1. Olympia Rallye 1972
14. 8. – 19. 8. 1972, Kiel - München • asphalt - gravel 637.70 km - (cancelled 26.00 km) • total distance including road sections - 3271.00 km • Other years
Stage lengths were not entirely correct in official documents. Official overall length of actually driven stages was 632 km
SS 2-4, 8-10, 38-40 and 48-57 (gravel stages) were officially declared as regularity stages for permission and insurance reasons, however ideal times were set so low that they were rarely achieved even by top drivers. On those stages, only the difference to the ideal time is counted into overall classification. Stage results however show the actual driven time. Penalties are unknown.
SS 9, 31 and 51 cancelled before the event due to missing permissions, stage lengths unknown
SS 5 and 19 cancelled after recce
SS48 shortened from 48 to 39,8 km after a landslide
SS 2-4, 8-10, 38-40 and 48-57 (gravel stages) were officially declared as regularity stages for permission and insurance reasons, however ideal times were set so low that they were rarely achieved even by top drivers. On those stages, only the difference to the ideal time is counted into overall classification. Stage results however show the actual driven time. Penalties are unknown.
SS 9, 31 and 51 cancelled before the event due to missing permissions, stage lengths unknown
SS 5 and 19 cancelled after recce
SS48 shortened from 48 to 39,8 km after a landslide
Final results
| 1. | #102 |
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Lang jr. Tony - Conrad Reiner |
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Opel Commodore GS/E |
2/1 |
6:21:23.3 |
96.2 |
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| 2. | #91 |
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Gilcher Udo - Kalähne Jürgen |
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Opel Commodore GS/E V-10-Kléber-Team |
2/1 |
6:44:42.1 |
+23:18.8 +23:18.8 |
90.7 2.29 |
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| 3. | #104 |
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Müller Siegfried - Happe Bernd |
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Ford Capri 2600 |
EN-*** | 2/1 |
6:48:09.2 |
+26:45.9 +3:27.1 |
89.9 2.63 |
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| 4. | #101 |
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Lingen Jochen Dieter - Schulz Günter |
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Opel Commodore GS/E V-10-Kléber-Team |
2/1 |
6:50:35.5 |
+29:12.2 +2:26.3 |
89.4 2.86 |
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| 5. | #94 |
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Burchardi Hans-Peter - Mager Klaus |
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Ford Capri 2600 Rallye-Team Travering |
2/1 |
6:59:02.9 |
+37:39.6 +8:27.4 |
87.6 3.69 |
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| 6. | #96 |
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Faber Christoph - von Barby Klaus |
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Mercedes-Benz 250 CE Team Matter Überrollbügel |
2/1 |
7:16:04.3 |
+54:41.0 +17:01.4 |
84.2 5.36 |
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| 7. | #97 |
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Heick Heinz-Dieter - Volberg Helmut |
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Ford Taunus 20M RS |
2/1 |
7:32:09.2 |
+1:10:45.9 +16:04.9 |
81.2 6.94 |
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| 8. | #92 |
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David Hermann - Runge Heino |
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Opel Commodore GS/E |
2/1 |
7:34:09.7 |
+1:12:46.4 +2:00.5 |
80.8 7.14 |
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Retirements |
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| SS32 | #6 |
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Aaltonen Rauno - Davenport John | 
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BMW 3.0 CS BMW AG |
M-A*** | 2/1 | Head gasket | |||
| SS62 | #23 |
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Röhrl Walter - Rothfuß Hannes |
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Ford Capri 2600 RS | HH-*** | 2/1 | Engine | |||
| SS10 | #45 |
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Gottlieb Gerhard - Riemer Klaus-Werner |
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Opel Commodore GS/E V-10-Kléber-Team |
2/1 | Accident | ||||
| SS25 | #93 |
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Babendererde Eckehard - Altmann Florian |
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BMW 2800 | 2/1 | Retired | ||||
| SS41 | #95 |
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Lamers Stefan - Gronau Manfred |
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Ford Capri 2600 V-10-Kléber-Team |
2/1 | Retired | ||||
| SS11 | #98 |
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Helfers Herbert - Kramp Detlef |
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BMW 2800 | 2/1 | Retired | ||||
| SS28 | #99 |
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Helfrich Manfred - Dieterich Jürgen |
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BMW 2800 Team Rennstall Fulda |
2/1 | Retired | ||||
| SS4 | #103 |
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Kling Alfred - Pfuhl Albert |
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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W198 I MSC Stuttgart |
2/1 | Retired | ||||
| SS27 | #105 |
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Neubauer Peter - Neubauer Michael |
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Ford Capri 2600 MSC Marktredwitz |
2/1 | Excluded - missed one lap | ||||
| SS38 | #106 |
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Becker Walter - Petan Edmund |
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Opel Commodore GS/E | 2/1 | Retired | ||||
Results from Alfred Gorny
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