West Germany at the Olympic Games | ||||||||
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary | ||||||||
Competitors | 90 (71 men, 19 women) in 10 sports | |||||||
Flag bearer | Peter Angerer (biathlon) | |||||||
Medals Rank: 8 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 8 |
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Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||
Summer Games | ||||||||
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 | ||||||||
Winter Games | ||||||||
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
*With GDR as the Unified Team of Germany |
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Other related appearances | ||||||||
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) Saar (1952) |
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, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Walter Kuß Georg Fischer Jochen Behle Herbert Fritzenwenger |
1'48:05.0 | 7 |
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
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Stefanie Birkelbach Karin Jäger Birgit Kohlrusch Sonja Bilgeri |
1'05:48.6 | 11 |
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Richard Zander | 9 | 17 | 11 | 23.2 | 11 |
Heiko Fischer | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16.8 | 9 |
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Marina Kielmann | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19.6 | 10 |
Claudia Leistner | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13.2 | 6 |
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Brigitte Groh Holger Maletz |
13 | 11 | 17.5 | 11 |
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
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Antonia Becherer Ferdinand Becherer |
9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0 | 9 |
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 |
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 | |
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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 |
Rk | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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10th | Gerd Truntschka | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Team Roster
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 | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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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 |
Men's individual
Events:
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:
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz |
629.8 | 1 | 0:00.0 | 1'20:46.0 |
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 |
Athletes | Result | |
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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.
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
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