West Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	FRG
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Sapporo, Japan 3 February 1972 (1972-02-03) – 13 February 1972 (1972-02-13)
Competitors	78 (62 men, 16 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Walter Demel (cross-country skiing)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Gold	Erhard Keller	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Gold	Monika Pflug	Speed skating	Women's 1000m
Silver	Horst Floth Pepi Bader	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing

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

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

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

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

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Franz Betz Urban Hettich Hartmut Döpp Walter Demel	2'10:42.85	7

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

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Monika Mrklas Ingrid Rothfuß Michaela Endler	50:25.61	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Isabelle de Navarre	16	14	2340.0	128	14

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

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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Poland	4–0	West Germany

Consolation Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	West Germany	4	3	1	0	22	10	6
8	Norway	4	3	1	0	16	14	6
9	Japan	4	2	1	1	17	16	5
10	Switzerland	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

Head coach: Gerhard Kießling

Luge

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

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

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

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

References

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