz Wolfram	18:37.0	29
	Helmut Kuhnert	16:43.4	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Natascha Liebknecht	51.4	20
	Sigrit Behrenz	50.2	18
	Helga Haase	45.9
1000 m	Sigrit Behrenz	1:43.8	18
	Natascha Liebknecht	1:43.5	17
	Helga Haase	1:34.3
1500 m	Gisela Toews	2:51.1	22
	Inge Görmer	2:36.5	16
	Helga Haase	2:31.7	8
3000 m	Gisela Toews	5:48.3	17
	Inge Görmer	5:37.5	13

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com