West Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FRG
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1972
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany
Website:
Location:	Sapporo, Japan
Competitors:	78 (62 men, 16 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Walter Demel (cross-country skiing)
Rank:	6
Gold:	3
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968
App End Year:	1988
See also:	(1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) (1952) (1956–1964)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Two-man
			Men's 500m
			Women's 1000m
			Two-man
			Four-man

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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

See main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Theo Merkel	1'19:58.17	11	1'30:58.17	50
20 km	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

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 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
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
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

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
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
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

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
50 km	Walter Demel	2'44:32.67	5

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Monika Mrklas	17:57.40	24
5 km	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

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Women

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

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Consolation Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7		4	3	1	0	22	10	6
8		4	3	1	0	16	14	6
9		4	2	1	1	17	16	5
10		4	0	2	2	9	16	2
11	Yugoslavia	4	0	3	1	9	17	1

West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
West Germany 5-1 Norway
Japan 7-6 West Germany
Team roster

Anton Kehle

Heiko Antons

Georg Kink

Rainer Makatsch

Otto Schneitberger

Josef Völk

Werner Modes

Paul Langner

Rudolf Thanner

Karl-Heinz Egger

Rainer Philipp

Bernd Kuhn

Reinhold Bauer

Johann Eimannsberger

Lorenz Funk

Erich Kühnhackl

Alois Schloder

Anton Hofherr

Hans Rothkirch

Martin Wild
Head coach: Gerhard Kießling

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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
Athlete	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

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 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
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

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sepp Schwinghammer	Normal hill	68.5	89.8	68.5	90.3	180.1	49
Alfred Grosche		70.0	92.2	69.0	90.6	182.8	47
Günther Göllner		74.0	101.6	66.0	84.3	185.9	46
Alfred Grosche	Large hill	84.0 (fall)	44.6	77.5	75.0	119.6	52
Günther Göllner	Large hill	90.0	93.0	87.0	82.3	175.3	27

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Herbert Schwarz	43.03	31
	Gerd Zimmermann	41.35	21
	Hans Lichtenstern	40.55	10
	Erhard Keller	39.44 OR
1500 m	Herbert Schwarz	2:15.42	32
1500 m	Gerd Zimmermann	2:08.95	12
5000 m	Herbert Schwarz	8:26.03	27
5000 m	Gerd Zimmermann	7:41.16	9
10,000 m	Gerd Zimmermann	15:43.92	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Monika Stützle	48.15	27
	Paula Dufter	45.77	12
	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	44.75	5
1000 m	Paula Dufter	1:34.86	16
1000 m	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	1:31.40 OR
1500 m	Monika Stützle	2:37.15	31
	Paula Dufter	2:26.00	15
	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	2:24.69	10