Germany at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany IOC code  GER NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation Website www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)
At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors	53 (41 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Helmut Böck (cross-country, nordic)
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 7
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Germany competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway after not having been invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of the role in World War II, and because the NOC restored in 1947 as Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuß did not represent a recognized state yet. The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, the NOC for Germany was renamed and in 1951 recognized by the IOC while recognition of a separate NOC of the GDR was declined. East Germans were told to cooperate in a single team Germany, which they declined in 1952, but accepted for 1956 and later.

Germany entered all events except the 1500 metres skating event, which was skipped by Germany' only speed skating entrant in favour of the other three events.

The IOC website currently uses both the codes GER or FRG for German medal winners, suggesting they represented two different teams:

• 2/14/1952 Oslo 1952 Pairs Mixed - Gold FALK, Paul / FALK, Ria - Figure skating pairs mixed Germany
• 2/14/1952 Oslo 1952 four-man Men - Gold FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 01 - Bobsleigh four-man men Federal Republic of Germany (1950–1990, "GER" since)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Gold	Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Gold	Ria Baran Paul Falk	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Mirl Buchner	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Silver	Ossi Reichert	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Mirl Buchner	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Mirl Buchner	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pepi Schwaiger	Downhill					2:55.5	38
Beni Obermüller						2:42.9	17
Willi Klein						2:42.8	16
Pepi Erben	Giant Slalom					2:55.0	47
Willi Klein						2:46.2	32
Beni Obermüller						2:41.4	28
Pepi Schwaiger						2:35.4	17
Pepi Schwaiger	Slalom	1:13.7	53	Did not advance
Heini Bierling		1:09.9	44	Did not advance
Willi Klein		1:04.2	20 Q	1:04.7	17	2:08.9	16
Beni Obermüller		1:04.1	19 Q	1:03.4	12	2:07.5	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lia Leismüller	Downhill					2:37.6	35
Hannelore Glaser-Franke						1:53.0	10
Evi Lanig						1:52.9	9
Mirl Buchner						1:48.0
Evi Lanig	Giant Slalom					2:15.6	14
Marianne Seltsam						2:14.1	10
Ossi Reichert						2:13.2	8
Mirl Buchner						2:10.0
Hannelore Glaser-Franke	Slalom	1:20.7	33	1:10.1	18	2:30.8	31
Marianne Seltsam		1:15.5	29	1:50.3	37	3:05.8	35
Mirl Buchner		1:07.6	8	1:05.7	3	2:13.3
Ossi Reichert		1:06.0	1	1:05.4	2	2:11.4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl	Two-man	1:20.76	1	1:21.64	1	1:21.02	1	1:21.12	1	5:24.54
GER-2	Theo Kitt Friedrich Kuhn	Two-man	1:24.43	12	1:25.22	13	1:24.52	13	1:24.08	8	5:38.25	11

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser	Four-man	1:16.86	1	1:17.57	1	1:16.55	1	1:16.86	1	5:07.84

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Hubert Egger	DNF	–
	Helmut Böck	DNF	–
	Albert Mohr	1'16:32	65
	Rudi Kopp	1'15:53	64
	Alois Harrer	1'14:23	59
	Heinz Hauser	1'13:30	54
50 km	Karl Schüßler	DNF	–
	Juku Pent	4'30:56	26

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Hubert Egger Albert Mohr Heinz Hauser Rudi Kopp	2'36:37	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Hanni Gehring	50:39	13

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Freimut Stein	8	8	155.956	72	8

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Helga Dudzinski	12	8	142.767	103	12
Erika Kraft	9	10	143.767	89	10
Gundi Busch	10	6	146.289	75	8

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Ingeborg Minor Hermann Braun	9.089	73.5	8
Jennifer Nicks John Nicks	10.600	39	4
Ria Baran Paul Falk	11.400	11.5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany 8th	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• Canada 15-1 Germany
• USA 8-2 Germany
• Czechoslovakia 6-1 Germany
• Sweden 7-3 Germany
• Poland 4-4 Germany
• Norway 2-6 Germany
• Finland 5-1 Germany
• Switzerland 6-3 Germany

Contestants

• Karl Bierschel
• Markus Egen
• Karl Enzler
• Georg Guggemos
• Alfred Hoffmann
• Engelbert Holderied
• Walter Kremershof
• Ludwig Kuhn
• Dieter Niess
• Hans Georg Pescher
• Fritz Poitsch
• Herbert Schibukat
• Xaver Unsinn
• Heinz Wackers
• Karl Wild

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Helmut Böck	Individual	DNF	–	54.5	58.5	179.0	22	DNF	–
Heinz Hauser		199.636	15	60.0	62.0	193.5	14	393.136	15

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Franz Dengg	Normal hill	60.0	96.5	24	56.5	91.0	35	187.5	31
Sepp Kleisl		66.5	108.0	8	62.5	100.0	17	208.0	10
Sepp Weiler		67.0	108.0	8	63.0	105.0	8	213.0	8
Toni Brutscher		66.5	111.0	3	62.5	105.5	7	216.5	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Theo Meding	46.8	33
5000 m	Theo Meding	8:57.4	27
10,000 m	Theo Meding	18:24.4	22

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com