West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FRG
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1988
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany
Website:
Location:	Calgary
Competitors:	90 (71 men, 19 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Peter Angerer (biathlon)
Rank:	8
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968
App End Year:	1988
See also:	(1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) (1952) (1956–1964)

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				19 February
				24 February
				15 February
				24 February
				26 February
				27 February
				19 February
				26 February

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	9	8	17
Biathlon	5	–	5
Bobsleigh	8	–	8
Cross-country skiing	5	4	9
Figure skating	4	4	8
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	6	1	7
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	3	2	5
Total	71	19	90

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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	Slalom	49.84	48.56	1:38.40

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	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

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
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
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

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Walter Kuß	44:29.0	27
15 km C	Jochen Behle	43:59.7	23
30 km C	Stefan Dotzler	1'33:06.1	40
30 km C	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

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
10 km C	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

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

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

Ice Dancing

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	5	0	0	32	10	10
align = left		5	4	1	0	19	12	8
	5	3	2	0	23	14	6
	5	2	3	0	27	27	4
	5	0	4	1	12	29	1
	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
	5	4	1	0	25	7	8
	5	3	1	1	18	10	7
	5	2	1	2	15	16	6
	5	2	2	1	17	14	5
5th	5	1	4	0	8	26	2
	5	1	4	0	12	22	2

Finland 8-0 West Germany
Canada 8-1 West Germany
Sweden 3-2 West Germany

Leading scorers

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

See main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

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
Athlete	Event	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.)

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

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

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Uwe Streb	38.03	27
500 m	Hans-Peter Oberhuber	37.73	20
1000 m	Uwe Streb	DSQ	-
1000 m	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
Event	Athlete	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

References

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG/editions/43 Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics