East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. East German athletes had competed together with West German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Luge Men's doubles Figure skating Women's singles Luge Men's individual Luge Men's individual Nordic combined Men's individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEberhard RiedelDownhillDNF–Eberhard RiedelGiant Slalom1:55.59531:51.08253:46.6741
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankEberhard Riedel53.621 QF––52.002552.07161:44.0713
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmHeinz Kluge1'19:55.271'26:55.224Hansjörg Knauthe1'23:04.921'25:04.921Dieter Speer1'18:13.361'24:13.318Horst Koschka1'18:37.731'21:37.710
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 AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankHeinz KlugeHans-Gert JahnHorst KoschkaDieter Speer42'21:54.56
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmAxel LesserDNF–Peter Thiel52:07.837Gert-Dietmar Klause51:51.633Gerhard Grimmer51:22.12930 kmHelmut Unger1'44:47.937Axel Lesser1'44:16.236Gert-Dietmar Klause1'39:30.519Gerhard Grimmer1'38:46.01550 kmGert-Dietmar Klause2'36:52.525
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankGerhard GrimmerAxel LesserPeter ThielGert-Dietmar Klause2'19:22.87
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmAnni Unger17:30.716Renate Fischer-Köhler17:25.514Gudrun Schmidt17:24.313Christine Nestler17:23.51210 kmAnni Unger40:36.822Renate Fischer-Köhler39:27.416Gudrun Schmidt39:22.814Christine Nestler39:07.99
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankRenate Fischer-KöhlerGudrun SchmidtChristine Nestler59:33.96
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Jan Hoffmann26251437.823826 Günter Zöller10141727.910011
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Sonja Morgenstern29221475.925128 Gabriele Seyfert221882.318
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Irine MüllerHans-Georg Dallmer98289.4829 Heidemarie SteinerHeinz-Ulrich Walther44303.1374
Ice hockey
First round
East Germany - Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.
Final Round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts17610481012275113317113752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mišakov, Staršinov, Alexandrov, Zajcev. Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)
Canada – East Germany 11:0 (4:0, 4:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O’Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder. Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Sweden – East Germany 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1) Goalscorers: Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs. Referees: Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)
Czechoslovakia – East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1) Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)
East Germany – Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0) Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen. Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)
East Germany – USA 4:6 (1:3, 1:1, 2:2) Goalscorers: Fuchs 2, Karrenbauer 2 – Stordahl 2, P. Hurley 2, Volmar, Lilyholm. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)
East Germany – West Germany 2:4 (0:1, 1:2, 1:1) Goalscorers: Hiller, Fuchs – Funk, Waitl, Hanig, Lax. Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Contestants 8. EAST GERMANY Goaltenders: Dieter Pürschel, Klaus Hirche. Defence: Dieter Voigt, Manfred Buder, Helmut Novy, Dieter Kratzsch, Wolfgang Plotka, Wilfried Sock, Ulrich Noack. Forwards: Bernd Karrenbauer, Hartmut Nickel, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa, Joachim Ziesche, Bernd Poindl, Dietmar Peters, Bernd Hiller, Rüdiger Noack. Coach: Rudi Schmieder.
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWolfgang ScheidelDSQ–––––DSQ–Klaus-Michael Bonsack57.90857.63257.8052:53.33Thomas Köhler57.68557.47157.5112:52.66Horst Hörnlein57.49358.04458.57132:54.107
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKlaus-Michael BonsackThomas Köhler47.88147.9711:35.85Horst HörnleinReinhard Bredow48.80549.0161:37.815
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOrtrun EnderleinDSQ–––––DSQ–Anna-Maria MüllerDSQ–––––DSQ–Angela KnöselDSQ–––––DSQ–
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankRoland WeißpflogIndividual67.066.0186.32948:33.5238.002424.309Karl-Heinz Luck69.571.0198.82050:14.7215.228414.0211Andreas Kunz72.574.0216.91049:19.8227.203444.10
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankBernd KarwofskyNormal hill72.098.567.0 (fall)53.0151.554Wolfgang Stöhr73.5101.471.097.9199.320Manfred Queck75.5104.172.5101.3205.414Dieter Neuendorf76.5108.773.0102.6211.37Dieter NeuendorfLarge hill93.0100.692.098.2198.815Manfred Queck96.5104.098.5108.8212.84Wolfgang Stöhr96.5106.092.599.9205.97
Speed skating
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mRuth Budzisch-Schleiermacher47.8161000 mRuth Budzisch-Schleiermacher1:35.6121500 mRuth Budzisch-Schleiermacher2:27.18
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com