Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Germany at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: GER
NOC: German Olympic Sports Confederation
external link (German)
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 162 in 15 sports
Flag Bearer Kati Wilhelm
Medals Gold
11		 Silver
12		 Bronze
6		 Total
29
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
• United Team of Germany (1956-1964)
• West Germany (1952, 1968-1988)
• East Germany (1968-1988)

Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning both the most gold medals and the most total medals of any nation. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany) nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete. German athletes competed in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. As part of the iron curtain, East Germany won the highest number of gold medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Since reunification, the country has also won the most medals both at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics, with 12 golds each time.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Six women and three men have been selected. In brackets are the disciplines in which these athletes have taken World Cup points during the 2005–06 season[1]

Men:

  • Andreas Ertl (Super-G)
  • Felix Neureuther (Slalom)
  • Alois Vogl (Slalom)

Women:

  • Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer (Slalom and Combination)
  • Anja Blieninger (Slalom and Giant Slalom)
  • Martina Ertl-Renz (All; in the top 20 in every discipline except Downhill)
  • Annemarie Gerg (Slalom and Giant Slalom)
  • Petra Haltmayr (Downhill and Super-G)
  • Isabelle Huber (Downhill)

[edit] Biathlon

Six men and six women have been selected. In brackets are their positions in the overall World Cup standings on 25 January[2].

Men:

Women:

[edit] Bobsleigh

A total of ten men and five women have been selected.

Men: Women:

Two- and four-woman:
Four-man:


  • René Spies
  • Christoph Heyder
  • Alexander Metzger
  • Enrico Kühn
 Two-man:
  • Lange/Kuske


  • Matthias Höpfner
  • Marc Kühne

[edit] Cross country skiing

Six men and six women have been selected. In brackets are their positions at the distance World Cup (15 to 30 km), and the sprint World Cup[3] as of 25 January.

Men:

Women:

Sachenbacher-Stehle was suspended due to health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of haemoglobin in her blood[4].

[edit] Curling

Germany is planning to select a men's curling team to Turin. Positions in brackets are those which the players had at the 2005 European Curling Championships. The German team, consisting of the same players, finished third at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

  • Andy Kapp (skip)
  • Uli Kapp (third)
  • Oliver Axnick (second)
  • Holger Höhne (lead)
  • Andreas Kempf (reserve)

[edit] Figure skating

Five figure skaters have been announced for the Turin Games; one man in the singles competition and two pairs.

[edit] Men's Individuals

[edit] Pairs

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Two men, Gerhard Blöchl and Christoph Stark, are selected for the moguls competition. No other freestyle event will have German participation. They are ranked 28th and 21st respectively in the men's moguls World Cup standings[5].

[edit] Ice hockey

Women's Game Results

Date Opponent Score Result
February 11 Finland 3-0 L

Germany's ice hockey contingent is their largest at the Olympics, with 20 women and 23 men. The men finished 15th at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, suffering relegation to Division I for 2006 after losses to Denmark (who are not taking part at the 2006 Olympics) and Kazakhstan, while the women finished 5th at the women's World Championships the same year, beating Russia and China on their way to a fifth place after being knocked out of the group stage with 1–5 and 0–7 defeats in their first two matches.

Thirty men have been nominated; when the NHL players join the squad on 12 February or 13 February, seven of these will be dropped.

Men:

  • Alexander Barta
  • Marian Bazany
  • Jan Benda
  • Tino Boos
  • Florian Busch
  • Sven Felski
  • Peter Fical
  • Sebastian Furchner
  • Sascha Goc
  • Thomas Greiss
  • Michael Hackert
  • Klaus Kathan
  • Lasse Kopitz
  • Dimitrij Kotschnew
  • Daniel Kreutzer
  • Robert Leask
  • Eduard Lewandowski
  • Tomas Martinec
  • Robert Müller
  • Stefan Schauer
  • Alexander Sulzer
  • Andreas Renz
  • Stefan Ustorf

NHL players

Women:

  • Maritta Becker
  • Franziska Busch
  • Bettina Evers
  • Susanne Fellner
  • Stefanie Frühwirt
  • Susann Götz
  • Claudia Grundmann
  • Jennifer Harß
  • Nikola Holmes
  • Sabrina Kruck
  • Andrea Lanzl
  • Michaela Lanzl
  • Christina Oswald
  • Nina Ritter
  • Anja Scheytt
  • Sara Seiler
  • Denise Soesilo
  • Jennifer Tamas
  • Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten
  • Raffaela Wolf

[edit] Luge

Men's Singles Luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final Rank
David Moeller 52.085 51.533 51.655 51.438 3:26.711 5th place
Jan Eichhorn 52.103 51.469 51.656 51.515 3:26.743 6th place
Georg Hackl 51.856 51.583 51.806 51.674 3:26.919 7th place

Women's Singles Luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final Rank
Sylke Otto 47.041 46.820 46.902 47.216 3:07.979 Gold medal
Silke Kraushaar 47.269 46.860 46.991 46.995 3:08.115 Silver medal
Tatjana Huefner 47.109 47.269 47.101 46.981 3:08.460 Bronze medal

Doubles Luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
Andre Florschuetz
Torsten Wustlich		 47.141 47.666 1:34.807 Silver medal
Patric Leitner
Alexander Resch		 47.198 47.762 1:34.960 6th place

[edit] Nordic combined

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 15 km Final Rank
Georg Hettich 129.0 133.5 262.5 39:44.6 Gold medal
Sebastian Haseney 107.5 105.0 212.5 37:15.7 6th place
Bjoern Kircheisen 114.5 109.5 224.0 38:21.1 7th place
Ronny Ackermann 106.0 107.5 213.5 39:42.9 18th place

Team Event

Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 4x5 km Final Rank
Bjoern Kircheisen 113.7 114.1 227.8 11:23.9
Georg Hettich 122.1 116.7 238.8 12:50.4
Ronny Ackermann 114.2 109.5 223.7 12:27.6
Jens Gaiser 114.5 108.7 223.2 13:26.0
Team Total 464.5 449.0 913.5 50:07.9
(15.3 behind)		 Silver medal

Large Hill Sprint

Name LH Jump Sprint 7.5 km Final Rank
Georg Hettich 125.7 18:38.6 (9.6 behind) Bronze medal
Bjoern Kircheisen 106.5 17:48.7 (36.7 behind) 7th place
Ronny Ackermann 114.0 18:20.7 (38.7 behind) 8th place
Sebastian Haseney 90.7 17:49.1 (1:40.1 behind) 29th place

[edit] Short track speed skating

Men's 500 m

Name Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Arian Nachbar 0:43.006
Heat 3
2nd place		 0:42.605
Quarterfinal 1
4th place		 - - -
Tyson Heung 0:43.572
Heat 1
3rd place		 - - - -

Men's 1000 m

Name Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Sebastian Praus 1:35.375
Heat 5
3rd place		 1:29.820
Quarterfinal 2
3rd place		 - - -
Arian Nachbar 1:27.994
Heat 6
4th place		 1:27.679
Quarterfinal 4
4th place		 - - -

Men's 1500 m

Name Qualifying Semifinal Final Rank
Sebastian Praus 2:30.292
Heat 4
4th place		 - - -
Tyson Heung 2:20.075
Heat 5
4th place		 - - -

Men's 5000 m Relay

Name Semifinal Final Rank
Thomas Bauer
Andre Hartwig
Tyson Heung
Arian Nachbar
Sebastian Praus		 7:02.367
Semifinal 1
3rd place		 7:13.338 7th place

Women's 500 m

Name Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Susanne Rudolph 0:46.503
Heat 2
3rd place		 - - - -
Aika Klein 0:57.732
Heat 4
3rd place		 - - - -

Women's 1000 m

Name Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Yvonne Kunze 1:40.166
Heat 3
Advanced		 1:33.627
Quarterfinal 3
2nd place		 1:36.765
Semifinal 1
4th place		 1:34.789 7th place
Aika Klein Disqualified - - - -

Women's 1500 m

Name Qualifying Semifinal Final Rank
Aika Klein 2:42.380
Heat 1
5th place		 - - -
Yvonne Kunze 2:48.009
Heat 6
4th place		 - - -

Women's 3000 m Relay

Name Semifinal Final Rank
Tina Grassow
Aika Klein
Yvonne Kunze
Christin Priebst
Susanne Rudolph		 4:22.533
Semifinal 2
4th place		 4:24.896 6th place

[edit] Skeleton

Men's Skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
Sebastian Haupt 58.48 59.10 01:57.58 9th place
Frank Rommel 59.94 01:00.41 02:00.35 24th place

Women's Skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
Diana Sartor 01:00.29 01:01.40 02:01.69 4th place
Anja Huber 01:01.12 01:01.44 02:02.56 8th place

[edit] Ski jumping

Men's Large Hill Individual

    Final Round Jumps  
Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Michael Neumayer 114.4 points 110.3 points 118.8 points 229.1 points 11th place
Michael Uhrmann 106.2 points (Pre-qualified) 106.3 points 108.6 points 214.9 points 16th place
Martin Schmitt 92.1 points 97.2 points 115.4 points 212.6 points 19th place
Georg Spaeth 116.8 points (Pre-qualified) 108.6 points 103.6 points 212.2 points 20th place

Men's Normal Hill Individual

    Final Round Jumps  
Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Michael Uhrmann 120.5 points (Pre-qualified) 128.0 points 136.0 points 264.0 points 4th place
Michael Neumayer 127.0 points 129.5 points 131.0 points 260.5 points 8th place
Georg Späth 123.5 points (Pre-qualified) 124.5 points 126.5 points 251.0 points 12th place
Alexander Herr 125.5 points 119.0 points 112.0 points 231.0 points 21st place

Men's Large Hill Team Jump

Name 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Michael Neumayer 113.80 118.00
Martin Schmitt 116.40 100.90
Michael Uhrmann 105.40 125.00
Georg Spaeth 110.40 132.70
Total 446.00 points 476.60 points 922.60 points 4th place

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Giant Slalom

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue Course Red Course Total 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Markus Ebner 36.32 35.90 01:12.22 - - - - -
Patrick Bussler 36.42 36.12 01:12.54 - - - - -

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue Course Red Course Total 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Amelie Kober 40.31 41.02 01:21.33 Heat 3
1st place		 Quarterfinal 2
1st place		 Semifinal 1
1st place		 Big final Silver medal

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s Halfpipe

In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final Rank
Christophe Schmidt 39.4 points - 33.2 points 37.5 points 8th place
Vinzenz Lueps 33.9 points 39.5 points 28.7 points 36.8 points 9th place
Jan Michaelis 34.5 points 36.3 points - - -
Xaver Hoffmann 22.6 points 18.7 points - - -

[edit] Snowboard Cross

Men's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
David Speiser 1:24.28 1:23.38 Heat 8
4th place		 - - - -
Michael Layer 1:23.92 1:22.43 Heat 7
4th place		 - - - -
Alex Kupprion 1:26.22 1:24.66 - - - - -

Women's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Katharina Himmler 1:32.15 1:33.89 Quarterfinal 2
3rd place		 - Classification 9-12 12th place

[edit] Speed skating

Men's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Stefan Heythausen 01:49.58 26th place
Tobias Schneider 01:50.18 31st place
Robert Lehmann 01:51.04 36th place
Joerg Dallmann 01:51.32 37th place

Men's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Jens Boden 6:38.34 20th place

Men's Team Pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Jens Boden
Joerg Dallmann
Stefan Heythausen
Robert Lehmann
Tobias Schneider		 3:49.59 Lost to Norway - Final D
Defeated Japan		 7th place

Women's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Jenny Wolf 38.70 38.55 77.25 6th place
Judith Hesse 39.64 39.39 79.03 19th place
Pamela Zoellner 40.16 39.40 79.56 24th place

Women's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Anni Friesinger 01:16.11 Bronze medal
Sabine Völker 01:17.97 21st place
Judith Hesse 01:17.98 22nd place
Pamela Zoellner 01:19.30 30th place

Women's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Anni Friesinger 01:57.31 4th place
Thoms Daniela Anschuetz 01:59.74 10th place
Lucille Opitz 02:02.75 30th place

Women's 3000 m

Name Final Rank
Anni Friesinger 4:04.59 4th place
Claudia Pechstein 4:05.54 5th place
Daniela Anschuetz Thoms 4:06.89 6th place

Women's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Claudia Pechstein 07:00.08 Silver medal
Daniela Anschuetz Thoms 07:02.82 5th place
Lucille Opitz 07:18.06 14th place

Women's Team Pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Daniela Anschuetz Thoms
Anni Friesinger
Lucille Opitz
Claudia Pechstein
Sabine Völker		 3:07.07 Defeated Netherlands Defeated Russian Federation Defeated Canada Gold medal

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ World Cup Standings from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 February 2006
  2. ^ World Cup Total Score Men - Standings after 14 of 26 competitions, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 25 January 2006
    World Cup Total Score Women - Standings after 14 of 26 competitions, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 25 January 2006
  3. ^ Cross-Country World Cup Standings from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 January 2006
  4. ^ (Norwegian) For høye blodverdier for Sachenbacher, from Aftenposten, 10 February 2006
  5. ^ Freestyle Cup Standings, sorted by moguls points from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 January 2006

[edit] Further references


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