East_Germany_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics
East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. East German athletes had competed together with West German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
| East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | GDR |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
| in Grenoble | |
| Competitors | 57 (45 men, 12 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Thomas Köhler (luge) |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) | |
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| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler | Luge | Men's doubles |
 Silver | Gabriele Seyfert | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Silver | Thomas Köhler | Luge | Men's individual |
 Bronze | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | Luge | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Andreas Kunz | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Eberhard Riedel | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Eberhard Riedel | Giant Slalom | 1:55.59 | 53 | 1:51.08 | 25 | 3:46.67 | 41 |
- Men's slalom
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Eberhard Riedel | 53.62 | 1 QF | – | – | 52.00 | 25 | 52.07 | 16 | 1:44.07 | 13 |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Heinz Kluge | 1'19:55.2 | 7 | 1'26:55.2 | 24 |
| Hansjörg Knauthe | 1'23:04.9 | 2 | 1'25:04.9 | 21 | |
| Dieter Speer | 1'18:13.3 | 6 | 1'24:13.3 | 18 | |
| Horst Koschka | 1'18:37.7 | 3 | 1'21:37.7 | 10 |
- 1 One 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 | |
| Heinz Kluge Hans-Gert Jahn Horst Koschka Dieter Speer |
4 | 2'21:54.5 | 6 |
- 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Axel Lesser | DNF | – |
| Peter Thiel | 52:07.8 | 37 | |
| Gert-Dietmar Klause | 51:51.6 | 33 | |
| Gerhard Grimmer | 51:22.1 | 29 | |
| 30 km | Helmut Unger | 1'44:47.9 | 37 |
| Axel Lesser | 1'44:16.2 | 36 | |
| Gert-Dietmar Klause | 1'39:30.5 | 19 | |
| Gerhard Grimmer | 1'38:46.0 | 15 | |
| 50 km | Gert-Dietmar Klause | 2'36:52.5 | 25 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Gerhard Grimmer Axel Lesser Peter Thiel Gert-Dietmar Klause |
2'19:22.8 | 7 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Anni Unger | 17:30.7 | 16 |
| Renate Fischer-Köhler | 17:25.5 | 14 | |
| Gudrun Schmidt | 17:24.3 | 13 | |
| Christine Nestler | 17:23.5 | 12 | |
| 10 km | Anni Unger | 40:36.8 | 22 |
| Renate Fischer-Köhler | 39:27.4 | 16 | |
| Gudrun Schmidt | 39:22.8 | 14 | |
| Christine Nestler | 39:07.9 | 9 | |
- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Renate Fischer-Köhler Gudrun Schmidt Christine Nestler |
59:33.9 | 6 |
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Hoffmann | 26 | 25 | 1437.8 | 238 | 26 |
| Günter Zöller | 10 | 14 | 1727.9 | 100 | 11 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonja Morgenstern | 29 | 22 | 1475.9 | 251 | 28 |
| Gabriele Seyfert | 2 | 2 | 1882.3 | 18 | |
- Pairs
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irine Müller Hans-Georg Dallmer |
9 | 8 | 289.4 | 82 | 9 |
| Heidemarie Steiner Heinz-Ulrich Walther |
4 | 4 | 303.1 | 37 | 4 |
First round
East Germany - 
Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.
Final Round
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 |
| 3 |  Canada |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 |
| 4 |  Sweden |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 |
| 5 |  Finland |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 |
| 6 |  United States |
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
| 7 |  West Germany |
7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 |
| 8 | East Germany |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 0 |
USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mišakov, Staršinov, Alexandrov, Zajcev.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)
Canada – East Germany 11:0 (4:0, 4:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O’Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Sweden – East Germany 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs.
Referees: Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)
Czechoslovakia – East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)
East Germany – Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen.
Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)
East Germany – USA 4:6 (1:3, 1:1, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Fuchs 2, Karrenbauer 2 – Stordahl 2, P. Hurley 2, Volmar, Lilyholm.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)
East Germany – West Germany 2:4 (0:1, 1:2, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hiller, Fuchs – Funk, Waitl, Hanig, Lax.
Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Contestants
8. EAST GERMANY
Goaltenders: Dieter Pürschel, Klaus Hirche.
Defence: Dieter Voigt, Manfred Buder, Helmut Novy, Dieter Kratzsch, Wolfgang Plotka, Wilfried Sock, Ulrich Noack.
Forwards: Bernd Karrenbauer, Hartmut Nickel, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa, Joachim Ziesche, Bernd Poindl, Dietmar Peters, Bernd Hiller, Rüdiger Noack.
Coach: Rudi Schmieder.
- Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Wolfgang Scheidel | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Klaus-Michael Bonsack | 57.90 | 8 | 57.63 | 2 | 57.80 | 5 | 2:53.33 | |
| Thomas Köhler | 57.68 | 5 | 57.47 | 1 | 57.51 | 1 | 2:52.66 | |
| Horst Hörnlein | 57.49 | 3 | 58.04 | 4 | 58.57 | 13 | 2:54.10 | 7 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler |
47.88 | 1 | 47.97 | 1 | 1:35.85 | |
| Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow |
48.80 | 5 | 49.01 | 6 | 1:37.81 | 5 |
- Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Ortrun Enderlein | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Anna-Maria Müller | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Angela Knösel | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
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 | ||
| Roland Weißpflog | Individual | 67.0 | 66.0 | 186.3 | 29 | 48:33.5 | 238.00 | 2 | 424.30 | 9 |
| Karl-Heinz Luck | 69.5 | 71.0 | 198.8 | 20 | 50:14.7 | 215.22 | 8 | 414.02 | 11 | |
| Andreas Kunz | 72.5 | 74.0 | 216.9 | 10 | 49:19.8 | 227.20 | 3 | 444.10 | | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Bernd Karwofsky | Normal hill | 72.0 | 98.5 | 67.0 (fall) | 53.0 | 151.5 | 54 |
| Wolfgang Stöhr | 73.5 | 101.4 | 71.0 | 97.9 | 199.3 | 20 | |
| Manfred Queck | 75.5 | 104.1 | 72.5 | 101.3 | 205.4 | 14 | |
| Dieter Neuendorf | 76.5 | 108.7 | 73.0 | 102.6 | 211.3 | 7 | |
| Dieter Neuendorf | Large hill | 93.0 | 100.6 | 92.0 | 98.2 | 198.8 | 15 |
| Manfred Queck | 96.5 | 104.0 | 98.5 | 108.8 | 212.8 | 4 | |
| Wolfgang Stöhr | 96.5 | 106.0 | 92.5 | 99.9 | 205.9 | 7 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | 47.8 | 16 |
| 1000 m | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | 1:35.6 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | 2:27.1 | 8 |