East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the
1976 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Innsbruck
Competitors59 (40 men, 19 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerMeinhard Nehmer (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
7
Total
19
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Gold Meinhard Nehmer
Jochen Babock
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bernhard Lehmann		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Gold Dettlef Günther Luge Men's individual
 Gold Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn		 Luge Men's doubles
 Gold Margit Schumann Luge Women's individual
 Gold Ulrich Wehling Nordic combined Men's individual
 Gold Hans-Georg Aschenbach Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Gert-Dietmar Klause Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Silver Romy Kermer
Rolf Österreich		 Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Ute Rührold Luge Women's individual
 Silver Jochen Danneberg Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich Speed skating Women's 3000m
 Bronze Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer		 Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Bronze Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
 Bronze Christine Errath Figure skating Women's singles
 Bronze Manuela Groß
Uwe Kagelmann		 Figure skating Pairs
 Bronze Hans Rinn Luge Men's individual
 Bronze Konrad Winkler Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Henry Glaß Ski jumping Men's large hill

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Manfred Beer 1'18:42.50 5 1'23:42.50 27
Karl-Heinz Wolf 1'15:06.89 5 1'20:06.89 15
Manfred Geyer 1'13:11.37 6 1'19:11.37 12
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
Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer 		5 2'04:08.61 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Horst Schönau
Raimund Bethge 		Two-man 56.89 8 56.79 8 56.74 7 56.55 4 3:46.97 7
GDR-2 Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen 		Two-man 56.24 3 56.04 1 55.87 1 56.27 1 3:44.42 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Meinhard Nehmer
Jochen Babock
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bernhard Lehmann 		Four-man 54.43 1 54.64 1 55.51 2 55.85 2 3:40.43 1st place, gold medalist(s)
GDR-2 Horst Schönau
Horst Bernhardt
Harald Seifert
Raimund Bethge 		Four-man 55.11 6 55.12 5 55.63 4 56.58 4 3:42.44 4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Gerhard Grimmer 48:45.04 49
Gerd Heßler 47:08.77 28
Jürgen Wolf 47:04.49 25
Gert-Dietmar Klause 45:42.97 9
30 km Dieter Meinel 1'36:37.35 33
Axel Lesser 1'34:53.14 17
Gerhard Grimmer 1'34:52.15 16
Gert-Dietmar Klause 1'32:00.91 6
50 km Dieter Meinel 2'49:52.42 33
Gerd Heßler 2'47:34.90 28
Gerhard Grimmer 2'41:15.46 5
Gert-Dietmar Klause 2'38:13.21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Gerd Heßler
Axel Lesser
Gerhard Grimmer
Gert-Dietmar Klause 		DNF –
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Sigrun Krause 16:55.54 16
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 16:42.86 12
Barbara Petzold 16:42.44 11
Monika Debertshäuser 16:34.94 7
10 km Monika Debertshäuser 31:50.06 14
Sigrun Krause 31:39.76 12
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 31:12.33 8
Barbara Petzold 31:12.20 7
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 		1'09:57.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Jan Hoffmann 4 9 5 187.34 34 4
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Marion Weber 12 9 10 175.82 99 11
Anett Pötzsch 4 3 4 187.42 33 4
Christine Errath 5 2 3 188.16 28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Kerstin Stolfig
Veit Kempe 		7 6 129.57 59 6
Manuela Groß
Uwe Kagelmann 		4 3 134.57 34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romy Kermer
Rolf Österreich 		2 2 136.35 21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Rinn 52.916 6 51.968 2 51.690 2 52.000 3 3:28.574 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hans-Heinrich Winckler 52.848 5 52.328 6 52.069 4 52.209 4 3:29.454 4
Dettlef Günther 52.381 1 52.107 4 51.418 1 51.782 1 3:27.688 1st place, gold medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn 		42.773 1 42.831 1 1:25.604 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bernd Hahn
Ulli Hahn 		43.291 6 46.566 24 1:29.847 16
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eva-Maria Wernicke 43.007 5 42.646 2 42.711 7 42.898 4 2:51.262 4
Ute Rührold 42.926 3 42.708 3 42.439 3 42.773 2 2:50.846 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Margit Schumann 42.854 1 42.830 7 42.285 1 42.652 1 2:50.621 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 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
Konrad Winkler Individual 74.5 77.0 213.9 4 49:51.11 203.57 7 417.47 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Günter Deckert 71.0 74.0 194.2 18 49:51.00 203.58 6 397.78 13
Claus Tuchscherer 78.5 79.0 218.7 3 51:16.12 190.81 20 409.51 5
Ulrich Wehling 80.0 80.5 225.5 1 50:28.95 197.89 13 423.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Henry Glaß Normal hill 80.0 118.3 79.5 (fall) 85.5 203.8 44
Bernd Eckstein 80.5 118.6 81.5 (fall) 90.7 209.3 32
Jochen Danneberg 83.5 124.4 82.5 121.8 246.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hans-Georg Aschenbach 84.5 128.0 82.0 124.0 252.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Henry Glaß Large hill 91.0 104.4 97.0 117.3 221.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hans-Georg Aschenbach 92.5 109.5 89.0 102.6 212.1 8
Bernd Eckstein 94.0 109.6 91.5 106.6 216.2 7
Jochen Danneberg 102.0 118.8 89.5 102.8 221.6 4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Harald Oehme 41.54 24
1000 m Harald Oehme 1:23.88 20
Klaus Wunderlich 1:21.67 10
1500 m Klaus Wunderlich 2:03.41 9
5000 m Manfred Winter 7:58.28 18
Klaus Wunderlich 7:33.82 5
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ute Dix 45.60 20
Ines Bautzmann 44.87 15
Heike Lange 44.21 10
1000 m Ute Dix 1:34.14 21
Monika Zernicek 1:31.68 12
Heike Lange 1:30.55 8
1500 m Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 2:20.05 10
Ines Bautzmann 2:19.63 7
Karin Kessow 2:19.05 5
3000 m Ines Bautzmann 4:46.67 5
Karin Kessow 4:45.60 4
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 4:45.23 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References