United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1960_Winter_Olympics
United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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.
Quick Facts United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | EUA |
| NOC | United Team of Germany |
| in Squaw Valley | |
| Competitors | 74 (56 men, 18 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Helmut Recknagel |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–) East Germany (1968–1988) West Germany (1968–1988) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Nationality | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Heidi Biebl |  West Germany | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Georg Thoma | West Germany | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Gold | Helmut Recknagel |  East Germany | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
| Gold | Helga Haase | East Germany | Speed skating | Women's 500m |
 Silver | Hans Peter Lanig | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | West Germany (both) | Figure skating | Pairs |
| Silver | Helga Haase | East Germany | Speed skating | Women's 1000m |
 Bronze | Barbi Henneberger | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 | – | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 | | |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| 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 |
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- 1 Two minutes added per missed target.
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| 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 | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Kuno Werner Helmut Hagg Werner Haase Enno Röder |
2'31:47.1 | 9 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| 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 | |
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- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Ritz Czech-Blasl Renate Dannhauer-Borges Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus |
1'09:25.7 | 5 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
| 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 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursel Barkey | 20 | 18 | 1164.5 | 166 | 18 |
| Bärbel Martin | 18 | 14 | 1219.8 | 132 | 14 |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, Points ...
| 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 | |
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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.
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 |  Germany |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 |  Finland |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
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- USSR 8-0 Germany
- Germany 4-1 Finland
Final round
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 |  Canada |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 4 |
| 5 |  Sweden |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 0 |
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- Canada 12-0 Germany
- USA 9-1 Germany
- USSR 7-1 Germany
- Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany
- Sweden 8-2 Germany
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 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 | ||
| 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 | | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 | | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| 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 | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| 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 | |
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