Battle of Honey Springs

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 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal Name Nationality Sport Event
 Gold Manfred Schnelldorfer  West Germany Figure skating Men's singles
 Gold Thomas Köhler  East Germany Luge Men's singles
 Gold Ortrun Enderlein  East Germany Luge Women's singles
 Silver Marika Kilius
Hans Jürgen Bäumler		  West Germany (both) Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Klaus-Michael Bonsack  East Germany Luge Men's singles
 Silver Ilse Geisler  East Germany Luge Women's singles
 Bronze Wolfgang Bartels  West Germany Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Bronze Hans Plenk  West Germany Luge Men's singles
 Bronze Georg Thoma  West Germany Nordic combined Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Fritz Wagnerberger Downhill 2:21.03 12
Willy Bogner 2:20.72 9
Luggi Leitner 2:19.67 5
Wolfgang Bartels 2:19.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Willy Bogner Giant Slalom DSQ –
Wolfgang Bartels DNF –
Eberhard Riedel 1:54.17 15
Luggi Leitner 1:50.04 8
Men's slalom
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Wolfgang Bartels 57.91 40 55.84 8 QF 1:13.83 14 1:02.09 7 2:15.92 9
Eberhard Riedel 55.88 30 54.44 3 QF 1:13.57 11 1:05.28 21 2:18.85 18
Ernst Scherzer 54.77 19 QF – – 1:14.67 21 1:03.43 14 2:18.10 13
Luggi Leitner 51.45 2 QF – – 1:11.19 8 1:01.75 4 2:12.94 5
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Heidi Mittermaier Downhill 2:03.05 23
Burgl Färbinger 2:01.23 12
Barbi Henneberger 1:58.03 5
Heidi Biebl 1:57.87 4
Heidi Biebl Giant Slalom DSQ –
Heidi Mittermaier 2:00.77 22
Burgl Färbinger 1:58.84 18
Barbi Henneberger 1:54.26 7
Burgl Färbinger Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Heidi Mittermaier 47.41 16 50.14 9 1:37.55 10
Barbi Henneberger 47.17 14 50.38 10 1:37.55 10
Heidi Biebl 44.61 4 49.43 7 1:34.04 4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Dieter Ritter 1'22:51.4 8 1'38:51.4 33
Helmut Klöpsch 1'32:08.5 3 1'38:08.5 31
Egon Schnabel 1'30:53.0 2 1'34:53.0 24
Hans-Dieter Riechel 1'28:30.9 3 1'34:30.9 21
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 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 Franz Wörmann
Hubert Braun 		Two-man 1:06.87 10 1:06.42 8 1:05.17 1 1:06.24 3 4:27.70 6
GER-2 Hans Maurer
Rupert Grasegger 		Two-man 1:06.72 8 1:07.76 16 1:06.92 12 1:08.37 17 4:29.77 14
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GER-1 Franz Schelle
Ludwig Siebert
Josef Sterff
Otto Göbl 		Four-man 1:04.21 7 1:03.50 1 1:04.15 5 1:04.33 6 4:16.19 5
GER-2 Franz Wörmann
Anton Wackerle
Rupert Grasegger
Hubert Braun 		Four-man 1:04.47 10 1:04.42 10 1:05.25 14 1:04.54 7 4:18.68 9

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Karl Buhl 57:10.2 44
Helmut Weidlich 56:04.6 36
Enno Röder 54:52.8 24
Walter Demel 54:37.0 22
30 km Alfons Dorner 1'41:09.5 34
Rudolf Dannhauer 1'40:35.7 32
Heinz Seidel 1'40:01.0 29
Walter Demel 1'33:10.2 10
50 km Rudolf Dannhauer DNF –
Herbert Steinbeißer 3'06:52.2 30
Siegfried Weiß 3'00:43.0 24
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Heinz Seidel
Helmut Weidlich
Enno Röder
Walter Demel 		2'26:34.4 7
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig 19:52.3 19
Christine Nestler 19:21.4 17
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 19:17.0 15
Rita Czech-Blasl 19:09.1 12
10 km Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig 44:08.8 16
Rita Czech-Blasl 44:07.8 15
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 43:52.7 14
Christine Nestler 43:38.2 13
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Christine Nestler
Rita Czech-Blasl
Renate Dannhauer-Borges 		1'04:29.9 4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Sepp Schönmetzler 12 8 1743.1 92 12
Ralph Borghard 10 7 1742.2 90 11
Manfred Schnelldorfer 1 1 1916.9 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Uschi Keszler 25 18 1642.3 213 24
Franziska Schmidt 22 21 1662.8 193 23
Gabriele Seyfert 21 17 1685.1 177 19
Inge Paul 17 12 1720.3 139 14
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Margit Senf
Peter Göbel 		87.9 113.5 13
Brigitte Wokoeck
Heinz-Ulrich Walther 		88.8 103.5 11
Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 		103.6 15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1
1 Pairs silver medalists Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler were stripped of their silver medals in 1966 because it had been found out that they had signed professional contracts before the Olympics. At the time, only amateurs could compete in the Olympic Games. Although they were reawarded the medal in 1987, many official results lists have removed them entirely.

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Germany 2–1  Poland

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 54 10 14
2  Sweden 7 5 2 0 47 16 10
3  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 38 19 10
4  Canada 7 5 2 0 32 17 10
5  United States 7 2 5 0 29 33 4
6  Finland 7 2 5 0 10 31 4
7  Germany 7 2 5 0 13 49 4
8   Switzerland 7 0 7 0 9 57 0
  • Czechoslovakia 11-1 Germany
  • USA 8-0 Germany
  • Canada 4-2 Germany
  • Sweden 10-2 Germany
  • USSR 10-0 Germany
  • Germany 6-5 Switzerland
  • Germany 2-1 Finland
Contestants
Paul Ambros
Bernd Herzig
Michael Hobelsberger
Ernst Köpf
Albert Loibl
Sepp Reif
Otto Schneitberger
Georg Scholz
Siegfried Schubert
Dieter Schwimmbeck
Ernst Tautwein
Leonhard Waitl
Helmut Zanghellini
Kurt Sepp
Ulli Jansen
Horst Franz Schuldes
Sylvester Wackerle, Jr.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fritz Nachmann DNF – – – – – – – DNF –
Hans Plenk 52.12 3 52.25 3 52.31 3 53.47 7 3:30.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Klaus-Michael Bonsack 51.61 2 51.33 1 51.68 2 52.42 1 3:27.04 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thomas Köhler 51.27 1 51.53 2 51.50 1 52.47 2 3:26.77 1st place, gold medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Walter Eggert
Helmut Vollprecht 		51.27 3 51.81 4 1:43.08 4
Thomas Köhler
Klaus-Michael Bonsack 		DNF – – – DNF –
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Minna Blüml 56.87 16 53.80 8 52.33 4 53.32 6 3:36.32 10
Ilse Geisler 51.28 2 51.48 2 51.20 2 53.46 7 3:27.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ortrun Enderlein 51.13 1 51.12 1 50.87 1 51.55 1 3:24.67 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Horst Möhwald Individual 65.5 61.0 189.2 23 52:56.2 206.98 11 396.18 17
Rainer Dietel 72.0 67.5 223.8 6 54:07.3 193.34 15 417.14 9
Georg Thoma 73.0 71.0 241.1 1 52:31.2 211.78 10 452.88 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roland Weißpflog 71.0 68.0 232.4 4 56:18.2 169.30 23 401.70 16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Max Bolkart Normal hill 72.5 98.1 70.0 93.4 191.5 37
Helmut Recknagel 77.0 105.4 75.5 105.0 210.4 6
Karl-Heinz Munk 77.0 104.9 75.0 102.1 207.0 9
Dieter Neuendorf 78.5 109.3 77.0 105.4 214.7 5
Dieter Bokeloh Large hill 92.0 108.1 83.5 106.5 214.6 4
Dieter Neuendorf 92.5 109.8 84.5 102.8 212.6 8
Karl-Heinz Munk 87.0 104.5 80.0 96.1 200.6 21
Helmut Recknagel 89.0 107.0 86.5 105.8 212.8 7

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Günter Traub 43.4 33
Günther Tilch 42.3 24
Herbert Höfl 42.3 24
Helmut Kuhnert 41.8 16
1500 m Jürgen Schmidt 2:20.0 39
Gerd Zimmermann 2:17.3 29
Herbert Höfl 2:16.8 26
Günter Traub 2:15.3 17
5000 m Jürgen Schmidt 8:36.6 39
Gerd Zimmermann 7:56.8 13
Günter Traub 7:53.9 11
10,000 m Jürgen Traub 17:08.9 21
Günter Traub 16:58.4 19
Gerd Zimmermann 16:22.5 7
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sigrit Behrenz 50.9 25
Brigitte Reichert 49.8 21
Helga Haase 47.2 8
1000 m Brigitte Reichert 1:44.9 25
Erika Heinicke 1:43.2 23
Helga Haase 1:35.7 4
1500 m Erika Heinicke 2:40.4 28
Inge Lieckfeldt 2:36.2 21
Helga Haase 2:28.6 5
3000 m Erika Heinicke 5:56.0 28
Inge Lieckfeldt 5:42.7 21
Rita Blankenburg 5:40.8 17

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics