United Team of Germany at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	EUA
Nocname:	United Team of Germany
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany, which was used at the time by both East Germany (until 1959) and West Germany
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	63 (52 men, 11 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Andreas Ostler (bobsleigh)
Rank:	9
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1956
App End Year:	1964
See also:	(1896–1936, 1992–) (1968–1988) (1968–1988)

Germany was represented at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) and, for the first time, also from the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) which had not joined in 1952.

The results were rather disappointing as only 2 medals were scored against the emerging competition. Rosa "Ossi" Reichert won gold at the women's giant slalom, and Harry Glaß took bronze in the K90 individual jump.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Nationality	Sport	Event	Date
					January 27
					February 5

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pepi Schwaiger	Downhill					3:22.2	20
Karl Zillibiller						3:21.6	19
Sepp Behr						3:07.7	12
Hans Peter Lanig						2:59.8	5
Beni Obermüller	Giant Slalom					3:42.9	48
Pepi Schwaiger						3:23.5	26
Sepp Behr						3:11.4	8
Hans Peter Lanig						3:08.6	7
Rochus Wagner	Slalom	1:48.7	32	2:28.7 (+0:05)	42	4:17.4	34
Karl Zillibiller		1:36.6	26	2:23.6	34	4:00.2	25
Sepp Behr		1:33.3	15	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Beni Obermüller		1:32.3	10	1:55.2	10	3:27.5	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mirl Buchner	Downhill					DNF	-
Sonja Sperl						1:57.8	32
Hannelore Glaser-Franke						1:54.7	29
Ossi Reichert						1:52.3	20
Mirl Buchner	Giant Slalom					2:05.0	27
Hannelore Glaser-Franke						2:02.7	19
Marianne Seltsam						2:01.4	12
Ossi Reichert						1:56.5
Marianne Seltsam	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Ossi Reichert		1:07.8	24	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Hannelore Glaser-Franke		1:01.8	19	1:02.9	17	2:04.7	14
Mirl Buchner		1:01.7	18	1:16.8	28	2:18.5	21

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Hans Rösch Lorenz Nieberl	Two-man	1:26.92	14	1:24.08	6	1:25.21	9	1:25.13	6	5:41.34	9
GER-2	Andreas Ostler Hans Hohenester	Two-man	1:24.63	4	1:24.89	10	1:25.07	8	1:25.54	8	5:40.13	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Hans Rösch Michael Pössinger Lorenz Nieberl Sylvester Wackerle	Four-man	1:18.61	6	1:19.04	8	1:19.43	7	1:20.94	13	5:18.02	6
GER-2	Franz Schelle Jakob Nirschl Hans Henn Edmund Koller	Four-man	1:19.03	9	1:18.84	7	1:19.31	6	1:21.32	15	5:18.50	8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Helmut Hagg	56:50	46
	Rudi Kopp	54:31	31
	Siegfried Weiß	54:29	29
	Kuno Werner	54:18	27
30 km	Werner Moring	2'00:55	40
	Erich Lindenlaub	1'58:30	33
	Hermann Möchel	1'56:34	30
50 km	Werner Moring	3'20:32	20

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Rita Czech-Blasl	43:51	29
	Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig	43:15	26
	Else Amann	42:22	20
	Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus	42:22	20

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2	3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3	3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4	3	0	2	1	2	32	1

Canada 4-0 Germany
Italy 2-2 Germany
Germany 7-0 Austria

Games for 1st-6th places

Rank	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2	5	4	1	0	26	12	8
3	5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4	5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5	5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

USA 7-2 Germany
USSR 8-0 Germany
Canada 10-0 Germany
Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany
Germany 1-1 Sweden

	Contestants Ulli Jansen Alfred Hoffmann Toni Biersack Bruno Guttowski Martin Beck Paul Ambros Karl Bierschel Kurt Sepp Markus Egen Ernst Trautwein Rudolf Pittrich Hans Huber Arthur Endress Reiner Kossmann Hans Rampf Martin Zach Günther Jochems

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Helmut Böck	Individual	66.0	66.5	190.0	24	59:13	228.700	11	418.700	19
Gerhard Glaß		72.0	72.5	203.5	9	1'04:17	209.100	30	412.600	24
Herbert Leonhardt		62.0	62.0	177.0	32	1'01:34	219.600	23	396.600	28
Heinz Hauser		71.0	67.5	195.0	20	1'00:43	222.900	17	417.900	21

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sepp Kleisl	Normal hill	73.0	95.0	29	71.0	94.0	26	189.0	26
Werner Lesser		77.5	105.0	10	77.5	105.0	8	210.0	8
Max Bolkart		80.0	111.5	3	81.5	111.0	4	222.5	4
Harry Glaß		83.5	115.0	1	80.5	109.5	7	224.5

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Helmut Kuhnert	44.0	34
1500 m	Hans Keller	2:18.1	35
5000 m	Hans Keller	8:24.5	30
5000 m	Helmut Kuhnert	8:04.8	9
10,000 m	Hans Keller	17:27.7	21
10,000 m	Helmut Kuhnert	17:04.6	10