West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

(Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

in Calgary
Calgary
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, Canada
Canada
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. Following German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

 in 1990, a single German team
Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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...

 would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....

 
Women's downhill


Nordic combined
Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-Individual:February 28, 1988This was the first competition that featured both the Gundersen scoring system and for the use of freestyle in the cross-country skiing portion of the event.-3 x 10 km relay:February 23, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's team
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....

 
Men's slalom
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....

 
Women's giant slalom



Biathlon
Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-10 km sprint:February 23, 1988-20 km individual:February 20, 1988-4 x 7.5 km relay:February 26, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Luge
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's individual
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....

 
Women's slalom

Luge
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's doubles

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....

2:02.03 6
Michael Eder Super-G DNF
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....

DNF
Peter Roth
Peter Roth (alpine skier)
Peter Roth is a German former alpine skier who competed for West Germany in the 1988 Winter Olympics and for Germany in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.He was born in Königsee....

DNF
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl is a German former Alpine skier.He has only won one World Cup competition, the 1987 World Championships Slalom in Crans Montana. The following year at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, he won a silver medal in the slalom competition-References:...

DNF
Peter Roth
Peter Roth (alpine skier)
Peter Roth is a German former alpine skier who competed for West Germany in the 1988 Winter Olympics and for Germany in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.He was born in Königsee....

Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner is a German former alpine skier. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.He won a total of 7 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, all in Slalom. He competed in the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, but did not win any medals.-World Cups:-Individual races:-References:...

1:08.56 1:04.71 2:13.27 26
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....

1:06.60 1:05.09 2:11.69 19
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl is a German former Alpine skier.He has only won one World Cup competition, the 1987 World Championships Slalom in Crans Montana. The following year at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, he won a silver medal in the slalom competition-References:...

1:06.10 1:03.12 2:09.22 8
Peter Roth
Peter Roth (alpine skier)
Peter Roth is a German former alpine skier who competed for West Germany in the 1988 Winter Olympics and for Germany in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.He was born in Königsee....

Slalom DNF DNF
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner is a German former alpine skier. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.He won a total of 7 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, all in Slalom. He competed in the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, but did not win any medals.-World Cups:-Individual races:-References:...

DNF DNF
Florian Beck 53.11 48.33 1:41.44 10
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl
Frank Wörndl is a German former Alpine skier.He has only won one World Cup competition, the 1987 World Championships Slalom in Crans Montana. The following year at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, he won a silver medal in the slalom competition-References:...

50.99 48.54 1:39.53


Men's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner is a German former alpine skier. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.He won a total of 7 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, all in Slalom. He competed in the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, but did not win any medals.-World Cups:-Individual races:-References:...

1:55.42 42.82 42.82 99.65 11
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....

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
Time Time Time Rank
Christina Meier-Höck Downhill 1:29.30 21
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner is a retired German alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-External links:* - Results - Michaela Gerg-Leitner...

1:27.83 13
Regine Mösenlechner
Regine Mösenlechner
Regine Mösenlechner is a retired German alpine skier. She is married to Armin Bittner.- World Cup victories :-Reference:...

1:27.16 7
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl is a German former Alpine skier.Competing for West Germany, she won her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in the 1983/1984 season. In 1985 and 1986 Kiehl won the discipline World cups in Giant slalom and Super-G...

1:25.86
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl is a German former Alpine skier.Competing for West Germany, she won her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in the 1983/1984 season. In 1985 and 1986 Kiehl won the discipline World cups in Giant slalom and Super-G...

Super-G 1:21.11 13
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner is a retired German alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-External links:* - Results - Michaela Gerg-Leitner...

1:20.98 10
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein 1:20.98 10
Regine Mösenlechner
Regine Mösenlechner
Regine Mösenlechner is a retired German alpine skier. She is married to Armin Bittner.- World Cup victories :-Reference:...

1:20.33 4
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl is a German former Alpine skier.Competing for West Germany, she won her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in the 1983/1984 season. In 1985 and 1986 Kiehl won the discipline World cups in Giant slalom and Super-G...

Giant Slalom 1:02.11 DNF DNF
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner is a retired German alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-External links:* - Results - 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
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Michaela Gerg-Leitner is a retired German alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-External links:* - Results - Michaela Gerg-Leitner...

DSQ DSQ
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein 1:19.83 DNF DNF
Karin Dedler
Karin Dedler
Karin Dedler is a retired German alpine skier. She won a bronze medal for downhill skiing in the 1989 world championships of skiing.-References:...

1:18.80 43.38 45.65 105.18 14
Ulrike Stanggassinger 1:17.92 42.68 43.93 71.51 9

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Stefan Höck
Stefan Höck
Stefan Höck is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. Höck won a silver medal with the West German relay team that consisted of Ernst Reiter, Peter Angerer and Fritz Fischer- References :...

3 27:26.2 26
Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter . Is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Reiter won a bronze medal with the West German relay team consisting of Peter Angerer, Walter Pichler and Fritz Fischer. And at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary...

2 26:50.2 19
Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century.-Biography:Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His...

1 26:25.9 12
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team...

2 26:13.2 10

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter . Is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Reiter won a bronze medal with the West German relay team consisting of Peter Angerer, Walter Pichler and Fritz Fischer. And at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary...

56:54.8 5 1'01:54.8 29
Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century.-Biography:Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His...

56:04.5 5 1'01:04.5 23
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger was a West German cross country skier and Biathlete who competed in the late 1980s. During his career he collected a silver medal and 2 bronze medals at World Championships.-External links:*...

56:27.8 4 1'00:27.8 17
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team...

55:46.7 3 58:46.7 10

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter
Ernst Reiter . Is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Reiter won a bronze medal with the West German relay team consisting of Peter Angerer, Walter Pichler and Fritz Fischer. And at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary...


Stefan Höck
Stefan Höck
Stefan Höck is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. Höck won a silver medal with the West German relay team that consisted of Ernst Reiter, Peter Angerer and Fritz Fischer- References :...


Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team...


Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer
Fritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century.-Biography:Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His...

0 1'23:37.4


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

2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Anton Fischer
Anton Fischer (bobsleigh)
Anton Fischer is a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He was the first ever winner of the Bobsleigh World Cup in 1984-5 and was unofficial winner of the two-man bobsleigh event both in that same year and in 1986-7....


Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005...

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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Michael Sperr
Olaf Hampel
Olaf Hampel
Olaf Hampel is a German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s...


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
Anton Fischer (bobsleigh)
Anton Fischer is a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He was the first ever winner of the Bobsleigh World Cup in 1984-5 and was unofficial winner of the two-man bobsleigh event both in that same year and in 1986-7....


Franz Nießner
Uwe Eisenreich
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005...

Four-man 57.02 9 57.75 10 56.71 11 58.07 12 3:49.55 11

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C
Walter Kuß 44:29.0 27
Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1998.Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.Behle's best...

43:59.7 23
30 km
C
Stefan Dotzler
Stefan Dötzler
Stefan Dötzler is a West German cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984. He finished sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....

1'33:06.1 40
Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1998.Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.Behle's best...

1'30:08.3 23
50 km
F
Walter Kuß DNF
Georg Fischer
Georg Fischer
Georg Fischer was a West German cross country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1980s. He finished seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.-External links:* *...

2'13:31.3 34
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger was a West German cross country skier and Biathlete who competed in the late 1980s. During his career he collected a silver medal and 2 bronze medals at World Championships.-External links:*...

2'13:27.6 33

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Walter Kuß
Georg Fischer
Georg Fischer
Georg Fischer was a West German cross country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1980s. He finished seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.-External links:* *...


Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle
Jochen Behle is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1998.Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.Behle's best...


Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Herbert Fritzenwenger was a West German cross country skier and Biathlete who competed in the late 1980s. During his career he collected a silver medal and 2 bronze medals at World Championships.-External links:*...

1'48:05.0 7

Women
Event Athlete Race
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

Women's 4 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Stefanie Birkelbach
Karin Jäger
Birgit Kohlrusch
Sonja Bilgeri
1'05:48.6 11

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Richard Zander
Richard Zander
Richard Zander is a former German figure skater.Zander was born in Portland, Oregon, USA to German parents. He moved in 1980 to Germany to focus intensely on figure skating training. He became German Champion in 1987 and 1989. His coach was Karin Doherty...

9 17 11 23.2 11
Heiko Fischer
Heiko Fischer
Heiko Fischer was a German figure skater. He was a two-time Olympic team member and five time German national champion.- Biography :...

4 11 10 16.8 9


Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Marina Kielmann
Marina Kielmann
Marina Kielmann is a former figure skater from Germany. She won the gold medal in ladies singles at the German Figure Skating Championships three times, from 1991 to 1993 and competed in the Winter Olympics in 1988 and 1992...

12 11 10 19.6 10
Claudia Leistner
Claudia Leistner
Claudia Leistner, married Pfrengle, is a German figure skater. She is the 1989 European Champion.-Biography:She was initially a roller-skater but later took up ice-skating...

6 9 6 13.2 6


Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Brigitte Groh
Holger Maletz
13 11 17.5 11


Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Antonia Becherer
Antonia Becherer
Antonia Becherer is a German former ice dancer. With partner and twin brother Ferdinand Becherer, she was a three-time German national champion. They placed 9th at the 1988 Winter Olympics...


Ferdinand Becherer
Ferdinand Becherer
Ferdinand Becherer is a German ice dancer. With his partner and twin sister Antonia Becherer, he was a three-time German national champion. They placed 9th at the 1988 Winter Olympics...

9 9 9 18.0 9

Ice hockey

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
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

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
10th Gerd Truntschka
Gerd Truntschka
Gerhard Truntschka is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice hockey Bundesliga....

8 3 7 10 10


Team Roster
  • Ron Fischer
    Ron Fischer
    Ronald Alexander Fischer is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played eighteen games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, recording seven assists. He spent the majority of his career playing in Germany for Star Bulls Rosenheim.-External links:...

  • Udo Kiessling
    Udo Kiessling
    Udo Kiessling is a retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of...

  • Horst-Peter Kretschmer
  • Dieter Medicus
  • Andreas Niederberger
  • Harold Kreis
  • Manfred Schuster
  • Manfred Wolf
  • Christian Brittig
  • Peter Draisaitl
  • Georg Franz
  • Dieter Hegen
    Dieter Hegen
    Dieter Hegen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice Hockey Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

  • Georg Holzmann
  • Peter Obresa
  • Roy Roedger
  • Peter Schiller
  • Helmut Steiger
  • Gerd Truntschka
    Gerd Truntschka
    Gerhard Truntschka is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice hockey Bundesliga....

  • Bernd Truntschka
  • Joachim Reil
  • Helmut de Raaf
  • Josef Schlickenrieder
  • Karl Friesen
    Karl Friesen
    Karl Friesen is a retired ice hockey goaltender. Friesen played mostly in Germany and the American Hockey League, but he also played four games in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils....

  • Head Coach: Xaver Unsinn

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
Johannes Schettel
Johannes Schettel is a West German luger who competed in the late 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1989 FIL World Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany....

46.725 9 46.928 10 46.805 7 46.913 8 3:07.371 7
Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.He won...

46.355 2 46.553 2 46.599 4 46.409 2 3:05.916


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Thomas Schwab
Thomas Schwab
Thomas Schwab is a West German luger who competed in the late 1980s. Together with Wolfgang Staudinger he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, representing West Germany.Schwab also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL...


Wolfgang Staudinger
Wolfgang Staudinger
Wolfgang Staudinger is a West German luger who competed from 1978 to 1989. Together with Thomas Schwab he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....

46.024 4 46.250 5 1:32.274
Stefan Ilsanker
Stefan Ilsanker
Stefan Ilsanker is a West German luger who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1987 FIL World Luge Championships in Igls, Austria....


Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.He won...

46.054 5 46.244 4 1:32.298 4

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Veronika Bilgeri
Veronika Bilgeri
Veronika Bilgeri is a West German luger who competed during the late 1980s. She won two medals at the 1988 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany with a gold in the mixed team event and a silver in the women's singles event....

46.321 4 46.375 4 46.369 4 46.605 7 3:05.670 4

Nordic combined

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
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Hermann Weinbuch
Hermann Weinbuch
Hermann Weinbuch is a former West German nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships during the 1980s...

Individual 179.6 39 5:26.0 44:26.4 387.390 29
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller (skier)
Thomas Müller is a former West German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and also won gold medals in the 3 x 10 km team events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in both...

190.4 31 4:14.0 44:02.7 390.945 25
Hans-Peter Pohl
Hans-Peter Pohl
Hans-Peter Pohl is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

204.3 15 2:41.4 44:23.9 387.775 28
Hubert Schwarz
Hubert Schwarz
Hubert Schwarz . is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary after having won the gold medal in that same event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.- External...

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.)

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller (skier)
Thomas Müller is a former West German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and also won gold medals in the 3 x 10 km team events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in both...


Hans-Peter Pohl
Hans-Peter Pohl
Hans-Peter Pohl is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s...


Hubert Schwarz
Hubert Schwarz
Hubert Schwarz . is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary after having won the gold medal in that same event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.- External...

629.8 1 0:00.0 1'20:46.0

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Dieter Thoma
Dieter Thoma
-Biography:Dieter Thoma is a German ski jumper who competed in the 1990s. In the 1990,s he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma wasn't the first known ski jumper in the family: His uncle Georg Thoma was both world and Olympic champion in the nordic combined...

Normal hill 75.0 78.1 74.0 76.0 154.1 55
Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1982 to 1992. He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....

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
Thomas Klauser
Thomas Klauser was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1991. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he finished fourth in the individual large hill and sixth in the team large hill events....

80.5 94.4 71.0 70.7 165.1 47
Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1982 to 1992. He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....

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
Peter Rohwein
Peter Rohwein is a former West German ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1988.He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary...

106.0 96.3 96.0 81.3 177.6 25
Thomas Klauser
Thomas Klauser
Thomas Klauser was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1991. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he finished fourth in the individual large hill and sixth in the team large hill events....

114.5 111.7 102.5 93.4 205.1 4


Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Andi Bauer
Peter Rohwein
Peter Rohwein
Peter Rohwein is a former West German ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1988.He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary...


Thomas Klauser
Thomas Klauser
Thomas Klauser was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1991. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he finished fourth in the individual large hill and sixth in the team large hill events....


Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann
Josef Heumann was a West German-German ski jumper who competed from 1982 to 1992. He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....

559.0 6

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

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
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


Women
Event Athlete Race
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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