West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Women's downhill Alpine skiing Women's slalom Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Bobsleigh Two-man Luge Men's individual Luge Men's doubles Nordic combined Men's individual Bobsleigh Four-man West Germany men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Luge Women's individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWolfgang JungingerDownhill1:50.4829Michael Veith1:49.0222Sepp Ferstl1:48.4117Peter Fischer1:48.1815Christian NeureutherGiant Slalom1:52.29371:51.73293:44.0230Sepp Ferstl1:49.98301:51.54283:41.5228Wolfgang Junginger1:49.79291:46.23143:36.0219Albert Burger1:47.32121:45.36113:32.6810Sepp FerstlSlalom1:06.32291:08.02202:14.3420Albert Burger1:03.38171:06.93162:10.3115Christian Neureuther1:01.7081:04.8652:06.565Wolfgang Junginger1:00.9531:06.13112:07.086
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaria EppleDownhill1:51.4123Evi Mittermaier1:49.2313Irene Epple1:48.9110Rosi Mittermaier1:46.16Maria EppleGiant Slalom1:33.0224Irene Epple1:31.4615Evi Mittermaier1:30.648Rosi Mittermaier1:29.25Monika BerweinSlalom49.1714DNF–DNF–Christa Zechmeister48.20845.5261:33.727Rosi Mittermaier46.77243.7711:30.54Pamela Behr46.88145.6371:32.315
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmAlois Kanamüller1'17:25.2681'25:25.2634Josef Niedermeier1'18:33.6351'23:33.6326Heinrich Mehringer1'16:49.1521'18:49.1511 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 2TimeRankHeinrich MehringerGerd WinklerJosef KeckClaus Gehrke42'04:11.864 2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Wolfgang ZimmererManfred SchumannTwo-man56.09256.31356.26256.3323:44.99FRG-2Georg HeiblFritz OhlwärterTwo-man56.36456.43456.59556.7563:46.135
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Wolfgang ZimmererPeter UtzschneiderBodo BittnerManfred SchumannFour-man54.82354.87355.53356.1533:41.37FRG-2Georg HeiblHans MorantSiegfried RadandtFritz OhlwärterFour-man54.92454.98455.70556.8783:42.475
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmHans Speicher48:28.9045Franz Betz47:39.1538Georg Kandlinger47:20.1331Georg Zipfel45:38.10730 kmWalter Demel1'37:44.1740Hans Speicher1'36:52.4536Franz Betz1'34:55.5418Georg Zipfel1'34:04.711450 kmGeorg KandlingerDNF–Franz BetzDNF–Walter Demel2'46:55.9525Georg Zipfel2'46:20.3023
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFranz BetzGeorg KandlingerWalter DemelGeorg Zipfel2'12:38.969
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmIris Schulze18:04.8133Michaela Endler17:08.682110 kmIris Schulze33:43.8231Michaela Endler32:55.6225
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Dagmar Lurz71011178.049210 Isabel De Navarre11112182.42595
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Corinna HalkeEberhard Rausch88127.37728
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Medal round RankPldWLTGFGAPts1550040111025320171063 52302124445230191845523015214651409372
West Germany 7-4 Poland Finland 5-3 West Germany USSR 7-3 West Germany Czechoslovakia 7-4 West Germany West Germany 4-1 USA
Leading scorers RkGPGAPts2ndErich Kuhnhackl555106thErnst Kopf535810thLorenz Funk5257
Team roster Erich Weißhaupt Anton Kehle Rudolf Thanner Josef Volk Udo Kiessling Stefan Metz Klaus Auhuber Ignaz Berndaner Rainer Phillip Lorenz Funk Wolfgang Boos Ernst Köpf, Sr. Ferenc Vozar Walter Koberle Erich Kühnhackl Alois Schloder Martin Hinterstocker Franz Reindl Head coach: Xaver Unsinn
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStefan Hölzlwimmer52.7664n/a?n/a?n/a?DNF–Anton Winkler52.755352.194552.219752.35263:29.5206Josef Fendt52.694251.933151.749351.82023:28.196
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHans BrandnerBalthasar Schwarm42.792243.09741:25.889Stefan HölzlwimmerRudi Größwang43.205543.03331:26.2384
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElisabeth Demleitner43.138742.535142.388242.99572:51.056Monika Scheftschik42.863242.732442.981942.96452:51.5407
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 AbelIndividual74.074.0196.81450:29.77197.7714394.5714Urban Hettich74.575.0198.91148:01.55220.001418.90
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankSepp SchwinghammerNormal hill75.5106.176.5109.2215.323Alfred Grosche80.0115.380.5116.6231.910Alfred GroscheLarge hill89.5100.384.592.8193.116
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHorst FreeseDNF–1000 mHorst Freese1:21.4891500 mHerbert Schwarz2:03.76125000 mHerbert Schwarz7:52.2615
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mMonika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug44.36121000 mMonika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug1:29.545
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com