East_Germany_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics
East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Quick Facts East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | GDR |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 59 (40 men, 19 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Meinhard Nehmer (bobsleigh) |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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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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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Manfred Beer | 1'18:42.50 | 5 | 1'23:42.50 | 27 |
| Karl-Heinz Wolf | 1'15:06.89 | 5 | 1'20:06.89 | 15 | |
| Manfred Geyer | 1'13:11.37 | 6 | 1'19:11.37 | 12 |
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- 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
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
| Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer |
5 | 2'04:08.61 |  |
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- 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GDR-1 | Horst Schönau Raimund Bethge |
Two-man | 56.89 | 8 | 56.79 | 8 | 56.74 | 7 | 56.55 | 4 | 3:46.97 | 7 |
| GDR-2 | Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen |
Two-man | 56.24 | 3 | 56.04 | 1 | 55.87 | 1 | 56.27 | 1 | 3:44.42 |  |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GDR-1 | Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann |
Four-man | 54.43 | 1 | 54.64 | 1 | 55.51 | 2 | 55.85 | 2 | 3:40.43 | |
| GDR-2 | Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raimund Bethge |
Four-man | 55.11 | 6 | 55.12 | 5 | 55.63 | 4 | 56.58 | 4 | 3:42.44 | 4 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Gerhard Grimmer | 48:45.04 | 49 |
| Gerd Heßler | 47:08.77 | 28 | |
| Jürgen Wolf | 47:04.49 | 25 | |
| Gert-Dietmar Klause | 45:42.97 | 9 | |
| 30 km | Dieter Meinel | 1'36:37.35 | 33 |
| Axel Lesser | 1'34:53.14 | 17 | |
| Gerhard Grimmer | 1'34:52.15 | 16 | |
| Gert-Dietmar Klause | 1'32:00.91 | 6 | |
| 50 km | Dieter Meinel | 2'49:52.42 | 33 |
| Gerd Heßler | 2'47:34.90 | 28 | |
| Gerhard Grimmer | 2'41:15.46 | 5 | |
| Gert-Dietmar Klause | 2'38:13.21 |  | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Gerd Heßler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause |
DNF | – |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Sigrun Krause | 16:55.54 | 16 |
| Veronika Hesse-Schmidt | 16:42.86 | 12 | |
| Barbara Petzold | 16:42.44 | 11 | |
| Monika Debertshäuser | 16:34.94 | 7 | |
| 10 km | Monika Debertshäuser | 31:50.06 | 14 |
| Sigrun Krause | 31:39.76 | 12 | |
| Veronika Hesse-Schmidt | 31:12.33 | 8 | |
| Barbara Petzold | 31:12.20 | 7 | |
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- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse-Schmidt |
1'09:57.95 | |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Hoffmann | 4 | 9 | 5 | 187.34 | 34 | 4 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Weber | 12 | 9 | 10 | 175.82 | 99 | 11 |
| Anett Pötzsch | 4 | 3 | 4 | 187.42 | 33 | 4 |
| Christine Errath | 5 | 2 | 3 | 188.16 | 28 | |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, SP ...
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerstin Stolfig Veit Kempe |
7 | 6 | 129.57 | 59 | 6 |
| Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann |
4 | 3 | 134.57 | 34 | |
| Romy Kermer Rolf Österreich |
2 | 2 | 136.35 | 21 | |
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Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Hans Rinn | 52.916 | 6 | 51.968 | 2 | 51.690 | 2 | 52.000 | 3 | 3:28.574 | |
| Hans-Heinrich Winckler | 52.848 | 5 | 52.328 | 6 | 52.069 | 4 | 52.209 | 4 | 3:29.454 | 4 |
| Dettlef Günther | 52.381 | 1 | 52.107 | 4 | 51.418 | 1 | 51.782 | 1 | 3:27.688 | |
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(Men's) Doubles
More information Athletes, Run 1 ...
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn |
42.773 | 1 | 42.831 | 1 | 1:25.604 | |
| Bernd Hahn Ulli Hahn |
43.291 | 6 | 46.566 | 24 | 1:29.847 | 16 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Eva-Maria Wernicke | 43.007 | 5 | 42.646 | 2 | 42.711 | 7 | 42.898 | 4 | 2:51.262 | 4 |
| Ute Rührold | 42.926 | 3 | 42.708 | 3 | 42.439 | 3 | 42.773 | 2 | 2:50.846 | |
| Margit Schumann | 42.854 | 1 | 42.830 | 7 | 42.285 | 1 | 42.652 | 1 | 2:50.621 | |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Konrad Winkler | Individual | 74.5 | 77.0 | 213.9 | 4 | 49:51.11 | 203.57 | 7 | 417.47 | |
| Günter Deckert | 71.0 | 74.0 | 194.2 | 18 | 49:51.00 | 203.58 | 6 | 397.78 | 13 | |
| Claus Tuchscherer | 78.5 | 79.0 | 218.7 | 3 | 51:16.12 | 190.81 | 20 | 409.51 | 5 | |
| Ulrich Wehling | 80.0 | 80.5 | 225.5 | 1 | 50:28.95 | 197.89 | 13 | 423.39 | | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Henry Glaß | Normal hill | 80.0 | 118.3 | 79.5 (fall) | 85.5 | 203.8 | 44 |
| Bernd Eckstein | 80.5 | 118.6 | 81.5 (fall) | 90.7 | 209.3 | 32 | |
| Jochen Danneberg | 83.5 | 124.4 | 82.5 | 121.8 | 246.2 | | |
| Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 84.5 | 128.0 | 82.0 | 124.0 | 252.0 | | |
| Henry Glaß | Large hill | 91.0 | 104.4 | 97.0 | 117.3 | 221.7 | |
| Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 92.5 | 109.5 | 89.0 | 102.6 | 212.1 | 8 | |
| Bernd Eckstein | 94.0 | 109.6 | 91.5 | 106.6 | 216.2 | 7 | |
| Jochen Danneberg | 102.0 | 118.8 | 89.5 | 102.8 | 221.6 | 4 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Harald Oehme | 41.54 | 24 |
| 1000 m | Harald Oehme | 1:23.88 | 20 |
| Klaus Wunderlich | 1:21.67 | 10 | |
| 1500 m | Klaus Wunderlich | 2:03.41 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Manfred Winter | 7:58.28 | 18 |
| Klaus Wunderlich | 7:33.82 | 5 | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ute Dix | 45.60 | 20 |
| Ines Bautzmann | 44.87 | 15 | |
| Heike Lange | 44.21 | 10 | |
| 1000 m | Ute Dix | 1:34.14 | 21 |
| Monika Zernicek | 1:31.68 | 12 | |
| Heike Lange | 1:30.55 | 8 | |
| 1500 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 2:20.05 | 10 |
| Ines Bautzmann | 2:19.63 | 7 | |
| Karin Kessow | 2:19.05 | 5 | |
| 3000 m | Ines Bautzmann | 4:46.67 | 5 |
| Karin Kessow | 4:45.60 | 4 | |
| Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 4:45.23 | | |
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