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West Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics
...West Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FRG |
NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
Website | www |
in Grenoble, France 6 February 1968 – 18 February 1968 | |
Competitors | 87 (67 men, 20 women) in 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Hans Plenk (luge) |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) |
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
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Franz Keller | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
Gold | Erhard Keller | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
Silver | Horst Floth Pepi Bader |
Bobsleigh | Two-man |
Silver | Christa Schmuck | Luge | Women's individual |
Bronze | Margot Glockshuber Wolfgang Danne |
Figure skating | Pairs |
Bronze | Wolfgang Winkler Fritz Nachmann |
Luge | Men's doubles |
Bronze | Angelika Dünhaupt | Luge | Women's individual |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dieter Fersch | Downhill | 2:03.41 | 19 | ||||
Franz Vogler | 2:02.94 | 15 | |||||
Luggi Leitner | 2:02.54 | 12 | |||||
Gerhard Prinzing | 2:02.10 | 7 | |||||
Gerhard Prinzing | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
Sepp Heckelmiller | 1:48.25 | 26 | 1:50.70 | 20 | 3:38.95 | 24 | |
Luggi Leitner | 1:47.64 | 24 | 1:51.21 | 27 | 3:38.85 | 23 | |
Willi Lesch | 1:47.48 | 21 | 1:51.35 | 30 | 3:38.83 | 22 |
- Men's slalom
Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
Willi Lesch | 52.07 | 2 QF | – | – | 51.28 | 16 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Max Rieger | 54.20 | 3 | 54.52 | 1 QF | 53.81 | 35 | 51.57 | 12 | 1:45.38 | 20 |
Alfred Hagn | 54.04 | 3 | 55.43 | 1 QF | 52.95 | 30 | 51.70 | 13 | 1:44.65 | 16 |
Luggi Leitner | 55.34 | 3 | 53.47 | 1 QF | 50.89 | 14 | 52.61 | 19 | 1:43.50 | 12 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Rosi Mittermaier | Downhill | 1:47.73 | 25 | ||||
Christine Laprell | 1:47.62 | 24 | |||||
Margret Hafen | 1:45.33 | 19 | |||||
Burgl Färbinger | 1:44.29 | 14 | |||||
Rosi Mittermaier | Giant Slalom | 1:58.75 | 20 | ||||
Margret Hafen | 1:58.47 | 18 | |||||
Christine Laprell | 1:58.12 | 15 | |||||
Burgl Färbinger | 1:57.20 | 10 | |||||
Christl Hintermaier | Slalom | 44.67 | 18 | 49.95 | 18 | 1:34.62 | 16 |
Christine Laprell | 42.94 | 10 | 48.31 | 11 | 1:31.25 | 10 | |
Rosi Mittermaier | 42.90 | 9 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Burgl Färbinger | 42.70 | 8 | 46.20 | 6 | 1:28.90 | 6 |
Biathlon
- Men
Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
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20 km | Herbert Hindelang | 1'21:48.5 | 10 | 1'31:48.5 | 41 |
Xaver Kraus | 1'18:40.2 | 12 | 1'30:40.2 | 39 | |
Gerhard Gehring | 1'20:26.8 | 8 | 1'28:26.8 | 32 | |
Theo Merkel | 1'18:10.5 | 4 | 1'22:10.5 | 12 |
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
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
Herbert Hindelang Theo Merkel Xaver Kraus Gerhard Gehring |
6 | 2'29:56.6 | 9 |
2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
FRG-1 | Horst Floth Pepi Bader |
Two-man | 1:10.76 | 5 | 1:10.43 | 1 | 1:10.20 | 1 | 1:10.15 | 2 | 4:41.54 | |
FRG-2 | Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider |
Two-man | 1:12.36 | 15 | 1:11.94 | 8 | 1:10.77 | 4 | 1:11.33 | 4 | 4:46.40 | 7 |