East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Luge Men's individual Luge Men's doubles Luge Women's individual Nordic combined Men's individual Biathlon Men's 20 km Luge Men's individual Luge Women's individual Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Figure skating Pairs Luge Men's individual Luge Men's doubles Luge Women's individual Nordic combined Men's individual Ski jumping Men's large hill
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmHorst Koschka1'17:24.5851'22:24.5820Günther Bartnick1'16:01.7351'21:01.7315Dieter Speer1'13:43.6371'20:43.6313Hansjörg Knauthe1'15:07.6011'16:07.60
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 AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankHansjörg KnautheJoachim MeischnerDieter SpeerHorst Koschka41'54:57.67
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmRainer Groß48:05.8626Gerd Heßler48:04.1525Gert-Dietmar Klause46:34.4013Axel Lesser46:17.01630 kmEberhard Klessen1'43:15.9927Gerd Heßler1'41:37.4718Axel Lesser1'39:49.2412Gert-Dietmar Klause1'39:15.54850 kmRainer Groß2'50:16.9118Eberhard Klessen2'49:53.0116Gert-Dietmar Klause2'46:17.439
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankGerd HeßlerAxel LesserGerhard GrimmerGert-Dietmar Klause2'10:03.736
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmChristine Phillip18:17.0230Anni Unger18:13.1928Gabriele Haupt17:55.0420Renate Fischer-Köhler17:41.071410 kmChristine Phillip37:51.7631Anni Unger36:45.2420Gabriele Haupt36:38.4118Renate Fischer-Köhler35:46.969
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankGabriele HauptRenate Fischer-KöhlerAnni Unger50:28.455
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Jan Hoffmann4102567.6556
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Christine Errath1152489.3788 Sonja Morgenstern832579.4536
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Annette KansyAxel Salzmann78392.6688 Manuela GroßUwe Kagelmann33411.829
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWolfram Fiedler53.04652.55351.61351.7733:28.73Klaus-Michael Bonsack52.98352.72451.54151.9253:29.164Harald Ehrig52.60252.32251.74451.7323:28.39Wolfgang Scheidel52.17152.06151.58251.5313:27.58
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHorst HörnleinReinhard Bredow44.27244.0811:28.35Klaus-Michael BonsackWolfram Fiedler44.69344.4731:29.16
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnna-Maria Müller45.00345.00144.86344.3212:59.18Ute Rührold44.95145.23244.76244.5522:59.49Margit Schumann44.95145.38344.65144.5632:59.54
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankKarl-Heinz LuckIndividual69.574.0178.81748:24.9220.0001398.800Hans Hartleb74.073.0183.91152:14.2185.60528369.50518Ulrich Wehling78.076.5200.9449:15.3212.4403413.340Günter Deckert78.583.0183.41250:41.1199.57010385.9709
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankHans-Georg AschenbachNormal hill74.0103.169.595.4198.531Manfred Wolf77.5109.281.0 (fall)85.8195.038Henry Glaß78.0109.573.5102.3211.818Rainer Schmidt80.5114.575.0102.7217.215Heinz WosipiwoLarge hill82.074.387.085.3159.639Henry Glaß91.097.984.085.1183.020Rainer Schmidt98.5106.4101.0112.9219.3Manfred Wolf107.0120.389.594.8215.15
Speed skating
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mRuth Budzisch-Schleiermacher45.78131000 mRuth Budzisch-Schleiermacher1:52.65 (fall)33Rosemarie Taupadel1:33.79121500 mRosemarie Taupadel2:22.3553000 mRosemarie Taupadel5:12.8515
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com