West Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. West German athletes had competed together with East German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.

Alpine skiing

 * Men


 * Men's slalom


 * Women

Biathlon
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
 * Men

2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
 * Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women


 * Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

 * Men


 * Women


 * Pairs

First round
 🇩🇪 West Germany - 🇷🇴 Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)

Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.

Final Round
🇨🇦 Canada – 🇩🇪 West Germany 	6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)

Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dineen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.

Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)

 Czechoslovakia – 🇩🇪 West Germany 	5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)

Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.

Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)

🇸🇪 Sweden – 🇩🇪 West Germany	5:4  (4:3, 0:0, 1:1)

Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf.

Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

 USSR – 🇩🇪 West Germany 	9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0)

Goalscorers: Populanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Staršinov, Majorov, Mojsejev, Firsov – Funk.

Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)

🇺🇸 USA – 🇩🇪 West Germany 	8:1 (2:1, 4:0, 2:0)

Goalscorers: Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk.

Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Seglin (URS)

🇫🇮 Finland– 🇩🇪 West Germany 	4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.

Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

 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
7. WEST GERMANY

Goaltenders: Josef Schramm, Günther Knauss.

Defence: Leonhard Eaitl, Johannes Schichtl, Rudolf Thanner, Otto Schneitberger, Josef Völk, Heinz Bader.

Forwards: Josef Reif, Ernst Köpf, Bernd Kuhn, Lorenz Funk, Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach, Manfred Gmeiner, Peter Lax.

Coach: Ed Riegle.

Luge

 * Men

(Men's) Doubles


 * Women

Nordic combined
Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
 * 15 km cross-country skiing

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women