West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. West German athletes had competed together with East 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 MedalNameSportEvent Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Men's 500m Bobsleigh Two-man Luge Women's individual Figure skating Pairs Luge Men's doubles Luge Women's individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDieter FerschDownhill2:03.4119Franz Vogler2:02.9415Luggi Leitner2:02.5412Gerhard Prinzing2:02.107Gerhard PrinzingGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Sepp Heckelmiller1:48.25261:50.70203:38.9524Luggi Leitner1:47.64241:51.21273:38.8523Willi Lesch1:47.48211:51.35303:38.8322
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankWilli Lesch52.072 QF––51.2816DSQ–DSQ–Max Rieger54.20354.521 QF53.813551.57121:45.3820Alfred Hagn54.04355.431 QF52.953051.70131:44.6516Luggi Leitner55.34353.471 QF50.891452.61191:43.5012
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRosi MittermaierDownhill1:47.7325Christine Laprell1:47.6224Margret Hafen1:45.3319Burgl Färbinger1:44.2914Rosi MittermaierGiant Slalom1:58.7520Margret Hafen1:58.4718Christine Laprell1:58.1215Burgl Färbinger1:57.2010Christl HintermaierSlalom44.671849.95181:34.6216Christine Laprell42.941048.31111:31.2510Rosi Mittermaier42.909DSQ–DSQ–Burgl Färbinger42.70846.2061:28.906
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmHerbert Hindelang1'21:48.5101'31:48.541Xaver Kraus1'18:40.2121'30:40.239Gerhard Gehring1'20:26.881'28:26.832Theo Merkel1'18:10.541'22:10.512 1One 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 AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankHerbert HindelangTheo MerkelXaver KrausGerhard Gehring62'29:56.69 2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Horst FlothPepi BaderTwo-man1:10.7651:10.4311:10.2011:10.1524:41.54FRG-2Wolfgang ZimmererPeter UtzschneiderTwo-man1:12.36151:11.9481:10.7741:11.3344:46.407
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Horst FlothWilli SchäferFrank LangePepi BaderFour-man1:10.4951:07.8452:18.335FRG-2Wolfgang ZimmererStefan GaisreiterHans BaumannPeter UtzschneiderFour-man1:11.12131:08.3582:19.479
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmKlaus Ganter52:30.039Helmut Gerlach52:21.838Karl Buhl50:38.120Walter Demel49:38.41230 kmKarlheinz Scherzinger1'47:08.748Herbert Steinbeißer1'46:31.246Karl Buhl1'42:52.231Walter Demel1'37:49.2950 kmKlaus GanterDNF–Siegfried Weiß2'46:53.443Helmut Gerlach2'41:55.833Walter Demel2'31:14.49
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHelmut GerlachWalter DemelHerbert SteinbeißerKarl Buhl2'19:37.68
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmBarbara Barthel18:20.029Michaela Endler17:59.225Monika Mrklas17:32.51710 kmBarbara BarthelDNF–Michaela Endler41:01.126Monika Mrklas39:58.220
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMichaela EndlerBarbara BarthelMonika Mrklas1'01:49.37
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Jürgen Eberwein25221530.321924 Peter Krick7161723.210412
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Eileen Zillmer12231600.317119 Petra Ruhrmann16181611.216117 Monika Feldmann11131687.19910
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Marianne StreiflerHerbert Wiesinger1211282.710011 Gudrun HaussWalter Häfner79293.6678 Margot GlockshuberWolfgang Danne33304.430
Ice hockey
First round
West Germany - Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.
Final Round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts17610481012275113317113752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
Canada – West Germany 6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0) Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dineen, Mott, Huck – Kopf. Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)
Czechoslovakia – West Germany 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1) Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax. Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)
Sweden – West Germany 5:4 (4:3, 0:0, 1:1) Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf. Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)
USSR – West Germany 9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Populanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Staršinov, Majorov, Mojsejev, Firsov – Funk. Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)
USA – West Germany 8:1 (2:1, 4:0, 2:0) Goalscorers: Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk. Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Seglin (URS)
Finland– West Germany 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder. Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)
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 7. WEST GERMANY Goaltenders: Josef Schramm, Günther Knauss. Defence: Leonhard Eaitl, Johannes Schichtl, Rudolf Thanner, Otto Schneitberger, Josef Völk, Heinz Bader. Forwards: Josef Reif, Ernst Köpf, Bernd Kuhn, Lorenz Funk, Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach, Manfred Gmeiner, Peter Lax. Coach: Ed Riegle.
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFritz Nachmann58.541659.051758.82162:56.4117Wolfgang Winkler58.081058.861458.41102:55.3511Leonhard Nagenrauft57.87758.45958.3992:54.719Hans Plenk57.30258.37758.0062:53.676
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWolfgang WinklerFritz Nachmann48.58348.7131:37.29Hans PlenkBernhard Aschauer48.70448.9151:37.614
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankUte Gähler49.781049.93450.7172:30.428Angelika Dünhaupt49.34449.88350.3422:29.56Christa Schmuck49.15249.84250.3832:29.37
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankGünther NaumannIndividual67.568.5190.02849:48.5220.895410.8914Hans Rudhardt71.072.5195.42253:15.3179.3428374.7429Franz Keller73.077.5240.1150:45.2208.9413449.04Alfred Winkler71.571.0192.82552:26.0188.7924381.5925
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankHeini IhleNormal hill75.5102.670.094.8197.422Henrik Ohlmeyer75.0104.867.588.8193.628Günther Göllner77.0109.570.597.6207.110Heini IhleLarge hill82.073.784.582.7156.446Henrik Ohlmeyer90.592.686.085.3177.933Franz Keller90.593.684.080.5174.136Günther Göllner93.096.685.086.9183.529
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mGünter Traub42.531Gerd Zimmermann41.519Herbert Höfl41.011Erhard Keller40.31500 mJürgen Traub2:10.222Günter Traub2:07.7155000 mJürgen Traub7:55.320Günter Traub7:40.41310,000 mJürgen Traub16:33.818Günter Traub16:01.311
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHildegard Sellhuber48.421Evi Sappl47.4121000 mEvi Sappl1:37.417Hildegard Sellhuber1:37.2161500 mPaula Dufter2:45.230Hildegard Sellhuber2:27.593000 mPaula Dufter5:27.019
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com