Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	GER
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	153
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	André Lange (opening) Magdalena Neuner (closing)
Rank:	2
Gold:	10
Silver:	13
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1952) (1956–1964) (1968–1988) (1968–1988)

Germany participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 153 athletes represented Germany, entering all 15 sports. Figure skater Sarah Hecken (aged 16) was the youngest team member, while Curling European Champion Andrea Schöpp was the oldest at 44. Three time Olympic champion André Lange (bobsleigh) was the flagbearer at the opening ceremony on 12 February 2010. German athletes earned €15,000 for a gold medal, €10,000 for a silver, and €7,500 for a bronze.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				14 February
				16 February
				16 February
				18 February
				21 February
				21 February
				22 February
				25 February
				26 February
	,, ,			27 February
				13 February
				14 February
				14 February
				16 February
				19 February
				20 February
				21 February
				22 February
				22 February
				24 February
				25 February
				27 February
				28 February
				15 February
				16 February
				17 February
				19 February
				21 February
				23 February
				23 February

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Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Fanny Chmelar	Women's slalom	52.12	did not finish
Christina Geiger	Women's slalom	52.10	53.52	1:45.62	14
Kathrin Hoelzl	Women's giant slalom	1:15.81	1:11.77	2:27.58	6
Viktoria Rebensburg	Women's super-G	n/a	1:25.23	28
	Women's giant slalom	1:15.47	1:11.64	2:27.11
Maria Riesch	Women's downhill	n/a	1:46.26	8
	Women's super combined	1:24.49	44.65	2:09.14
	Women's super-G	n/a	1:21.46	8
	Women's giant slalom	1:15.60	1:12.37	2:27.97	10
	Women's slalom	50.75	52.14	1:42.89
Susanne Riesch	Women's slalom	51.46	did not finish
Gina Stechert	Women's downhill	n/a	1:46.93	10
	Women's super combined	1:25.44	did not finish
	Women's super-G	n/a	1:22.21	15
Stephan Keppler	Men's downhill	n/a	1:56.11	24
	Men's super-G	n/a	did not finish
	Men's super combined	1:56.09	53.70	2:49.79	24
Felix Neureuther	Men's giant slalom	1:18.24	1:20.82	2:39.06	8
	Men's slalom	did not finish

• Katharina Dürr was also a member of the German team, but did not participate in any event.
• In the super combined, run 1 is the downhill, and run 2 is the slalom.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Andreas Birnbacher	Sprint	26:06.4	1	23
	Pursuit	35:03.4	2	13
	Individual	50:43.5	2	12
	Mass start	36:30.2	3	15
Michael Greis	Sprint	25:56.0	3	21
	Pursuit	34:39.6	1	5
	Individual	50:37.6	2	10
	Mass start	36:10.7	3	10
Arnd Peiffer	Sprint	26:29.1	2	37
	Pursuit	36:44.9	4	37
	Mass start	36:44.5	2	17
Christoph Stephan	Sprint	25:51.1	1	19
	Pursuit	36:02.3	4	30
	Individual	52:33.4	3	29
	Mass start	37:11.4	4	23
Alexander Wolf	Individual	52:09.0	2	24
Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis	Relay	1:23:16.0	2+7	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Martina Beck	Individual	44:12.0	2	29
Simone Hauswald	Sprint	21:14.1	2	26
	Pursuit	31:58.6	4	16
	Mass start	35:26.9	2
Andrea Henkel	Sprint	21:15.7	2	27
	Pursuit	31:40.5	3	10
	Individual	42:32.4	2	6
	Mass start	36:13.5	1	9
Magdalena Neuner	Sprint	19:57.1	1
	Pursuit	30:16.0	2
	Individual	42:42.1	3	10
	Mass start	35:19.6	2
Kati Wilhelm	Sprint	21:27.2	3	30
	Pursuit	31:43.3	1	12
	Individual	41:57.3	1	4
	Mass start	38:37.7	5	25
Kati Wilhelm Simone Hauswald Martina Beck Andrea Henkel	Relay	1:10:13.4	0+5

• Tina Bachmann was a member of the German biathlon team, but did not participate in any event.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Karl Angerer Alexander Mann (GER-3)	Two-man	52.23	52.43	52.19	52.44	3:29.29	9
Thomas Florschütz Richard Adjei (GER-2)	Two-man	51.57	51.85	51.62	51.83	3:26.87
André Lange Kevin Kuske (GER-1)	Two-man	51.59	51.72	51.57	51.77	3:26.65
Sandra Kiriasis Christin Senkel (GER-1)	Two-woman	53.41	53.23	53.58	53.59	3:33.81	4
Cathleen Martini Romy Logsch (GER-2)	Two-woman	53.28	53.32	53.39	DSQ
Claudia Schramm Janine Tischer (GER-3)	Two-woman	53.65	53.57	53.81	53.65	3:34.68	7
Karl Angerer Andreas Bredau Alexander Mann Gregor Bermbach (GER-3)	Four-man	51.18	51.41	51.70	51.77	3:26.06	7
Thomas Florschütz Ronny Listner Andreas Barucha Richard Adjei (GER-2)	Four-man	51.14	51.36	51.45	51.63	3:25.58	4
André Lange Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze (GER-1)	Four-man	51.14	51.05	51.29	51.36	3:24.84

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tobias Angerer	15 km freestyle							34:28.5	7
	30 km pursuit							1:15:13.5
	50 km classic							2:05:36.0	4
Jens Filbrich	30 km pursuit							1:15:25.0	6
	50 km classic							2:06:07.8	16
Tom Reichelt	15 km freestyle							35:50.4	46
	30 km pursuit							1:21:13.2	35
René Sommerfeldt	15 km freestyle							35:31.3	36
	30 km pursuit							1:17:11.9	21
	50 km classic							2:06:52.5	21
Axel Teichmann	15 km freestyle							35:47.0	44
	50 km classic							2:05:35.8
Tim Tscharnke	Sprint	3:42.03	33	did not qualify					33
Josef Wenzl	Sprint	3:41.88	31	did not qualify					31
Tim Tscharnke Axel Teichmann	Team sprint					18:48.9	3 Q	19:02.3
Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	4 x 10 km relay							1:45:49.4	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefanie Böhler	10 km freestyle							26:19.2	23
	15 km pursuit							43:17.9	36
	30 km classic							1:34:08.7	18
Nicole Fessel	15 km pursuit							42:25.1	22
	Sprint	3:44.79	9 Q	3:41.2	4	did not qualify			17
Miriam Gössner	10 km freestyle							26:14.8	21
Hanna Kolb	Sprint	3:50.29	29 Q	3:41.6	5	did not qualify			25
Claudia Nystad	10 km freestyle							25:59.8	16
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	10 km freestyle							25:57.7	12
	15 km pursuit							41:37.9	11
	30 km classic							1:31:52.9	4
Katrin Zeller	15 km pursuit							42:26.9	24
	30 km classic							1:34:18.1	20
	Sprint	3:48.63	24 Q	3:43.0	3	did not qualify			14
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Nystad	Team sprint					18:34.5	3 Q	18:03.7
Katrin Zeller Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Miriam Gössner Claudia Nystad	4 x 5 km relay							55:44.1

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Men's team:

• Andreas Kapp (skip)
• Daniel Herberg
• Holger Höhne
• Andreas Kempf
• Andreas Lang

Fixtures and resultsTuesday, 16 February, 9:00 AMTuesday, 16 February, 7:00 PMWednesday, 17 February, 2:00 PMThursday, 18 February, 9:00 AMFriday, 19 February, 2:00 PMSaturday, 20 February, 9:00 AMSunday, 21 February, 2:00 PMMonday, 22 February, 9:00 AMMonday, 22 February, 7:00 PM

Standings

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Women's team:

• Andrea Schöpp (skip)
• Stella Heiß
• Melanie Robillard
• Corinna Scholz
• Monika Wagner

Fixtures and resultsTuesday, 16 February, 2:00 PMWednesday, 17 February, 9:00 AMThursday, 18 February, 2:00 PMFriday, 19 February, 9:00 AMSaturday, 20 February, 2:00 PMSunday, 21 February, 9:00 AMSunday, 21 February, 7:00 PMTuesday, 23 February, 9:00 AMTuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM

Standings

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Germany will compete in all events for the first time since the reunification.

Athlete(s)	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Lindemann
Sarah Hecken
Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy
Maylin Hausch Daniel Wende
Christina Beier William Beier

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Germany did not enter athletes for the moguls and aerials events. Martin Fiala made his Olympic debut at the age of 41.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Martin Fiala	Men's ski cross	1:15.88	29 Q	3	did not qualify	31
Simon Stickl	Men's ski cross	1:13.49	8 Q	3	did not qualify	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Julia Manhard	Women's ski cross	1:21.10	24 Q	3	did not qualify	25
Anna Wörner	Women's ski cross	1:18.45	7 Q	4 (DNF)	did not qualify	17
Heidi Zacher	Women's ski cross	1:20.35	19 Q	4	did not qualify	20

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Germany played in Group C.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Germany earned the maximum quota of ten spots.

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andi Langenhan	Men's	48.629	48.658	48.869	48.473	3:14.629	5
Felix Loch	Men's	48.168	48.402	48.344	48.171	3:13.085
David Möller	Men's	48.341	48.511	48.582	48.330	3:13.764
Natalie Geisenberger	Women's	41.743	41.657	41.800	41.901	2:47.101
Tatjana Hüfner	Women's	41.760	41.481	41.666	41.617	2:46.524
Anke Wischnewski	Women's	41.785	41.685	41.894	41.889	2:47.253	5
André Florschütz, Torsten Wustlich	Doubles	41.545	41.645		1:23.190	5
Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch	Doubles	41.566	41.474		1:23.040

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Jump distance	Jump score	Rank	Cross-country time	Total	Rank
Tino Edelmann	Large hill/10 km	109.5	86.3	35	25:52.0	+3:02.1	29
	Normal hill/10 km	98.5	119.0	16	25:41.6	+1:00.5	18
Eric Frenzel	Large hill/10 km	104.5	74.2	41	26:12.6	+4:10.7	40
	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	119.0	16	25:17.2	+36.1	10
Georg Hettich	Large hill/10 km	121.5	106.3	17	26:32.5	+2:22.6	24
Björn Kircheisen	Large hill/10 km	123.5	108.8	12	26:33.5	+2:13.6	20
	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	118.5	19	26:01.3	+1:22.2	22
Johannes Rydzek	Normal hill/10 km	95.5	112.0	30	25:51.3	+1:38.2	28
Tino Edelmann Johannes Rydzek Björn Kircheisen Eric Frenzel	Large hill/4 x 5 km	123.0 129.0 132.0 129.5	473.3 109.0 119.0 124.5 120.8	6	49:06.1 11:58.0 11:56.2 12:58.3 12:13.6	+19.5

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Herrmann	1000 m	1:26.739	3	did not advance					25
	1500 m	2:16.782	6		did not advance	29
Tyson Heung	500 m	41.835	2 Q	48.554	3 ADV	41.455	3 QB	Final B 42.307	5
	1000 m	1:25.938	2 Q	1:26.098	4	did not advance			12
	1500 m	2:14.461	4		did not advance	23
Sebastian Praus	1500 m	2:17.058	3 Q		2:16.240	3 QB	Final B 2:20.374	11
Robert Seifert	500 m	42.181	3	did not advance					18
Paul Herrmann Tyson Heung Sebastian Praus Robert Seifert	5000 m relay		6:47.289	3 QB	Final B 6:50.119	7

Robert Becker was also part of the German team but did not participate in any event.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aika Klein	500 m	45.186	4	did not advance	27
	1000 m	1:58.857	3 ADV	1:51.552	4	did not advance	16
	1500 m	DSQ		did not advance	T33

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Germany earned the maximum quota of six spots.

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Mirsad Halilović	Men's	53.09	53.87	52.92	53.24	3:33.12	13
Frank Rommel	Men's	52.90	53.25	52.55	52.70	3:31.40	7
Sandro Stielicke	Men's	53.18	53.24	52.64	53.02	3:32.08	10
Anja Huber	Women's	54.17	54.21	54.10	53.88	3:36.36
Kerstin Szymkowiak	Women's	54.15	54.11	53.91	54.03	3:36.20
Marion Trott	Women's	54.53	54.53	53.88	54.17	3:37.11	8

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Pascal Bodmer	Normal hill	123.5	18 Q	112.5	31	did not qualify		31
Michael Neumayer	Large hill	135.0	3 Q	125.0	10	122.0	247.0	16
	Large hill	129.3	12 Q	122.5	8	123.0	245.5	6
Martin Schmitt	Normal hill	132.5	9 Q	123.0	16	133.0	256.0	10
	Large hill	118.9	25 Q	108.0	18	74.4	182.4	30
Michael Uhrmann	Normal hill	138.5	1 Q	133.0	2	129.5	262.5	5
	Large hill	n/a (134,5m)	PQ	108.0	18	94.7	202.7	25
Andreas Wank	Large hill	138.0	3 Q	118.0	11	82.5	200.5	28
Michael Neumayer Andreas Wank Martin Schmitt Michael Uhrmann	Large hill team			509.3 135.6 120.3 119.9 133.5	2	526.5 134.7 141.7 106.6 143.5	1035.8

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals (consolation round)		Finals (consolation round)
		Time	Rank	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Rank
Patrick Bussler	Men's	1:18.49	14 Q		+22.06 L	did not advance
Anke Karstens	Women's	1:23.90	8 Q		align="center"	-0.01 W		+8.34 L		DNS W		align="center"	-0.64 W	5
Amelie Kober	Women's	1:24.59	12 Q		DSQ W		DSQ L		DNS L		DNS L	8
Selina Jörg	Women's	1:24.63	14 Q		align="center"	-0.41 W		align="center"	-0.08 W		DNF L		+2.29 L	4
Isabella Laboeck	Women's	1:24.96	15 Q		+17.98 L	did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Final rank
David Speiser	Men's	1:23.92	26 Q	2 Q	2 Q	4	4 small final	8
Konstantin Schad	Men's	1:26.69	33	did not advance	33

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick Beckert	5000 m		6:36.02	22
Nico Ihle	500 m	35.532	19	35.539	18	71.07	18
	1000 m		1:11.04	25
Robert Lehmann	5000 m		6:43.77	26
Samuel Schwarz	500 m	35.795	24	35.715	21	71.51	23
	1000 m		1:10.45	16
	1500 m		1:50.07	32
Marco Weber	5000 m		6:36.45	23
	10000 m		13:35.73	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monique Angermüller	500 m	38.761	10	38.830	14	77.59	11
	1000 m		1:18.179	22
	1500 m		1:59.46	13
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	1500 m		1:58.85	10
	3000 m		4:04.87	4
	5000 m		6:58.64	4
Stephanie Beckert	3000 m		4:04.62
	5000 m		6:51.39
Anni Friesinger-Postma	1000 m		1:17.71	14
	1500 m		1:58.67	9
Judith Hesse	500 m	39.357	23	39.486	30	78.84	28
Katrin Mattscherodt	3000 m		4:13.72	13
	5000 m		DSQ
Isabell Ost	1500 m		2:01.69	22
Jenny Wolf	500 m	38.307	2	37.838	1	76.14
	1000 m		1:17.91	17

Team pursuit

See also

• Germany at the Olympics
• Germany at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. News: Goldsegen bringt Geldregen . 3 February 2010 . ZDF . de . 18 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209014338/http://olympia.zdf.de/ZDFsport/inhalt/0/0,5676,8024928,00.html . 9 February 2010 .