West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FRG |
NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
Website | www |
in Calgary | |
Competitors | 90 (71 men, 19 women) in 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Peter Angerer (biathlon) |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) Saar (1952) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Marina Kiehl | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
Gold | Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz | Nordic combined | Men's team |
Silver | Frank Wörndl | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
Silver | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
Silver | Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
Silver | Georg Hackl | Luge | Men's individual |
Bronze | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
Bronze | Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger | Luge | Men's doubles |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Peter Dürr | Downhill | 2:04.32 | 21 | ||
Hansjörg Tauscher | 2:04.31 | 20 | |||
Hannes Zehentner | 2:03.23 | 13 | |||
Markus Wasmeier | 2:02.03 | 6 | |||
Michael Eder | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
Markus Wasmeier | DNF | – | |||
Peter Roth | DNF | – | |||
Frank Wörndl | DNF | – | |||
Peter Roth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Armin Bittner | 1:08.56 | 1:04.71 | 2:13.27 | 26 | |
Markus Wasmeier | 1:06.60 | 1:05.09 | 2:11.69 | 19 | |
Frank Wörndl | 1:06.10 | 1:03.12 | 2:09.22 | 8 | |
Peter Roth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Armin Bittner | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Florian Beck | 53.11 | 48.33 | 1:41.44 | 10 | |
Frank Wörndl | 50.99 | 48.54 | 1:39.53 |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Armin Bittner | 1:55.42 | 42.82 | 42.82 | 99.65 | 11 |
Markus Wasmeier | 1:49.32 | 45.32 | 44.52 | 65.44 | 7 |
Hannes Zehentner | 1:49.16 | 59.52 | 47.33 | 197.87 | 22 |
Peter Dürr | 1:48.30 | 49.84 | 48.84 | 123.92 | 17 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Christina Meier-Höck | Downhill | 1:29.30 | 21 | ||
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | 1:27.83 | 13 | |||
Regine Mösenlechner | 1:27.16 | 7 | |||
Marina Kiehl | 1:25.86 | ||||
Marina Kiehl | Super-G | 1:21.11 | 13 | ||
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | 1:20.98 | 10 | |||
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | 1:20.98 | 10 | |||
Regine Mösenlechner | 1:20.33 | 4 | |||
Marina Kiehl | Giant Slalom | 1:02.11 | DNF | DNF | – |
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | 1:00.81 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Christina Meier-Höck | 1:00.43 | 1:07.45 | 2:07.88 | 5 | |
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | 59.98 | 1:07.44 | 2:07.42 | ||
Anette Gersch | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | 49.84 | 48.56 | 1:38.40 |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | 1:19.83 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Karin Dedler | 1:18.80 | 43.38 | 45.65 | 105.18 | 14 |
Ulrike Stanggassinger | 1:17.92 | 42.68 | 43.93 | 71.51 | 9 |
Biathlon
- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Stefan Höck | 3 | 27:26.2 | 26 |
Ernst Reiter | 2 | 26:50.2 | 19 | |
Fritz Fischer | 1 | 26:25.9 | 12 | |
Peter Angerer | 2 | 26:13.2 | 10 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Ernst Reiter | 56:54.8 | 5 | 1'01:54.8 | 29 |
Fritz Fischer | 56:04.5 | 5 | 1'01:04.5 | 23 | |
Herbert Fritzenwenger | 56:27.8 | 4 | 1'00:27.8 | 17 | |
Peter Angerer | 55:46.7 | 3 | 58:46.7 | 10 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer |
0 | 1'23:37.4 |
1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
FRG-1 | Anton Fischer Christoph Langen |
Two-man | 57.58 | 6 | 59.70 | 10 | 1:00.06 | 6 | 59.28 | 7 | 3:56.62 | 7 |
FRG-2 | Michael Sperr Rolf Müller |
Two-man | 57.47 | 5 | 1:00.09 | 16 | 1:00.42 | 11 | 59.86 | 14 | 3:57.84 | 11 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
FRG-1 | Michael Sperr Olaf Hampel Florian Cruciger Rolf Müller |
Four-man | 57.58 | 19 | 58.04 | 13 | 56.41 | 4 | 58.14 | 15 | 3:50.17 | 14 |
FRG-2 | Anton Fischer Franz Nießner Uwe Eisenreich Christoph Langen |
Four-man | 57.02 | 9 | 57.75 | 10 | 56.71 | 11 | 58.07 | 12 | 3:49.55 | 11 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Walter Kuß | 44:29.0 | 27 |
Jochen Behle | 43:59.7 | 23 | |
30 km C |
Stefan Dotzler | 1'33:06.1 | 40 |
Jochen Behle | 1'30:08.3 | 23 | |
50 km F |
Walter Kuß | DNF | – |
Georg Fischer | 2'13:31.3 | 34 | |
Herbert Fritzenwenger | 2'13:27.6 | 33 |
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Walter Kuß Georg Fischer Jochen Behle Herbert Fritzenwenger |
1'48:05.0 | 7 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Sonja Bilgeri | 17:33.2 | 48 |
Birgit Kohlrusch | 17:10.3 | 44 | |
Stefanie Birkelbach | 17:09.1 | 43 | |
Karin Jäger | 16:28.0 | 28 | |
10 km C |
Sonja Bilgeri | 35:07.0 | 44 |
Karin Jäger | 32:09.5 | 24 | |
20 km F |
Sonja Bilgeri | DNF | – |
Stefanie Birkelbach | 1'04:40.5 | 45 | |
Birgit Kohlrusch | 1'03:16.2 | 41 | |
Karin Jäger | 1'02:34.6 | 35 |
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
Stefanie Birkelbach Karin Jäger Birgit Kohlrusch Sonja Bilgeri |
1'05:48.6 | 11 |
Figure skating
- Men
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Zander | 9 | 17 | 11 | 23.2 | 11 |
Heiko Fischer | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16.8 | 9 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marina Kielmann | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19.6 | 10 |
Claudia Leistner | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13.2 | 6 |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brigitte Groh Holger Maletz |
13 | 11 | 17.5 | 11 |
- Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antonia Becherer Ferdinand Becherer |
9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0 | 9 |
Ice hockey
Group B
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
Austria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1 |
- West Germany 2-1 Czechoslovakia
- West Germany 7-3 Norway
- Austria 1-3 West Germany
- West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union
- West Germany 4-1 USA
Final round
The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 |
West Germany 5th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
- Finland 8-0 West Germany
- Canada 8-1 West Germany
- Sweden 3-2 West Germany
Leading scorers
Rk | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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10th | Gerd Truntschka | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Team Roster
- Ron Fischer
- Udo Kiessling
- Horst-Peter Kretschmer
- Dieter Medicus
- Andreas Niederberger
- Harold Kreis
- Manfred Schuster
- Manfred Wolf
- Christian Brittig
- Peter Draisaitl
- Georg Franz
- Dieter Hegen
- Georg Holzmann
- Peter Obresa
- Roy Roedger
- Peter Schiller
- Helmut Steiger
- Gerd Truntschka
- Bernd Truntschka
- Joachim Reil
- Helmut de Raaf
- Josef Schlickenrieder
- Karl Friesen
- Head Coach: Xaver Unsinn
Luge
- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Max Burghardtswieser | 46.874 | 13 | 46.949 | 11 | 47.083 | 14 | 47.280 | 15 | 3:08.186 | 13 |
Johannes Schettel | 46.725 | 9 | 46.928 | 10 | 46.805 | 7 | 46.913 | 8 | 3:07.371 | 7 |
Georg Hackl | 46.355 | 2 | 46.553 | 2 | 46.599 | 4 | 46.409 | 2 | 3:05.916 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger |
46.024 | 4 | 46.250 | 5 | 1:32.274 | |
Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl |
46.054 | 5 | 46.244 | 4 | 1:32.298 | 4 |
- Women
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Veronika Bilgeri | 46.321 | 4 | 46.375 | 4 | 46.369 | 4 | 46.605 | 7 | 3:05.670 | 4 |
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Hermann Weinbuch | Individual | 179.6 | 39 | 5:26.0 | 44:26.4 | 387.390 | 29 |
Thomas Müller | 190.4 | 31 | 4:14.0 | 44:02.7 | 390.945 | 25 | |
Hans-Peter Pohl | 204.3 | 15 | 2:41.4 | 44:23.9 | 387.775 | 28 | |
Hubert Schwarz | 219.2 | 2 | 1:02.0 | 42:35.8 | 403.980 | 13 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz |
629.8 | 1 | 0:00.0 | 1'20:46.0 |
Ski jumping
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Dieter Thoma | Normal hill | 75.0 | 78.1 | 74.0 | 76.0 | 154.1 | 55 |
Josef Heumann | 77.0 | 84.3 | 80.0 | 92.1 | 176.4 | 31 | |
Andi Bauer | 78.5 | 87.2 | 79.5 | 90.3 | 177.5 | 29 | |
Thomas Klauser | 80.5 | 94.4 | 71.0 | 70.7 | 165.1 | 47 | |
Josef Heumann | Large hill | 102.0 | 90.7 | 95.0 | 76.4 | 167.1 | 36 |
Andi Bauer | 103.0 | 94.1 | 93.5 | 75.8 | 169.9 | 34 | |
Peter Rohwein | 106.0 | 96.3 | 96.0 | 81.3 | 177.6 | 25 | |
Thomas Klauser | 114.5 | 111.7 | 102.5 | 93.4 | 205.1 | 4 |
- Men's team large hill
Athletes | Result | |
---|---|---|
Points 1 | Rank | |
Andi Bauer Peter Rohwein Thomas Klauser Josef Heumann |
559.0 | 6 |
1Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Uwe Streb | 38.03 | 27 |
Hans-Peter Oberhuber | 37.73 | 20 | |
1000 m | Uwe Streb | DSQ | – |
Hans-Peter Oberhuber | 1:16.62 | 32 | |
1500 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 1:57.08 | 30 |
5000 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 6:59.45 | 24 |
10,000 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 14:45.41 | 27 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug | 40.53 | 7 |
1500 m | Anja Mischke | 2:08.52 | 16 |
3000 m | Anja Mischke | 4:26.30 | 12 |