East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics

The GDR participated in the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 with a delegation of 60 (41 men, 19 women) athletes participate and took second place in the medal standings behind the USSR. The bob pilot Meinhard taker was selected as the standard-bearer of the East German team for the opening ceremony. That was along with his team-mates Bernhard Germeshausen as a double Olympic champion and the most successful East German representatives. On Hockey competition and in the alpine skiing disciplines no GDR athletes participated.

  • 2.1 Medals by sport
  • 2.2 Medals by sport clubs
  • 2.3 Participants by Sport Clubs

Participants by sport

Biathlon

While the biathletes had nothing to do in the individual decision to the output of the competition, the squadron reached the bronze medal with the 18- year-old Frank Ullrich.

Men:

  • Manfred Beer ( SG Dynamo Cínovec ) Single (20 km): 27th place Season (4 x 7.5 km):
  • Frank Ullrich (ASK forward Oberhof ) Season (4 x 7.5 km):
  • Manfred Geyer ( ASK forward Oberhof ) Single (20 km): 12th Place Season (4 x 7.5 km):
  • Karl -Heinz Menz (ASK forward Oberhof ) Season (4 x 7.5 km):
  • Karl -Heinz Wolf ( SG Dynamo Cínovec ) Single (20 km): 15th Place
  • Andreas Richter (SG Dynamo Cínovec ) no use

Bob

With Meinhard taker asked the GDR the double Olympic champion. Bernhard Germeshausen also won two gold medals.

Bobsled

  • Meinhard taker, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen and Bernhard Lehmann (DDR I)

Two-

  • Meinhard takers and Bernhard Germeshausen (DDR I)
  • Horst Schönau and Raimund Bethge (DDR II) 7th place

Figure skating

The figure skaters won three medals and were the second best nation, after the USSR, who won a medal more. In the pair of running all three pairs finished in the top six and won besides, silver and bronze. On the men's Jan Hoffmann missed by tiny 0.04 points for third place.

Women:

  • Jan Hoffmann (SC Karl- Marx-Stadt ) 4th place

Couples:

  • Manuela Large / Uwe Kagelmann (SC Dynamo Berlin) Pair of running:
  • Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe (SC Dynamo Berlin) Pair of running: 6th place

Speed ​​Skating

It was not until 16 years after the Olympic victory by Helga Haase in Squaw Valley won the 15-year old Andrea Mitscherlich again an Olympic medal for the GDR. With multiple digit placements especially the very young women's team pointed to the future potential in the DDR speed skating.

Women:

  • Heike Lange ( SC Dynamo Berlin) 500 m: 10th place 1000 m: 8th Place
  • Andrea Mitscherlich (SC Einheit Dresden ) 1500 m: 10th place 3000 m:
  • Ines Bautzmann (SC Einheit Dresden ) 500 m: 15th Place 1500 m: 7th place 3000 m: 5th place
  • Ute Dix (SC Karl- Marx-Stadt ) 500 m: 20th Place 1000 m: 21 Place
  • Monika Zernicek (SC Dynamo Berlin) 1000 m: 12th Place
  • Karin Kessow (SC Dynamo Berlin) 1500 m: 5th place 3000 m: 4th place

Men:

  • Harald Oehme (TSC Berlin) 500 m: 24th Place 1000 m: 20th Place
  • Manfred Winter ( SC Karl- Marx-Stadt ) 5000 m: 18th Place
  • Klaus Wunderlich (TSC Berlin) 1000 m: 10th place 1500 m 9th place 5000 m: 5th place

Toboggan

The luger ended the competition as the most successful nation. You could win all three contests, bronze and silver in the individual decisions have been added yet. Hans Rinn, Olympic champion in doubles, won another medal in the men's singles.

Women:

  • Margit Schumann ( ASK forward Oberhof )
  • Ute Rührold (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal )
  • Eva -Maria Wernicke (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 4th place

Men:

  • Dettlef Günther ( SC tractor Oberwiesenthal )
  • Hans Rinn (ASK forward Oberhof )
  • Hans -Heinrich Winkler ( SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 4th place

Two-seater

  • Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (ASK forward Oberhof )
  • Bernd Hahn and Ulrich Hahn (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 16th Place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

The skiers in indicated in the individual decisions with constant rankings in the top 20 at their potential, which they confirmed with bronze in the relay. The men were able to convince especially above 50 km, where Gert -Dietmar Klause won silver and Gerhard Grimmer finished fifth. The men 's relay was eliminated under unfortunate circumstances. The leading in the 2nd round Axel Lesser collided with a tourist and could not continue the race.

Women:

  • Barbara Petzold (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 4 x 5 km relay; 5 km; 11th Place 10 km; 7th place
  • Monika Debertshäuser (SC Motor Zella- Mehlis ) 4 x 5 km relay; 5km; 7th place 10 km; 14th Place
  • Veronika Schmidt ( SC Motor Zella- Mehlis ) 4 x 5 km relay; 5 km; 12th Place 10 km; 8th Place
  • Sigrun Krause (ASK forward Oberhof ) 4 x 5 km relay; 5 km; 16th Place 10 km; 12th Place

Men:

  • Gert -Dietmar Klause (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 15 km; 9 space 30 km; 6th place 50 km; 4 × 10 km relay; excreted
  • Gerhard Grimmer (ASK forward Oberhof ) 15 km; 49 space 30 km; 16th Place 50 km; 5th Place 4 × 10 km relay; excreted
  • Jürgen Wolf ( SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 15 km; 25 space
  • Gerd Hessler (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 15 km; 28 space 50 km; 28th place 4 × 10 km relay; excreted
  • Axel Lesser (ASK forward Oberhof ) 30 km; 17th Place 4 × 10 km relay; excreted
  • Dieter Meinel (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 30 km; 33rd place 50 km; 33rd place

Ski Jumping

Only the athletes from Austria and the GDR made ​​the medals in two decisions from among themselves. The East German athletes took it with a complete set of medals. On the large hill only representatives of these two teams were placed among the top eight jumpers.

  • Hans -Georg Aschenbach (ASK forward Oberhof ) Normal hill; Large hill; 8th Place
  • Jochen Dannenberg (ASK forward Oberhof ) Normal hill; Large hill; 4th place
  • Bernd Eckstein ( SC Motor Zella- Mehlis ) Normal hill; 32nd Large hill; 7th place
  • Henry Glass ( SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Normal hill; 44th Large hill;

Nordic Combined

The competition was at the BRD representatives Urban Hettich pushed to a German - German affair between Olympic champion Wehling and the third-placed Winkler. Place 5 and 13 completed the excellent team result.

  • Ulrich Wehling (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) Single ( normal hill 90 m/15 km):
  • Konrad Winkler ( SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) Single ( normal hill 90 m/15 km):
  • Claus Tuchscherer (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Single ( normal hill 90 m/15 km ): 5th place
  • Günter Deckert (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Single ( normal hill 90 m/15 km): 13th Place

Statistics

Medals by sport

Especially the more technically oriented sports such as bobsled, and luge were medal bearer. In Figure skating is a clear upward trend, as well as in Nordic skiing, which, taken together, a total of two times each gold, silver and bronze was won showed.

Medals by sport clubs

Most medal winners came from ASK forward Oberhof, where the bobsled Meinhard takers and Bernhard Germeshausen each won two gold medals. Of the 10 Oberhofer gold medals were won six of bobsledders.

Participants by sports clubs

Most athletes presented by far the winter sports performance center of the NVA in Oberhof, where almost a third of the Olympic team came. Alone, 12 of 19 athletes were Bobsportler or luger. The second largest contingent provided some surprising the SC Dynamo Berlin, where only runners trained athletes. The winter sports strongholds top and Klingenthal presented 9 and 7 athletes.

Weblink

  • Olympic team of the GDR in 1976 in the database of Sports- Reference.com (English)

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