Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	GER
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Albertville
Competitors:	111 (75 men, 36 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Wolfgang Hoppe (bobsleigh)
Rank:	1
Gold:	10
Silver:	10
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1952) (1956–1964) (1968–1988) (1968–1988)

Germany competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Olympic Games following reunification in 1990 and for the first time as a single nation since 1936. Previously, West Germany and East Germany had sent independent teams to the Games.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	5	9	14
Biathlon	6	4	10
Bobsleigh	12	–	12
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	2	4	6
Freestyle skiing	1	3	4
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	6	8	14
Total	75	36	111

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
			Women's 15 km
			Men's individual
			Men's doubles
			Men's 500 m
			Men's 1000 m
			Women's 1500 m
			Women's 3000 m
			Women's 5000m
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 20 km
			Women's 7.5 km
			Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
			Two-man
			Four-man
			Men's doubles
			Women's 1500 m
			Women's 3000 m
			Women's 5000 m
			Women's super-G
			Two-man
			Women's individual
			Women's 500 m
			Women's 1000 m
			Women's 5000 m

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Berni Huber	Downhill			1:53.38	19
Hans-Jörg Tauscher				1:51.49	7
Markus Wasmeier				1:50.62	4
Berni Huber	Super-G			1:16.78	31
Hans-Jörg Tauscher				1:15.98	21
Markus Wasmeier				1:14.58	9
Markus Wasmeier	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Armin Bittner		1:07.77	DNF	DNF	-
Peter Roth		1:07.68	DSQ	DSQ	-
Peter Roth	Slalom	54.07	54.68	1:48.75	16
Armin Bittner		53.19	DNF	DNF	-

Men's combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Michaela Gerg-Leitner	Downhill			1:54.99	18
Miriam Vogt				1:53.89	9
Katrin Gutensohn				1:53.71	6
Katja Seizinger				1:52.67	4
Miriam Vogt	Super-G			1:25.40	18
Regine Mösenlechner				1:24.85	14
Michaela Gerg-Leitner				1:23.77	7
Katja Seizinger				1:23.19
Michaela Gerg-Leitner	Giant Slalom	1:08.69	DNF	DNF	-
Christina Meier-Höck		1:08.07	1:07.26	2:15.33	11
Katja Seizinger		1:07.40	1:07.56	2:14.96	8
Traudl Hächer-Gavet		1:07.26	1:08.87	2:16.13	14
Martina Ertl-Renz	Slalom	50.29	46.12	1:36.41	15

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Regina Häusl	1:27.95	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Miriam Vogt	1:27.35	36.61	36.29	48.52	9
Michaela Gerg-Leitner	1:27.26	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Katja Seizinger	1:26.42	36.23	DNF	DNF	-

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Frank-Peter Roetsch	2	26:54.1	9
	Jens Steinigen	0	26:34.8	6
	Ricco Groß	1	26:18.0
	Mark Kirchner	0	26:02.3

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Frank-Peter Roetsch	56:43.8	7	1'03:43.8	53
	Jens Steinigen	58:01.8	3	1'01:01.8	29
	Steffen Hoos	59:17.7	1	1'00:17.7	18
	Mark Kirchner	54:40.8	3	57:40.8

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	2	25:58.9	11
	Inga Kesper	2	25:57.3	10
	Petra Schaaf	1	25:10.4	6
	Antje Misersky	2	24:45.1

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Uschi Disl	50:40.2	6	56:40.2	24
	Inga Kesper	51:42.3	3	54:42.3	15
	Petra Schaaf	50:56.3	3	53:56.3	13
	Antje Misersky	50:47.2	1	51:47.2

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 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	Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann	Two-man	1:00.69	11	1:01.00	4	1:00.90	2	1:00.96	1	4:03.55
GER-2	Christoph Langen Günther Eger	Two-man	1:00.33	4	1:01.06	5	1:01.14	5	1:01.10	3	4:03.63

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musioł Axel Kühn René Hannemann	Four-man	58.00	3	58.52	1	58.68	7	58.72	2	3:53.92
GER-2	Harald Czudaj Tino Bonk Axel Jang Alexander Szelig	Four-man	58.54	9	58.55	2	58.62	5	58.71	1	3:54.42	6

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Janko Neuber	30:29.8	32
	Johann Mühlegg	30:29.4	31
	Torald Rein	30:25.1	29
	Jochen Behle	29:58.2	24
15 km pursuit^1 F	Janko Neuber	42:10.4	23
	Torald Rein	41:48.1	21
	Johann Mühlegg	41:11.8	16
30 km C	Janko Neuber	1'31:57.8	47
	Torald Rein	1'29:08.5	30
	Holger Bauroth	1'28:58.1	28
	Jochen Behle	1'25:59.8	15
50 km F	Janko Neuber	2'14:37.1	29
	Holger Bauroth	2'13:49.8	26
	Johann Mühlegg	2'07:45.2	7

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Manuela Oschmann	16:01.7	42
	Simone Opitz	15:24.9	27
	Heike Wezel	15:04.1	17
	Gabriele Heß	15:03.7	16
10 km pursuit^2 F	Manuela Oschmann	30:52.5	38
	Heike Wezel	29:08.6	25
	Gabriele Heß	28:19.2	14
	Simone Opitz	28:17.3	12
15 km C	Heike Wezel	45:50.6	19
	Manuela Oschmann	45:28.8	15
30 km F	Ina Kümmel	1'36:48.2	46
	Heike Wezel	1'33:34.2	32
	Gabriele Heß	1'29:43.8	15
	Simone Opitz	1'27:17.4	8

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Patricia Neske	16	11	18.0	13
Marina Kielmann	15	19	16.5	10

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Mandy Wötzel Axel Rauschenbach	10	8	13.0	8
Peggy Schwartz Alexander König	8	7	11.5	7

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Yvonne Seifert	Moguls	39.84	20.17	9	did not advance
Birgit Keppler-Stein		42.27	21.32	8 Q	41.79	21.44	5
Tatjana Mittermayer		42.57	21.90	6 Q	40.84	22.33	4

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

width=165	Team	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	T	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	DIF	width=40	PTS
	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

	5:1
	2:0
	3:1
	5:2
	4:0

Final round

Quarter-finals

4:3

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

4:5

5th Place Match

4:3

6th

• Team Roster
  • Karl Friesen
  • Helmut de Raaf
  • Josef Heiß
  • Mike Heidt
  • Udo Kiessling
  • Rick Amann
  • Uli Hiemer
  • Mike Schmidt
  • Jörg Mayr
  • Ron Fischer
  • Michael Rumrich
  • Georg Holzmann
  • Jürgen Rumrich
  • Bernd Truntschka
  • Gerd Truntschka
  • Dieter Hegen
  • Ernst Köpf
  • Peter Draisaitl
  • Andreas Brockmann
  • Raimund Hilger
  • Thomas Brandl
  • Axel Kammerer
  • Andreas Niederberger
• Head Coaches: Ludĕk Bukač and Franz Reindl

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
René Friedl	45.609	8	45.503	6	46.274	9	46.157	9	3:03.543	8
Jens Müller	45.435	4	45.598	8	46.028	2	46.136	8	3:03.197	5
Georg Hackl	45.190	1	45.351	3	46.026	1	45.796	1	3:02.363

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	46.060	1	45.993	1	1:32.053
Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph	46.125	3	46.114	2	1:32.239

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabi Kohlisch	47.206	11	47.072	7	46.911	5	46.791	4	3:07.980	6
Sylke Otto	47.089	7	47.460	19	47.394	16	47.056	11	3:08.999	13
Susi Erdmann	47.020	6	46.866	3	46.627	2	46.602	1	3:07.115

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Sven Leonhardt	Individual	197.2	26	+3:28.7	52:28.6	35
Thomas Dufter		210.8	10	+1:58.0	47:52.9	12
Hans-Peter Pohl		212.5	8	+1:46.7	48:41.7	16

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 10 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jens Deimel	Normal hill	80.0	92.0	81.5	94.4	186.4	34
Dieter Thoma		79.5	93.2	82.0	96.2	189.4	27
Jens Weißflog		84.0	104.9	83.5	103.6	208.5	9
Heiko Hunger		87.0	108.7	84.0	102.9	211.6	7
Heiko Hunger	Large hill	72.0	align="center"	-2.2	DNF	-	DNF	-
Jens Weißflog		90.0	60.5	99.5	80.8	141.3	33
Dieter Thoma		96.0	68.9	93.0	63.7	132.6	39
Christof Duffner		112.0	98.3	100.0	78.0	176.3	11

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Olaf Zinke	38.40	25
	Peter Adeberg	38.33	23
	Uwe-Jens Mey	37.14
1000 m	Peter Adeberg	1:15.04	5
	Olaf Zinke	1:14.85
1500 m	Peter Adeberg	1:57.54	15
	Markus Tröger	1:57.42	13
	Olaf Zinke	1:56.74	6
5000 m	Rudi Jeklic	7:33.15	34
	Markus Tröger	7:17.62	15
	Frank Dittrich	7:06.33	4
10,000 m	Rudi Jeklic	14:51.89	23
	Frank Dittrich	14:50.23	20
	Markus Tröger	14:45.41	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Anke Baier	41.30	10
	Angela Hauck	41.10	8
	Monique Garbrecht	40.63	4
	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	40.57
1000 m	Angela Hauck	1:24.11	14
	Anke Baier	1:23.31	9
	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	1:23.06	8
	Monique Garbrecht	1:22.10
1500 m	Heike Warnicke	2:08.52	8
	Monique Garbrecht	2:07.24	5
	Gunda Niemann	2:05.92
	Jacqueline Börner	2:05.87
3000 m	Jacqueline Börner	4:28.52	8
	Heike Warnicke	4:22.88
	Gunda Niemann	4:19.90
5000 m	Claudia Pechstein	7:39.80
	Heike Warnicke	7:37.59
	Gunda Niemann	7:31.57

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GER/editions/44 Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics