# East Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Wolfgang Scheidel | Luge | Men's individual |
| Gold | Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow | Luge | Men's doubles |
| Gold | Anna-Maria Müller | Luge | Women's individual |
| Gold | Ulrich Wehling | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Silver | Hansjörg Knauthe | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Silver | Harald Ehrig | Luge | Men's individual |
| Silver | Ute Rührold | Luge | Women's individual |
| Bronze | Hansjörg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Bronze | Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann | Figure skating | Pairs |
| Bronze | Wolfram Fiedler | Luge | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler | Luge | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Margit Schumann | Luge | Women's individual |
| Bronze | Karl-Heinz Luck | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Rainer Schmidt | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Horst Koschka | 1'17:24.58 | 5 | 1'22:24.58 | 20 |
| 20 km | Günther Bartnick | 1'16:01.73 | 5 | 1'21:01.73 | 15 |
| 20 km | Dieter Speer | 1'13:43.63 | 7 | 1'20:43.63 | 13 |
| 20 km | Hansjörg Knauthe | 1'15:07.60 | 1 | 1'16:07.60 | |
    $^1$ One 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 | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Hansjörg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka | 4 | 1'54:57.67 | |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Rainer Groß | 48:05.86 | 26 |
| 15 km | Gerd Heßler | 48:04.15 | 25 |
| 15 km | Gert-Dietmar Klause | 46:34.40 | 13 |
| 15 km | Axel Lesser | 46:17.01 | 6 |
| 30 km | Eberhard Klessen | 1'43:15.99 | 27 |
| 30 km | Gerd Heßler | 1'41:37.47 | 18 |
| 30 km | Axel Lesser | 1'39:49.24 | 12 |
| 30 km | Gert-Dietmar Klause | 1'39:15.54 | 8 |
| 50 km | Rainer Groß | 2'50:16.91 | 18 |
| 50 km | Eberhard Klessen | 2'49:53.01 | 16 |
| 50 km | Gert-Dietmar Klause | 2'46:17.43 | 9 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Gerd Heßler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause | 2'10:03.73 | 6 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Christine Phillip | 18:17.02 | 30 |
| 5 km | Anni Unger | 18:13.19 | 28 |
| 5 km | Gabriele Haupt | 17:55.04 | 20 |
| 5 km | Renate Fischer-Köhler | 17:41.07 | 14 |
| 10 km | Christine Phillip | 37:51.76 | 31 |
| 10 km | Anni Unger | 36:45.24 | 20 |
| 10 km | Gabriele Haupt | 36:38.41 | 18 |
| 10 km | Renate Fischer-Köhler | 35:46.96 | 9 |

### Women's 3 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Gabriele Haupt Renate Fischer-Köhler Anni Unger | 50:28.45 | 5 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Jan Hoffmann | 4 | 10 | 2567.6 | 55 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Christine Errath | 11 | 5 | 2489.3 | 78 | 8 |
| Sonja Morgenstern | 8 | 3 | 2579.4 | 53 | 6 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Annette Kansy Axel Salzmann | 7 | 8 | 392.6 | 68 | 8 |
| Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann | 3 | 3 | 411.8 | 29 | |

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Wolfram Fiedler | 53.04 | 6 | 52.55 | 3 | 51.61 | 3 | 51.77 | 3 | 3:28.73 | |
| Klaus-Michael Bonsack | 52.98 | 3 | 52.72 | 4 | 51.54 | 1 | 51.92 | 5 | 3:29.16 | 4 |
| Harald Ehrig | 52.60 | 2 | 52.32 | 2 | 51.74 | 4 | 51.73 | 2 | 3:28.39 | |
| Wolfgang Scheidel | 52.17 | 1 | 52.06 | 1 | 51.58 | 2 | 51.53 | 1 | 3:27.58 | |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow | 44.27 | 2 | 44.08 | 1 | 1:28.35 | |
| Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler | 44.69 | 3 | 44.47 | 3 | 1:29.16 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anna-Maria Müller | 45.00 | 3 | 45.00 | 1 | 44.86 | 3 | 44.32 | 1 | 2:59.18 | |
| Ute Rührold | 44.95 | 1 | 45.23 | 2 | 44.76 | 2 | 44.55 | 2 | 2:59.49 | |
| Margit Schumann | 44.95 | 1 | 45.38 | 3 | 44.65 | 1 | 44.56 | 3 | 2:59.54 | |

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Karl-Heinz Luck | Individual | 69.5 | 74.0 | 178.8 | 17 | 48:24.9 | 220.000 | 1 | 398.800 | |
| Hans Hartleb | Individual | 74.0 | 73.0 | 183.9 | 11 | 52:14.2 | 185.605 | 28 | 369.505 | 18 |
| Ulrich Wehling | Individual | 78.0 | 76.5 | 200.9 | 4 | 49:15.3 | 212.440 | 3 | 413.340 | |
| Günter Deckert | Individual | 78.5 | 83.0 | 183.4 | 12 | 50:41.1 | 199.570 | 10 | 385.970 | 9 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Hans-Georg Aschenbach | Normal hill | 74.0 | 103.1 | 69.5 | 95.4 | 198.5 | 31 |
| Manfred Wolf | Normal hill | 77.5 | 109.2 | 81.0 (fall) | 85.8 | 195.0 | 38 |
| Henry Glaß | Normal hill | 78.0 | 109.5 | 73.5 | 102.3 | 211.8 | 18 |
| Rainer Schmidt | Normal hill | 80.5 | 114.5 | 75.0 | 102.7 | 217.2 | 15 |
| Heinz Wosipiwo | Large hill | 82.0 | 74.3 | 87.0 | 85.3 | 159.6 | 39 |
| Henry Glaß | Large hill | 91.0 | 97.9 | 84.0 | 85.1 | 183.0 | 20 |
| Rainer Schmidt | Large hill | 98.5 | 106.4 | 101.0 | 112.9 | 219.3 | |
| Manfred Wolf | Large hill | 107.0 | 120.3 | 89.5 | 94.8 | 215.1 | 5 |

## Speed skating
### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | 45.78 | 13 |
| 1000 m | Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | 1:52.65 (fall) | 33 |
| 1000 m | Rosemarie Taupadel | 1:33.79 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Rosemarie Taupadel | 2:22.35 | 5 |
| 3000 m | Rosemarie Taupadel | 5:12.85 | 15 |