Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 after not having been invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 because of the role in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and because the NOC restored in 1947 as Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuß did not represent a recognized state yet. The Federal Republic of Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 was founded in 1949, the NOC for Germany

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund , and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.Seated in Frankfurt , it represents 89,000...

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

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 18, 1952 at 5 p.m..Thirty-nine speed skaters from 13 nations competed.-Medalists:-Records:...

, 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
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Thursday, February 14, 1952 and on Friday, February 15, 1952 while the four-man competition was held on Thursday, February 21, 1952 and on Friday, February 22, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating...	Two-man
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Thursday, February 14, 1952 and on Friday, February 15, 1952 while the four-man competition was held on Thursday, February 21, 1952 and on Friday, February 22, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating...	Four-man
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Compulsory figures were skated at the outdoor Jordal Amfi rink, while the free skating portions of the competition were held at the huge Bislett Stadion, on a regulation-sized ice surface set inside the speed skating track...	Pairs
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...	Women's downhill
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...	Women's slalom
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...	Women's giant slalom
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...	Women's slalom

Alpine skiing

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 Ossi Reichert Rosa "Ossi" Reichert was a German Alpine skier. She was born in Sonthofen, Bayern, Germany.Her greatest victory was in the 1956 Winter Olympics giant slalom at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Germany's sole gold medal at these games. After having seriously injured an ankle in 1954, she was not expected to do...						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 Ossi Reichert Rosa "Ossi" Reichert was a German Alpine skier. She was born in Sonthofen, Bayern, Germany.Her greatest victory was in the 1956 Winter Olympics giant slalom at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Germany's sole gold medal at these games. After having seriously injured an ankle in 1954, she was not expected to do...		1:06.0	1	1:05.4	2	2:11.4

Bobsleigh

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 Andreas Ostler Andreas "Anderl" Ostler was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s.As a teenager during the 1936 Winter Olympics in his home town, Anderl Ostler and future teammates at :de:Sportclub Riessersee became interested in winter sports... Lorenz Nieberl Lorenz Nieberl Lorenz Nieberl was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he became the first person to win both the two-man and four-man competitions at the same Winter Olympics...	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 Theo Kitt Theo Kitt was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships, winning them in the two-man event in 1953 and in the four-man event in 1954.... Friedrich Kuhn Friedrich Kuhn Frederich Kuhn was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:***...	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 Andreas Ostler Andreas "Anderl" Ostler was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s.As a teenager during the 1936 Winter Olympics in his home town, Anderl Ostler and future teammates at :de:Sportclub Riessersee became interested in winter sports... Friedrich Kuhn Friedrich Kuhn Frederich Kuhn was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:***... Lorenz Nieberl Lorenz Nieberl Lorenz Nieberl was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he became the first person to win both the two-man and four-man competitions at the same Winter Olympics... Franz Kemser Franz Kemser Franz Kemser was a German-West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s...	Four-man	1:16.86	1	1:17.57	1	1:16.55	1	1:16.86	1	5:07.84

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Hubert Egger Hubert Egger Hubert Egger was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He competed in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but did not finish.-External links:*...	DNF	–
	Helmut Böck	DNF	–
	Albert Mohr Albert Mohr Albert Mohr was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 65th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...	1'16:32	65
	Rudi Kopp Rudi Kopp Rudolf "Rudi" Kopp was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 64th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...	1'15:53	64
	Alois Harrer Alois Harrer Alois Harrer was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 59th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...	1'14:23	59
	Heinz Hauser Heinz Hauser Heinz Hauser was a West German nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 15th in the nordic combined event and 54th in the 18 km cross country skiing event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Hauser was also four time national champion in the Nordic combined event...	1'13:30	54
50 km	Karl Schüßler	DNF	–
	Juku Pent Juku Pent Juku Pent was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 26th in the 50 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....	4'30:56	26

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Hubert Egger Hubert Egger Hubert Egger was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He competed in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but did not finish.-External links:*... Albert Mohr Albert Mohr Albert Mohr was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 65th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*... Heinz Hauser Heinz Hauser Heinz Hauser was a West German nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 15th in the nordic combined event and 54th in the 18 km cross country skiing event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Hauser was also four time national champion in the Nordic combined event... Rudi Kopp Rudi Kopp Rudolf "Rudi" Kopp was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 64th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...	2'36:37	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Hanni Gehring Hanni Gehring Johanna "Hanni" Gehring was a German cross country skier during the 1950s. She finished 13th in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:* *...	50:39	13

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Freimut Stein Freimut Stein Freimut Stein is a former German figure skater.Freimut Stein was a single male skater and became German Champion from 1952 to 1954. In 1953 he won the bronze medal at the Europeans. He represented the club 1. FC Nürnberg section Roll- und Eissport.From 1950 to 1954 he became also German Champion...	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 Gundi Busch Gundula Busch is a German figure skater and coach. She was the first World champion ladies' singles champion representing Germany....	10	6	146.289	75	8

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Ingeborg Minor Hermann Braun	9.089	73.5	8
Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Mary Nicks was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks. In 1953, the two won Great Britain's only World and European titles in pair skating, after having placed fourth at the 1952 Winter Olympics. She died as the result of a heart attack.-Competitive... John Nicks John Nicks John Allen Wisden Nicks is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. His pairs partner was his sister Jennifer Nicks, and together they were the 1953 World Champions...	10.600	39	4
Ria Baran Ria Baran Ria Baran was a German pair skater. She skated together with Paul Falk and became twice World champion and in 1952 Olympic champion.... Paul Falk Paul Falk Paul Falk was a German pair skater. He skated with Ria Baran and became two-time World champion and 1952 Olympic champion.Ria Baran married Paul Falk during their active international figure skating....	11.400	11.5

Ice hockey

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

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
8th	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
	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
  Karl Bierschel
  Karl Bierschel was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1952 Winter Olympics and 1956 Winter Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Markus Egen
• Karl Enzler
• Georg Guggemos
• Alfred Hoffmann
• Engelbert Holderied
• Walter Kremershof
• Ludwig Kuhn
• Dieter Niess
• Hans Georg Pescher
  Hans Georg Pescher
  Hans Georg Pescher was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1952 Winter Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Fritz Poitsch
• Herbert Schibukat
  Herbert Schibukat
  Herbert Schibukat was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1952 Winter Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Xaver Unsinn
• Heinz Wackers
  Heinz Wackers
  Heinz Wackers was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1952 Winter Olympics, where the team finished 8th in the rankings.-References:...
  
  
• Karl Wild

Nordic combined

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

Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic Games, of 10 km. The competitions were held from Monday, February 18 to Saturday, February 23, 1952.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

, 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 Heinz Hauser Heinz Hauser was a West German nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 15th in the nordic combined event and 54th in the 18 km cross country skiing event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Hauser was also four time national champion in the Nordic combined event...		199.636	15	60.0	62.0	193.5	14	393.136	15

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Franz Dengg Franz Dengg Franz Dengg was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1956. He finished 31st in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....	Normal hill	60.0	96.5	24	56.5	91.0	35	187.5	31
Sepp Kleisl Sepp Kleisl Josef "Sepp" Kleisl was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1959. He finished tenth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....		66.5	108.0	8	62.5	100.0	17	208.0	10
Sepp Weiler Sepp Weiler Sepp Weiler was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1956.He finished tied for eighth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....		67.0	108.0	8	63.0	105.0	8	213.0	8
Toni Brutscher Toni Brutscher Toni Brutscher was a West German ski jumper who competed during the 1950s. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....		66.5	111.0	3	62.5	105.5	7	216.5	4

Speed skating

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