title: United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics
text: # United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics
  
  Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Nationality | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Heidi Biebl | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
  | Gold | Georg Thoma | West Germany | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
  | Gold | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
  | Gold | Helga Haase | East Germany | Speed skating | Women's 500m |
  | Silver | Hans Peter Lanig | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
  | Silver | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | West Germany (both) | Figure skating | Pairs |
  | Silver | Helga Haase | East Germany | Speed skating | Women's 1000m |
  | Bronze | Barbi Henneberger | West Germany | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Eberhard Riedel | Downhill | | | | | 2:13.3 | 16 |
  | Luggi Leitner | Downhill | | | | | 2:10.2 | 11 |
  | Willy Bogner | Downhill | | | | | 2:09.7 | 9 |
  | Hans Peter Lanig | Downhill | | | | | 2:06.5 | |
  | Willy Bogner | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
  | Luggi Leitner | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:53.6 | 18 |
  | Fritz Wagnerberger | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:52.5 | 15 |
  | Hans Peter Lanig | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:51.9 | 13 |
  | Sepp Behr | Slalom | 1:12.1 | 12 | 1:03.9 | 13 | 2:16.0 | 10 |
  | Hans Peter Lanig | Slalom | 1:11.9 | 11 | 1:02.4 | 10 | 2:14.3 | 7 |
  | Luggi Leitner | Slalom | 1:10.9 | 6 | 59.6 | 3 | 2:10.5 | 4 |
  | Willy Bogner | Slalom | 1:08.8 | 1 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Barbi Henneberger | Downhill | | | | | 1:42.4 | 11 |
  | Sonja Sperl | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.0 | 7 |
  | Anneliese Meggl | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.8 | 6 |
  | Heidi Biebl | Downhill | | | | | 1:37.6 | |
  | Heidi Biebl | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:01.5 | 37 |
  | Barbi Henneberger | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:42.6 | 15 |
  | Sonja Sperl | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:41.9 | 9 |
  | Anneliese Meggl | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:40.7 | 5 |
  | Heidi Biebl | Slalom | 1:09.2 | 35 | 57.3 | 3 | 2:06.5 | 21 |
  | Anneliese Meggl | Slalom | 1:02.5 | 25 | 59.9 | 12 | 2:02.4 | 13 |
  | Sonja Sperl | Slalom | 59.0 | 14 | 59.8 | 10 | 1:58.8 | 8 |
  | Barbi Henneberger | Slalom | 57.4 | 4 | 59.2 | 6 | 1:56.6 | |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Missed targets | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 km | Kurt Hinze | 1'36:36.5 | 9 | 1'54:36.5 | 20 |
  | 20 km | Horst Nickel | 1'32:28.9 | 8 | 1'48:28.9 | 17 |
  | 20 km | Herbert Kirchner | 1'38:25.6 | 4 | 1'46:35.6 | 13 |
  | 20 km | Kuno Werner | 1'29:33.8 | 6 | 1'41:33.8 | 9 |
  
      $^1$ Two minutes added per missed target.
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Siegfried Weiß | 58:04.6 | 42 |
  | 15 km | Werner Haase | 57:40.3 | 38 |
  | 15 km | Enno Röder | 56:54.4 | 32 |
  | 15 km | Kuno Werner | 55:25.6 | 24 |
  | 30 km | Siegfried Hug | 2'05:48.6 | 33 |
  | 30 km | Rudolf Dannhauer | 2'03:38.9 | 29 |
  | 30 km | Josef Maier | 2'02:10.6 | 26 |
  | 30 km | Helmut Weidlich | 2'01:25.8 | 21 |
  | 50 km | Egon Fleischmann | 3'38:53.6 | 28 |
  | 50 km | Siegfried Weiß | 3'28:29.1 | 24 |
  | 50 km | Rudolf Dannhauer | 3'27:54.6 | 23 |
  | 50 km | Helmut Hagg | 3'25:14.6 | 20 |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Kuno Werner Helmut Hagg Werner Haase Enno Röder | 2'31:47.1 | 9 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 10 km | Christa Göhler | DNF | – |
  | 10 km | Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus | 44:14.6 | 18 |
  | 10 km | Renate Dannhauer-Borges | 43:46.1 | 16 |
  | 10 km | Rita Czech-Blasl | 42:29.0 | 12 |
  
  ### Women's 3 x 5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Ritz Czech-Blasl Renate Dannhauer-Borges Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus | 1'09:25.7 | 5 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bodo Bockenauer | 17 | 16 | 1161.2 | 137 | 16 |
  | Tilo Gutzeit | 10 | 10 | 1274.0 | 86 | 9 |
  | Manfred Schnelldorfer | 9 | 9 | 1303.3 | 75 | 8 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ursel Barkey | 20 | 18 | 1164.5 | 166 | 18 |
  | Bärbel Martin | 18 | 14 | 1219.8 | 132 | 14 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Rita Blumenberg Werner Mensching | 70.2 | 53 | 7 |
  | Margret Göbl Franz Ningel | 72.5 | 36 | 5 |
  | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 76.8 | 19 | |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Group B
  
  Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.
  
  | Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
  | 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
  | 3 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
  
  * USSR 8-0 Germany
  * Germany 4-1 Finland
  
  ### Final round
  
  | Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 10 |
  | 2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 8 |
  | 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
  | 4 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 4 |
  | 5 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 3 |
  | 6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 0 |
  
  * Canada 12-0 Germany
  * USA 9-1 Germany
  * USSR 7-1 Germany
  * Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany
  * Sweden 8-2 Germany
  * Contestants Paul Ambros Georg Eberl Markus Egen Ernst Eggerbauer Michael Hobelsberger Hans Huber Ulli Jansen Hans Rampf Sepp Reif Otto Schneitberger Siegfried Schubert Horst Franz Schuldes Kurt Sepp Ernst Trautwein Xaver Unsinn Leonhard Waitl
  
  ## 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 |
  | Günter Flauger | Individual | 66.0 | 65.5 | 207.0 | 12 | 1'02:10.0 | 225.742 | 14 | 432.742 | 13 |
  | Martin Körner | Individual | 65.0 | 63.5 | 212.0 | 10 | 1'07:37.0 | 204.645 | 27 | 416.645 | 20 |
  | Rainer Dietel | Individual | 67.5 | 63.5 | 214.0 | 6 | 1'05:32.8 | 212.645 | 22 | 426.645 | 17 |
  | Georg Thoma | Individual | 69.0 | 67.5 | 221.5 | 1 | 59:23.8 | 236.452 | 4 | 457.952 | |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Werner Lesser | Normal hill | 81.5 | 98.0 | 25 | 78.5 | 102.8 | 15 | 200.8 | 21 |
  | Max Bolkart | Normal hill | 87.5 | 104.3 | 11 | 81.0 | 108.3 | 5 | 212.6 | 6 |
  | Veit Kührt | Normal hill | 88.5 | 106.1 | 9 | 79.5 | 102.6 | 16 | 208.7 | 12 |
  | Helmut Recknagel | Normal hill | 93.5 | 113.6 | 1 | 84.5 | 113.6 | 1 | 227.2 | |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Manfred Schüler | 42.5 | 24 |
  | 500 m | Günther Tilch | 42.3 | 20 |
  | 500 m | Herbert Söllner | 42.3 | 20 |
  | 500 m | Helmut Kuhnert | 42.3 | 20 |
  | 1500 m | Günther Tilch | 2:24.8 | 38 |
  | 1500 m | Harald Norden | 2:22.1 | 31 |
  | 1500 m | Manfred Schüler | 2:18.3 | 18 |
  | 1500 m | Helmut Kuhnert | 2:13.6 | 9 |
  | 5000 m | Heinz Wolfram | 9:18.2 | 36 |
  | 5000 m | Sepp Biebl | 8:48.0 | 32 |
  | 5000 m | Helmut Kuhnert | 8:25.1 | 22 |
  | 10,000 m | Heinz Wolfram | 18:37.0 | 29 |
  | 10,000 m | Helmut Kuhnert | 16:43.4 | 13 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Natascha Liebknecht | 51.4 | 20 |
  | 500 m | Sigrit Behrenz | 50.2 | 18 |
  | 500 m | Helga Haase | 45.9 | |
  | 1000 m | Sigrit Behrenz | 1:43.8 | 18 |
  | 1000 m | Natascha Liebknecht | 1:43.5 | 17 |
  | 1000 m | Helga Haase | 1:34.3 | |
  | 1500 m | Gisela Toews | 2:51.1 | 22 |
  | 1500 m | Inge Görmer | 2:36.5 | 16 |
  | 1500 m | Helga Haase | 2:31.7 | 8 |
  | 3000 m | Gisela Toews | 5:48.3 | 17 |
  | 3000 m | Inge Görmer | 5:37.5 | 13 |
  