Olympic Winter Games 1968 / Participant (Federal Republic of Germany)

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The Federal Republic of Germany took part in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 87 athletes, 67 men and 20 women.

Flag bearer

Luge rider Hans Plenk carried the flag of the German team during the opening ceremony in the :: Stade olympique ::.

• See also : List of the flag bearers of the German teams at the Olympic Games

Medals

With two won gold, two silver and three bronze medals, the team of Germany was ranked 8th in the medals table .

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Nordic combination	1	-	-	1
	Speed ​​skating	1	-	-	1
3	Luge	-	1	2	3
4th	bob	-	1	-	1
5	figure skating	-	-	1	1
total		2	2	3	7th

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Franz Keller	Nordic combination	singles
Erhard Keller	Speed ​​skating	500 m
silver
Horst Floth Pepi Bader	bob	Two-man bobsleigh
Christa jewelry	Luge	Single seater
bronze
Margot Glockshuber Wolfgang Danne	figure skating	Pair skating
Wolfgang Winkler Fritz Nachmann	Luge	Two-seater
Angelika Dünhaupt	Luge	Single seater

Participants by sport

biathlon

Athletes	Competitions	time	error	rank
Men
Gerhard Gehring	20 km individual	1: 28: 26.8 h	8 (2 + 1 + 2 + 3)	32
Herbert Hindelang	20 km individual	1: 31: 48.5 h	10 (3 + 5 + 1 + 1)	41
Xaver Kraus	20 km individual	1: 30: 40.2 h	12 (4 + 3 + 2 + 3)	39
Theo Merkel	20 km individual	1: 22: 10.5 h	4 (3 + 0 + 1 + 0)	12
Herbert Hindelang Theo Merkel Xaver Kraus Gerhard Gehring	4 × 7.5 km relay	2: 29: 56.6 h	6 (2 + 0 + 2 + 2)	9

bob

Athletes	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Horst Floth Pepi Bader	Two-man bobsleigh	1: 10.76 min	5	1: 10.43 min	1	1: 10.20 min	1	1: 10.15 min	2	4: 41.54 min	silver
Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	Two-man bobsleigh	1: 12.36 min	15th	1: 11.94 min	8th	1: 10.77 min	4th	1: 11.33 min	4th	4: 46.40 min	7th
Horst Floth Pepi Bader Frank Lange Willi Schäfer	Four-man bobsleigh	1: 10.49 min	5	1: 07.84 min	5	-				2: 18.33 min	5
Wolfgang Zimmerer Hans Baumann Stefan Gaisreiter Peter Utzschneider	Four-man bobsleigh	1: 11.12 min	13	1: 08.35 min	8th					2: 19.47 min	9

ice Hockey

competition	Men
player	Heinz Bader Lorenz Funk Manfred Gmeiner Gustav Hanig Günther Knauss Ernst Köpf Sr. Bernd Kuhn Peter Lax Horst Meindl Sepp Reif Hans Layer Sepp Schramm Alois Schloder Otto Schneitberger Rudolf Thanner Josef Völk Leonhard Waitl Heinz Weisenbach
Preliminary round	Romania 7: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0)
Final round	Canada 1: 6 (0: 0, 1: 4, 0: 2) Czechoslovakia 1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 2) Sweden 4: 5 (3: 4, 0: 0, 1: 1 ) Soviet Union 1: 9 (1: 4, 0: 4, 0: 1) United States 1: 8 (1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 2) Finland 1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0 : 1) German Democratic Republic 4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)
placement	7th

figure skating

Athletes	Competitions	Short program / dance	Freestyle / freestyle dance	total
		rank	rank	Points	rank
Women
Monika Feldmann	singles	11	13	1687.1	10
Petra Ruhrmann	singles	16	18th	1611.2	17th
Eileen Zillmer	singles	12	23	1600.3	19th
Men
Jürgen Eberwein	singles	25th	22nd	1530.3	24
Peter Krick	singles	7th	16	1723.2	12
Mixed
Margot Glockshuber Wolfgang Danne	Ice dance	3	3	304.4	bronze
Gudrun Hauss Walter Häfner	Pair skating	7th	9	293.6	8th
Marianne Streifler Herbert Wiesinger	Pair skating	12	11	282.7	11

Speed ​​skating

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Women
Paula Dufter	1500 m	2: 45.2 min	30th
	3000 m	5: 27.0 min	19th
Evi Sappl	500 m	47.4 s	12
	1000 m	1: 37.4 min	17th
Hildegard Sellhuber	500 m	48.4 s	21st
	1000 m	1: 37.2 min	16
	1500 m	2: 27.5 min	9
Men
Herbert Höfl	500 m	41.0 s	11
Erhard Keller	500 m	40.3 s	gold
Günter Traub	500 m	42.5 s	31
	1500 m	2: 07.7 min	15th
	5000 m	7: 40.4 min	13
	10,000 m	16:01.3 min	11
Jürgen Traub	1500 m	2: 10.2 min	22nd
	5000 m	7: 55.3 min	20th
	10,000 m	16: 33.8 min	18th
Gerhard Zimmermann	500 m	41.5 s	19th

Nordic combination

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping					Cross-country skiing			total
		1. Width	2. Width	3. Width	Points	rank	time	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Franz Keller	Single normal hill	118.1 m	122.0 m	81.3 m	240.1	1	50: 45.2 min	208.94	13	449.04	gold
Günther Naumann	Single normal hill	95.4 m	94.6 m	92.3 m	190.0	28	49: 48.5 min	220.89	5	410.89	14th
Hans Rudhart	Single normal hill	96.7 m	95.7 m	98.7 m	195.4	22nd	53: 15.3 min	179.34	28	374.74	29
Alfred Winkler	Single normal hill	88.9 m	98.6 m	94.2 m	192.8	25th	52: 26.0 min	188.79	24	381.59	25th

Luge

athlete	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Angelika Dünhaupt	Single seater	49.34 s	7th	49.88 s	6th	50.34 s	5	2: 29.56 min	bronze
Ute Gähler	Single seater	49.78 s	13	49.93 s	7th	50.71 s	10	2: 30.42 min	8th
Christa jewelry	Single seater	49.15 s	5	49.84 s	5	50.38 s	6th	2: 29.37 min	silver
Men
Fritz Nachmann	Single seater	58.54 s	16	59.05 s	17th	58.82 s	17th	2: 56.41 min	17th
Leonhard Nagenrauft	Single seater	57.87 s	7th	58.45 s	9	58.39 s	9	2: 54.71 min	9
Hans Plenk	Single seater	57.30 s	2	58.37 s	7th	58.00 s	6th	2: 53.67 min	6th
Wolfgang Winkler	Single seater	58.08 s	10	58.86 s	14th	58.41 s	10	2: 55.35 min	11
Fritz Nachmann Wolfgang Winkler	Two-seater	48.58 s	3	48.71 s	3	-		1: 37.29 min	bronze
Hans Plenk Bernhard Aschauer	Two-seater	48.70 s	4th	48.91 s	5			1: 37.61 min	4th

Alpine skiing

Athletes	Competitions	1st run		2nd run		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Burgl Färberinger	Departure	-				1: 44.29 min	14th
	Giant slalom					1: 57.20 min	10
	slalom	42.70 s	9	46.20 s	6th	1: 28.90 min	6th
Margret Harbor	Departure	-				1: 45.33 min	19th
	Giant slalom					1: 58.47 min	18th
Christa Hintermaier	slalom	44.67 s	18th	49.95 s	18th	1: 34.62 min	16
Christine Laprell	Departure	-				1: 47.62 min	24
	Giant slalom					1: 58.12 min	15th
	slalom	42.94 s	10	48.31 s	11	1: 31.25 min	10
Rosi Mittermaier	Departure	-				1: 47.73 min	25th
	Giant slalom					1: 58.75 min	20th
	slalom	42.90 s	9	DSQ
Men
Dieter Fersch	Departure	-				2: 03.41 min	19th
Alfred Hagn	slalom	52.95 s	31	51.70 s	12	1: 44.65 min	16
Sepp Heckelmiller	Giant slalom	1: 48.25 min	25th	1: 50.70 min	20th	3: 38.95 min	24
Luggi Leitner	Departure	-				2: 02.54 min	12
	Giant slalom	1: 47.64 min	24	1: 51.21 min	27	3: 38.85 min	23
	slalom	50.89 s	15th	52.61 s	18th	1: 43.50 min	12
Willi Lesch	Giant slalom	1: 47.48 min	21st	1: 51.35 min	30th	3: 38.83 min	22nd
	slalom	51.28 s	17th	DSQ
Gerhard Prinzing	Departure	-				2: 02.10 min	7th
	Giant slalom	DSQ
Max Rieger	slalom	53.81 s	36	51.57 s	11	1: 45.38 min	20th
Franz Vogler	Departure	-				2: 02.94 min	15th

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Women
Barbara Barthel	5 km	18: 20.0 min	29
	10 km	DNF
Michaela Endler	5 km	17: 59.2 min	25th
	10 km	41: 01.1 min	26th
Monika Mrklas	5 km	17: 32.5 min	17th
	10 km	39: 58.2 min	20th
Michaela Endler Barbara Barthel Monika Mrklas	3 × 5 km relay	1: 01: 49.3 h	7th
Men
Karl Buhl	15 km	50: 38.1 min	20th
	30 km	1: 42: 52.2 h	31
Walter Demel	15 km	49: 38.4 min	12
	30 km	1: 37: 49.2 h	9
	50 km	2: 31: 14.4 h	9
Klaus Ganter	15 km	52: 30.0 min	39
	50 km	DNF
Helmut Gerlach	15 km	52: 21.8 min	38
	50 km	2: 41: 55.8 h	33
Karl Scherzinger	30 km	1: 47: 08.7 h	48
Herbert Loewe	30 km	1: 46: 31.2 h	46
Siegfried Weiss	50 km	2: 46: 53.4 h	43
Helmut Gerlach Walter Demel Herbert Steinbeißer Karl Buhl	4 × 10 km relay	2: 19: 37.6 h	8th

Ski jumping

Athletes	competition	1st round			2nd round			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Günther Göllner	Normal hill	77.0 m	109.5	5	70.5 m	97.6	22nd	207.1	10
	Large hill	93.0 m	96.6	24	85.0 m	86.9	30th	183.5	29
Heini Ihle	Normal hill	75.5 m	102.6	22nd	70.0 m	94.8	27	197.4	22nd
	Large hill	82.0 m	73.7	51	84.5 m	82.7	41	156.4	46
Franz Keller	Large hill	90.5 m	93.6	33	84.0 m	80.5	44	174.1	36
Henrik Ohlmeyer	Normal hill	75.0 m	104.8	14th	67.5 m	88.8	40	193.6	28
	Large hill	90.5 m	92.6	34	86.0 m	85.3	37	177.9	33

Web links

• German Olympic team 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )