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East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = GDR

| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of the GDR

| games = Winter Olympics

| year = 1976

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Innsbruck

| competitors = 59 (40 men, 19 women)

| sports = 8

| flagbearer = Meinhard Nehmer (bobsleigh)

| rank = 2

| gold = 7

| silver = 5

| bronze = 7

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1968

| app_end_year = 1988

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|GER}} (1896–1936, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|EUA}} (1956–1964)

}}

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Meinhard|Nehmer}}
{{sortname|Bernhard|Germeshausen}}		BobsleighTwo-man
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Meinhard|Nehmer}}
{{sortname|Jochen|Babock}}
{{sortname|Bernhard|Germeshausen}}
{{sortname|Bernhard|Lehmann}}		BobsleighFour-man
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Dettlef|Günther}}LugeMen's individual
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Hans|Rinn}}
{{sortname|Norbert|Hahn}}		LugeMen's doubles
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Margit|Schumann}}LugeWomen's individual
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Ulrich|Wehling}}Nordic combinedMen's individual
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Hans-Georg|Aschenbach}}Ski jumpingMen's normal hill
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Gert-Dietmar|Klause}}Cross-country skiingMen's 50 km
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Romy|Kermer}}
{{sortname|Rolf|Österreich}}		Figure skatingPairs
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Ute|Rührold}}LugeWomen's individual
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Jochen|Danneberg}}Ski jumpingMen's normal hill
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Andrea|Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich}}Speed skatingWomen's 3000m
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Karl-Heinz|Menz}}
{{sortname|Frank|Ullrich}}
{{sortname|Manfred|Beer}}
{{sortname|Manfred|Geyer}}		BiathlonMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Monika|Debertshäuser}}
{{sortname|Sigrun|Krause}}
{{sortname|Barbara|Petzold}}
{{sortname|Veronika|Hesse-Schmidt}}		Cross-country skiingWomen's 4 × 5 km relay
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Christine|Errath}}Figure skatingWomen's singles
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Manuela|Groß}}
{{sortname|Uwe|Kagelmann}}		Figure skatingPairs
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Hans|Rinn}}LugeMen's individual
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Konrad|Winkler|Konrad Winkler (skier)}}Nordic combinedMen's individual
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Henry|Glaß}}Ski jumpingMen's large hill

Biathlon

{{main|Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Event

!Athlete

!Time

!Penalties

!Adjusted time 1

!Rank

rowspan="3"|20 km

|Manfred Beer

|align="center"|1'18:42.50

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|1'23:42.50

|align="center"|27

Karl-Heinz Wolf

|align="center"|1'15:06.89

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|1'20:06.89

|align="center"|15

Manfred Geyer

|align="center"|1'13:11.37

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|1'19:11.37

|align="center"|12

{{ref begin}}

: 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

{{ref end}}

;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athletes

!colspan=3|Race

Misses 2

!Time

!Rank

Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer

|align=center|5

|align=center|2'04:08.61

|align=center|{{bronze03}}

{{ref begin}}

: 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

{{ref end}}

Bobsleigh

{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Sled

!rowspan="2"|Athletes

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Run 3

!colspan="2"|Run 4

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align="center"|GDR-1

|Horst Schönau
Raimund Bethge

|Two-man

|align="center"|56.89

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|56.79

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|56.74

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|56.55

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|3:46.97

|align="center"|7

align="center"|GDR-2

|Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen

|Two-man

|align="center"|56.24

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|56.04

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|55.87

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|56.27

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3:44.42

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Sled

!rowspan="2"|Athletes

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Run 3

!colspan="2"|Run 4

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align="center"|GDR-1

|Meinhard Nehmer
Jochen Babock
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bernhard Lehmann

|Four-man

|align="center"|54.43

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|54.64

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|55.51

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|55.85

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|3:40.43

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

align="center"|GDR-2

|Horst Schönau
Horst Bernhardt
Harald Seifert
Raimund Bethge

|Four-man

|align="center"|55.11

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|55.12

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|55.63

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|56.58

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|3:42.44

|align="center"|4

Cross-country skiing

{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Event

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

rowspan=4|15 km

|Gerhard Grimmer

|align=center|48:45.04

|align=center|49

Gerd Heßler

|align=center|47:08.77

|align=center|28

Jürgen Wolf

|align=center|47:04.49

|align=center|25

Gert-Dietmar Klause

|align=center|45:42.97

|align=center|9

rowspan=4|30 km

|Dieter Meinel

|align=center|1'36:37.35

|align=center|33

Axel Lesser

|align=center|1'34:53.14

|align=center|17

Gerhard Grimmer

|align=center|1'34:52.15

|align=center|16

Gert-Dietmar Klause

|align=center|1'32:00.91

|align=center|6

rowspan=4|50 km

|Dieter Meinel

|align=center|2'49:52.42

|align=center|33

Gerd Heßler

|align=center|2'47:34.90

|align=center|28

Gerhard Grimmer

|align=center|2'41:15.46

|align=center|5

Gert-Dietmar Klause

|align=center|2'38:13.21

|align=center|{{silver02}}

;Men's 4 × 10 km relay

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athletes

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

Gerd Heßler
Axel Lesser
Gerhard Grimmer
Gert-Dietmar Klause

|align=center|DNF

|align=center|–

;Women

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Event

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

rowspan=4|5 km

|Sigrun Krause

|align=center|16:55.54

|align=center|16

Veronika Hesse-Schmidt

|align=center|16:42.86

|align=center|12

Barbara Petzold

|align=center|16:42.44

|align=center|11

Monika Debertshäuser

|align=center|16:34.94

|align=center|7

rowspan=4|10 km

|Monika Debertshäuser

|align=center|31:50.06

|align=center|14

Sigrun Krause

|align=center|31:39.76

|align=center|12

Veronika Hesse-Schmidt

|align=center|31:12.33

|align=center|8

Barbara Petzold

|align=center|31:12.20

|align=center|7

;Women's 4 × 5 km relay

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athletes

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt

|align=center|1'09:57.95

|align=center|{{bronze03}}

Figure skating

{{main|Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!CF

!SP

!FS

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=center

|align=left| Jan Hoffmann

|4

|9

|5

|187.34

|34

|4

;Women

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!CF

!SP

!FS

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=center

|align=left| Marion Weber

|12

|9

|10

|175.82

|99

|11

align=center

|align=left| Anett Pötzsch

|4

|3

|4

|187.42

|33

|4

align=center

|align=left| Christine Errath

|5

|2

|3

|188.16

|28

|{{bronze03}}

;Pairs

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
Athletes

!SP

!FS

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=center

|align=left| Kerstin Stolfig
Veit Kempe

|7

|6

|129.57

|59

|6

align=center

|align=left| Manuela Groß
Uwe Kagelmann

|4

|3

|134.57

|34

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left| Romy Kermer
Rolf Österreich

|2

|2

|136.35

|21

|{{silver02}}

Luge

{{main|Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Run 3

!colspan="2"|Run 4

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Hans Rinn

|align="center"|52.916

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|51.968

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|51.690

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|52.000

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|3:28.574

|align="center"|{{bronze03}}

Hans-Heinrich Winckler

|align="center"|52.848

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|52.328

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|52.069

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|52.209

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|3:29.454

|align="center"|4

Dettlef Günther

|align="center"|52.381

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|52.107

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|51.418

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|51.782

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3:27.688

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

(Men's) Doubles

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athletes

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn

|align="center"|42.773

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|42.831

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|1:25.604

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

Bernd Hahn
Ulli Hahn

|align="center"|43.291

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|46.566

|align="center"|24

|align="center"|1:29.847

|align="center"|16

;Women

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Run 3

!colspan="2"|Run 4

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Eva-Maria Wernicke

|align="center"|43.007

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|42.646

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|42.711

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|42.898

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|2:51.262

|align="center"|4

Ute Rührold

|align="center"|42.926

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|42.708

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|42.439

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|42.773

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|2:50.846

|align="center"|{{silver02}}

Margit Schumann

|align="center"|42.854

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|42.830

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|42.285

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|42.652

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2:50.621

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

Nordic combined

{{main|Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping {{small|(Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)}}
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="4"|Ski Jumping

!colspan="3"|Cross-country

!colspan="2"|Total

Distance 1

!Distance 2

!Points

!Rank

!Time

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

Konrad Winkler

|rowspan="4"|Individual

|align="center"|74.5

|align="center"|77.0

|align="center"|213.9

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|49:51.11

|align="center"|203.57

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|417.47

|align="center"|{{bronze03}}

Günter Deckert

|align="center"|71.0

|align="center"|74.0

|align="center"|194.2

|align="center"|18

|align="center"|49:51.00

|align="center"|203.58

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|397.78

|align="center"|13

Claus Tuchscherer

|align="center"|78.5

|align="center"|79.0

|align="center"|218.7

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|51:16.12

|align="center"|190.81

|align="center"|20

|align="center"|409.51

|align="center"|5

Ulrich Wehling

|align="center"|80.0

|align="center"|80.5

|align="center"|225.5

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|50:28.95

|align="center"|197.89

|align="center"|13

|align="center"|423.39

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

Ski jumping

{{main|Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Jump 1

!colspan="2"|Jump 2

!colspan="2"|Total

Distance

!Points

!Distance

!Points

!Points

!Rank

Henry Glaß

|rowspan="4"|Normal hill

|align="center"|80.0

|align="center"|118.3

|align="center"|79.5 (fall)

|align="center"|85.5

|align="center"|203.8

|align="center"|44

Bernd Eckstein

|align="center"|80.5

|align="center"|118.6

|align="center"|81.5 (fall)

|align="center"|90.7

|align="center"|209.3

|align="center"|32

Jochen Danneberg

|align="center"|83.5

|align="center"|124.4

|align="center"|82.5

|align="center"|121.8

|align="center"|246.2

|align="center"|{{silver02}}

Hans-Georg Aschenbach

|align="center"|84.5

|align="center"|128.0

|align="center"|82.0

|align="center"|124.0

|align="center"|252.0

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

Henry Glaß

|rowspan="4"|Large hill

|align="center"|91.0

|align="center"|104.4

|align="center"|97.0

|align="center"|117.3

|align="center"|221.7

|align="center"|{{bronze03}}

Hans-Georg Aschenbach

|align="center"|92.5

|align="center"|109.5

|align="center"|89.0

|align="center"|102.6

|align="center"|212.1

|align="center"|8

Bernd Eckstein

|align="center"|94.0

|align="center"|109.6

|align="center"|91.5

|align="center"|106.6

|align="center"|216.2

|align="center"|7

Jochen Danneberg

|align="center"|102.0

|align="center"|118.8

|align="center"|89.5

|align="center"|102.8

|align="center"|221.6

|align="center"|4

Speed skating

{{main|Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Event

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

500 m

|Harald Oehme

|align=center|41.54

|align=center|24

rowspan=2|1000 m

|Harald Oehme

|align=center|1:23.88

|align=center|20

Klaus Wunderlich

|align=center|1:21.67

|align=center|10

1500 m

|Klaus Wunderlich

|align=center|2:03.41

|align=center|9

rowspan=2|5000 m

|Manfred Winter

|align=center|7:58.28

|align=center|18

Klaus Wunderlich

|align=center|7:33.82

|align=center|5

;Women

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Event

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!colspan=2|Race

Time

!Rank

rowspan=3|500 m

|Ute Dix

|align=center|45.60

|align=center|20

Ines Bautzmann

|align=center|44.87

|align=center|15

Heike Lange

|align=center|44.21

|align=center|10

rowspan=3|1000 m

|Ute Dix

|align=center|1:34.14

|align=center|21

Monika Zernicek

|align=center|1:31.68

|align=center|12

Heike Lange

|align=center|1:30.55

|align=center|8

rowspan=3|1500 m

|Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich

|align=center|2:20.05

|align=center|10

Ines Bautzmann

|align=center|2:19.63

|align=center|7

Karin Kessow

|align=center|2:19.05

|align=center|5

rowspan=3|3000 m

|Ines Bautzmann

|align=center|4:46.67

|align=center|5

Karin Kessow

|align=center|4:45.60

|align=center|4

Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich

|align=center|4:45.23

|align=center|{{silver02}}

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/ Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com]

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