Olympic Winter Games 1972 / Participant (GDR)
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The GDR took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of 42 athletes, 29 men and 13 women.
After 1968 it was the GDR's second participation in the Winter Olympics .
Flag bearer
Luge driver Klaus-Michael Bonsack carried the flag of the GDR , which started under its own flag for the first time, during the opening ceremony in the Makomanai stadium .
Medals
With four won gold, three silver and seven bronze medals, the team of the GDR took 2nd place in the medals table .
gold
- Wolfgang Scheidel : Tobogganing, gentlemen, single-seaters
- Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow : tobogganing, gentlemen, two-seaters
- Anna-Maria Müller : tobogganing, women, single-seaters
- Ulrich Wehling : Nordic skiing, Nordic combined
silver
- Hansjörg Knauthe : Biathlon, men, 20 km
- Harald Ehrig : Tobogganing, gentlemen, single-seaters
- Ute Rührold : tobogganing, women, single-seaters
bronze
- Hansjörg Knauthe , Joachim Meischner , Dieter Speer and Horst Koschka : Biathlon, men, 4 × 7.5 km relay
- Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann : figure skating, pair skating
- Wolfram Fiedler : Tobogganing, men, single-seaters
- Klaus-Michael Bonsack and Wolfram Fiedler : tobogganing, men, two-seaters
- Margit Schumann : tobogganing, women, single-seaters
- Karl-Heinz Luck : Nordic skiing, Nordic combined
- Rainer Schmidt : Nordic skiing, ski jumping, large hill
Participants by sport
On Hockey competition at the bobsled races and in the alpine ski disciplines no East German athletes participated.
biathlon
With Hansjörg Knauthe, the biathletes provided one of the most successful GDR representatives. The good placements in the individual decision were reflected in relay bronze.
Men's:
- Hansjörg Knauthe (SG Dynamo Zinnwald)
- Dieter Speer (SG Dynamo Zinnwald)
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Günter Bartnik (SG Dynamo Zinnwald)
- Individual (20 km): 15th place
- Horst Koschka (SG Dynamo Zinnwald)
- Joachim Meischner (SG Dynamo Zinnwald)
figure skating
The figure skaters won a medal in pair skating. The very young athletes, the oldest participants were 21 years old, were able to place in all competitions among the top eight.
Women:
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Men
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Couples:
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Speed skating
Only two women competed in speed skating, men did not start. Rosemarie Taupadel was able to achieve a remarkable 5th place over 1500 m.
Women:
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Ruth Budzisch (SC Dynamo Berlin)
- 500 m: 13th place
- 1000 m: 33rd place
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Rosemarie Taupadel (SC Dynamo Berlin)
- 1000 m: 12th place
- 1500 m: 5th place
- 3000 m: 15th place
Sledding
The luge competitions became GDR championships with international participation. Only one medal was given to the competition, the Italian two-seater Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner became Olympic champions at the same time as Hörnlein / Bredow.
Women:
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Men's:
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Two-seater
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Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
Renate Fischer achieved a single-digit placement among women cross-country skiers. In the season, Anni Unger lost the fight for fourth place in the sprint to the finish against Michaela Endler from Germany.
In the men's category, Gert-Dietmar Klause in particular attracted attention with two single-digit placements. The season, which had won silver at the 1970 World Cup with the same line-up, ended up in 6th place.
Women:
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Men's:
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Ski jumping
The GDR representatives had nothing to order on the small hill. In a competition on the large hill, which was very much influenced by the external conditions, Rainer Schmidt was able to advance from eighth place to bronze place, only 0.5 points behind Walter Steiner, who placed second, and 0.6 points behind Olympic champion Wojciech Fortuna , but also only 0 , 1 point ahead of the fourth Tauno Käyhkö . Manfred Wolf, who was still third after the first round, fell back to fifth.
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Hans-Georg Aschenbach (ASK Forward Brotterode)
- Normal hill: 31st place
- Rainer Schmidt (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis)
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Manfred Wolf (ASK Forward Brotterode)
- Normal hill: 38th place
- Large hill: 5th place
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Henry Glaß (SC Dynamo Klingenthal)
- Normal hill: 18th place
- Large hill: 20th place
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Heinz Wosipiwo (SC Dynamo Klingenthal)
- Large hill: 39th place
Nordic combination
Ulrich Wehling was the name of the surprise winner from Sapporo. The hitherto unknown young athlete was fourth after jumping. With the third fastest run time, he took almost two minutes from the Finn Rauno Miettinen, who had been second up until then , and won gold. Karl-Heinz Luck with the fastest running time from 17th place improved almost sensationally to bronze after jumping.
- Ulrich Wehling (SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal)
- Karl-Heinz Luck (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis)
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Hans Hartleb (SC Motor Zella-Mehlis)
- Individual (normal hill 70 m / 15 km): 18th place
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Günter Deckert (SC Dynamo Klingenthal)
- Individual (normal hill 70 m / 15 km): 9th place
statistics
Medals by sports
Medal table (based on the decisions) | |||||
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space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
1 | Luge | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8th |
2 | Nordic combination | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | biathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4th | Ski jumping | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
figure skating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medals according to sports clubs
Medal table (based on the individual athletes) | |||||
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space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
1 | ASK Oberhof | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4th |
2 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
3 | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 0 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
4th | SC Dynamo Berlin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Participants by sports clubs
team | Men | Women | total |
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SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 6th | 2 | 8th |
SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 4th | 4th | 8th |
ASK Oberhof | 6th | 1 | 7th |
SC Dynamo Berlin | 1 | 4th | 5 |
SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 5 | 0 | 5 |
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 2 | 4th |
SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
ASK forward Brotterode | 2 | 0 | 2 |
total | 29 | 13 | 42 |
swell
- Presentation of the nominated athletes in the BZ on January 19, 1972 p. 8
Web link
- Olympic team of the GDR 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )