East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the Olympic Games
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At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Competitors	57 (45 men, 12 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Thomas Köhler (luge)
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 5
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Winter Games
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler	Luge	Men's doubles
Silver	Gabriele Seyfert	Figure skating	Men'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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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 x 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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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 Kratzch, Wolfgang Plotka, Wilfried, Sock, Ulrich Noack.
Forwards: Bernd Karenbauer, Hartmut Nickel, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa, Joachim Ziesche, Bernd Poindl, Dietmar Peters, Bernd Hiler, Rüdiger Noack.
Coach: Rudi Schmieder.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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	–

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 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
		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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com