Germany was represented at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) and, for the first time, also from the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) which had not joined in 1952.
2 medals were scored by the team against the emerging competition. Rosa "Ossi" Reichert won gold at the women's giant slalom, and Harry Glaß took bronze in the K90 individual jump.
Medalists MedalNameNationalitySportEventDate West Germany Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom January 27 East Germany Ski jumping Men's normal hill February 5
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPepi SchwaigerDownhill3:22.220Karl Zillibiller3:21.619Sepp Behr3:07.712Hans Peter Lanig2:59.85Beni ObermüllerGiant Slalom3:42.948Pepi Schwaiger3:23.526Sepp Behr3:11.48Hans Peter Lanig3:08.67Rochus WagnerSlalom1:48.7322:28.7 (+0:05)424:17.434Karl Zillibiller1:36.6262:23.6344:00.225Sepp Behr1:33.315DSQ–DSQ–Beni Obermüller1:32.3101:55.2103:27.59
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMirl BuchnerDownhillDNF–Sonja Sperl1:57.832Hannelore Glaser-Franke1:54.729Ossi Reichert1:52.320Mirl BuchnerGiant Slalom2:05.027Hannelore Glaser-Franke2:02.719Marianne Seltsam2:01.412Ossi Reichert1:56.5Marianne SeltsamSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Ossi Reichert1:07.824DSQ–DSQ–Hannelore Glaser-Franke1:01.8191:02.9172:04.714Mirl Buchner1:01.7181:16.8282:18.521
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGER-1Hans RöschLorenz NieberlTwo-man1:26.92141:24.0861:25.2191:25.1365:41.349GER-2Andreas OstlerHans HohenesterTwo-man1:24.6341:24.89101:25.0781:25.5485:40.138
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGER-1Hans RöschMichael PössingerLorenz NieberlSylvester WackerleFour-man1:18.6161:19.0481:19.4371:20.94135:18.026GER-2Franz SchelleJakob NirschlHans HennEdmund KollerFour-man1:19.0391:18.8471:19.3161:21.32155:18.508
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmHelmut Hagg56:5046Rudi Kopp54:3131Siegfried Weiß54:2929Kuno Werner54:182730 kmWerner Moring2'00:5540Erich Lindenlaub1'58:3033Hermann Möchel1'56:343050 kmWerner Moring3'20:3220
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKuno WernerSiegfried WeißRudi KoppHermann Möchel2'26:3710
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmRita Czech-Blasl43:5129Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig43:1526Else Amann42:2220Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus42:2220
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankElfriede Spiegelhauer-UhligElse AmannSonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus1'15:337
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Tilo Gutzeit1011141.089010
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Rosel Pettinger116152.0410110
Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesRank Marika KiliusFranz Ningel10.9835.54
Ice hockey
Group A Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1330030162311196333012572430212321
Canada 4-0 Germany Italy 2-2 Germany Germany 7-0 Austria
Games for 1st-6th places RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts15500255102541026128353202311645131101735514020302650416351
USA 7-2 Germany USSR 8-0 Germany Canada 10-0 Germany Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany Germany 1-1 Sweden
Contestants Ulli Jansen Alfred Hoffmann Toni Biersack Bruno Guttowski Martin Beck Paul Ambros Karl Bierschel Kurt Sepp Markus Egen Ernst Trautwein Rudolf Pittrich Hans Huber Arthur Endress Reiner Kossmann Hans Rampf Martin Zach Günther Jochems
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankHelmut BöckIndividual66.066.5190.02459:13228.70011418.70019Gerhard Glaß72.072.5203.591'04:17209.10030412.60024Herbert Leonhardt62.062.0177.0321'01:34219.60023396.60028Heinz Hauser71.067.5195.0201'00:43222.90017417.90021
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankSepp KleislNormal hill73.095.02971.094.026189.026Werner Lesser77.5105.01077.5105.08210.08Max Bolkart80.0111.5381.5111.04222.54Harry Glaß83.5115.0180.5109.57224.5
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHelmut Kuhnert44.0341500 mHans Keller2:18.1355000 mHans Keller8:24.530Helmut Kuhnert8:04.8910,000 mHans Keller17:27.721Helmut Kuhnert17:04.610
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com