Germany at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany
United Team of Germany
The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...

at the 1964 Winter Olympics
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Medal table:-Men Singles:Referee:* Henry M. BeattyAssistant Referee:* Oskar MadlJudges: Adolf Walker Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Geoffrey S...

 
Men's singles
Luge
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's singles
Luge
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Women's singles

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Medal table:-Men Singles:Referee:* Henry M. BeattyAssistant Referee:* Oskar MadlJudges: Adolf Walker Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Geoffrey S...

 
Pairs
Luge
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's singles
Luge
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Women's singles
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Men's downhill
Luge
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's singles
Nordic combined
Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics
At the 1964 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.-Individual:February 3, 1964Thoma was part of the Unified Team of Germany team that competed from 1956 to 1964.-References:*...

 
Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Fritz Wagnerberger Downhill 2:21.03 12
Willy Bogner 2:20.72 9
Luggi Leitner 2:19.67 5
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels was a German alpine skier who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Winter Olympics.He was born in Bischofswiesen and died in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden....

2:19.48
Willy Bogner Giant Slalom DSQ
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels was a German alpine skier who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Winter Olympics.He was born in Bischofswiesen and died in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden....

DNF
Eberhard Riedel 1:54.17 15
Luggi Leitner 1:50.04 8


Men's slalom
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels was a German alpine skier who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Winter Olympics.He was born in Bischofswiesen and died in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden....

57.91 40 55.84 8 QF 1:13.83 14 1:02.09 7 2:15.92 9
Eberhard Riedel 55.88 30 54.44 3 QF 1:13.57 11 1:05.28 21 2:18.85 18
Ernst Scherzer 54.77 19 QF 1:14.67 21 1:03.43 14 2:18.10 13
Luggi Leitner 51.45 2 QF 1:11.19 8 1:01.75 4 2:12.94 5

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Heidi Mittermaier Downhill 2:03.05 23
Burgl Färbinger 2:01.23 12
Barbi Henneberger 1:58.03 5
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl is a former German Alpine skier. She was born in Oberstaufen.She won gold medal in the downhill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley just three days after her 19th birthday and then she became the games youngest gold medal winner...

1:57.87 4
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl is a former German Alpine skier. She was born in Oberstaufen.She won gold medal in the downhill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley just three days after her 19th birthday and then she became the games youngest gold medal winner...

Giant Slalom DSQ
Heidi Mittermaier 2:00.77 22
Burgl Färbinger 1:58.84 18
Barbi Henneberger 1:54.26 7
Burgl Färbinger Slalom DSQ DSQ
Heidi Mittermaier 47.41 16 50.14 9 1:37.55 10
Barbi Henneberger 47.17 14 50.38 10 1:37.55 10
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl
Heidi Biebl is a former German Alpine skier. She was born in Oberstaufen.She won gold medal in the downhill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley just three days after her 19th birthday and then she became the games youngest gold medal winner...

44.61 4 49.43 7 1:34.04 4

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Dieter Ritter 1'22:51.4 8 1'38:51.4 33
Helmut Klöpsch 1'32:08.5 3 1'38:08.5 31
Egon Schnabel 1'30:53.0 2 1'34:53.0 24
Hans-Dieter Riechel 1'28:30.9 3 1'34:30.9 21

1Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GER-1 Franz Wörmann
Hubert Braun
Two-man 1:06.87 10 1:06.42 8 1:05.17 1 1:06.24 3 4:27.70 6
GER-2 Hans Maurer
Hans Maurer
Hans Maurer was a West German bobsledder who competed during the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1962 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:*...


Rupert Grasegger
Two-man 1:06.72 8 1:07.76 16 1:06.92 12 1:08.37 17 4:29.77 14

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GER-1 Franz Schelle
Franz Schelle
Franz Schelle was a West German bobsledder who competed from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold , two silvers , and two bronzes .Competing in two Winter Olympics, Schelle's best finish was fifth in the four-man event at...


Ludwig Siebert
Ludwig Siebert
Ludwig Siebert is a West German former bobsledder who competed during the 1960s. He won two gold medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships . The gold in 1966 was awarded following a crash that killed his fellow athlete Toni Pensperger during the four-man event...


Josef Sterff
Josef Sterff
Josef Sterff is a former West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a complete set of medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships ....


Otto Göbl
Otto Göbl
Otto Göbl was a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold , two silvers , and one bronze .Göbl also finished fifth in the four-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in...

Four-man 1:04.21 7 1:03.50 1 1:04.15 5 1:04.33 6 4:16.19 5
GER-2 Franz Wörmann
Anton Wackerle
Rupert Grasegger
Hubert Braun
Four-man 1:04.47 10 1:04.42 10 1:05.25 14 1:04.54 7 4:18.68 9

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Karl Buhl 57:10.2 44
Helmut Weidlich 56:04.6 36
Enno Röder 54:52.8 24
Walter Demel
Walter Demel
Walter Demel is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's. He won a bronze medal in the 30 km event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....

54:37.0 22
30 km Alfons Dorner 1'41:09.5 34
Rudolf Dannhauer 1'40:35.7 32
Heinz Seidel 1'40:01.0 29
Walter Demel
Walter Demel
Walter Demel is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's. He won a bronze medal in the 30 km event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....

1'33:10.2 10
50 km Rudolf Dannhauer DNF
Herbert Steinbeißer 3'06:52.2 30
Siegfried Weiß 3'00:43.0 24


Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Heinz Seidel
Helmut Weidlich
Enno Röder
Walter Demel
Walter Demel
Walter Demel is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's. He won a bronze medal in the 30 km event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....

2'26:34.4 7

Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig 19:52.3 19
Christine Nestler 19:21.4 17
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 19:17.0 15
Rita Czech-Blasl 19:09.1 12
10 km Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig 44:08.8 16
Rita Czech-Blasl 44:07.8 15
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 43:52.7 14
Christine Nestler 43:38.2 13


Women's 3 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Christine Nestler
Rita Czech-Blasl
Renate Dannhauer-Borges
1'04:29.9 4

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Sepp Schönmetzler
Sepp Schönmetzler
Sepp Schönmetzler is a German figure skater, coach, and journalist. He is the 1962 and 1965 German national champion and placed 12th at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

12 8 1743.1 92 12
Ralph Borghard
Ralph Borghard
Ralph Borghard is a German figure skater who competed for both West Germany and East Germany. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics representing the United Team of Germany and placed 11th. He first competed representing East Germany, then defected in 1966 and competed for West Germany after that...

10 7 1742.2 90 11
Manfred Schnelldorfer
Manfred Schnelldorfer
Manfred Schnelldorfer is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.-Career:...

1 1 1916.9 13


Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Uschi Keszler
Uschi Keszler
Uschi Keszler is a former West German figure skater and current international figure-skating coach and choreographer....

25 18 1642.3 213 24
Franziska Schmidt 22 21 1662.8 193 23
Gabriele Seyfert
Gabriele Seyfert
Gabriele Seyfert is a retired German figure skater. She is a two-time world champion , and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:...

21 17 1685.1 177 19
Inge Paul 17 12 1720.3 139 14


Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Margit Senf
Margit Senf
Margit Senf is a former pair skater who represented East Germany and the Unified Team of Germany in competition. With partner Peter Göbel, she won the gold medal at the East German Figure Skating Championships in 1960, 1961, and 1963...


Peter Göbel
Peter Göbel
Peter Göbel is a former pair skater who represented East Germany and the Unified Team of Germany in competition. With partner Margit Senf, he won the gold medal at the East German Figure Skating Championships in 1960, 1961, and 1963...

87.9 113.5 13
Brigitte Wokoeck
Brigitte Wokoeck
Brigitte Wokoeck is a former pair skater who represented East Germany and the Unified Team of Germany in competition. With partner Heinz-Ulrich Walther, she won the gold medal at the 1962 and 1964 East German Figure Skating Championships...


Heinz-Ulrich Walther
Heinz-Ulrich Walther
Heinz-Ulrich Walther is a German pair skater and figure skating judge who represented East Germany and the Unified Team of Germany in competition.- Biography :...

88.8 103.5 11
Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating....


Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler is a German pair skater, actor, singer and television host.- Biography :...

103.6 15 1


1 Pairs silver medalists Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler were stripped of their silver medals in 1966 because it had been found out that they had signed professional contracts before the Olympics. At the time, only amateurs could compete in the Olympic Games. Although they were reawarded the medal in 1987, many official results lists have removed them entirely.

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.
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Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1 7 7 0 0 54 10 14
2 7 5 2 0 47 16 10
3 7 5 2 0 38 19 10
4 7 5 2 0 32 17 10
5 7 2 5 0 29 33 4
6 7 2 5 0 10 31 4
7 7 2 5 0 13 49 4
8 7 0 7 0 9 57 0

  • Czechoslovakia 11-1 Germany
  • USA 8-0 Germany
  • Canada 4-2 Germany
  • Sweden 10-2 Germany
  • USSR 10-0 Germany
  • Germany 6-5 Switzerland
  • Germany 2-1 Finland

Contestants
Paul Ambros 
Bernd Herzig 
Michael Hobelsberger 
Ernst Köpf 
Albert Loibl 
Sepp Reif 
Otto Schneitberger 
Georg Scholz 
Siegfried Schubert 
Dieter Schwimmbeck 
Ernst Tautwein 
Leonhard Waitl 
Helmut Zanghellini 
Kurt Sepp 
Ulli Jansen
Ulli Jansen
Ulrich Jansen was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1960 Winter Olympics.-References:...

 
Horst Franz Schuldes 
Sylvester Wackerle, Jr.

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fritz Nachmann
Fritz Nachmann
Fritz Nachmann is a West German former luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble....

DNF DNF
Hans Plenk
Hans Plenk
Hans Plenk was a West German luger who competed during the 1960s.He was born in Berchtesgaden.He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck....

52.12 3 52.25 3 52.31 3 53.47 7 3:30.15
Klaus-Michael Bonsack 51.61 2 51.33 1 51.68 2 52.42 1 3:27.04
Thomas Köhler
Thomas Köhler
Thomas Köhler is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s.He won three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge with two golds and one silver ....

51.27 1 51.53 2 51.50 1 52.47 2 3:26.77


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Walter Eggert
Helmut Vollprecht
51.27 3 51.81 4 1:43.08 4
Thomas Köhler
Thomas Köhler
Thomas Köhler is an East German former luger who competed during the 1960s.He won three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge with two golds and one silver ....


Klaus-Michael Bonsack
DNF DNF

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Minna Blüml 56.87 16 53.80 8 52.33 4 53.32 6 3:36.32 10
Ilse Geisler
Ilse Geisler
Ilse Geisler is an East German luger who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.She was born in Kunnersdorf....

51.28 2 51.48 2 51.20 2 53.46 7 3:27.42
Ortrun Enderlein
Ortrun Enderlein
Ortrun Enderlein is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck...

51.13 1 51.12 1 50.87 1 51.55 1 3:24.67

Nordic combined

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Horst Möhwald Individual 65.5 61.0 189.2 23 52:56.2 206.98 11 396.18 17
Rainer Dietel 72.0 67.5 223.8 6 54:07.3 193.34 15 417.14 9
Georg Thoma
Georg Thoma
Georg Thoma is a former German nordic combined skier. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the Nordic combined with gold in 1960 and bronze in 1964....

73.0 71.0 241.1 1 52:31.2 211.78 10 452.88
Roland Weißpflog 71.0 68.0 232.4 4 56:18.2 169.30 23 401.70 16

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Max Bolkart
Max Bolkart
Max Bolkart . was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1966. He finished fourth in the individual large hill at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and sixth in the same event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.Bolkart is best known as being the winner of the Four...

Normal hill 72.5 98.1 70.0 93.4 191.5 37
Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel is a former East German ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.Recknagel was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia....

77.0 105.4 75.5 105.0 210.4 6
Karl-Heinz Munk 77.0 104.9 75.0 102.1 207.0 9
Dieter Neuendorf
Dieter Neuendorf
Dieter Neuendorf . is a former East German ski jumper who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the individual normal hill at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....

78.5 109.3 77.0 105.4 214.7 5
Dieter Bokeloh Large hill 92.0 108.1 83.5 106.5 214.6 4
Dieter Neuendorf
Dieter Neuendorf
Dieter Neuendorf . is a former East German ski jumper who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the individual normal hill at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....

92.5 109.8 84.5 102.8 212.6 8
Karl-Heinz Munk 87.0 104.5 80.0 96.1 200.6 21
Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel is a former East German ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.Recknagel was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia....

89.0 107.0 86.5 105.8 212.8 7

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Günter Traub 43.4 33
Günther Tilch 42.3 24
Herbert Höfl 42.3 24
Helmut Kuhnert 41.8 16
1500 m Jürgen Schmidt 2:20.0 39
Gerd Zimmermann 2:17.3 29
Herbert Höfl 2:16.8 26
Günter Traub 2:15.3 17
5000 m Jürgen Schmidt 8:36.6 39
Gerd Zimmermann 7:56.8 13
Günter Traub 7:53.9 11
10,000 m Jürgen Traub 17:08.9 21
Günter Traub 16:58.4 19
Gerd Zimmermann 16:22.5 7


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sigrit Behrenz 50.9 25
Brigitte Reichert 49.8 21
Helga Haase
Helga Haase
Helga Haase was a speedskater in the GDR. She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.-Career:...

47.2 8
1000 m Brigitte Reichert 1:44.9 25
Erika Heinicke 1:43.2 23
Helga Haase
Helga Haase
Helga Haase was a speedskater in the GDR. She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.-Career:...

1:35.7 4
1500 m Erika Heinicke 2:40.4 28
Inge Lieckfeldt 2:36.2 21
Helga Haase
Helga Haase
Helga Haase was a speedskater in the GDR. She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.-Career:...

2:28.6 5
3000 m Erika Heinicke 5:56.0 28
Inge Lieckfeldt 5:42.7 21
Rita Blankenburg 5:40.8 17
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